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Episode 20

The Comedian

1957
Comedy, Drama
TV Episode
1h 30m
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than he is. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, who Sammy has hired as his assistant but who really uses him as his whipping boy. (imdb)

Directed by:

John Frankenheimer
John-Frankenheimer
44 total credits
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films.
polygon

Writers:

Ernest Lehman
Ernest-Lehman
18 total credits
Credits include: North by Northwest, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sabrina and Sweet Smell of Success
polygon
,
Rod Serling
Rod-Serling
102 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone
polygon

Starring:

Edmond O'Brien
Edmond-OBrien
74 total credits
Credits include: The Wild Bunch, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, White Heat, The Longest Day and The Killers
polygon
,
Kim Hunter
Kim-Hunter
45 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
polygon
,
Mickey Rooney
Mickey-Rooney
207 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Whit Bissell
Whit-Bissell
95 total credits
Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell specialized in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On television he was a regular on Bachelor Father (1957) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He also served on the Screen Actors
polygon
,
King Donovan
King-Donovan
19 total credits
Credits include: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Defiant Ones, I Was a Male War Bride, The Enforcer and The Hanging Tree
polygon
,
Constance Ford
Constance-Ford
16 total credits
Credits include: Home from the Hill, A Summer Place, All Fall Down, The Cabinet of Caligari and The Comedian
polygon
,
H.M. Wynant
HM-Wynant
21 total credits
Credits include: Decision at Sundown, Run of the Arrow, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Stranger and Solar Crisis
polygon
,
Mel Tormé
Mel-Torm
18 total credits
Credits include: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Good News, Girls Town, The Fearmakers and The Night of the Living Duck
polygon
,
Eddie Ryder
Eddie-Ryder
6 total credits
Credits include: The Country Girl, The Comedian, Mr. Dingle, the Strong, Hot Rod Girl and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
polygon

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Comedian

1957
Comedy, Drama
TV Episode
1h 30m
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Ratings & Reviews

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10 Nov 2011
55
38th
It's okay but a bit stagey. Sometimes that works to its advantage and there's an intensity to many of the closeups.
13 Jan 2011
50
33rd
I like Rooney's performance as the superasshole. Problem is, like so many projects of theatrical origin, *everybody's* performance is keyed up, as if they're all doing their best to play to the cheap seats. Despite the stellar names in all the key creative roles, this production basically comes off as a poor man's _Sweet Smell of Success_
10 Jul 2026
80
80th
02 Nov 2021
65
42nd
19 Feb 2021
65
20th
19 Apr 2020
70
39th
23 Apr 2019
70
34th
25 Oct 2018
55
36th
25 Apr 2018
18
97th
14 Nov 2017
96
90th
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

John Frankenheimer
John-Frankenheimer
44 total credits
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films.
polygon

Writers:

Ernest Lehman
Ernest-Lehman
18 total credits
Credits include: North by Northwest, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sabrina and Sweet Smell of Success
polygon
,
Rod Serling
Rod-Serling
102 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone
polygon

Starring:

Edmond O'Brien
Edmond-OBrien
74 total credits
Credits include: The Wild Bunch, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, White Heat, The Longest Day and The Killers
polygon
,
Kim Hunter
Kim-Hunter
45 total credits
Credits include: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
polygon
,
Mickey Rooney
Mickey-Rooney
207 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Whit Bissell
Whit-Bissell
95 total credits
Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell specialized in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On television he was a regular on Bachelor Father (1957) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He also served on the Screen Actors
polygon
,
King Donovan
King-Donovan
19 total credits
Credits include: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Defiant Ones, I Was a Male War Bride, The Enforcer and The Hanging Tree
polygon
,
Constance Ford
Constance-Ford
16 total credits
Credits include: Home from the Hill, A Summer Place, All Fall Down, The Cabinet of Caligari and The Comedian
polygon
,
H.M. Wynant
HM-Wynant
21 total credits
Credits include: Decision at Sundown, Run of the Arrow, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Stranger and Solar Crisis
polygon
,
Mel Tormé
Mel-Torm
18 total credits
Credits include: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Good News, Girls Town, The Fearmakers and The Night of the Living Duck
polygon
,
Eddie Ryder
Eddie-Ryder
6 total credits
Credits include: The Country Girl, The Comedian, Mr. Dingle, the Strong, Hot Rod Girl and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
polygon

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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