''The Star and the Story'' - The Lie

1955 · animation · drama · Four Star Productions

An episode of 1950s American anthology series "The Star and the Story". This episodes stars Dan Duryea and Beverly Garland, and was originally telecast 22 January 1955. A woman tries to help a man she sent to jail with a lie. Useless info: This U.S. television episode was exported to Australia, for example on 4 August 1958 it aired on TCN-9 in Sydney at 9:00PM under the title "Whitehall Playhouse". It aired against "Sports Cavalade" on ABN-2 and "Dragnet" (episode "Big Little Jesus") on ATN-7. Which would you have watched? In Melbourne it aired 11 August 1958 on HSV-7 at 9:00PM, aired against "Dragnet" on GTV-9 (episode: "The Big Affair") and two 15-minute shows on ABV-2 (political news show "International Scene" and a music one-off called "N.S.W. Police Choir"). Again, which would you have watched? In Melbourne it was repeated on 13 February 1959, aired at 3:30PM, aired against the 1949 film "Interrupted Journey" on GTV-9, and the final 15 minutes of "The Life of Riley" on ABV-2 (episode: "Riley Takes up Art", the second-half of "The Lie" aired against a 15-minute show called "Kindergarten Playtime"). Again, which would you have watched?