Four Star Playhouse The Book (Season 2, Episode 27)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Four Star Playhouse

The Book (Season 2, Episode 27)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A stranger tussles with John over a library book and is struck and killed by a passing car. John discovers a message in the book and follows it to a blind meeting, only to be mistaken for a hit man with an assassination team.

Director

Roy Kellino

Writers

Gwen Bagni (screenplay) (as J. Gwen Bagni) | Fred Schiller (story) | Blake Edwards (adaptation)

Producer

George Haight (producer)

Cinematographer

George E. Diskant

Editor

Samuel E. Beetley

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Updated Apr 1, 1954

Release date

Apr 1, 1954 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
David Niven John John See fewer	A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Marguerite Chapman Linda Linda See fewer	The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Douglas Fowley Police Lt. Police Lt. See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Frank Ferguson Ed Ed See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Robert J. Wilke George (as Bob Wilke) George (as Bob Wilke) See fewer	The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Ted Stanhope Man Man See fewer	Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Herbert Lytton F.B.I. Man (as Herb Lytton) F.B.I. Man (as Herb Lytton) See fewer	The Cosmic Man (1959)
Claire Carleton Anna Anna See fewer	The Mickey Rooney Show (1954)
Claire Du Brey Mrs. Miggs (as Claire DuBrey) Mrs. Miggs (as Claire DuBrey) See fewer	The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Katherine Warren Librarian Librarian See fewer	The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Richard Reeves Stevedore Stevedore See fewer	Target Earth (1954)
Robert Robinson Stevedore (uncredited) Stevedore (uncredited) See fewer	El Diablo Rides (1939)