General Electric Theater The Last Lesson (Season 7, Episode 19)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

General Electric Theater

The Last Lesson (Season 7, Episode 19)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

An elderly Alsatian schoolmaster tries "teaching as usual," despite the Nazi troops who have taken over his village. Jerome Ross wrote this modern adaptation of a 19th-century story by Alphonse Daudet.

Director

Herschel Daugherty

Writers

Alphonse Daudet (story) | Jerome Ross (teleplay)

Producer

Harry Tugend

Cinematographer

Lionel Lindon

Editor

Michael R. McAdam

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 8, 1959

Release date

Feb 8, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Ronald Reagan Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Charles Laughton M. Hamel M. Hamel See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Patricia Medina Marie-Claire Marie-Claire See fewer	Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
Barry Gordon Etienne Etienne See fewer	Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993)
Eric Feldary Captain Captain See fewer	Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Jack Chefe Actor Actor See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Beppie De Vries Actress (as Beppy DeVries) Actress (as Beppy DeVries) See fewer	The Bluejackets (1922)
Cyril Delevanti Actor Actor See fewer	Soylent Green (1973)
Max Dommar Actor Actor See fewer	Burke's Law (1963)
Janine Grandel Actress Actress See fewer	Return of the Fly (1959)
Roy Jenson Actor Actor See fewer	Chinatown (1974)
Rene Kroper Actor Actor See fewer	One Step Beyond (1959)
Gregg Martell Actor Actor See fewer	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Lucien Plauzoles Actor Actor See fewer	So This Is Paris (1954)
Diane Roter French school girl (uncredited) French school girl (uncredited) See fewer	The Virginian (1962)