The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (Playhouse 90)
The Grey Nurse Said Nothing was an American television play broadcast live on November 26, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the fifth episode of the fourth season of Playhouse 90 and the 122nd episode overall.
| "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing" | |
|---|---|
| Playhouse 90 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Ronald Winston |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Original air date | November 26, 1959 |
Plot
The story of an unsolved murder is told in flashback narration. A boatman's arm is discovered in a shark's mouth. An ambitious Australian landowner is accused of murder, and a long-forgotten suicide is revealed.
Fred Coe was the producer. Ronald Winston was the director, and Sumner Locke Elliott wrote the teleplay'.
The cast consisted of Hugh Griffith as Reverend Light, Patricia Cutts as Mavis Greenop, Ann Todd as Laura Mills, Angela Lansbury as Hazel Wills, Michael David as Herbert Wills, Don Dubbins as Bluey, Paul Comi as Patrick Ahern, and Norah Howard as a peppery old woman.
Reception
The production received a positive review from Fred Danzig of the UPI who wrote that it "put some English on a tale of philandery, murder, suicide, and justice, tied these institutions together through deft, skillful flashback techniques, fine dialogue, characterizations and direction, and came up with a success."[1] Percy Shain of The Boston Globe called it "moderately engrossing" and gave it three stars.[2]
In The New York Times, John P. Shanley found it suspenseful and the performances uniformly good.[3]
References
- "Playhouse 90 Comes Up With Success". The South Bend Tribune. November 27, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
- ""Grey Nurse Said Nothing" Is Three-Star Melodrama". The Boston Globe. November 27, 1959 – via Newspapers.com.
- John P. Shanley (November 27, 1959). "TV Review: Murder Trial Is Basis for Suspenseful Show". The New York Times. p. 59.