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re: The Pick Of The Day
Posted on 2/4/17 at 8:20 am to Kafka
Posted on 2/4/17 at 8:20 am to Kafka
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Shortly after the end of the Civil War Captain Henry Wirz, Confederate commandant of Camp Sumter (aka Andersonville Prison) in Georgia where 14,000 Union prisoners died, is captured and put on trial for crimes against humanity. He insists he was only following orders...
An all-star cast highlights this TV production of Saul Leavitt's 1959 play, directed by George C. Scott (who appears briefly in an introduction). The parallels with the Nuremburg trials are inescapable.
William Shatner is the army prosecutor (the character played by Scott in the Broadway original) in perhaps the best role he ever had, with the great Richard Basehart as Wirz. Many other notables appear including Buddy Ebsen, Cameron Mitchell, and a young Martin Sheen. Especially outstanding is Jack Cassidy as the defense lawyer -- those who know him only as a Columbo villain may be surprised by the emotional depth of his performance (he got an Emmy nomination for his work here).
William Shatner
Jack Cassidy and Richard Basehart
Shortly after the end of the Civil War Captain Henry Wirz, Confederate commandant of Camp Sumter (aka Andersonville Prison) in Georgia where 14,000 Union prisoners died, is captured and put on trial for crimes against humanity. He insists he was only following orders...
An all-star cast highlights this TV production of Saul Leavitt's 1959 play, directed by George C. Scott (who appears briefly in an introduction). The parallels with the Nuremburg trials are inescapable.
William Shatner is the army prosecutor (the character played by Scott in the Broadway original) in perhaps the best role he ever had, with the great Richard Basehart as Wirz. Many other notables appear including Buddy Ebsen, Cameron Mitchell, and a young Martin Sheen. Especially outstanding is Jack Cassidy as the defense lawyer -- those who know him only as a Columbo villain may be surprised by the emotional depth of his performance (he got an Emmy nomination for his work here).
William Shatner
Jack Cassidy and Richard Basehart
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