Producers' Showcase Our Town (Season 2, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Producers' Showcase

Our Town (Season 2, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors.

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

David Shaw (adaptation) | Thornton Wilder (play)

Producer

Fred Coe

Composer

Jimmy Van Heusen

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 19, 1955

Release date

Sep 19, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 13 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Harvey B. Dunn Actor Actor See fewer	Bride of the Monster (1955)
Shelley Fabares Rebecca Gibbs Rebecca Gibbs See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Sylvia Field Mrs. Gibbs Mrs. Gibbs See fewer	The Best of Broadway (1954)
Paul Hartman Mr. Webb Mr. Webb See fewer	Higher and Higher (1943)
Peg Hillias Mrs. Webb Mrs. Webb See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Charlott Knight Actress (as Charlotte Knight) Actress (as Charlotte Knight) See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)
Paul Newman George Gibbs George Gibbs See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
David Saber Actor Actor See fewer	Mayor of the Town (1954)
Eva Marie Saint Emily Webb Emily Webb See fewer	On the Waterfront (1954)
Frank Sinatra Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Ernest Truex Dr. Gibbs Dr. Gibbs See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Carol Veazie Mrs. Soames Mrs. Soames See fewer	Auntie Mame (1958)
William M. Griffith Actor Actor See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Nelson Olmsted Actor Actor See fewer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Anthony Sydes Actor (as Tony Sydes) Actor (as Tony Sydes) See fewer	Shadow on the Wall (1950)