The Ford Television Theatre Black Jim Hawk (Season 5, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

The Ford Television Theatre

Black Jim Hawk (Season 5, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

After Sam Houston as governor of Tennessee refuses outlaw Jim Hawk as a boy to save his father from hanging, Hawk vows to kill Houston but. as a result of a teacher's influence, rejects opportunity to kill Houston as President of Texas.

Director

Arthur Hiller

Writers

Russell S. Hughes (teleplay) | Harold Shumate (story)

Producer

Lou Breslow

Cinematographer

Gert Andersen

Editor

Richard K. Brockway

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Updated Oct 31, 1956

Release date

Oct 31, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
John Derek Jim Hawk Jim Hawk See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Marcia Henderson Maude Collins Maude Collins See fewer	All I Desire (1953)
George Keymas Cherokee Hollister Cherokee Hollister See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Donald Randolph Sam Houston Sam Houston See fewer	Over-Exposed (1956)
Chris Alcaide Luke Luke See fewer	The Big Heat (1953)
Sydney Mason Wayne Wayne See fewer	Wild Ones on Wheels (1962)
Paul Petersen Jim Hawk as a Boy Jim Hawk as a Boy See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)