General Electric Theater The Town with a Past (Season 5, Episode 21)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

General Electric Theater

The Town with a Past (Season 5, Episode 21)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

Director

James Neilson

Writers

Oscar Brodney | Frank Burt

Producer

William Frye

Cinematographer

William A. Sickner

Editor

Daniel A. Nathan (as Daniel Nathan)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 10, 1957

Release date

Feb 10, 1957 (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)
Gregg Barton Actor Actor See fewer	Tripoli (1950)
Beulah Bondi Annie Annie See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edgar Buchanan Actor Actor See fewer	Shane (1953)
Ted Mapes Joe Joe See fewer	The Monster and the Ape (1945)
Pat O'Malley Actor Actor See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Regis Parton Actor (as Reggie Parton) Actor (as Reggie Parton) See fewer	The Monster Squad (1987)
Chuck Roberson Actor Actor See fewer	Shock Corridor (1963)
Walter Sande Sheriff Sheriff See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
James Stewart Britt Ponset Britt Ponset See fewer	Vertigo (1958)
Fredd Wayne Clyde Clyde See fewer	Man on the Moon (1999)
Dean Williams Actor Actor See fewer	Wide Country (1962)
Henry Wills Actor Actor See fewer	Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Howard Wright Actor Actor See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Will Wright Actor Actor See fewer	The Blue Dahlia (1946)