Matinee Theatre Elisha and the Long Knives (Season 1, Episode 41)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

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Matinee Theatre

Elisha and the Long Knives (Season 1, Episode 41)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Three uneducated fur traders "adopt" a small boy and as he grows they discover that he can read to them from the only book in the cabin, "The Collected Works of Shakespeare".

Writers

Jack Balch | Dale Wasserman (play "Elisha and the Long Knives")

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 27, 1955

Release date

Dec 27, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
John Conte Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Harry Carey Jr. Actor Actor See fewer	Tombstone (1993)
Billy Chapin Actor Actor See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Eddie Firestone Actor Actor See fewer	Duel (1971)