The Star and the Story (1955)

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The Star and the Story is a United States television anthology series which aired 1955–1956 in first-run syndication. A filmed half-hour series, episodes were approx. 25 minutes excluding commercials.

Original Release

01/08/1955

US Release

01/08/1955

Cast

Name	Character

Henry Fonda	Self - Host
Kem Dibbs	Policeman
James O'Hara	Terry
Maura Murphy	Arliss
Jerrilyn Flannery	Cindy
Ted Bliss	Mr. Spargrove
Tristram Coffin	Frank MacDonald
Darlene Fields	Helen
Lewis Charles	Eemo
Don Shelton	Alvin Kirk

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	End of Flight	Saturday, 29 October 1955
3	The Man Who Was Dead	Saturday, 12 November 1955
5	The Creative Impulse	Saturday, 03 December 1955
6	The Blue Landscape	Saturday, 10 December 1955
9	A Point of Honor	Saturday, 07 January 1956
11	The Difficult Age	Saturday, 21 January 1956
12	Payment in Kind	Saturday, 28 January 1956
14	Appearances and Reality	Saturday, 11 February 1956
15	Arab Duel	Saturday, 18 February 1956
17	They	Saturday, 03 March 1956
18	Act of Decision	Saturday, 10 March 1956
19	The Thin Line	Saturday, 17 March 1956
20	The Force of Circumstance	Saturday, 24 March 1956
21	The Whizzer	Saturday, 31 March 1956
22	The Lonely Ones	Saturday, 07 April 1956
23	The Senora	Saturday, 14 April 1956

Directors

Roy Kellino, Robert Stevenson, Peter Godfrey, Alvin Ganzer, Lewis R. Foster, Arthur Ripley, Robert Florey, Francis D. Lyon, Reginald Le Borg, William D. Russell, George Archainbaud, Blake Edwards, Rod Amateau, Harry Keller

Writers

Frederick Brady, W. Somerset Maugham, DeWitt Bodeen, Lawrence B. Marcus, Clock Dailey, Ken Field, Lou Rusoff, A.I. Bezzerides, Jerome Ross, Merwin Gerard, David Chandler, László Görög, R. Wright Campbell , Harold Shumate, Kenneth Earl, Fredric Brown, Oscar Millard, John D. MacDonald, Jean Holloway, Betty Ulius, John Cheever, Gabrielle Upton, Norman Jacob, Frank Burt, Kenneth Perkins, Joel Murcott, Willard H. Temple, Hartman C. Reno, Robert Standish, Kathleen Norris, Claud Cockburn

Cast

Name	Character

Henry Fonda	Self - Host
Kem Dibbs	Policeman
James O'Hara	Terry
Maura Murphy	Arliss
Jerrilyn Flannery	Cindy
Ted Bliss	Mr. Spargrove
Tristram Coffin	Frank MacDonald
Darlene Fields	Helen
Lewis Charles	Eemo
Don Shelton	Alvin Kirk
John Mylong	Comte De Monpellier
Kathryn Card	Mrs. Annie Machrihanish
Joe Gilbert	Croupier
Fernando Alvarado	Miguel
Dick Paxton	Bartender
Harry Antrim	Dean Harter
Claire Du Brey	Landlady
Gayle Kellogg	Griff Davis
Gayle Kellogg	Young Man
Leo Curley	Mr. Remsen