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Pericles on 31st Street (1962)

1962-04-12 · EN
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Racial tensions break out on 31st Street, a multi-ethnic community. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Harry Mark Petrakis novel for NBC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for NBC's The Dick Powell Theatre, premiering on Apr. 12, 1962.

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Sam PeckinpahDirector, Writer

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Strother MartinStrother MartinBernard KliorisKurt RussellKurt RussellJack RyanTheodore BikelTheodore BikelNicholas SimonakisCarroll O'ConnorCarroll O'ConnorLeonard BarsevickPeter WhitneyPeter WhitneyJohnsonMilton SelzerMilton SelzerSol RaidmanKarl SwensonKarl SwensonLouie DeBellaDabbs GreerDabbs GreerGavinKathleen FreemanKathleen FreemanMrs. Dassel

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Racial tensions break out on 31st Street, a multi-ethnic community. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Harry Mark Petrakis novel for NBC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for NBC's The Dick Powell Theatre, premiering on Apr. 12, 1962.