2022-04-12

T5#58 Captain Gamble's Uniform

Episode number: 58
Network broadcast date:
Wednesday, October 21, 1964
Captain Gamble's Uniform
Genre: Drama
Author: Richard McCracken
Production number:
55
Production date:
Monday, September 21, 1964
Director:
Ted Bell
Producer:
Ted Bell

Plotline: At the height of World War II, a tyrannical sea captain’s vessel is shipwrecked on a tiny South Sea island where he discovers that his personality undergoes a remarkable change depending on the uniform he wears.

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Cast: Peter Donald, Evie Juster, Guy Sorel, George Petrie, Gilbert Mack, Sam Raskyn

Notes: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+641021+058+Captain+Gamble's+Uniform+WLS.flac

Episode opens with a spoken plot description rather than an opening scene, and does not have Foy announcing over opening music; there is music after the program, indicating the recording is likely a WLS-Chicago aircheck