Casablanca (1955 TV series)

Casablanca
Also known asWarner Bros. Presents
GenreCold War spy/intrigue
StarringCharles McGraw
Marcel Dalio
Dan Seymour
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerWilliam T. Orr
ProducerRoy Huggins
Production locationCalifornia
Running time60 mins.
Production companyWarner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 27, 1955 (1955-09-27) –
April 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)
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Casablanca is an hour-long American television series, in the genre of spying and intrigue during the Cold War, which was broadcast on ABC between September 27, 1955 and April 24, 1956 as part of the wheel series Warner Bros. Presents.[1][2][3] The third of 20 filmed shows produced for ABC, between 1955 and 1963, by Warner Bros. Television, under the supervision of executive producer William T. Orr, Casablanca is also the only one among those shows to be structured in the form of a non-U.S.-based Cold-War-intrigue storyline, while 14 of the 20 productions were western and detective/adventure series.[4][5]

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley. Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops (McFarland, January 6, 2003) ISBN 1476605157
  2. ^ "Warner Brothers Presents / U.S. Dramatic Series" (The Museum of Broadcasting Communications — Encyclopedia of Television)
  3. ^ "Warner Bros. Presents" at the Square One website
  4. ^ Paietta, Ann Catherine and Kauppila, Jean L. Health Professionals on Screen. Scarecrow Press, 1999
  5. ^ Brodie, Douglas. Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present. University of Texas Press, 2010