Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90)

"Forbidden Area"
Playhouse 90 episode
Charlton Heston as Col. Jesse Price
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Written by	Rod Serling
Original air date	October 4, 1956 (1956-10-04)
Guest appearances
Charlton Heston as Col. Jesse Price Tab Hunter as Stanley Smith Diana Lynn as Catherine Hume Vincent Price as Clark Simmons Victor Jory as Rear Admiral Batt Charles Bickford as General Keaton Jackie Coogan as The Cook
Episode chronology
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"Forbidden Area" was an American television play broadcast live on October 4, 1956, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the premiere episode of the series. The play concerns efforts to thwart a massive, Christmastime nuclear attack from a fleet of Russian submarines located off the coast of the United States. Rod Serling wrote the screenplay, and John Frankenheimer directed. Charlton Heston, Tab Hunter, Diana Lynn, and Charles Bickford starred.