The 80 Yard Run (Playhouse 90)

"The 80 Yard Run"
Playhouse 90 episode
Paul Newman in "The 80 Yard Run"
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 19
Directed by	Franklin Schaffner
Written by	David Shaw (adaptation), Irwin Shaw (story)
Original air date	January 16, 1958 (1958-01-16)
Guest appearances
Paul Newman as Christian Darling Joanne Woodward as Louise Darling
Episode chronology
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"The 80 Yard Run" is an American television play broadcast on January 16, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward co-starred. Franklin Schaffner directed, and David Shaw wrote the teleplay as an adaptation of a story written by his brother Irwin Shaw.