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"Bus Stop" A Lion Walks Among Us

December 3, 1961 Episode 10 of 26



Genre: Drama

Writer: Ellis Kadison (teleplay)
Tom Wicker (novel)

Directed by: Robert Altman

Plot Synopsis: Fabian as a unrepentant hep-cat playing musical chairs with the hot seat. The flippancy of the killer for kicks in the episode was singled out by the PTA. Senate Sub-Committee hearings agreed that violence on TV was bad and BUS STOP was quickly pulled off the air and has never, to this day, ever been shown nationally again.

Cast (in credits order):
Philip Abbott ... Oliver West
Owen Bush ... Homer King
Roy Engel ... Judge
Fabian ... Luke Freeman
Dianne Foster ... Sally Wagner
Dabbs Greer ... Lefty
Bob Harris
Perry Ivins ... Jordan
Bernard Kates ... Coroner
Peter Madsen
Jenny Maxwell ... Linda
Robert Ridgely ... Sweetwater
Marilyn Maxwell ... Grace Sherwood
Rhodes Reason ... Sheriff Will Mayberry
Joan Freeman ... Elma Gahrigner
Richard Anderson ... Dist. Atty. Glenn Wagner
William Tyler ... Jeff (as Bill Tyler)

Produced by: Robert Blees and Roy Huggins




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