Playwrights '56: "The Battler" Movie Review 1955

This is an early dramatic television appearance by Newman, as a young drifter who meets an interesting cross-section of people while hitchhiking around the country. Based on a story by Ernest Hemingway.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 60 minutes.

Cast and Crew

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Cast

Paul Newman, Dewey Martin, Phyllis Kirk

Director

Arthur Penn

Producer

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)