High Tor

March. 10,1956      
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.

Bing Crosby as  Van Van Dorn
Julie Andrews as  Lise
Nancy Olson as  Judith
Everett Sloane as  DeWitt
Hans Conried as  Biggs
Lloyd Corrigan as  Skimmerhorn
Dan Barton as  Buddy
Robert Foulk as  Elkus
Charles Meredith as  Biggs Sr.
George N. Neise as  Budge

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Reviews

Titreenp
1956/03/10

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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SnoReptilePlenty
1956/03/11

Memorable, crazy movie

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Fairaher
1956/03/12

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Izzy Adkins
1956/03/13

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

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