David Susskind Movies

  • 1980
    Father Figure

    Father Figure

    Father Figure

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    Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the...

    Father Figure
  • 1979
    Walking Through the Fire

    Walking Through the Fire

    Walking Through the Fire

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    A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the...

    Walking Through the Fire
  • 1959
    Back to Back

    Back to Back

    Back to Back

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    These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when...

    Back to Back
  • 1955
    Five in Judgement

    Five in Judgement

    Five in Judgement

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    When two brothers traveling across country stop in a small town diner to escape a storm, they are taken to be murderers by the locals.

    Five in Judgement
  • 1970
    Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection

    Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection

    Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection

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    The 1973 program that explored Howard Hughes’ connection to Watergate and the alleged $100,000 bribe to Nixon that may have precipitated the...

    Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection
  • 1976
    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

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    A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
  • 1970
    David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All

    David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All

    David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All

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    An extensive interview originally broadcast in Feb. 1979. Host David Susskind and Truman Capote discuss the icon's history, his writing, his social...

    David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All
  • 1977
    Tell Me My Name

    Tell Me My Name

    Tell Me My Name

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    Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption...

    Tell Me My Name
  • 1962
    At the Drop of a Hat

    At the Drop of a Hat

    At the Drop of a Hat

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    "An after-dinner farrago" featuring British writers and performers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.

    At the Drop of a Hat
  • 1970
    The Carol Lawrence Show

    The Carol Lawrence Show

    The Carol Lawrence Show

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    Unsold pilot for Carol Lawrence's talk show

    The Carol Lawrence Show
  • 1970
    David Susskind Archive: Gay Rights Pro and Con

    David Susskind Archive: Gay Rights Pro and Con

    David Susskind Archive: Gay Rights Pro and Con

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    In the year AIDS was first defined by the CDC, this 1982 program is a human rights debate between religious scholars and notable gay New Yorkers.

    David Susskind Archive: Gay Rights Pro and Con