Without Incident
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{{Infobox television episode
| series = Playhouse 90
| image =
| caption =
| season = 1
| episode = 36
| airdate = {{Start date|1957|06|06|df=yes}}ON TELEVISION New York Times 6 June 1957: 63.
| production = Filmmaster Productions
| writer = David Victor
Herbert Little Jnr
| based_on = story by Charles Marquis Warren
| director = Charles Marquis Warren
| guests = Errol Flynn
Ann Sheridan
John Ireland
Julie London
| music = Bernard Herrmann
| episode_list =
| prev = Circle of the Day
| next = Clash by Night
}}
Without Incident is a 1957 episode of Playhouse 90 starring Errol Flynn.'Without Incident'
The Christian Science Monitor 21 May 1957: 11.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WW5TBQAAQBAJ&q=%22without+incident%22+flynn&pg=PA274|page=275|title=Errol Flynn: The Life and Career|first=Thomas|last= McNulty|publisher=McFarland|date= May 7, 2015}}
Plot
The captain of a U.S. Cavalry unit rescues two wives of slain traders who were being held hostage by hostile Native Americans but then is faced with a mutiny among his own men.
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Captain Russell Bidlack
- Anne Sheridan as Kathy
- Julie London as Angela
- John Ireland as Sgt Turley
- Rodolfo Acosta
Production
Traditionally all shows on Playhouse 90 were made by Screen Gems and done live. However, in January 1957 CBS announced that three episodes would be made by another company, Filmaster Productions, and shot on location: "Carbine Web", "Lone Woman" and "Without Incident".Xavier Cugat and His Wife, Abbe Lane, Sign to Replace Eddie Fisher on N.B.C New York Times 25 Jan 1957: 45.Pretty German Fraulein Cast as Same
Louella Parsons:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 2 Feb 1957: B8.
In February 1957 it was announced the episode may be spun off into a TV series starring Flynn but this did not happen.NEWS OF TELEVISION AND RADIO: "THE LARK"--A BROADWAY HIT TO BE SEEN ON TV TODAY
By VAL ADAMS New York Times 10 Feb 1957: 129.{{cite magazine|page=31|url=https://archive.org/details/variety205-1957-02/page/n102/mode/1up/search/%22errol+flynn%22+?q=%22errol+flynn%22+%22las+vegas%22+cabaret+patrice+wymore|magazine=Variety|date=13 February 1957|title=Flynn's Playhouse 90 Entry Also as a Pilot for a New Series}}
Filming begun on location in Tucson, Arizona on March 4, with studio work in Hollywood.
Television Film Producers Invest Heavily In Horse Opera Series for the Fall Season Special to The New York Times 6 Feb 1957: 51. {Another account says filming started in Hollywood on 28 February and that the budget was around $150,000.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety205-1957-02/page/n32/mode/1up/search/%22errol+flynn%22+?q=%22errol+flynn%22+%22las+vegas%22+cabaret+patrice+wymore|page=33|date=6 February 1957|title=CBS-Filmaster Pix for 'Playhouse'}}) It was one of three Filmmaster productions being shot for Playhouse 90 in Arizona, the others being Lone Woman and Carbine Web. Each took around a week to film.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety205-1957-02/page/n252/mode/1up/search/%22errol+flynn%22+?q=%22errol+flynn%22+%22las+vegas%22+cabaret+patrice+wymore|title=CBS to Theatre Features|date=27 February 1957|page=21}}
"I play a wonton," said Julie London.Julie London, Torn Between Singing and Acting, Tries Hand at Western
Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 2 June 1957: H3.
Reception
Filmink magazine later wrote that this was "a different sort of character for" Flynn "a hated martinet who is willing to sacrifice the life of his men if it means keeping the Apaches at bay... it’s not one of his best performances, but the story is solid."{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/films-errol-flynn-6/|title=The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 6 – The Final Adventures |date=December 15, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0675674/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7 Without Incident] at IMDb
{{Charles Marquis Warren}}
{{Playhouse 90}}