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Deadfall Playbill - Oct 1955
Deadfall
Broadway
Original
Holiday Theatre
1567 Broadway (47th St.), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Leonard Lee
People (22)
Leslie Barrett
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Sheila Bond
Billie Devine
(Original)
Clarence Derwent
Harry Dietzler
(Original)
Joanne Dru
Jane Lockridge
(Original)
Theo Goetz
Dr. Alexander Newman
(Original)
Sam Gray
Dr. Paul Stone
(Original)
Paul Huber
Quentin Lockridge
(Original)
John Ireland
Buck Carpenter
(Original)
Jay Jostyn
District Attorney McDonough
(Original)
Mercer McLeod
Edmund Hartley
(Original)
Norman Rose
Detective-Lieutenant Martinez
(Original)
Harold Vermilyea
Judge Romagna
(Original)
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Leslie Barrett
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Sheila Bond
Billie Devine
(Original)
Clarence Derwent
Harry Dietzler
(Original)
Joanne Dru
Jane Lockridge
(Original)
Theo Goetz
Dr. Alexander Newman
(Original)
Sam Gray
Dr. Paul Stone
(Original)
Paul Huber
Quentin Lockridge
(Original)
John Ireland
Buck Carpenter
(Original)
Jay Jostyn
District Attorney McDonough
(Original)
Mercer McLeod
Edmund Hartley
(Original)
Norman Rose
Detective-Lieutenant Martinez
(Original)
Harold Vermilyea
Judge Romagna
(Original)
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Leonard Lee
Writer
Michael Gordon
Director
Ralph Alswang
Production Design
Lighting Design
Howard Adelman
Stage Manager
John Crawford
Stage Manager
Leonard Field
Company Manager
Richard Maney
Press Representative
Peggy Phillips
Press Representative
Martin Goodman
Producer
Julius M. Gordon
Produced In Association With
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Opening Date
Oct
27
1955
Closing Date
Nov
12
1955
Performances
20
as of Apr 02, 2026
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Deadfall - October 27, 1955
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Deadfall - October 27, 1955
Deadfall - October 27, 1955
Deadfall - October 27, 1955
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