The Time of Your Life is a 1958 live television version of William Saroyan's play starring Jackie Gleason, directed by Tom Donovan, and adapted by A. J. Russell. The telecast was shown on October 9, 1958 and was the third episode of the third season of the anthology series Playhouse 90.
Directed byRalph Nelson OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesSports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise ActorsAnthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Val Avery Rating77% Après avoir été mis K.O. par Cassius Clay, le boxeur poids lourd Louis Rivera doit raccrocher aux gants en raison d'une grave blessure à l'œil. Aidé de son soigneur Army, il se lance à la recherche d'un travail. Il rencontre alors une assistante sociale qui se prend d'affection pour lui et qui lui propose de devenir moniteur dans un camp de vacances. Mais la situation s'avère difficile lorsque son entraîneur, qui est criblé de dettes, le pousse à se convertir en catcheur...
, 1h24 OriginUSA GenresDrama, War ThemesSpy films, Political films ActorsVan Johnson, Dick York, Kerwin Mathews, Larry Storch, Lise Bourdin, Leon Askin Rating58% Several American GIs plan an escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Among them is a German, Lt. Hans von Kroner, known to them as Sgt. Richardson, who is working undercover, spying on the prisoners and polishing up his American English. Reporting the escape plan to the Camp Commandant, Von Kroner is told he is being removed from the camp as part of a top secret project gathering all fluent English-speaking members of the Wehrmacht for an unstated reason.
, 1h40 Directed byDaniel Mann OriginUSA GenresDrama ActorsPaul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker, Joanna Moore Rating68% As the fiercely dedicated general practitioner who tries to help the sick, the poor and the unfortunate in his decrepit neighborhood, Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) is a testy old man who faces life without compromise and Woodrow Thrasher (David Wayne) is a troubled television executive fighting to preserve his career.
, 1h45 Directed byJohn Cromwell OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesFilms about television ActorsKim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Patty Duke, Steven Hill, Bert Freed, Joan Copeland Rating64% Emily Ann Faulkner (Patty Duke) is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother (Betty Lou Holland), who does not want to be tied down by a child. When Emily Ann becomes a teenager (Kim Stanley) she remains a loner but has a sensual sexuality that attracts boys. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a world-weary GI, John Tower (Steven Hill), for Hollywood.
, 1h32 Directed byDelmer Daves OriginUSA GenresAction, Western ActorsGlenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Dick York, King Donovan, Brian Donlevy Rating66% Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) is a Chicago hotel clerk who dreams of being a cowboy and has fallen in love with Maria (Anna Kashfi), the daughter of hotel guest and Mexican cattle baron Señor Vidal (Donald Randolph). When Señor Vidal finds out, he orders Harris to stay away.
, 2h3 Directed byMervyn LeRoy, John Ford, Joshua Logan OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama ThemesMilitary humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films ActorsHenry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond Rating75% In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. The executive officer/cargo chief, Lieutenant Junior Grade Douglas A. "Doug" Roberts (Henry Fonda), tries to shield the dispirited crew from the harsh and unpopular captain, Lieutenant Commander Morton (James Cagney). Eager to join the fighting, Roberts repeatedly requests a transfer. Morton is forced by regulation to forward his requests, but refuses to endorse them, which means they are always rejected. Roberts shares quarters with Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver (Jack Lemmon). Pulver spends most of his time idling in his bunk and avoids the captain at all costs, so much so that Morton is actually unaware that the ensign is even part of the crew.