High Tor

High Tor

90 mins | Music, Fantasy | March 10, 1956

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.

High Tor

90 mins | Music, Fantasy | March 10, 1956

High Tor
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.
Producers CBS Productions
Original title High Tor
Directors James Neilson, Franklin J. Schaffner
Writers John Monks Jr., Maxwell Anderson

Cast

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

James Gavin

as Patsy

Kay E. Kuter

as Dope

Charles Meredith

as Biggs Sr.

George N. Neise

as Budge

John Pickard

as Captain

Micheal Miller

as Pieter

Jack Pepper

as 1st Sailor

Richard Keene

as 2nd Sailor

Bobby Jordan

as 3rd Sailor

Lee Turnbull

as 4th Sailor