High Tor
Fantasy
Music
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.
1956-03-10
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Cast
Director
James Neilson
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
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
Richard Keene as 2nd Sailor
Bobby Jordan as 3rd Sailor