Dark December (Playhouse 90)

"Dark December" is an American television play broadcast on April 30, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast includes Barry Sullivan, Michael Landon, James Whitmore, and Warren Beatty. Franklin Schaffner was the director and Merle Miller the writer.

Plot
Set in December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, a military doctor takes over a Franciscan seminary in Bastogne and tries to convert it into a hospital.

Cast
The cast includes the following:


 * Barry Sullivan - Capt. Schuyler "Sky" Hobart
 * Lili Darvas - Belgian Woman
 * Richard Beymer - LeRoy Cadman
 * Michael Landon - Booth Latham
 * James Whitmore - Major Abe Kasner
 * Warren Beatty - Wally
 * Paul Burke - Farley
 * Sasha Harden - Konrad
 * Barry Cahill - Hank Gaines
 * Sam Edwards - The Captain
 * Ronny Howard - The Boy
 * Brian Hutton - Soldier
 * Robert Carson - Soldier
 * Ray Foster - Soldier
 * Richard Clair - Soldier
 * Robert Easton - Soldier
 * Lew Brown - Soldier
 * Robert Sorrells - Soldier
 * Dee Pollock - Soldier
 * Arlette Clark - Nun
 * Gerry Gaylor - Nun
 * Lisa Pons - Nun
 * Mary Andre - Nun

Production
The program aired on April 30, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Merle Miller was the writer and Franklin Schaffner the director.