Burning Bright (1959)
In this acclaimed production of John Steinbeck's classic morality tale, award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst stars as Mordeen, a wife driven to desperate measures to give her aging circus performer husband a child. Dana Elcar, Donald Madden and Tony Award winner Myron McCormick round out the talented cast of this televised Broadway Theatre Archive production, produced by Lewis Freedman and Henry Weinstein.
- Date of release
- 1959-10-26
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Curt Conway
Casting
- Colleen Dewhurst — Mordeen Saul
- Myron McCormick — Joe Saul
- Dana Elcar — Friend Ed
- Donald Madden — Victor
- Crahan Denton
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