The Unlighted Road

The Unlighted Road (1955)

Young Jeff Latham stops at a roadside diner and ends up working there. After meeting a nice local girl, everything seems to be going his way. Things get complicated when he unwittingly gets involved with criminals working out of the diner.

Date of release
1955-05-06
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
30m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
Director
Jus Addiss

Casting

Interesting facts

"The Unlighted Road" is a 1955 television movie that was first broadcast on May 6, 1955, as part of the CBS television series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. It starred James Dean who died less than five months after the production was aired.

Production

The Unlighted Road was filmed in January 1955, while Dean was on a break from the production of Rebel Without a Cause. Dean's first motion picture, East of Eden, was released in March 1955 and turned Dean into a star. The Unlighted Road was first broadcast on May 6, 1955, benefiting from Dean's new stardom.

The Unlighted Road aired as part of the CBS television series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. William Self was the producer and Justus Addiss the director. Walter C. Brown wrote the screenplay.

Other than a commercial and interviews, it was Dean's final television appearance. It was also Dean's only teleplay to have been recorded on film rather than performed live.

The production was so popular that it was replayed in June 1955. Following Dean's death, it was replayed again in November 1956. It was subsequently shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1986, and released on videotape in 1987. In 1991, it was part of a traveling exhibition by American Cinematheque of Dean's television work.

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