Television Program 1

Includes the following films:

“Nightmare in Chicago” (adapted from Kraft Suspense Theatre: Once Upon a Savage Night)

1964. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Teleplay by David Moessinger, based on a novel by William P. McGivern. With Charles McGraw, Robert Ridgely, Ted Knight, Barbara Turner. Shot on location in and around Chicago, this gritty crime thriller, much of it told from a serial killer’s perspective, is the best of the director’s early flirtations with classic film noir. It also features an early score by John Williams. 80 min.

“Survival” (from Combat!)

1963. Directed by Robert Altman. Teleplay by John D. F. Black. With Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert. In what is generally considered the war series’s strongest and most realistic episode, WWII American soldier Morrow wanders alone, burned and shell-shocked, behind German lines. 47 min.