John Frankenheimer
December, 1958
In a field where the current lack of demand has made directors of live TV drama as scarce as the whooping crane, John Frankenheimer is a very rare bird indeed. Even as the plague of quizzers and run-of-the-million filmed oaters has forced other directors to go thataway, Frankenheimer, whose memorable Playhouse 90 efforts have included The Troublemakers and Emmy-copping The Comedian, has turned down a batch of TV plums this season to take his first crack at Broadway (he directs Faraway the Train-...
