Schlitz Playhouse Desert Tragedy (Season 3, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

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Schlitz Playhouse

Desert Tragedy (Season 3, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Prospector Jake Simpson unwittingly allows a killer to join his search for a gold mine.

Director

Writer

John Copeland (written by) (as John Q. Copeland)

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 25, 1953

Release date

Sep 25, 1953 (United States)

Awards

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Clark Jake Simpson Jake Simpson See fewer	Sally in Our Alley (1927)
Russ Conway Actor Actor See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Broderick Crawford Actor Actor See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Eddy Waller Chuckwalla Chuckwalla See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Hank Worden Actor Actor See fewer	The Searchers (1956)

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