TV Reader's Digest 70 years old

TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Gene Raymond He was 46 , 89 years old when he died

Crew

Name	Job title
Harry Horner Directing He was 44 , 84 years old when he died	Director
Tom Gries Directing He was 32 , 54 years old when he died	Director
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan Writing He was 53 , 60 years old when he died	Writer
George Bruce Writing He was 57 , 76 years old when he died	Writer
William Beaudine Directing He was 63 , 78 years old when he died	Director