Pericles on 31st Street
Racial tensions break out on 31st Street, a multi-ethnic community. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Harry Mark Petrakis novel for NBC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for NBC's The Dick Powell Theatre, premiering on Apr. 12, 1962.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Cast: Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, Theodore Bikel, Arthur O'Connell, Carroll O'Connor, Peter Whitney, Milton Selzer, Karl Swenson, Dabbs Greer, Margaret Field, Adrienne Marden, Kathleen Freeman
Crew: Sam Peckinpah (Director), Harry Mark Petrakis (Writer), Sam Peckinpah (Writer), Harry Mark Petrakis (Original Story), Dick Powell (Executive Producer)