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The Fifth Column

8.219601h 30mMovieTV MovieDrama

A TV film made as part of The Buick-Electra Playhouse.

DirectorJohn Frankenheimer
WriterErnest Hemingway
ProducersJoe Scully·A. E. Hotchner

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Cast · Directed by John Frankenheimer

RBRichard Burton
Richard Burton
MSMaximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
SHSally Ann Howes
Sally Ann Howes
BF
Betsy von Furstenberg
SOShaike Ophir
Shaike Ophir
MSMilton Selzer
Milton Selzer
RD
Robert Dowdell
TSTonio Selwart
Tonio Selwart

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The Fifth Column hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 18, 1960. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.