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Armstrong Circle Theatre

1950–1967 · 15 seasons

A solemn, talky parade of moral dilemmas and ripped-from-the-headlines dramatizations, earnest and stagebound, rewarding patience with quiet seriousness.

Created by: James Sheldon, Julie Light
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandy Becker, John Cameron Swayze, Henry Hamilton

Overview: Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.

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Created by: James Sheldon, Julie Light
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandy Becker, John Cameron Swayze, Henry Hamilton

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: morality
politics
power
justice
family
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
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Genres: drama
Created by: James Sheldon, Julie Light, Marc Daniels, William Corrigan
Written by: Edmund Morris, Rod Serling, George Lowther, Alvin Boretz
Starring: Sandy Becker, John Cameron Swayze, Henry Hamilton, Douglas Edwards, Frank McHugh, Gene Lockhart, Maurice Shrog, James Dean
Length: 15 seasons, 367 episodes, 60 min each
Network: NBC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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