General Electric Theater The Earring (Season 5, Episode 17)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

General Electric Theater

The Earring (Season 5, Episode 17)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

Director

Jules Bricken

Writers

James P. Cavanagh (teleplay) | Cornell Woolrich (story: 'The Death Stone')

Producer

William Frye

Composer

Lyn Murray

Cinematographer

Robert Pittack (as Robert W.Pittack)

Editor

Michael R. McAdam

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 13, 1957

Release date

Jan 13, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Ronald Reagan Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Eduard Franz David David See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Greer Garson Lydia Shaw Lydia Shaw See fewer	Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Clark Howat Milkman Milkman See fewer	Airport (1970)
Ruth Lee Jane Jane See fewer	Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)
Norman Lloyd Johnny Johnny See fewer	Dead Poets Society (1989)
Barney Phillips Lieutenant Well Lieutenant Well See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Phillip Reed Phil Phil See fewer	Unknown Island (1948)
Raymond Sanchez Carlos Carlos See fewer	Target (1958)
Frank Wolff Cab Driver Cab Driver See fewer	The Great Silence (1968)