Turn Left at Mount Everest (Playhouse 90)

"**Turn Left at Mount Everest**"
"Turn Left at Mount Everest"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 29
Written by	Del Reisman (adaptation), Lowell Barrington (stage play)
Original air date	April 3, 1958
Guest appearances
	Peter Lorre as Tenzing; Fess Parker as Pvt. Linus Powell; Patricia Cutts as Sally Gates;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "The Right Hand Man"	Next →; "The Dungeon"

"Turn Left at Mount Everest" was an American television play broadcast on April 3, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Del Reisman wrote the teleplay, as an adaptation of a stage play by Lowell Barrington. Peter Lorre and Fess Parker starred.^[1]

Plot[]

Private Powell travels across the Himalayas during World War II

Cast[]

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:^[1]

Peter Lorre - Tenzing
Fess Parker - Pvt. Linus Powell
Patricia Cutts - Sally Gates
Paul Ford - Colonel
Arnold Stang - Allencamp

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 26, 2021.

[CTVA-1] "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 26, 2021.

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