Telephone Time – Season 2 – Episode 18 – Parents of a Stranger | John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter

The story is from an actual case history from the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, the programme relates how a little “stranger’, a girl born deaf to a working class family, is gradually brought out of her isolation, and learns to communicate.

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller, Robert Florey, and Lewis Allen (director). A total of 81 episodes aired from April 1956 to March 1957 on CBS, and from April 1957 to April 1958 on ABC.

Directed by Erle C. Kenton, Lewis Allen, Robert B. Sinclair
Starring John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac

Cast
John Nesbitt as Self – Host
Frank Baxter as Self – Host
Maurice Marsac as Tall Postman
Florenz Ames as Barber
Norbert Schiller as Leader No.1
Paul Bryar as Crew Boss
Gene Roth as Prison Guard
Hugo Haas as Christopher Ludwick
Grandon Rhodes as McClellan