Runaway Bay (TV play)

"Runaway Bay (TV play)"
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 3
Series 21
Episode Runaway Bay
Directed byStuart Rosenberg
Written byTom Mankiewicz
Benjamin Masselink
Original air dateMay 25, 1966 (1966-05-25)
Running time60 mins

Runaway Bay is a 1966 American television play that aired as an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.[1]

It was the first writing credit for Tom Mankiewicz. An original screenplay of his had been optioned by Universal and was admired by produced Ron Roth. This led to Roth hiring Mankiewicz to rewrite the script.[2]

Premise

Disillusioned with life in the city, a young woman called Miranda, returns to her small home town.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Bob Wagner, Carol Lynley star in Runaway Bay". The South Bend Tribune. 21 May 1966. p. 24.
  2. ^ Mankiewicz, Tom; Crane, Robert (2012). My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 73.