ARENA | Film
The Conspirators (1956)
Season 1, Episode 11, of Broken Arrow (ABC)
This television episode is not “about” Emperor Norton as such. But, the Emperor is a significant supporting character in the story.
The Emperor Norton Trust will be contributing this film to the Internet Archive, at which point it will join the Trust’s collection of Norton-related films there and will have a dedicated link at the Archive, Until then, the YouTube version of the film can be viewed below. *
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Production company 20th Century Fox
Filming location TCF Television Production studios, Hollywood
Executive in charge of production Irving Asher
Audio-Visual sound, b/w
Run time 26 minutes
Original air date 18 December 1956
CREW
Producer Mel Epstein
Director Hollingsworth Morse
Assistant director K.M. Kenny Kessler
Teleplay Harold Swanton — based on characters from Elliott Arnold’s 1947 novel Blood Brother
Director of photography Karl Struss, A.S.C.
Art direction Lyle Wheeler; Ben Hayne
Set decoration Walter M. Scott; Jack Stubbs
Makeup Mel Berns
Wardrobe supervisor Dick James
Properties Eddie Jones
Sound editor Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Sound recordist James F. Mobley
Editorial supervisor Art Seid, A.C.E.
Music supervisor Alec Compinsky
Composer (theme music) Paul Sawtell
Script supervisor Cosmo Genovese
CAST
Tom Jeffords John Lupton
Cochise Michael Ansara (credit only)
Terry Weaver Angie Dickinson
Emperor Joshua Norton Florenz Ames
Chenoweth Edgar Barrier
Wilkins Booth Colman
Carmody Richard Collier
Stagecoach passenger Cyril Delevanti
Stagecoach driver Hank Patterson
Jollyman Ted Stanhope
Deputy Commissioner Tris Coffin
Secretary of Interior Edward Earle
Thug Charles Horvath (uncredited)
Added to the Archive 2 August 2022
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