The Lie (1973)
From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy award winning American version for CBS’s reboot of Playhouse 90, an American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
Director: Alex Segal
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George Segal as Andrew |
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Shirley Knight as Anna |
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Robert Culp as Lawrence |
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Victor Buono as Bancks |
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William Daniels as Albert |
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Dean Jagger as Arnold Edgarton |
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Louise Lasser as Karen |
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Mary Ann Mobley as Esther |
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Elizabeth Wilson as Miss Pratt |
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Allan Arbus as Edward Fredericks |
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Robert Easton as Steve Olman |
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Connie Hines as Paula Olman |
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Priscilla Morrill as Carol Bancks |
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Neva Patterson as Mary Forman |
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Ann Prentiss as Elaine Fredericks |
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Milton Selzer as Dr. Ernest Foreman |
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Ellen Weston as Eva Anderson |
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Robert Emhardt as Busybody |
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Maidie Norman as Janine |
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John Ritter as Bauer |
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James A. McHugh as Fields |
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John Fujioka as Akiro |
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Jonathan Segal as Car Owner |
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William Bassett as Army Major |
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Jason Wingreen as Conference Man |
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Crane Jackson as Conference Man |
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Paul Bryar as Conference Man |
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Bobby Eilbacher as Henry |
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Kim Durso as Veronica |
| Editing | Lewis W. Smith | Editor |
| Production | Lewis Freedman | Producer |
| Camera | Bill Klages | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jan Scott | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles Kreiner | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Bill Klages | Lighting Director |
| Writing | Ingmar Bergman | Writer |
| Directing | Alex Segal | Director |