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Burning Bright
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Burning Bright

1959
Directed byCurt Conway
1h 40m

In this acclaimed production of John Steinbeck's classic morality tale, award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst stars as Mordeen, a wife driven to desperate measures to give her aging circus performer husband a child. Dana Elcar, Donald Madden and Tony Award winner Myron McCormick round out the talented cast of this televised Broadway Theatre Archive production, produced by Lewis Freedman and Henry Weinstein.

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Colleen DewhurstMordeen SaulMyron McCormickJoe Saul
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DramaTV Movie
STATUSReleased
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NR

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