Producers' Showcase Yellow Jack (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Producers' Showcase

Yellow Jack (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Drama, Musical, Comedy

The story of US Army doctor Walter Reed and how he and his medical team helped to find the cause of yellow fever, which was responsible for the deaths of thousands every year, in Cuba after the Spanish-American war of 1898.

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

Paul De Kruif (play) | Sidney Howard (play) | J.P. Miller (adaptation)

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 10, 1955

Release date

Jan 10, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 13 nominations

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
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Jackie Cooper O'Hara O'Hara See fewer	Superman (1978)
Wally Cox William H. Dean William H. Dean See fewer	Mister Peepers (1952)
Broderick Crawford Walter Reed Walter Reed See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
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Victor Jory Aristides Argamonte Aristides Argamonte See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
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E.G. Marshall Dr. Carlos Finlay Dr. Carlos Finlay See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
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Eva Marie Saint Miss Blake Miss Blake See fewer	On the Waterfront (1954)
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