ITV Play of the Week Yellow Jack (Season 2, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

ITV Play of the Week

Yellow Jack (Season 2, Episode 8)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

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

Cyril Coke

Writers

Paul De Kruif (play) | Ken Hoare (adaptation) | Sidney Howard (play)

Production Designer

Timothy O'Brien

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Updated Oct 24, 1956

Release date

Oct 24, 1956 (United Kingdom)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Philip Bond Private McClelland Private McClelland See fewer	An Englishman's Castle (1978)
Phil Brown Major Walter Reed Major Walter Reed See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Alfred Burke Dr. James Carroll Dr. James Carroll See fewer	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Murray Kash Private Busch Private Busch See fewer	Time Lock (1957)
Diana King Nurse Blake Nurse Blake See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Vivian Matalon Private William H. Dean Private William H. Dean See fewer	ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Hugh McDermott Dr. Jesse Lazear Dr. Jesse Lazear See fewer	Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
Ronan O'Casey Private O'Hara Private O'Hara See fewer	1984 (1956)
Robert Perceval Colonel Tory Colonel Tory See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Gordon Sterne Dr. Aristides Agramonte Dr. Aristides Agramonte See fewer	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Jerry Stovin Private Brinkerhof Private Brinkerhof See fewer	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Russell Waters Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Dr. Carlos J. Finlay See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
Ronald Wilson Sick soldier Sick soldier See fewer	Lives of Girls & Women (1996)