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"DuPont Theater" - The Boy Nobody Wanted (1956)

1956 · Television · 25 min

  • Drama

Synopsis

An episode of DuPont's filmed dramatic anthology series. Originally telecast 2 October 1956. In this episode, a young boy accidentally kills another child. Problems ensue.

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Running time
25 minutes
Collection
1950s Classic TV, Classic TV

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★★★ · Stars before they were Stars · Noah 8-? · 2013-05-30

The Boy Nobody Wanted turns out to be none other than Johnny Crawford. Here's an example of Johnny Crawford BEFORE he was Mark McCain, The Rifleman's son. I didn't know it but Johnny Crawford was one of the original 24 or so Mousketeers. Who Might the other kid be? I don't remember the actor's name but that's Little Luke of the Real McCoys. About the same age as these guys was Patty MacCormick of The Bad Seed and Make Me Not a Witch. And then there was Tommy Retig - Lassie and Bobby Diamond - Fury. In this same group was a boy called Paul Peterson (Jeff of the Donna Reed Show who is now the…