Playwrights '56: The Battler (1955)

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The Battler DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS PROGRAMME. Nick Adams, a wandering young man, encounters a washed up mentally unstable boxer living as a hobo. Premiered: October 18, 1955 Distributed by: National Broadcasting Company Directed by Arthur Penn Produced by Fred Coe Teleplay by Sidney Carroll & Hotchner Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway Starring : Paul Newman as Ad Francis Frederick O'Neal & Dewey Martin

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