Profiles in Courage Robert A. Taft (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Profiles in Courage

Robert A. Taft (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1946 many Nazis are sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio questions the legality of these trials since the men have no chance for appeal and since their crimes were enacted after the fact.

Director

José Quintero (as Jose Quintero)

Writers

John F. Kennedy (based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book) | William Hanley (written by)

Producer

Gordon Oliver

Composer

Nelson Riddle

Cinematographer

Philip H. Lathrop (as Philip Lathrop)

Editor

Bill Mosher

Casting Director

Patricia Mock (as Patricia Rose)

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 3, 1965

Release date

Jan 3, 1965 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 2 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Lee Tracy Senator Robert A. Taft Senator Robert A. Taft See fewer	Turn Back the Clock (1933)
David Opatoshu Max Goldman Max Goldman See fewer	Exodus (1960)
Lou Frizzell Howard Jensen Howard Jensen See fewer	The Front Page (1974)
George Furth Stanley Stanley See fewer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Sue Randall Joan Owens Joan Owens See fewer	Desk Set (1957)
Louise Lorimer Martha Taft Martha Taft See fewer	Flying Cadets (1941)
Steve Ihnat Tom Smith Tom Smith See fewer	Countdown (1967)
Eugene Roche Senator Wilks Senator Wilks See fewer	Soap (1977)
Jason Wingreen Editor Editor See fewer	Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Tommy Farrell Reporter Reporter See fewer	This Is Alice (1958)
Lee Millar Reporter Reporter See fewer	Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Robert Casper Reporter Reporter See fewer	Playhouse 90 (1956)
Frank Behrens Reporter Reporter See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Loring Smith Roger Marsden Roger Marsden See fewer	Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)