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Playhouse 90•Season 1•Episode 12

The Family Nobody Wanted

Dec 20, 195690 min

A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.

Directed byJohn Frankenheimer

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Seasons4

Season 1 Episodes39

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Forbidden Area

Requiem for a Heavyweight still

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Sizeman and Son

Rendezvous in Black

The Country Husband

The Big Slide

Heritage of Anger

Eloise

Confession

Made in Heaven

Sincerely, Willis Wade

The Family Nobody Wanted

Massacre at Sand Creek

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

The Ninth Day

So Soon to Die

The Star Wagon

The Greer Case

The Miracle Worker

The Comedian

One Coat of White

The Blackwell Story

Invitation to a Gunfighter

The Last Tycoon

The Hostess with the Mostes'

Where's Charley?

Clipper Ship

If You Knew Elizabeth

Three Men on a Horse

Four Women in Black

Child of Trouble

Homeward Borne

The Helen Morgan Story

Winter Dreams

Circle of the Day

Without Incident

Clash by Night

Ain't No Time for Glory

The Fabulous Irishman

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John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer

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Episode Summary

"The Family Nobody Wanted" is episode 12 of Playhouse 90 season 1. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it aired on December 20, 1956.

Next: E13 · Massacre at Sand Creek Best of Season 1