The Alcoa Hour Undertow (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Drama

The Alcoa Hour

Undertow (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Drama

Cap'n Hallock and his taciturn hardworking wife and their two sons live in Nova Scotia. It takes a near-tragedy to get the family to drop its reserve and reveal their true feelings.

Director

Robert Mulligan

Writer

Jack Kelsey (writer)

Producer

Herbert Brodkin (producer)

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 11, 1955

Release date

Dec 11, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
John Kerr Jamie Hallock Jamie Hallock See fewer	Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Hanna Landy Gail Parr Gail Parr See fewer	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Thomas Mitchell Cap'n Jarvis Cap'n Jarvis See fewer	Stagecoach (1939)
Cathleen Nesbitt Mother Hallock Mother Hallock See fewer	The Parent Trap (1961)
Robert Preston Doug Hallock Doug Hallock See fewer	The Music Man (1962)
Teresa Wright Sylvia Hallock Sylvia Hallock See fewer	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)