The 20th Century-Fox Hour The Last Patriarch (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

The 20th Century-Fox Hour

The Last Patriarch (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

A man employs the same ruthless authority in running the bank he founded that he imposes on his own family. His sons hate him enough to want to destroy him.

Director

Lewis Allen

Writers

Maurice Zimm (teleplay) | Philip Yordan (from a screenplay by) | Jerome Weidman (novel "I'll Never Go There Any More")

Producer

Peter Packer

Cinematographer

Charles Van Enger

Editor

Otto Meyer

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 28, 1956

Release date

Nov 28, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 nomination

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Walter Slezak Emil Markheim Emil Markheim See fewer	Lifeboat (1944)
John Cassavetes Max Markheim Max Markheim See fewer	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Virginia Leith Irene Bennett Irene Bennett See fewer	The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Vince Edwards Carl Markheim Carl Markheim See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Alexander Scourby Joe Markheim Joe Markheim See fewer	The Big Heat (1953)
Marilyn Saris Maria Maria See fewer	Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
Angela Greene Elaine Markheim Elaine Markheim See fewer	Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Ruth Storey Woman Juror Woman Juror See fewer	In Cold Blood (1967)
Walter Coy Prosecutor Prosecutor See fewer	The Searchers (1956)
John Bleifer Lappin Lappin See fewer	Les Misérables (1935)
Howard Hoffman Judge Judge See fewer	House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Lisa Golm Woman Woman See fewer	Anna Lucasta (1949)
Lyle Latell Prison Guard Prison Guard See fewer	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Leonard Bremen Waiter Waiter See fewer	The Front Page (1974)