Kings Row (1955)

Directed by

Paul Stewart

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young psychiatrist named Parris Mitchell starts a practice in a small Midwestern town in the 1950s. He faces suspicion and closed-mindedness from the locals as he tries to help patients.

melancholicslow-burnrestrainedprovincialtenderunsettledintrospectiveperiod

What happens

Kings Row is an hour-long American television period drama starring Jack Kelly, Nan Leslie and Robert Horton which was broadcast on ABC between September 13, 1955 and January 17, 1956 as part of the wheel series Warner Bros. Presents. It was the first of 20 filmed shows produced for ABC between 1955 and 1963 by Warner Bros Television, under the supervision of executive producer William T. Orr, Kings Row is also the only straight drama among those shows, whereas Westerns and detective/adventure series comprised 14 of the 20 productions. The series' protagonist is psychiatrist Parris Mitchell, who has recently set up his practice in a small town of the Midwestern United States. He is met with mistrust and prejudice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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