The Greer Case

Jan 31, 1957

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Playhouse 90

CBS

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Cast

Self - Announcer

Richard Joy

Howard Hoagland

Melvyn Douglas

Erika Segnitz

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Jack Baldwin

Edmund Gwenn

Francis Wells

Phillip Reed

Annie Jackson

Jane Darwell

Louise Hoagland

Una Merkel

Lester Friedman

Raymond Burr

Mabel Seymour Greer

Anita Louise

Raymond Armbruster

Alan Marshal

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