David Susskind Movies

A presentation of Tennessee Williams' three one-act plays: "Moony's Kid Don't Cry," "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches," and "This Property Is...

After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’...

Recounts the events of the final years of Napoleon, culminating in his exile on the isle of St. Helena.

A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.

A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians,...

Fact-based story about a hard-driving young executive who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant.

Unsold pilot for Carol Lawrence's talk show

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.

"An after-dinner farrago" featuring British writers and performers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.

In 1961, David Susskind conducted a series of interviews with former President Harry Truman in Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri. After...

An anti-Communist propaganda film produced by the United States Information Agency for the indoctrination of the children separated by Operation...

The fascinating 1973 interview with a mid-level hitman named “Joey” who describes in detail his life in the mob that included the murder...

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

In the year AIDS was first defined by the CDC, this 1982 program is a human rights debate between religious scholars and notable gay New Yorkers.

The historic interview that stopped JFK in his tracks...

An extensive interview originally broadcast in Feb. 1979. Host David Susskind and Truman Capote discuss the icon's history, his writing, his social...