Parker Adderson, Philosopher

A Union prisoner-of-War, captured behind Confederate lines, and condemned to be shot,, argues with his captors about what lies beyond mortality. Adaptation on an Ambrose Bierce short story.

Douglass Watson

General

Harris Yulin

Parker Adderson

Darren O'Connor

Lieutenant

James Greene

Corporal

Robert Anthony

Private

Red Sutton

Guard

Stephen White

Doctor

Swifty O'Keefe

Beauford

Lou Marx

Orderly

Paul Conley

Sentry

Robert Geller

Captain

Colleen Dewhurst

Hostess

Henry Fonda

Narrator (Voice)

Salome Jens

Alice

• Arthur BarronDirector · Writer
• Ambrose BierceStory
• Ozzie BrownProducer
• Robert GellerExecutive Producer
• Karl EpsteinEditor
• Evelyn BarronCasting

Release date

January 8, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

39m

Genres

War, Drama