Death of a Salesman (1951 film) to lose his grip on reality and slips between the past and the present, frantically trying to find where he went wrong. The cast consisted mainly of the Broadway cast, with the addition of Kevin McCarthy from the original London Cast. However, Fredric March replaced Broadway actor Lee J. Cobb after concerns arose over Cobb's alleged past with leftist politics. Just before the film was about to come out, Arthur Miller threatened to sue Columbia Studios over the short which was to appear before "Death of a Salesman". This short film, "Career of a Salesman", showed what the producers believed
Adventure Story (play) the throne of Asia? Who shall I condemn to death?' The play opened at the St. James's Theatre in March 1949, with Paul Scofield in his first starring West End role, as Alexander. The BBC transmitted a live TV version of the play in 1950, starring Andrew Osborn as Alexander; and another in 1961, a recording of which has survived, directed by Rudolph Cartier, with Sean Connery in the role. Of his performance, "The Times" wrote, "certain inflexions and swift deliberations of gesture at times made one feel that the part had found the young Olivier it needs." Adventure Story