John Huston documentaries." Huston did an uncredited rewrite of Anthony Veiller's screenplay for "The Stranger" (1946), a film he was to have directed. When Huston became unavailable Orson Welles was offered the opportunity to direct. He had been cast in the role of a high-ranking Nazi fugitive who manages to settle in New England under an assumed name. His next picture, which he wrote, directed, and briefly appeared in as an American, asked to "help out a fellow American, down on his luck", was "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948). It would become one of the films which established his reputation
The Devil and Daniel Webster screenplay. Jean Holloway's adaptation aired on "Hallmark Playhouse" (CBS, June 10, 1948, 30 min); cast: John McIntire (Daniel Webster), Alan Reed (Mr. Scratch), Frank Goss (Jabez Stone). Edward Arnold again played Daniel Webster for "The Prudential Family Hour of Stars" (CBS, Sept. 18, 1949, 30 min). Walter Huston again reprised his 1941 film role in the "All That Money Can Buy" episode of "Theatre Guild on the Air" (NBC, April 30, 1950, 60 min); Cornel Wilde and Martha Scott co-starred. Benét adapted his story as a play, "The Devil and Daniel Webster: A Play in One Act" (New York: Dramatists