The Andersonville Trial Premieres On Nation Channel
Hollywood TV critic notes the two and a half hour color TELEVISION drama The Andersonville Trial directed by George C Scott. Saul Leyvitt wrote the script about a Civil War prison camp commandant on trial for deaths. The program airs coast to coast on National Educational Television Sunday night.
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