''Conflict'' is an American anthology television series that was broadcast biweekly on ABC September 18, 1956 - September 3, 1957. Episodes focused on personal conflicts. It succeeded ''

Warner Bros. Presents ''Warner Bros. Presents'' is the umbrella title for three series that were telecast as part of the 1955-56 United States network television schedule, 1955–56 season on American Broadcasting Company, ABC: ''Cheyenne (TV series), Cheyenne'', a ne ...

''. Although ''Conflict'' assumed the same time slot as its predecessor, the two do not share the same format. Where ''Warner Bros. Presents'' had been a wheel series, ''Conflict'' was fully an anthological series. However, since '' Cheyenne'' and ''Conflict'' alternated the Tuesday 7:30 P.M. time slot, the net effect was that of a proper wheel series—even though ''Cheyenne'' and ''Conflict'' were not under the same umbrella title. The name change was imposed upon its production company, Warner Bros., by ABC executives who believed that "conflict" was the missing element in ''

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

'' and ''

Kings Row ''Kings Row'' is a 1942 film starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Betty Field that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the twentieth century. The picture was directed by Sam Woo ...

'' from ''Warner Bros. Presents''.

Man from 1997

Actor James Garner caught producer Roy Huggins' attention with a comedic performance as a gambler in the series' sixth episode, a

time travel Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future. Time travel is a concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. In fiction, time travel is typically achieved through the use of a device known a ...

scenario entitled "Man from 1997", leading Huggins to cast Garner as the lead the following year in his television series '' Maverick'', according to Huggins' Archive of American Television interview. In the episode, Charles Ruggles portrays an elderly time-traveling librarian from the future attempting to retrieve a 1997 almanac that he mistakenly left 41 years before it is supposed to exist. Garner portrays "Red," the brother of Maureen ( Gloria Talbott); the show also stars Jacques Sernas as Johnny Vlakos. Huggins noted in his Archive of American Television interview that he subsequently cast Garner as the lead in ''Maverick'' due to his comedic facial expressions while playing scenes in "Man from 1997" that were not originally written to be comical, leading staffers in the screening room watching the rushes to unexpectedly laugh. Huggins had written the scenes himself and realized that Garner was definitely adding the humor solely with his performance.

Schedule

The series does not fit neatly into standard American television seasons, technically superseding ''Warner Bros. Presents'' after ''

'' concluded its run in April 1956 and apparently providing at least one week of new material at the beginning of the 1957 season, before '' Sugarfoot'', starring Will Hutchins, replaced it. Hutchins was also cast in three episodes of ''Conflict'', including his screen debut as Ed Masters in "The Magic Brew" (October 16, 1956).

Production

William T. Orr was the executive producer, and Roy Huggins was the producer. David Buttolph was the composer of the theme for ''Conflict'' and for the scores for all episodes.

References

External links

Roy Huggins' Archive of American Television Interview
*

{{William T. Orr shows 1950s American drama television series Black-and-white American television shows American English-language television shows 1950s American anthology television series 1956 American television series debuts 1957 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company television dramas Television series set in 1997