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Profiles in Courage

  • TV Series
  • 1964–19651964–1965
  • 1h
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8.6/10
80
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Profiles in Courage (1964)
BiographyDramaHistory
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
80
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • Jason Wingreen
    • John Hoyt
    • Gene Darfler
  • Stars
    • Jason Wingreen
    • John Hoyt
    • Gene Darfler
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    • 3User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Jason Wingreen
    Jason Wingreen
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    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Barney McKay…
    Gene Darfler
    Gene Darfler
    • Col. Aycoock…
    Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    • Andrew Johnson…
    Simon Oakland
    Simon Oakland
    • Captain Bogart…
    Michael Constantine
    Michael Constantine
    • General Lucas…
    Laurence Naismith
    Laurence Naismith
    • George Mason…
    Alan Hewitt
    Alan Hewitt
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    Robert F. Simon
    Robert F. Simon
    • Andrew Judson…
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Oliver E. Wells…
    Whit Bissell
    Whit Bissell
    • Myles…
    Richard Bull
    Richard Bull
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    Torin Thatcher
    Torin Thatcher
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    George Mitchell
    George Mitchell
    • Ennis…
    Carl Benton Reid
    Carl Benton Reid
    • Calhoun
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Governor William Brandon…
    Lamont Johnson
    • Fremont
    Russell Collins
    Russell Collins
    • Adams Sr.…
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      Referenced in The Governor & J.J.: Profile in Discourage (1969)

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    Dubious claim of authorship of book on which TV series is based
    I have never seen this television series inspired by the non-fiction book allegedly authored by 35th President of the United States of America John F. Kennedy. Although I intend to search for some episodes of the TV series among video collectors. But I have read enough about the Kennedy political family of Massachusetts to know research has been done to show President Kennedy never actually authored the book "Profiles in Courage," for which his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, the former Ambassador to Great Britain and the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped to obtain for his second eldest son a coveted Pulitzer Prize.

    The research shows the book was actually authored by Kennedy aide and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen (who was paid for his services), with assistance from Jacqueline Kennedy's history professor at Georgetown University, Jules David. in fact, so well-known was Kennedy having utilized the services of a ghostwriter for which he fraudulently received the 1957 Pulitzer of Letters and Drama in Autobiography and Biography that an anecdote circulated about the affair, to wit, "I wish that Kennedy had a little less profile and more courage," later revealed to have been made by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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      • November 8, 1964 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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      • Robert Saudek Associates
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    • 1 hour
      • Black and White
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