Hallmark Hall of Fame Amahl and the Night Visitors (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 55 min | Comedy, Drama

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

Amahl and the Night Visitors (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 55 min | Comedy, Drama

One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.

Directors

Kirk Browning | Gian Carlo Menotti

Writer

Gian Carlo Menotti (libretto)

Producer

Samuel Chotzinoff

Composer

Gian Carlo Menotti

Production Designer

Eugene Berman

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 24, 1951

Release date

Dec 24, 1951 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 26 wins & 27 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Chet Allen Amahl Amahl See fewer	Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)
Rosemary Kuhlmann The Mother The Mother See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Andrew McKinley King Caspar King Caspar See fewer	Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)
David Aiken King Melchior King Melchior See fewer	Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)
Leon Lishner King Balthazar King Balthazar See fewer	Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)
Francis Monachino The Page The Page See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Melissa Hayden Dancer Dancer See fewer	Limelight (1952)
Nicholas Magallanes Dancer Dancer See fewer	Camera Three (1954)
Glen Tetley Dancer Dancer See fewer	L'enfance du Christ (1964)
Eugene Berman Self - Designer Self - Designer See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Kirk Browning Self - Director Self - Director See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Nelson Case Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Gian Carlo Menotti Self - Writer / Composer Self - Writer / Composer See fewer	The Medium (1951)
Thomas Schippers Self - Conductor Self - Conductor See fewer	The Immigrant (2013)
Dirk Wayne Summers Cast Member 1951-1952 Cast Member 1951-1952 See fewer	The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986)