A Trip to Paradise (Playhouse 90)

"A Trip to Paradise" is an American television play broadcast on March 26, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast includes Susan Oliver and Burt Brinckerhoff. Buzz Kulik is the director, and the teleplay is written by Adrian Spies.

"A Trip to Paradise"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 25
Directed by	Buzz Kulik
Written by	Adrian Spies
Original air date	March 26, 1959 (1959-03-26)
Guest appearances
Susan Oliver as Ellie Burt Brinkerhoff as Ray

Plot

A troubled teenage boy, Raymond Austin, meets a Ellie, a provocative teenage beauty who introduces him to delinquents and youthful "beatniks".

Cast

The cast includes the following.

• Susan Oliver as Ellie
• Burt Brinckerhoff as Raymond Austin
• Martha Scott as Mrs. Austin
• Buddy Ebsen as Froelich
• Martin Balsam as Harkavy

Production

The program was presented on March 26, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. The teleplay was written by Adrian Spies.

Reviews

Television critic William Ewald of the UPI called it "a neat little package", but "perhaps a little too neat, equipped as it was with pat ending and tidy moral, but it was a pretty rewarding excursion into the world of a teen-ager fumbling his way toward maturity."