The Name of the Game The White Birch (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

The Name of the Game

The White Birch (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

August, 1968: as Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia, to crush the Prague Spring, Glenn Howard has a chance to have the manuscript is a new book smuggled out - a book he says is "political dynamite'.

Director

Lamont Johnson

Writers

Dean Hargrove (teleplay) | Luther Davis (teleplay) | Robert Soderberg (story)

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Updated Nov 29, 1968

Release date

Nov 29, 1968 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 10 nominations

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Gene Barry Glenn Howard Glenn Howard See fewer	The War of the Worlds (1953)
Jean-Pierre Aumont Emilio Fazio Emilio Fazio See fewer	The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Pete Duel Andrei Chernin (as Peter Deuel) Andrei Chernin (as Peter Deuel) See fewer	Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Bethel Leslie Miss Haggblad Miss Haggblad See fewer	Message in a Bottle (1999)
Roddy McDowall Philip Saxon Philip Saxon See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Susan Oliver Tatiana Czaleynokis Tatiana Czaleynokis See fewer	Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Boris Karloff Mikhail Orlov Mikhail Orlov See fewer	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell Peggy Maxwell See fewer	McMillan & Wife (1971)
Richard Jaeckel Malchek Malchek See fewer	Starman (1984)
Louise Sorel Marie Fazio Marie Fazio See fewer	Days of Our Lives (1965)
Lilia Skala Madame Orlov Madame Orlov See fewer	Flashdance (1983)
Malila Saint Duval Hedrika Heldjob Hedrika Heldjob See fewer	The Wide World of Mystery (1973)
Robert Wolders Dubrek Dubrek See fewer	Beau Geste (1966)