# ''The Star and the Story'' - The Lie

An episode of 1950s American anthology series "The Star and the Story". This episodes stars Dan Duryea and Beverly Garland, and was originally telecast 22 January 1955. A woman tries to help a man she sent to jail with a lie. Useless info: This U.S. television episode was exported to Australia, for example on 4 August 1958 it aired on TCN-9 in Sydney at 9:00PM under the title "Whitehall Playhouse". It aired against "Sports Cavalade" on ABN-2 and "Dragnet" (episode "Big Little Jesus") on ATN-7. Which would you have watched? In Melbourne it aired 11 August 1958 on HSV-7 at 9:00PM, aired against "Dragnet" on GTV-9 (episode: "The Big Affair") and two 15-minute shows on ABV-2 (political news show "International Scene" and a music one-off called "N.S.W. Police Choir"). Again, which would you have watched? In Melbourne it was repeated on 13 February 1959, aired at 3:30PM, aired against the 1949 film "Interrupted Journey" on GTV-9, and the final 15 minutes of "The Life of Riley" on ABV-2 (episode: "Riley Takes up Art", the second-half of "The Lie" aired against a 15-minute show called "Kindergarten Playtime"). Again, which would you have watched?

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1955
- Runtime: 26 min
- Genres: Animation, Drama
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thelie_201409)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/thelie_201409?play=1)