Philco Television Playhouse
Cyrano de Bergerac
Season 1, Episode 15 · Aired 1949-01-09
Synopsis
The poetry-spouting soldier with the oversized nose, Cyrano uses the handsome but inarticulate Christian as a conduit for his feelings, the ugly but eloquent Cyrano pours his heart out to the lovely Roxanne. And she, wooed by the beauty of the words, falls in love with Christian, not realizing that it is Cyrano whose voice has aroused her passion.
In the series
This episode is part of Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC.
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