Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High is a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby.
| Crisis at Central High | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama History |
| Written by | Elizabeth Huckaby (memoir) Richard Levinson William Link |
| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Starring | Joanne Woodward Charles Durning Henderson Forsythe Calvin Levels William Russ Tamu Blackwell Shannon John Bonnie Pemberton |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Richard Levinson William Link David Susskind |
| Producers | Robert Papazian Freyda Rothstein (supervising producer) |
| Production locations | Dallas Central High School - 1500 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Editor | John Wright |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Production company | Time Life Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | February 4, 1981 |
William Link and Richard Levinson wrote the screenplay and were executive producers together with David Susskind of Time-Life Productions. The film starred Joanne Woodward as Huckaby and told the events from that character's point of view, although one obituary at the time of Huckaby's death cited her as saying the TV-movie enlarged her role. Woodward was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special and a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, in 1981 and 1982 respectively.