Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Season 1, Episode 6: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Under Stalin, it was inconceivable that anyone could publish a book attacking Soviet injustice. But under Khrushchev, a limited but distinct thaw has taken place. Prime evidence of this change was open publication of One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, an exposé of Stalin's labor camps where the author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, himself did time. Tonight's adaptation of the novel is set in 1951 in Siberia. A group of prisoners persuade the authorities to transfer them to warmer work by promising to top the previous work record on the first day. But if they fail, it's back to laying barbed wire in the snow. One officer, Lieutenant Volkovoi, would like nothing better.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
A Killing At Sundial
Episode 2
Something About Lee Wiley
Episode 3
Seven Miles of Bad Road
Episode 4
Bob Hope Variety Special
Episode 5
Four Kings
Episode 6
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Episode 7
The House Next Door
Episode 8
The Fifth Passenger
Episode 9
The Candidate
Episode 10
It's Mental Work
Episode 11
Corridor 400
Episode 12
War of Nerves
Episode 13
Runaway
Episode 14
The Seven Little Foys
Episode 15
Two is the Number
Episode 16
A Wind of Hurricane Force
Episode 17
Wake Up Darling
Episode 18
The Meal Ticket
Episode 19
The Square Peg
Episode 20
White Snow, Red Ice
Episode 21
Her School For Bachelors
Episode 22
A Slow Fade to Black
Episode 23
A Case of Armed Robbery
Episode 24
Bob Hope Comedy Special
Episode 25
Time For Elizabeth
Episode 26
The Game with Glass Pieces
Episode 27
The Command
Episode 28
The Sojourner
Episode 29
Echo of Evil