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5 unusual facts about The Vise


Howard Lang

Lang's other parts included roles in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, The Vise, and an appearance as caveman Horg in the second, third and fourth episodes of the first Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child.

Noel Dyson

Her most significant roles in this period included seven appearances in the series The Vise (first broadcast in the U.S. between October 1954 and December 1955, but not shown on TV in the UK until 1957-59) and a BBC adaptation of The Secret Garden in 1960.

Pamela Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

The Vise — "Diana" in episode "The Eighth Window" (episode No. 1.19) (4 February 1955)

The Vise

Produced in London and hosted by Australian actor Ron Randell, the suspense series depicted people unwittingly trapped in "the vise" of fate due to their own actions, usually of a criminal nature.

In 1957, The Vise was altered and moved from ABC to NBC under the title Saber of London, with Gray still in the lead role.



see also

Miami Vise

This would be the only game the Vise (whose name was a take on the popular TV series Miami Vice) would ever play, and Miami wouldn't get a team in the AFL until 1993.

Producers' Workshop

Plays seen on Producers' Workshop included Big Boys Shouldn't Cry (Ted Allan), Flesh Of My Flesh (Guy Parent producer; Mac Shoub writer), The Strike (George Salverson) and The Vise (Luigi Pirandello writer).