The Hiding Place

"The Hiding Place" was an American television play broadcast on March 22, 1960, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the 12th episode of the fourth season of Playhouse 90. Plot For six years following the end of World War II, a deluded and neurotic German clerk, Hans Frick, has held two British fliers as prisoners in his cellar. Frick cared for the fliers, sometimes with true kindness, but kept them imprisoned and ignorant of the war's conclusion. The fliers spend their time recalling the past and dreaming of escape. One of the fliers works on a book of his boyhood recollections. Frick is stricken with a heart attack and releases his fliers. He feels a bond with the fliers and begs to be allowed to stay with them as their servant in England. Production Sidney Lumet was the director. Adrian Spies wrote the teleplay, which was adapted from an English novel by Robert Shaw.