title: Galvanized Yankee (Playhouse 90)
text: # Galvanized Yankee (Playhouse 90)
  
  "Galvanized Yankee" was an American television movie broadcast on December 9, 1957, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Russell S. Hughes wrote the teleplay as an adaptation of Gordon D. Shireff's novel Massacre Creek. Paul Wendkos directed, Winston O'Keefe was the producer, and George Diskant was the director of photography. Lloyd Nolan, James Whitmore, and Victor Jory starred.
  
  ## Plot
  
  During the American Civil War, the commander of a Northern prisoner of war camp orders the execution of a Confederate soldier. The brother of executed soldier then seeks revenge on the commander.
  
  ## Cast
  
  The following performers received screen credit for their performances:
  
  * Lloyd Nolan - Capt. Kuyper
  * James Whitmore - Capt. Miles Shay
  * Victor Jory - Capt. Hume
  * Neville Brand - Sgt. Duggan
  * Chuck Courtney - Bob Shay
  * Martha Vickers
  * William Boyette
  