A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
| "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall" | |
|---|---|
| Philco Television Playhouse episode | |
| Directed by | Robert Mulligan |
| Written by | Robert Alan Aurthur |
| Original air date | October 2, 1955 |
| Running time | 52 mins |
A Man is Ten Feet Tall is a 1955 American television play by Robert Alan Aurthur. It was adapted into the 1957 film Edge of the City.
The play is considered a landmark in American television because it featured a friendship between a black man and a white man, as well as providing an early star role for Sidney Poitier. Poitier wrote in his memoirs the role as a personal triumph for him, although he briefly forgot his lines during the broadcast.