Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City is an American half-hour television anthology series.
[3] Among its guest stars were Madeleine Carroll,[4] Janis Carter, Barry Nelson, Ann Rutherford, Gary Merrill,[5] Charles Coburn, Laraine Day Wendell Corey, and Hume Cronyn.
[5] Reviewer Leon Morse wrote that the series used a time-tested formula based on the "myth of the big heart of the city", in which people in need are helped.
[3] The trade publication Variety called the premiere episode "a honeyed cornball" and "a bit of incense burned in honor of the popular myth that New York has a heart.
"[11] The review praised Merrill's performance for "projecting some life in a bloodless play", said that Rutherford "was saccharine to fit her lines", and observed that the other actors "never had a chance.