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Episode Guide
version 28.0 September 2009

(General Update)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:

Sal Crisanti

Des Martin

Jim Brent
Rina Fox

Mark Young
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

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ALCOA-GOODYEAR THEATRE

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Four Star production

for

ABC

Produced by Robert Fellows

Half-hour format

NBC Mon 9:30-10:00

US anthology series 1957 38  episodes x 30 min bw

Won EMMY as Best Dramatic Series in 1958

THE ALCOA THEATRE (Syndicated as THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION):

Season 1 only

TURN OF FATE (UK title) (US title - Alcoa Theatre 57-58)

David Niven 57-58

Robert Ryan 57-58

Jane Powell 57-58

Jack Lemmon 57-58

Charles Boyer 57-58

Season 2 & 3: Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (58-60)

Syndication rerun title: Goodyear TV Playhouse

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###### Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre #######

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1.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SILHOUETTE OF A KILLER

30Sep1957

written by Palmer Thompson and T.E. Brooks

directed by Alvin Ganzer

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Stranger

Beverly Garland ....... Ellen

Robert Brubaker ....... Sheriff

Forrest Lewis ....... Nate

Anna Navarro ....... Maria

Irving Bacon ....... Pop

Synopsis:

An injured and confused young man and woman are terrorized

at a deserted ranch house by an escaped killer.

1.02 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CIRCUMSTANTIAL

07Oct1957 (rerun 11Aug58)

written by Leonard Freeman and Alex Coppel

directed by Andrew McCullough

guest stars

David Niven ........ Mark Garron

Angie Dickinson ......... Mrs. Garron

Whit Bissell .......... Chris

Jon Shepodd ....... Paul

James Nolan ....... O'Brien

Jess Kirkpatrick  ...... Murphy
Bud Slater ............ Officer
Sam Flint ............. Judge

Synopsis:

A man tried for murder is convicted on purely circumstantial evidence.

His attorney, determined to prove that circumstantial evidence can lead to the

conviction of an innocent man, gets himself arrested on a murder charge,

 and pleads his own case. [RF]

1.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LOST AND FOUND

14Oct1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Teleplay by Marc Brandel
Based on Charles Dicken's first novel "The Pickwick Papers".
Directed by Andrew McCullough
Director of photography Chas E. Burke
Editor Desmond Marquette
guest stars

Jack Lemmon ........ Charles Dickens
Edward Binns ....... Rangler (as Ed Binns)
Joanna Moore ....... Alice Bowles
Robert Clarke ...... Howard Peebles
Peter Leeds ........ Bill Lorrimer
Douglass Dumbrille.. Mr. Applecase
Lillian Bronson .... Miss Gibson

*

Bernard Burton ..... Editorial Supervisor
Frank Baur ......... Production Executive
Jack Sonntag ....... Associate producer
Coles Trapnell ..... Story Editor
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Frank E. Smith ..... Art Director
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Karl Herlinger ..... Make-Up Artist
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Synopsis:

A man finds a large sum of money in his pocket after a

strange encounter with a mysterious blonde.

1.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ENCOUNTER ON A SECOND CLASS COACH

21Oct1957

Producer Robert Fellows

Written by Robert G. Dennis

Directed by Tay Garnett

Director of photography George E. Diskant
guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Julie Kingston/Hilde Frenz

Stuart Whitman ....... Captain Sam McCurdy

Kort Falkenberg ....... Paul Harbach

Steven Geray

Paul Busch
John Stephenson

Synopsis:

An American tourist becomes friends with a German girl

who looks just like her, until she finds out there is a hidden

agenda involved in identity switching.

1.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DANGER BY NIGHT

28Oct1957

written by Frederic Brady

directed by Peter Godfrey

guest star

David Niven ....... Alan Kevin

Katharine Bard

Patricia Donahue

Synopsis:

An American Embassy Official's boredom leads him to

an involvement with a problematic lady.

1.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GUESTS FOR DINNER

04Nov1957

written by Eric Copple

directed by Robert Sinclair

guest star

Charles Boyer ....... Dr. Jacques Roland

Richard Hale ........ Dr. Alex Farget

Judith Braun ....... Gallia

Nestor Paiva ....... Aubert

Paul E. Burns ....... Papa Saintene

Synopsis:

A doctor's idea of a cure is murder.

1.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: VOICES IN THE FOG

11Nov1957

Written by Robert Bloomfield

Directed by Tay Garnett

guest star

Jack Lemmon ....... Dr. Cameron

Joan Banks ...... Cynthia Roland

Charles Watts ...... Weaver

Jay Novello ......Stranger

John Rogers ...... Conductor

Richard Reeves ..... Man

Synopsis:

An American tourist overhears a murder plot at the train station.

1.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ON EDGE

18Nov1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Teleplay by Frederic Brady
Story by Pat Frank
Directed by Tom Gries
Director of photography Chas E. Burke
Editor Desmond Marquette

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... William Trilbridge

Edward Binns ....... Captain Posen

Gail Kobe ........ Martha

Fredd Wayne ........ Lt. Brackett
James Nolan ........ Roger Donovan
Fran Keegan ........ Mrs. Donovan
John Reach ......... Knobby
*
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Associate producer .... Jack Sonntag
Story Editor .......... Coles Trapnell
Art Director .......... Frank E. Smith
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend
Supervising Art Director .. Bill Ross
Make-Up Artist ........ Karl Herlinger
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Synopsis:
Although William Trilbridge is now a highly respected professor of

philosophy at a California College, he was formerly a confidence man

and his past now threatens his new life. [RF]

1.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HURRICANE

25Nov1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Written by Harold Swanton
Directed by Tay Garnett
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Samuel E. Beetley

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Harriet Kennedy

Douglas Dick ....... Gordon Kennedy

Virginia Gregg ....... Judith Kennedy

John Eldredge ....... Martin Kennedy

William Schallert... Wilson (as Bill Schallert)
Edward Platt ....... Lietuenant
Harry Jackson ...... Reeves
*
Bernard Burton ..... Editorial Supervisor
Frank Baur ......... Production Executive
Jack Sonntag ....... Associate producer
Coles Trapnell ..... Story Editor
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Frank E. Smith ..... Art Director
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Karl Herlinger ..... Make-Up Artist
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Synopsis:

A man's uncle is found murdered during a hurricane and he is the suspect.

1.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SOUVENIR

02Dec1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Written by Ellis Arnold Kadison
Directed by Andrew McCullough
Director of photography Guy Roe
Editor Arthur D. Hilton
guest cast:

Jack Lemmon ....... Edward King

Douglass Dumbrille ....... Captain Beagle

Gloria Talbot ....... Bitsy King

Joan Marshall ...... Rita Benson
Grant Richards ..... Agent McCoy
William Kendiss .... Agent Farber (as Bill Kendiss)
Dick Wessel ........ Cedric Wychinski
*
Bernard Burton ..... Editorial Supervisor
Frank Baur ......... Production Executive
Jack Sonntag ....... Associate producer
Coles Trapnell ..... Story Editor
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Frank E. Smith ..... Art Director
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Karl Herlinger ..... Make-Up Artist
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Synopsis:
A college professor's serene life becomes hectic when Navy investigators demand

his explanation of missing government property issued to him during the war.

Complications ensue (most of them funny) when Professor King begins his

search for a misplaced destroyer. Especially amusing are his attempts

at reconciliation with his wife, country and the Navy. [RF]

1.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CROWD PLEASER

09Dec1957

Written by Frederic Brady and William R. Cox

Directed by Louis King

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Frank Berry

Stuart Whitman ....... Bill Johnson

Jean Willes ....... Mary Whitman

Stacy Harris ....... Vandy Vance

John Berardino ....... Mick Terrill

Synopsis:

A former championship boxer becomes a trainer for his young protege.

1.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CUPID WORE A BADGE

16Dec1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Directed by Byron Haskin
Teleplay by Leon Ware
Director of photography Guy Roe, A.S.C.
Editor Samuel Beetley

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Kathy Dorn

David Janssen ....... Mike Harper

James Flavin ....... Gavin Marshall

Craig Duncan ....... Chief

Marjorie Bennett ... Mrs. Hoskins
John Cliff ......... Driver

*
Editorial Supervisor Bernard Burton
Assistant director . Jack Sonntag
Story Editor ....... Coles Trapnell
Art Director ....... Frank E. Smith
Production Executive ..Frank Baur
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Karl Herlinger ..... Makeup
Synopsis:
Kathy Dorn is a policewoman who is not afraid of taking risks.

Her boyfriend Mike Harper disapproves of her job.

But he becomes involved in one of her assignments. [RF]

1.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TINHORN

23Dec1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Teleplay by Frederic Brady
Story by Floyd Beaver
Directed by Lewis Allen
Director of photography George Diskant
Editor Samuel E. Beetley

guest stars

David Niven ....... Jeff Carleton

Michael Pate ....... Witcher

Kasey Rogers ....... Wilma

Frank Ferguson ....... Milbanks

Willis Bouchey ....... Marshal

Mort Mills ......... Morrow
Lillian Bronson .... Granny
*
Editorial Supervisor Bernard Burton
Assistant director . Jack Sonntag
Story Editor ....... Coles Trapnell
Art Director ....... Frank E. Smith
Production Executive ..Frank Baur
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Karl Herlinger ..... Makeup
Synopsis:

A cheating gambler is willing to risk his life in search of regeneration

posing as a preacher on a wagon train to escape a man hell bent on killing him.

*NOTE: This episode was EMMY nominated for "film editing".

1.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FACE OF TRUTH

30Dec1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Written by John Q. Copeland
Directed by Alvin Ganzer
Director of photography Guy Roe
Editor Les Orlebeck
guest stars
Robert Ryan ........ Mike Ripetti
Catherine McLeod ... Mrs. Ripetti
John Morley ........ Father Boniface
Paul E. Burns ...... Bartender
Malcolm Atterbury .. Spud
Tom Jackson ........ Detective
Anthony George ..... Gordy (uncredited)
Sidney Clute ....... Pete (uncredited)
*
Editorial Supervisor Bernard Burton
Assistant director . Jack Sonntag
Story Editor ....... Coles Trapnell
Art Director ....... Frank E. Smith
Production Executive ..Frank Baur
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Bill Ross .......... Supervising Art Director
Marjory McKay ...... Casting
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Karl Herlinger ..... Makeup

Synopsis:

An ex-con is in search of the policeman who had him wrongly

charged for a crime he did not commit.

1.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE VICTIM (film)

06Jan1958

Producer Robert Fellows

Written by Marc Brandel
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
guest stars
Jack Lemmon ........ Ashley
Doe Avedon ......... Ruth
Lana Wood .......... Pat
Ross Elliott ....... Gordon
John Gallaudet ..... Sgt. Lewis
John Eldridge ...... Jud Cowan
Sol Gorss .......... Sports
Bruce MacFarlane ... Stripes
*
Editorial Supervisor ... Bernard Burton
Les Orlebeck ....... Editor
Coles Trapnell ..... Story Editor
Supervising Art Director .. Bill Ross
Jack Sonntag ....... Assistant Director
Frank T. Smith ..... Art Director
Budd S. Friend ..... Set Decorator
Al Bonner .......... Makeup Artist
Robert B. Harris ... Wardrobe
Walt Whaley ........ Casting
Frank Baur ......... Production Executive

Synopsis:

A series of deaths in Rome puts an American Doctor on the trail of the only living victim. [RF]

1.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: IN THE DARK

13Jan58

written by Bob Barbash

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ....... Paul Evans

Barbara Lawrence ....... Ruth

Richard Long ....... Allan Bishop

Keye Luke ....... Mike

Synopsis:
Paul Evans, successful blind author, depends upon his friend Allan Bishop

 to transcribe his novels. He is shocked to learn his wife and Bishop are in

love with each other and plan to murder him. [RF]

1.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FATAL CHARM (film)

20Jan1958 NBC Mon

Written by George Slavin and Paul Franklin

Directed by Thomas Carr

guest stars

David Niven

Nita Talbot

Synopsis:
  A PLANE CRASHES ON THE GROUNDS OF A CITY PRISON, AND
ONE OF THE PRISONERS,  A CONVICTED CONFIDENCE MAN HELPING IN

THE RESCUE OPERATIONS, DISCOVERS THAT  ONE OF THE CRASH VICTIMS IS

A DEAD RINGER FOR HIM AND SEES HIS CHANCE FOR ESCAPE. [SC]

1.18 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HIDDEN WITNESS (film)

27Jan1958

written by Bob Barbash

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Jeff Banner

Barbara Eiler ....... Ann Palmer

Michael Pate ....... Eddie

Lawrence Dobkin ....... Joe Frazier

Ned Wever ....... Walter

Dale Van Sickel ....... Marty

Synopsis:

A detective is hired to protect the life of a girl whose testimony is expected to convict a racketeer.

 He hides the girl in a secluded mountain cabin, where she believes she is safe.

 But the detective is working with the gang determined to kill her. [RF]

1.19 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT

03Feb1958

Written by Frederic Brady, Peggy and Lou Shaw

Directed by Tay Garnett

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Joan Lindsey

Peter Hanson ....... Dick

Margaret Field ...... Elaine

Russ Conway ....... Harrigan

Peter Leeds ....... Harry Tucker
Harry Tyler ....... Mr. Gilbert
Arthur Hanson ....... Dan Underhill
Vance Skarstedt ....... Simpson
Synopsis:
A secretary begins to receive a series of mysterious phone calls late at night.

A masculine voice taunts her and in the background she hears

the music of Ravel's "Bolero". [RF]

1.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: NIGHT CALLER

10Feb1958

written by Philip Saltzman

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ....... Paul Martel

Henry Daniell ....... Edward Judson

Kathryn Card ....... Mrs. Gilroy

Whitney Blake ....... Carrie

A renowned heart surgeon must help a criminal in order

to protect his own family.

1.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE WHITE FLAG (film)

17Feb1958

written by Frederic Brady

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Dr. Robert Ross

Whit Bissell ....... Doc

Charles Quinlivan ....... Larsen

Synopsis:

A well known heart specialist faces a difficult decision when he learns that a gang 

has successfully substituted its ailing leader for another patient. The gang leader

needs an extremely delicate operation performed to save his life. [RF]

1.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DAYS OF NOVEMBER

24Feb1958

written by Fredric Brady and Mark Rogers

directed by Alvin Ganzer

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Lt. Troy Crawford

Richard Jaeckel .......  Spencer

Adam Williams ....... Wohlman

Nick Dennis ....... Sergeant Martinez

Frank Gerstle  ...... Johnson

Synopsis:

A young, inexperience Marine lieutenant is assigned to a veteran

combat company on the front lines in Korea. The lieutenant

learns that each of his three predecessors was killed within

30 days of his arrival at the front. [RF]

1.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

03Mar1958

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Written by Bob Barbash
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Arthur D. Hilton

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Steve Tyler

King Donovan ....... Frank Mitchell

Howard Petrie ....... Lt. Gifford

June Dayton ....... Mrs. Tyler

John Damler ....... Sergeant Wexler

Wally Richard ....... Clerk

James Turley ....... Assistant Director

Walter Barnes ...... Don Gleason
Oliver McGowan ..... Director
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Charles C. Coleman
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Arthur Marlowe
Makeup Artist ......... John Sylvester
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris

Synopsis:
A writer is visited by the police and tell him that three

of his classmates have been murdered.

1.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: EVEN A THIEF CAN DREAM

10Mar1958

written by Laszlo Gorog

directed by Robert Florey

guest star

Charles Boyer ....... Lemerrier

Ross Elliott ....... Mr. Stevens

Bonnie Bolding ....... Mrs. Evelyn Stevens

John Harmon ....... Thief

Ken Mayer .......... Detective
Willard Sage ....... Policeman

1.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SEVENTH LETTER

17Mar1958

written by Charles B. Smith

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Lt. Joe Carter

Virginia Gregg ....... Louise Ryan

Eugene Martin ....... Bobby

Lynne Allen ....... Margaret Richards

Willard Sage ....... Sol

1.26 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TAPS FOR JEFFREY (film)

31Mar1958

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Teleplay by Fred Freiberger
Story by Fred Freiberger and Ralph B. Raphael
Director Thomas Carr
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Samuel E. Beetley
guest stars

David Niven ........ Jeffrey Collins

John Doucette ........ Ed Wilson

Virginia Grey ........ Audrey Crane

Peter Brocco ....... J. Wilbur Meadows
Russell Simpson .... Mr. Austin
Sidney Clute ....... Shipping Clerk (as Sid Clute)
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Charles C. Coleman
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Alfred Kegerris
Makeup Artist ......... Karl Herlinger
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:

A vagrant, trying to escape from the watchman of a building, falls and is severely injured.

 Police find a water faucet clutched in the man's hand and are puzzled that he should have

 attempted such an insignificant theft. Near death, the vagrant recalls

the events leading to his accident. [RF]

1.27 [--] Alcoa Theatre: THE LOUDMOUTH

07Apr1958 (rerun 25Aug58)

written by Christopher Knopf (EMMY Nomination)

directed by Donald McDougall

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ........ Wally Mall
Harold J. Stone .... Lt. Nelson
Dean Harens ........ Hal Loeffler
Melinda Markey ..... Marian
Gayle Kellogg ...... Roger
Penny Edwards ...... Anne
Joseph Mell ........ Bertelli
Harlan Warde ....... Sgt. Hurley
Synopsis:
Wally Mail is known as a practical joker and prides himself on the fact that he

 is always the life of the party. He decides to play a joke on the police department

and is shocked when he winds up as the prime suspect in a murder case. [RF]
 

1.28 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A FRAME FOR MOURNING (film)

14Apr1958 NBC Mon

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Written by T.E. Brooks
Directed by Thomas Carr
Director of photography Guy Roe
Editor Desmond Marquette

guest stars

Jane Powell ......... Laura Cabot

John Baragrey .......... Jeff Crafton

Kevin Hagen ........ Sheriff Mallory

Rory Mallinson ......... Coroner

Vivi Janiss ......... Mrs. March

Dodie Wright .......... Secretary

*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Grayson Rogers
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Clarence Steensen
Makeup Artist ......... Al Bonner
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:
 A young widow receives a series of letters threatening
the life of her husband, who's been dead for a year. At first

she believes the letters are a cruel hoax but then she becomes

frightened and turns for help to a local attorney. [SC]

1.29 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MY WIFE'S NEXT HUSBAND (film)

21Apr1958

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Written by George F. Slavin
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Samuel E. Beetley

guest stars

David Niven ....... Robert Medhill

James Daly ....... Ed Barton

Patricia Donahue ... Martha Barton
Morris Ankrum ...... Stan MacGregor
John Eldredge ...... Dr. Leopold
Paul Engle ......... Tommy Barton
Blu Wright ......... Captain Radin
Thomas Browne Henry ... Dr. Stanley (as Tom B. Henry)
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Charles C. Coleman
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Armor Marlowe
Makeup Artist ......... Karl Herlinger
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:

Reporter Ed Barton learns that he has only a short time to live. Trying to provide

 for his wife after his death, he finds a man on Skid Row who resembles him, and

persuades him to take an examination for a life insurance policy in his name. [RF]

1.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GIANT STEP

28Apr1958

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Teleplay by Leonard Freeman
Story by Floyd Beaver from the story "Habu"
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Les Orlebeck

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Gunner's Mate Smith

Michael Landon ..... Karl Wallace

Norman Alden ....... Joe

Harold J. Stone ....... Captain Stemson

Peter Leeds ....... Willie

John Cliff ....... Nick

Gayle Kellogg ...... Haloran
Larry Bracken ...... Officer
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Frank E. Smith
Supervising Art Director .. Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Jack Sonntag
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Armor Marlowe
Makeup Artist ......... Kiva
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:
Gunner's Mate Smith holds another submarine officer responsible

for his friends death due to cowardice. [RF]

1.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TICKET

05May1958

guest stars

Franchot Tone ...... Martin Galt

Jeanette Nolan ....... Elinor Galt

Murray Hamilton ....... Irwin Forman

Howard Caine ....... Willi Kass

Synopsis:
Ex-district attorney Martin Galt confronts his successor in the

courtroom as he defends a racketeer. [RF]

1.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LADY TAKES A STAND

12May1958

written by Irving Elman and Philip Saltzman

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Marian Evers

Keith Andes ....... David Cramer

John Doucette ....... Vladek

Frank Wilcox ....... Attorney

Dayton Lummis ....... Prosecutor

1.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE PERFECTIONIST

19May1958

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Written by George F. Slavin
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Les Orelebeck
guest stars
Robert Ryan ........ Ken Morton
Frances Rafferty ... Mrs. Morton
Lawrence Dobkin .... Lt. Lacy
Addison Richards ... Henry Adams
Russ Bender ........ Perkins
Ellen Corby ........ Elvira Moss
Byron Foulger ...... Elkins
George Eldredge .... Mailman
Robert Busch ....... Technician
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Frank E. Smith
Supervising Art Director .. Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Jack Sonntag
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Armor Marlowe
Makeup Artist ......... Kiva
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:

For the past 15 years Ken Morton has worked as a teller in a small-town bank.

He has devised what he thinks is a foolproof scheme for robbing the bank. [RF]

1.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DECISION BY TERROR

26May1958 (rerun 01Sep58)

Producer Vincent M. Fennelly
Written by George F. Slavin
Directed by Robert Florey
Director of photography George E. Diskant
Editor Samuel E. Beetley
guest stars

David Niven ........ Charles Enright

John McIntire ........ Dr. Edwards

Barbara Eiler ....... Edna Enright

George Baxter ....... Frank Scanlon

Peter Leeds ....... Ed Stocker

Amzie Strickland ....... Claire Lane
Peggy Maley ....... Nancy Carter
Frank Wilcox ....... District Attorney
Oliver Cliff ....... Defense Attorney
Raymond Bailey ..... Judge
*
Production Executive .. Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor .. Bernard Burton
Art Director .......... Frank E. Smith
Supervising Art Director .. Bill Ross
Assistant director .... Jack Sonntag
Music Supervisor ...... Earle Dearth
Set Decorator ......... Budd S. Friend & Armor Marlowe
Makeup Artist ......... Kiva
Casting ............... Marjory McKay
Wardrobe .............. Robert B. Harris
Synopsis:
During a murder trial, Charles Enright, the jury foreman, is convinced that

 the accused man is guilty. But just before the jury retires to consider the verdict,

Enright receives a phone call telling him that his family is being held hostage

and will be killed unless he holds out for an acquittal. [RF]

1.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE

02Jun1958

written by Leonard Freeman and Fred Freiberger

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Charles Boyer ...... Man
Marianne Stewart ... Wife
Larry Thor ......... Detective
Kasey Rogers ....... Girl
John Alvin ......... Coroner
Nestor Paiva ....... Bartender
Vic Perrin ......... Thief
Jack Lambert ....... Thief
John Daimler ....... Detective
Joseph Mell ........ Cook
Synopsis:
After a murder is committed, a man tries desperately to report the crime.

But he is in a state of shock and can't make himself understood. In his dazed condition,

he wanders from place to place and repeatedly asks people what time it is. [RF]
 

1.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DISAPPEARANCE

09Jun1958

written by Christopher Knopf

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Henry Coyle

William Talman ....... Lt. Herman Brule

Joan Blackman ....... Woman

Gail Kobe ...... Mrs. Coyle

1.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: JOHNNY RISK

16Jun1958

Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Written by Fred Freiberger

Directed by Donald McDougall

guest stars

Michael Landon ....... Johnny Risk

Lew Ayres ....... Jed Risk

Alan Hale Jr ....... Sven

DeForest Kelley ....... Marshal

Robert Griffin ....... Judge

Forrest Lewis

Bonnie Holding

Synopsis:

The story, set in Alaska in 1896, relates the adventures of Johnny Risk,

a gambling boat entrepreneur. In the pilot episode, Risk battles a corrupt

new law designed to take gold mines away from aliens when a friend loses his mine. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

During the Alaskan gold rush of 1896, Johnny Risk and his partner

run a gambling ship and own a gold mine. They are shocked when

the town judge and the marshal declare their claim on the mine

invalid. After beginning an investigation, Johnny learns that his

older brother is behind the attempt to seize the mine. [RF]

1.38 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THREE YEARS DARK

23Jun1958

Written by Fred Freiberger

Directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Barbara Stanwyck ....... Midge Varney

Gerald Mohr

Russ Conway

Synopsis:

After spending three years in prison on a conspiracy charge, Midge Varney is released.

 She goes to New York to seek the attorney responsible for involving her and her

husband in the conspiracy. The attorney killed Midge's husband, but pleading

self-defense, he was freed by the court. [RF]

1.39 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DECOY DUCK

30Jun1958

Producer Vincent Fennelly
Directed by Robert Florey
Teleplay by John Robinson & Frederic Brady
Story by Robert Standish
Director of photography George Diskant
Editor Chandler House
guest stars
Jane Powell ........ Susan Martin
David Janssen ...... Jim McCandless
Norman Alden ....... Mike
Berry Kroeger ...... Reginald Kittering
Michael Pate ....... Bert Landon
Laurie Mitchell .... Millie
Thom Conroy ........ Man
John O'Malley ...... Official
Synopsis:
Arrested while trying to smuggle diamonds Susan Martin is given a choice,

 either go to jail or become a decoy to set up a gang of jewel thieves. [RF]
 

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Briskin Productions
Half-hour format
NBC Mondays 9:30 pm
"Alcoa Theatre" alternated with "Goodyear Theatre"
under the umbrella title "Award Theatre"

2.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CHAIN AND THE RIVER

22Sep1958

guest stars

Paul Douglas ....... Sam

Patty McCormack ....... Gussie

Maurine McCormack ....... Mary

2.02  [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TOWN BUDGET

29Sep1958  (rerun 27Jul59)
guest stars
James Whitmore ...... Earl Sherwood
Marilyn Erskine ..... Fran Sherwood
O.Z. Whitehead ...... Andy
Arthur Batanides .... Frankie
Timothy Carey ....... Jonas
Synopsis:
Two fleeing criminals stop in a small town to have their car repaired. The townspeople,

 however, are unprotected. Their policeman has just sent in his letter of resignation. [RF]
 

2.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT ROKESAY

06Oct1958

guest stars

John Kerr ....... Flight Lt. Upton

Tom Helmore ....... Commanding Officer

Patrick Macnee ....... Sgt. Shaw

Synopsis:
A British Royal Air Force officer assigned to the control tower at

an important military airfield in England. [RF]

2.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LAZARUS WALKS AGAIN

Screen Gems Prod. no. 3045

13Oct1958

written by David Swift

guest stars

Eddie Albert ....... Calvin Lazarus

Parley Baer ...... Roger Blake

Barbara Darrow ....... Oma Jean

Staats Cotsworth ........ Franklin Staimes

James McCallion ....... Barber

Gil Rankin ....... Marshal

2.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COAST TO COAST

20Oct1958

guest stars

Cornel Wilde ....... Damon Phillips

Whitney Blake ....... Liza Perry

Kay Stewart ....... Lillian

Synopsis:

The day before his marriage to actress Liza Perry, Hollywood director Damon Phillips

learns that his ex-wife Lillian is in town. Panic-stricken, Damon is convinced

that Lillian intends to blackmail him because he stole some money from her. [RF]

2.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OFFICE PARTY

27Oct1958

written by Adrian Spies

guest stars

Paul Richards ....... Paul Dolan

Nancy Kelly ....... Martha Dolan

Joseph Mell ....... Mr. Gordon

Christine White ....... Mae

Synopsis:
Martha Dolan, an extremely efficient office manager of a large company,

has held her position for many years. Though she has told her co-workers that

her husband is also a business success, the opposite is true. [RF]

2.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SPY

Screen Gems Prod. no. 3057

03Nov1958

written by David Swift

story by Irving Schiffer

directed by Boris Sagal

guest stars

Gig Young ....... Herman Worth

Everett Sloane ...... Peter Fenton

Joan Tompkins ....... Sarah

Walter Coy ....... Dr. Basehart

Theodore Marcuse ....... Rence

Ralph Clanton

Helen Wallace

Edwin Jerome

Synopsis:

Peter Fenton is a Communist agent working in this country as a civil engineer.

 He is convinced he will be promoted to a position that will give him access to

 important secret documents. Then Fenton learns that a younger man has been

appointed to the post and he schemes to have the other man branded as a spy. [RF]

2.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GUY IN WARD 4 

10Nov1958

Written by Paul Monash

guest stars

Richard Kiley ..... Captain Josiah Newman

Charles Aidman ..... Alvarado

Eddie Ryder ..... Jim Thompkins

Keith Vincent ..... Briscoe

Michael Vandever ..... Patient

Synopsis:
An overworked psychiatrist is treating airmen at a military hospital

 in England during World War II. [RF]

2.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: EDDIE

17Nov1958

Producer William Froug

Directed by Jack Smight (Emmy for directing)

Written by Alfred Brenner & Ken Hughes (Emmy for writing)

guest stars

Mickey Rooney ..... Eddie (Emmy nomination)

Synopsis:
Eddie is a small-time crook faced with a big problem. He owes $1000 to

hoodlum Joe Crowley and has only a few hours to come up with the money to repay

the debt or be killed. Now, cornered in his room, Eddie tries frantically to raise the money.

 He begins making call after call in an attempt to sell everything he can to get the

 money before six o'clock.
*Note: There were no other roles cast in this episode only Mickey Rooney.

2.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FIRST STAR

24Nov1958

Script by Arnold Peyser & Lois Peyser
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Janet Blair ....... Lily Adair

Paul Stewart ....... Don Peters

John Cassavetes ...... Tony Benedetti

Irene Tedrow ....... Mrs. Peters

James Todd ....... Ed Connell

Gary Crutcher ....... Accident Witness

2.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE REWARD

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4469

31Nov1958

written by David Swift

(R. Donovan, N. Cowley, P. Chantley)
*no details

2.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: POINTS BEYOND

08Dec1958

Producer James Fonda
Teleplay by David Swift
Story by Jack Finney
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Sterling Hayden ....... Lt. Charley Ewell

Julie Adams ....... Marion Ewell

Raymond Greenleaf ...... Mr. Hoonrath

Joseph Holland ..... Visitor

Roy Engel
Jack Carol

2.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CURTAIN CALL

15Dec1958

guest stars

Jackie Cooper ...... Chris Shade

Barry Atwater ...... Dr. Aiken

Donald Randolph ...... Roscoe Hammond

2.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DARK FILE

22Dec1958

guest stars

Patricia Breslin ...... June Dunlap

Lin McCarthy ...... Mark McGrath

Kim Hunter ...... Stephanie Heldman

Robert Burton ....... Sam Dunlap

Synopsis:
A psychiatrist's widow tries to win the affection of the

 fiance of her husband's former patient. [RF]

2.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COOGAN'S REWARD

29Dec1958

Producer Winston O'Keefe

guest stars

Tony Randall ........ Willie Coogan

Robert Gist ....... Ben Moore

Roxanne Berard ...... Jeannine

Alan Dexter ...... Dan Ferraghty

Chet Stratton ...... Sol Iverson

Jason Wingreen ....... Gene Vermeth

Jerry Barclay ....... Private Cully Washburn

Alan Carney ....... Corporal Konstanti

Synopsis:
The story of Willie Coogan, a World War II combat correspondent

who dislikes covering the war in the field.
*Syndication rerun on Vacation Playhouse 20Aug65.

2.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HIGH CLASS TYPE OF MONGREL

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4402

05Jan1959

written by David Swift

guest stars

Jack Carson ....... Bert Kennedy

Leora Dana ...... Janet Kennedy

Phil Tead ...... Jack MacRoberts

Stephen Wootton ....... Badger O'Bannion

James Bell ....... Judge Harrison

2.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: AFTERNOON OF THE BEAST

12Jan1959

Producer Winston O'Keefe
Teleplay by Paul Monash
Story by Charles Beaumont
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

guest stars

Keenan Wynn ....... Manuel Carrega

Nestor Paiva ...... Don Alfredo Ferrer

Rafael Campos ...... Rafael Jalisco

Miriam Colon ....... Maria Carrega
Robert Carricart
Howard Caine

2.18 [057] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LONDON AFFAIR
19Jan1959
guest stars
Ray Milland ........ Binyon
Gia Scala .......... Giovanna
Dayton Lummis ...... Lord Meredith
Jack Raine ......... Henry
Synopsis:
Giovanna, a woman from a gentle background, attempts to steal a wallet,

 but is not quite successful. She persuades her victim not to turn her in but,

instead, to grant her a few free days to visit the daughter she had deserted years before. [RF]

2.19 [058] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
Screen Gems Prod.
26Jan1959
Produced by James Fonda
Script Leo Lehman
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Script Contributor Howard Rodman
guest stars
Robert Ellenstein .... Weiss
Jo Van Fleet ....... Mrs. Weiss
George Voskovec .... Mr. Carapoco
Michael Fox ........ Mr. Hammeker
Miriam Goldina
Lee Kinsolving
Synopsis:
The German government offers money to a survivor of the concentration camps

and she finds out that her husband was a collaborator. [RF]
 

2.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GOODBYE JOHNNY

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4502

02Feb1959

Producer William Froug
Written by Leonard Freeman
Directed by David Swift
Director of photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars

Cliff Robertson ...... Johnny

Harold J. Stone ...... Tony Busso

Douglas Fowley ...... Pop

Sandy Kenyon
John Indrisano
Liz Slifer
Synopsis:
A boxer's last chance to finally hit the big time is short lived. [RF]

2.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SUCCESS STORY

09Feb1959

guest stars

Jim Backus ....... Jim Cannaday

Virginia Gregg ....... Fay Lantry

Robert Sampson ...... Paul McDermott

Carolyn Kearney ...... Kitty Lantry

2.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CORPORAL HARDY

Screen Gems Prod.
16Feb1959 (rerun 29Jun59)
Producer James Fonda
Written by Stirling Silliphant
From a story by Richard Ely Danielson
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Director of Photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars

Lew Ayres ...... Nathan Hardy

Tyler MacDuff  ...... Captain Armstrong

William Lundmark ...... Ezra Armstrong

James Anderson ...... Confederate Captain

Walter Coy ...... Confederate General

Synopsis:
An old soldier reminisces about his Civil War heroics.
*EMMY nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography

2.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A GOOD NAME

23Feb1959

guest stars

Edward G. Robinson ...... Harry Harper

Lee Philips ...... Vince Harper

Parley Baer ...... Walter Brodsky

Jacqueline Scott ...... Ann Harper

2.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MAN OF HIS HOUSE

02Mar1959

Written by Howard Rodman

Directed by Walter Grauman

guest stars

Agnes Moorehead ..... Mrs. Adams

Brandon de Wilde ...... George Adams

John Anderson ...... Virgil Merryman

Helen Conrad ...... Mrs. Merryman

Read Morgan ...... Ed

Eve McVeagh ...... Miss Bellows

William Fawcett ...... Cookie

Don Grady ...... Mason

2.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OF MISSING PERSONS

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4443

09Mar1959

written by David Swift

 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF STORY

16Mar1959  postponed to 13Apr1959

 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: no details

23Mar1959

2.27 [066] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A SWORD FOR MARIUS
30Mar1959
guest stars
James Mason ........ Marius
Fabrizio Mioni ..... Ramon De Parma
Jacqueline Ravell .. Lenore Marius
Antony Eustrel ..... Mr. Granier
Synopsis:
Marius fled from his homeland years ago and has become an instructor of philosophy and fencing at a private school in Switzerland. One of his pupils is the son of the dictator of Marius's native land. [RF]

2.28 [067] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TEN MILES TO DOOMSDAY 

06Apr1959

guest stars

Keith Andes ...... Major Linc Willet

Jeff Richards ....... Lt. Dave Hirsh

2.29 [068] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF STORY
13Apr1959 (rerun 03Aug59)
guest stars
Kerwin Mathews ..... Lieutenant James Edward Obenauf
Herbert Anderson ... Major Joseph B. Maxwell
Douglas Odney ...... Major Jim Graves
Synopsis:
A B-47 once fell apart at 32,000 feet, and the men in it were moved to extraordinary action. [RF]
*Re-creation of the true story.

From TIME magazine article:
With admirable attention to the truth, the Goodyear Theater (NBC)

presented The Obenauf Story, the heroic accomplishment of Lieut. James Edward Obenauf,

 who saved himself, a fellow officer and a $2,000,000 airplane when he landed a crippled

six-jet B-47 at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas (TIME, May 12).

As Obie, the young father, Actor Kerwin Mathews was at first quietly convincing.

Later, when Obenauf found himself at 34,000 feet in command of a burning plane,

all the rest of the crew except a navigator bailed out—and the navigator dying

of hypoxia—Mathews was embarrassingly frightened. He was a phrenetic caricature

of the real-life lieutenant, the professional flyer who said when he got home,

 "You're so numb, I don't think there's any fear at all. You're just numb."
But the slipstream knifing through the battered B-47 cockpit was bitterly convincing.

 Obie's agony as he tried to open his eyes against the blinding force was

painfully evident. And if old airmen winced when the flight control officer

yammered and yelled into the tower microphone, broke in on the G.C.A. operator

in hammy confusion, the G.C.A. operator himself was superbly true to life. Calm,

 careful, his every tone reassuring and reliable, he was just the man to bring a pilot home.

* The true Lieut. Obenauf was surely willing to overlook the utterly silly last lines

 that the show put in his mouth: "Hey, I gotta pick up all that baby stuff from the Maxwells'."

In real life, temporarily blinded though he was, he had jumped from the plane

and run until someone tackled him. [TM]

2.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GIRLS ABOUT TOWN

20Apr1959

guest stars

Mamie Van Doren ........ Maybelle Perkins
Gale Robbins ........... Lacey Sinclair
Virginia Field ......... Charlotte 'Jo' Dunning
Synopsis 1:
Jo and Lacey determine to save naive Maybelle Perkins from the wilds of big-city life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
They're Maybelle "The Shape" Perkins, Lacey "The Face" Sinclair and Charlotte

"The Brain" Dunning. They've arrived in the big city in search of fame and fortune

and husbands. They encounter the usual problems and some unusual men. [RF]

*Note: Syndication airing on "Comedy Spot" 30Aug60, with syndicated title "Meet the Girls".

2.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LIGHT IN THE FRUIT CLOSET

27Apr1959 (rerun 17Aug59)
Based on the novel by Eric Hodgins
guest stars
Steve Dunne ............ Jim Blandings
Maggie Hayes ........... Muriel Blandings
Jacklyn O'Donnell ...... Betsy
Charles Seel ........... Eph
Trudi Ziskind .......... Joan
Synopsis:
Now that Jim Blandings has seen his dream house built, he is prepared to

spend his spare time keeping it in repair. When his wife Muriel wants a light

 in the cellar fruit closet, Jim, a determined do-it-yourself man, decides to tackle the project. [RF]
*Note: A sequel to the book and movie "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House".
 

2.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SLIGHTLY FALLEN ANGEL

04May1959 (rerun 10Aug59)

guest stars

Walter Slezak ....... Finch

Lee Bergere ........ Stan Gorman

David White ........ Mills

Elizabeth Watts ....... Mrs. Edwards

Reynolds Evans ........ Mr. Edwards

Synopsis:

Young Johnny Gorman makes a wish on a star to be reunited with his father,

who is in jail. Johnny's wish is heard and Finch, an angel who entered

Heaven on a clerical error, is assigned the task of carrying it out. [RF]

2.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: I REMEMBER CAVIAR

11May1959 (rerun 31Aug59)

guest stars

Patricia Crowley ........ Maggie Barrett

Lurene Tuttle ....... Caroline Randall

Jack Mulhall ....... Lister

Elliott Reid ....... Eric Randall

Synopsis:
When the head of the household dies and leaves no money for food

and maintenance, the butler comes through like a blueblood. [RF]

2.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: BOYDEN VS. BUNTY

(aka Dear Mom, Dear Dad)

18May1959

Written by George W. George & Judy George
guest stars

Bert Convy ...... Galen Lawrence

Robert Trumbull ....... Bunty Perkins

Kathy Reed ...... Amy Porter

Jimmy Bates ...... Bill Davidson

Raymond Bailey ....... the Dean

Madge Blake ...... Auntie

Helen Kleeb .... Woman

2.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: WAIT TIL SPRING

25May1959

guest stars

Jeanne Crain ....... Lila Babrek Barnes

John Lupton ...... Dr. Johnny Bond

Harvey Stephens ...... Dr. Weiss

Alice Frost ...... Nurse Wheeler

2.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MEDALS FOR HARRY

01Jun1959

Script by Gene Piller
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Eddie Ryder ...... Harry Russell

Ruta Lee ...... Emily Meadows

Alex Nicol ....... George Hadley

Guy Stockwell

Ron Foster

2.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CRISTABEL

08Jun1959

Written by Mel Shavelson

Based on a story by James Thurber

Directed by James Sheldon

guest stars

Arthur O'Connell ....... John Monroe

Georgeann Johnson ...... Ellen Monroe

Susan Gordon ...... Lydia

Charles Herbert ...... Charlie

Dabbs Greer ....... Policeman

Synopsis:

Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog,

 Cristabel, die after he relents.

Synopsis 2:

James Thurber's story Christabel, about a little girl whose dog eats

all the heads off the asparagus in daddy's suburban garden. [RF]
Note:

* This show was actually the unsold pilot for a series to have been called

The Secret Life of John Monroe, based on the works of James Thurber.

Ten years later the writer of this show would create My World and Welcome to It ,

also based on Thurber's works, and the show's fourth episode would also

 be called "Cristabel" and would have basically the same

plot and characters as this program. [DM]

2.38 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE BEST WAY TO GO

15Jun1959

guest stars

Gary Merrill ...... Dick Bowen

William Swan ...... Jim Miller

Hugh Lawrence ...... Wilson

Jay C. Flippen ...... Donovan

Frank Maxwell ....... Anders

Jason Wingreen ....... Hirsh

Joseph Sonessa ........ Skipper Brown

 [--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase: THE SILENT KILL
Screen Gems, Inc.
11Aug59 copyright date

airdate unknown

guest stars
Richard Deacon
Ken Clark
Randy Shannon
Richard Stewart

 [--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase: DOCTOR MIKE
Screen Gems, Inc.
18Aug59 copyright date

(aka Dr. Mike)

(pilot for a proposed medical series)
Producer Harold Greene
Written by John Kneubuhl
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
guest stars
Keith Andes ........ Dr. Michael Grant
Lewis Martin ....... Dr. Sam Talbert
Mary Adams ......... Mary Barker
Joe De Santis ...... Alex Bartos
Greta Granstedt .... Anna Bartos
 

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########### season 3 1959-60 ##########

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Screen Gems, Inc. (most eps)
Briskin Productions, Inc. (1 carry over ep from previous season)
Half-hour format
NBC Mondays 9:30-10:00 pm
"Alcoa Theatre" alternated with "Goodyear Theatre"
under the umbrella title "Award Theatre"

3.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: STORY WITHOUT A MORAL

14Sep1959 NBC Mon

Briskin Productions (carry over episode from
previous season)

guest stars

Brian Aherne ........ James Rupert/James Spencer

Kurt Kasznar

Celia Lovsky

Synopsis:

Artist James Rupert, adept at copying masterpieces, is starving and facing

eviction in Vienna at the time of Nazi Terror. When a wealthy woman asks him

to copy one of her famous paintings so that she can secretly keep the original.

Then the woman can no longer tell which is the copy. [JB]

3.02 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR

(aka How's Business)

21Sep1959 NBC Mon

Producer William Sackheim
Teleplay by Howard Rodman
Story by Nate Monaster
Directed by Walter Grauman
guest stars
Jack Carson ........ Augie Adams
Jesse White ........ John Burke
Jean Gillespie ..... Joyce Adams
Flip Mark .......... Robbie Adams
Dorothy Crider
Lester Dorr
Jeane Wood
Ralph Gamble

3.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HELLO CHARLIE

Screen Gems production

28Sep1959 NBC Mon

Producer Anthony Wilson
Teleplay by Ben Hecht
Based on a book by Ben Hecht
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Director of photography Wilfred M. Cline
Editor Richard Brockway
Narrator Ben Hecht

guest stars

Tony Randall ...... Charlie MacArthur

John Dehner ...... Walter Howey

Walter Burke

Joe E. Ross

Stanley Adams
Jon Lormer
Sara Taft
Jason Johnson
Nesdon Booth
Wendy Winkelman

Synopsis:

Charlie gets two safe-crackers temporarily released from jail. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Reporter Charlie MacArthur gets two safe-crackers temporarily released from jail.

3.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OPERATION SPARK

05Oct1959 NBC Mon

guest stars

David Wayne ........ Major General Von Tresckow

John Larch ....... Colonel Brand

John Hoyt ....... Field Marshal von Kluge

Lamont Johnson ....... Von Schlabrendorff

Grandon Rhodes ....... General Beck

Synopsis:

Major General Von Tresckow masterminds a plot to assassinate Hitler with a bomb. [RF]

3.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE INCORRIGIBLES

12Oct1959 NBC Mon

guest stars

Paul Douglas ........ Harvey Otis

Danny Richards Jr. ....... Steve Komak

Francis DeSales ....... Judge Leon Alda

Synopsis:

Con man Harvey Otis and juvenile delinquent Steve Komak are paroled in

each other's custody and told that if one breaks the law both will be held responsible.

Al old acquaintance of Harvey's attempts to involve him in a robbery. [RF]

3.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ANY FRIEND OF JULIE'S

19Oct1959 NBC Mon

guest stars

Leslie Nielsen ........ Ray Stuart

Vanessa Brown ....... Paula King

Regis Toomey ....... Finn Curran

Robert F. Simon ....... Julian Webb
Synopsis:
After the death of playwright Julian Webb, Ray Stuart tries to prove he

has ghost-written all of Webb's plays. [RF]

3.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TOM, DICK, AND HARRY

26Oct1959 NBC Mon

guest stars

Gene Nelson ........ Tom

Joe Mantell ....... Dick

Howard McNear ...... Harry

Marvin Kaplan ....... Sid

Shirley Mitchell ....... Hazel

3.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre:  THE DAY THE DEVIL HID
02Nov1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
Peter Lind Hayes ....... J. Dunkin Wynn
Robert Gist ............ Walter Parker
Philip Ahn ............. Chun Boo Soon
Dub Taylor ............. Barney Place
Synopsis:
J. Dunkin Wynn's letters to his foster daughter, a Korean orphan, have told her

 that he's in the Navy. Just before the girl arrives in San Francisco to meet him.

Wynn is jailed because of his real occupation - he is a bookmaker. [RF]

3.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GOLDEN SHANTY

09Nov1959 NBC Mon (rerun 06Jun60)

Executive producer William Sackheim
Producer Winston O’Keefe
Written by Jameson Brewer
Story by Edward G. Dyson
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Director of photography Henry Freulich
Editor Richard K. Brockway
Music by Irving Friedman

guest stars

Errol Flynn ....... Doc Boatwright

Patricia Barry ........ Adie

Peter Hansen ........ Mike Walker

James McCallion ....... Hermie Schneider

Fred E. Sherman .... Petey
Juney Ellis ........ Myra

Synopsis 1:

Dr. Boatwright is a snake oil salesman in the old west who likes to con people

until he gets challenged. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
On his return to Nuggett City, a traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright is spotted

by Adie Walker, who'd been conned into buying Boatwright's un-prosperous saloon. [RF]

3.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SMALL BOUQUET

16Nov1959

guest stars

Howard Duff  ........ Joe Kane
Barbara Bain ....... Judy Coyne
Betsy Jones-Moreland ... Harriet MacLore
Joey Forman ........ Dick Ravenna
Bibi Osterwald ..... Sarah Ponmair
Bill Quinn ......... Gene MacNeill
Miiko Taka ......... Nika Shioya
Jack Orrison ....... Caretaker

3.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: POINT OF IMPACT

23Nov1959

guest stars

Peter Lawford ......... Major John Marshall

Dennis Patrick ........ Captain Fred Henry

Warren Stevens ........ Major Gorman

Judson Pratt ........ Colonel Holt

Synopsis:
Major John Marshall abandons his damaged plane,

which crashes into a house and kills two children. [RF]

3.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SHADOW OF EVIL

30Nov1959

guest stars

Cliff Robertson ....... Parker Sefton

David Brian ....... Bard Kanger

3.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: 333 MONTGOMERY STREET

07Dec1959 (rerun 13Jun1960)

guest stars

DeForest Kelley ........ Jake Brittin

Tol Avery ....... Judge

Joanna Barnes ........ Eve Fremont

Joanne Davis ........ Liz

Tom Greenway ........ Captain Quincy

Doug DeCosta .......... Officer Collins

Steve Peck ......... Frank Piper

Richard Shannon ......... Prosecutor

Synopsis 1:

Eve Fremont picks up hoodlum Frank Piper. Then she accuses him of making advances. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

Jake Brittin (Kelley) is a San Francisco defense attorney opposed to the death penalty.

He agrees to defend Frank Piper, a defendant charged with murdering society

 lady Eve Fremont's husband. Piper's story is that she had been carrying on a

relationship with him, and after a quarrel she promised to "fix him good." Later

she invited him to her place, and when he came in, she screamed. Her angry

husband came at him, he fired a warning shot into the floor, the husband kept

coming, and Piper fired three more shots into the husband before he finally was

 able to run away. The warning shot would make it manslaughter, not murder.

At the trial, Eve's story is that Piper had been stalking her, broke into her house

and murdered her husband. She testifies that only three shots were fired. Quincy

confirms that no fourth bullet was found. Jake obtains a recess, giving him time to

sneak over to the crime scene. By re-enacting the shooting he discovers that there

was indeed a fourth bullet, which has been deliberately hidden. He gets Quincy to

come over and discover the bullet himself by making snide comments about him

withholding evidence. There's a final court scene of Jake wrapping up his argument,

waxing eloquent about reasonable doubt... especially reasonable doubt about an

upper class woman flirting with a working class man. The jury return a verdict of

manslaughter. At this point there's an odd little bit that makes Jake a rather less

likeable character -- he refuses to shake his client's hand, giving him a disgusted look,

 and goes off to chum it up with the prosecutor. [RF]

*Note: This was the pilot episode of an unsold series written by Gene Roddenberry.

It was based on the book Never Plead Guilty by San Francisco criminal lawyer Jake Ehrlich.

 The series Sam Benedict, based on Ehrlich, was eventually produced and aired for one year, 1962-63.

3.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LONG HOUSE ON AVENUE A

14Dec1959

guest stars

Henry Silva ............ Tom Longman
Susan Oliver ........... Bernice Davis
Eugene Iglesias ........ Joey
Richard Hale ........... Old John
Henry Amargo ........... Construction Worker [MY]
Synopsis:
Tom Longman is a Mohawk Indian working with other tribesmen on the construction

of a skyscrapper. Tom reports a fellow worker, an Indian, for drinking on the job and

receives a promotion. His tribesmen, however, take Tom to task for breaking a tribal custom. [RF]
 

3.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LADY BUG

21Dec1959

guest stars

Thomas Mitchell ........ Sarge
Michel Petit ........... Benny
Charles Lane ........... Adam
Synopsis:
Sarge, an elderly checkers champ, can be beaten by only one person - Benny,

a seven year old boy. When a local story offers a large sum of money to anyone

who can beat a robot at checkers, Sarge decides to match Benny against the machine. [RF]
 

3.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE HAND

28Dec1959

guest stars

Robert Loggia ....... Tom Grant
Miriam Colon ....... Alma
Joe Sullivan ....... Detective Harmon
Pete Candoli ....... Johnny

3.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OMAHA BEACH -- PLUS 15
04Jan1960
guest stars
Cameron Mitchell ... Larry Morris
Jacqueline Scott ... Helen Morris
Joe Mantell ........ Joe Gardella
Willard Sage ....... Major Ralph Phillips
 

3.18 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ACTION OFF SCREEN
11Jan1960
guest stars
George Maharis ..... Johnny Cesare
Patricia Owens ..... Kay Armory White
Henry Lascoe ....... Nicky Pasta
 

3.19 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: BIRTHRIGHT

18Jan1960 (rerun 20Jun60)

guest stars

Eli Wallach ....... Joseph Lanowski

Martin Balsam ............ Joe Lane

Kay Stewart ....... Catherine

Frank Maxwell ....... Paul Firko

Sam Flint ........ Father Belice

Synopsis:
Czech-born Mr. and Mrs. Lanowski and their American-born son Joseph left

the United States during the Depression. After the war, a Joseph Lanowski comes to

the States, marries and changes his name to Lane. Later, another Joseph Lanowski

tries to enter the country. [RF]

3.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LAST FLIGHT OUT

25Jan1960

guest stars

Dorothy Malone  ..... Ann St. Martin
Edward Binns ....... Major Robert Fielding
Robert Vaughn ...... Lt. Dave Hutchins
Paul Bryar ......... Corporal
Suey Chan .......... Mork
Allen Jung ......... Mr. Wong
Sam Buffington ..... Shabby American

3.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CAPITAL GAINS

01Feb1960

guest stars

Joanne Dru ....... Kate Ballister

Rod Taylor ...... Alan Ballister

Dan Tobin ....... Van Loeffler

John Graham ...... Carleton Pike

Harvey Johnson ....... Harold Combs

Peggy Moffitt ....... Dodie Charles

Charles E. Fredericks ....... Harry Ruysdael

Lillian Culver ....... Mrs. Spaulding

Maida Severn ....... Miss Cope

Synopsis:

A TV writer who's left penniless, courtesy of taxes and alimony. He's talked into

forming a corporation and selling stock -- in himself -- to raise money. He makes

himself and his stockholders wealthy while he churns out TV fare. Writer's block

sends him back into dire financial straits. But his ex-wife has played the stock

market shrewdly, to the good fortune of them both. [RF]

3.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MINISTER ACCUSED

08Feb1960

guest stars

Steve Forrest  ...... Minister Mark Fordham
Julie Adams ........ Betty Fordham
Olive Deering ...... Mrs. Stacey

3.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MORNING BOAT TO AFRICA

15Feb1960 

guest stars

Peter Adams

George Sanders

Valerie French

3.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: FACE TO FACE
22Feb1960
guest stars
James Gregory ...... Charlie Hanes
Rebecca Welles ..... Phoebe Hanes
Raymond Greenleaf .. Sheriff Tyson
Synopsis:
Phoebe Hanes tells her husband Charlie that she has decided to leave him

and run off with their young farm hand. Charlie, by nature, a quiet man, pleads with

 Phoebe to stay, but his pleas don't seem to have any effect on Phoebe's decision. [RF]
 

3.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SHOW WAGON

29Feb1960

guest stars

Jack Albertson  ..... Pop Kimberly
Connie Hines ....... Phoebe Malloy
Toby Michaels ...... Sue
Luke Anthony ....... Steve Emerson

3.26 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CHINESE FINALE

07Mar1960

guest stars

Jan Sterling ....... Dr. Mary Cartwright

Hilda Plowright ...... Miss Andrews

3.27 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SQUEEZE PLAY

14Mar1960

guest stars

Dick Shannon ....... Mike Brandon
William Campbell ... Frank Grenner
Frank Gerstle ...... Pat Harris
Ted Thorpe ......... Blake
Joan Anson ......... Waitress

3.28 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TWEED HAT

21Mar1960

guest stars

Don Taylor ....... Roger Gifford

Hazel Court ....... Holly

Grandon Rhodes ....... Dad

3.29 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ALL IN THE FAMILY

28Mar1960

guest stars

Patricia Crowley ... Maggie
Lurene Tuttle ...... Caroline
Henry Hull ......... Ansel Pryor
Sue Ane Langdon .... Kitty
Edward Malloy ...... Eric
Adam West .......... David
Alma Murphy ........ Bertha
Helene Heigh ....... Woman

3.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GLORIOUS FOURTH

04Apr1960

guest stars

Dick York ....... Corporal James Sloan

Piper Laurie

Robert Beneveds ........ Martin Buell

Ray Daley ....... Jack Reardon

Anthony Teague ........ Jonah Welch

Synopsis:

The Civil War is close to its end and both sides are war-weary and hungry. [RF]

3.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: AUTHOR AT WORK

11Apr1960

Based on Playwright Friedrich Duerrenmatt's play.
guest stars

Ernie Kovacs .......... Maximillian Frederick Krob

Henry Jones ...... Honore St. Etienne

Chet Stratton ....... Secretary

Synopsis:
A mystery writer is accused of the crimes he has written about.

3.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBSERVER

18Apr1960

guest stars

Werner Klemperer ........ Colonel Hanning

Maximilian Schell ........ Sarrail

Michael Fox ......... Father Holze

Rex Holman ........ Lt. Hilger

George Macready ........ General Thirion

Sal Ponti ........ Crouzet

Synopsis:

French peasant Sarrail poses as a saint in order to learn German war secrets. [RF]

3.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MARKED DOWN FOR CONNIE

25Apr1960

Produced by Edward Buzzell

Directed by Harry Ackerman

guest stars

Elinor Donihue ........ Connie Peters

Tony Travis ........ Eddie Rockwell

Alan Hewitt ........ Mr. Vosburgh (manager)

Shirley O'Neal ....... Stella (salesgirl)

Beverly Allyson ....... Ann (salesgirl)

Ann Robinson ....... Billie (salesgirl)

Howard McNear ....... Mr. Cramer

Alice Backes ....... Miss Williams

Synopsis:

The romantic adventures of Connie Peters, a salesgirl in the

Gracious Living department of "Cooksins Department Store", and

Eddie Rockwell her secret lover, the floor manager of Gracious

Living. Store police forbids employees dating each other. [SC]

3.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK

[--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase:

(aka Forced Landing)

02May1960 (copyright date 27Mar59)
<unsold pilot for a proposed series to be called "JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK" (1959)
BRISKIN PRODUCTION IN
ASSOCIATION WITH COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION
Produced by Joseph Hoffman

Written by Tony Barrett

Directed by Oscar Rudolph

Assistant Director Irving Moore

Production Assistant Seymour Friedman

Supervising Editor Richard Fantl

Director of photography Wilfrid M. Cline

 guest stars

Scott Brady ....... Johnny Nighthawk

Richard Erdman ....... Matt Brent

Valerie French ....... Paula Crowley

Maggie Mahoney

Joe De Santis

SERIES PREMISE:
TWO FORMER KOREAN WAR VETERANS OPERATE A CHARTED
FLYING SERVICE.

SYNOPSIS:
JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK AND HIS PARTNER MATT BRENT ARE HIRED
BY AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN TO FLY HER AND A PACKAGE CONTAINING

BADLY NEEDED SERUM TO A HOSPITAL IN RURAL ENGLAND. THE PACKAGE

REALLY CONTAINS NITROGLYCERIN. [SC]

3.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SITTER'S BABY

09May1960

guest stars

Spring Byington ........ Melinda Gray

Charles Ruggles ....... Grandpa

Roberta Shore ....... Judy Saunders

Alice Backes ....... Pauline

Synopsis:
Professional babysitter Melinda Gray agrees to spend the weekend with teenager

Judy Saunders, while the rest of the family is off to a wedding. To ease her charge's

embarrassment, Melinda poses as Judy's grandmother. But she has to tell a few tall tales. [RF]

3.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: YOU SHOULD MEET MY SISTER

16May1960  NBC Mon
Screen Gems, Inc.
(pilot for the series "My Sister Eileen")

Story by Ruth McKenney

guest stars

Elaine Stritch ....... Ruth Sherwood

Anne Helm ......... Eileen Sherwood (Shirley Bonne in the series)

Henry Corden  ....... Mr. Spivak

Tom Reese ....... Wreck

Pattie Chapman ....... Helen

Synopsis:
The story of two pretty sisters who leave Ohio and head for New York to further

 their careers; Ruth as a writer, and Eileen as an actress. [DM]

3.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE PROUD EARTH

23May1960

guest stars

John Larch ........ Isiah Macabee

Vivi Janiss ........ Rebecca Macabee

Joseph Gallison ........ Adam Macabee

Pamela Grey ........ Catherine Lovett

Karin Dicker ....... Gwen Macabee

Paul Genge ........ Sheriff Jimson

Jay Strong ....... Roan March

William Meras ........ Mr. March

Synopsis:
It isn't easy to move a family into the Idaho Territory. Homesteader

Isaiah Macabee expected the natural hardships, but not the opposition of

a powerful rancher who wants his land. [RF]

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