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Episode Guide
version 8.0 June 2009

(Ep 1.8, 2.6, 2.12)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
 

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THE ALCOA HOUR

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NBC Sun 9:00-10:00

October 16, 1955 to September 22, 1957

The Alcoa Hour was telecast live from New York on alternate Sundays.

Although the majority of plays presented were dramas,

 there were some musicals as well.

(alternated weekly with Goodyear Playhouse from 55-57).
 

A Four Star Production.

Directors of The Alcoa Hour

Dan Petrie

Robert Mulligan

Sidney Lumet

Ralph Nelson
 

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1.01 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BLACK WINGS

16-Oct-1955 NBC Sun

produced by Herbert Brodkin

teleplay by Joseph Schull

directed by Norman Felton

guest stars

Wendell Corey  ....... David Adams
Robert Flemyng ...... Bennett
Ann Todd ............ Jane Cornish
John Williams ....... Frazer
Byron Russell ....... Tobin
Frances Tannehill ... Lucy
Beulah Garrick ...... Eve

Synopsis:

A German physician who had been a Luftwaffe pilot during WWII

secretly endows a clinic for the treatment of victims of a bombing

raid he led over England, then falls in love with an English girl who

was crippled by the bombing. [RF]

1.02 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE SMALL SERVANT

30-Oct-1955 NBC Sun

written by S.I. Abelow

Based on Charles Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop".
guest stars

Laurence Harvey  ..... Dick Swiveller
Halliwell Hobbes .... Reverend Garland
John Laurie ......... Sampson Brass
Brenda Forbes ....... Sophie Wackles
Murray Matheson ..... Padgett
Mary Wickes ......... Sally Brass
Francis Compton ..... Wrasp
Diane Cilento ....... Servant

Synopsis:
A young girl becomes the servant of the proprietor of an old curiosity shop

and falls for the man who lives above the shop.

*NOTE: This was actress Diane Cilento's American television debut.

1.03 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A GIRL CAN TELL

13-Nov-1955 NBC Sun

adapted by William McCleery

from F. Hugh Herbert's Broadway play

starring

Diana Lynn  .......... Jennifer
Natalie Trundy ...... Nancy
Carleton Carpenter .. Artie
Dean Harens ......... George
Donald Symington .... Freddie
Jack Whiting ........ J.G.
William Redfield .... Bill
Paul McGrath ........ Father
Barbara Robbins ..... Mother
Elissa Zabor ........ Natasha

Synopsis:

Looking over the scrapbook containing pictures of all the men she ever kissed,

a mother tells her daughter of her hectic younger days and the beaus who made them so. [RF]

1.04 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THUNDER IN WASHINGTON

27-Nov-1955 NBC Sun

written by David Davidson

directed by Robert Mulligan

guest stars

Melvyn Douglas  ......... Charles Turner
Ed Begley .............. Rep. Kilter
Russell Collins ........ Joe Horton
James Gregory .......... Martin Hobbes
Philip Coolidge ........ Mr. Herbert
Howard St. John ........ Mr. Meadows
Audra Lindley .......... Laura
Luis Van Rooten ........ President of the United States
Susan Halloran ......... Janie

Synopsis 1:

Inspired by recent capital-city doings, this is the story of a successful businessman

who comes to work for the government. He tries to use his newfound influence

to benefit the private business in which he still has an interest. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Charles Turner a highly competent business executive

answers a call from the President of the United States to

come to Washington to introduce efficiency into numerous

sprawling government agencies. Soon Turner's efforts at

reform offend almost everyone and he finds himself

defending his actions before a House Appropriations Committee. [RF]

*

Note: Luis Van Rooten spent hours studying the voice and

mannerisms of the President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1.05 [--] The Alcoa Hour: UNDERTOW

11-Dec-1955 NBC Sun

written by Jack Kelsey

guest stars

Robert Preston  ........ Doug Hallock
Teresa Wright ......... Sylvia Hallock
John Kerr ............. Jamie Hallock
Thomas Mitchell ....... Cap'n Hallock
Cathleen Nesbitt ...... Mother Hallock

Synopsis:
Cap'n Hallock and his taciturn hardworking wife and their two sons

live in Nova Scotia. It takes a near-tragedy to get the family to drop

it's reserve and reveal their true feelings.

1.06 [--] The Alcoa Hour: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS

25-Dec-1955

Gian Carlo Menotti's Opera

guest stars

Rosemary Kuhlman  ...... Amahl's Mother
David Aiken ........... King Melchior
Leon Lishner .......... King Balthasar
Andrew McKinley ....... King Caspar
Glen Tetley ........... Dancing Shepherd

Synopsis:
Amahl, a poor cripple boy, is visited by the Three Kings on their way

to pay homage to the Christ child. [RF]
 

1.07 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MAN ON A TIGER

08-Jan-1956 NBC Sun

written by Roger O. Hirson

adapted from a short story by Adman David Levy
guest stars
Melvyn Douglas ........ Jim Conway
Tony Randall .......... Bill Holmes
Polly Rowles .......... Susan
Keenan Wynn ........... Curley Ames
Virginia Kaye ......... Ruth Wilson
Frank Schofield ....... Kaplow
Jan Farrand ........... Lily
Jerome Kilty .......... Steve Morgan
Lisa Howard ........... Kitty
Mort Stephens ......... George
Synopsis:
The story of success and failure, where admen's accounts, TV comedians

 fight for prestige and the small fry of television fight for their very existence.
 

1.08 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A PATCH OF FAITH

22-Jan-1956  NBC Sun

Written by John Secondari,

author of the novel on which the movie "Three Coins in the Fountain" was based.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
guest stars
Lee J. Cobb ........ Zocco
Theodore Bikel ..... Il Vecchio
Robert Emhardt ..... Van Vlick
Lilia Skala ........ Mrs. Van Vlick
Will Kuluva ........ Oste
Miko Oscard ........ Peppino
Henry Lascoe ....... Bridagiere
Synopsis:
A schoolmaster in a small Italian town suffers when his pupils are taunted because

they are too poor to afford football uniforms. He tries to raise money by staging

a benefit concert starring a young Dutch pianist. [RF]
 

1.09 [--] The Alcoa Hour: LONG AFTER SUMMER

05-Feb-1956 NBC Sun

produced by Herbert Brodkin

written by Dale Wasserman

story by Robert Nathan

directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

Robert Preston ........ Tom Waycroff
Susan Kohner .......... Joanna
Cameron Prud'Homme .... Alben
Ben Astar ............. Manuel
Donald Harron ......... Jack
Simon Oakland ......... Bert
Augusta Merighi ....... Josie
Raymond Bramley ....... Minister

Ralph Camargo

Synopsis:

The scene is Cape Cod, New England. A cynical sculptor hires a young orphan

girl as a housekeeper. She falls in love with the son of his best friend, but an

ensuing tragedy arouses her employer's concern. [RF]

1.10 [--] The Alcoa Hour: TRAGEDY IN A TEMPORARY TOWN

19-Feb-1956 NBC Sun

written by Reginald Rose

directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

Ed Binns  .............. Anderson
Lloyd Bridges ......... Alec Beggs
Robert Emhardt ........ Matt Fisher
Donald Harron ......... Mickey Doran
Betty Lou Keim ........ Dotty Fisher
Will Kuluva ........... Julio Infante
Vivian Nathan ......... Grace Beggs
Milton Selzer ......... Pike
Clifford Tatum Jr. .... Buddy Beggs
Jack Warden ........... Frank Doran

Jane White

Robert Dryden

Synopsis:

A vigilante group is formed after a girl is assaulted at

a construction camp. The mob descends on an innocent

Puerto Rican victim and the hero opposes the mob. [RF]

* Note According to Jack Gould, "Mr. Rose's final scene--the mob descending

on an innocent Puerto Rican victim--did make the viewer's flesh creep. And

the raw vigor of the hero's denunciation of the mob--the man's language had

 uncommon pungency--was extraordinarily vivid video drama."
"Tragedy in a Temporary Town" won a Robert E. Sherwood Television Award

and a citation from the Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith as the best

dramatic program of the year dealing with intergroup relations.

1.11 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MAN ON FIRE

04-Mar-1956 NBC Sun

written by Malvin Wald & Jack Jacobs

guest stars

Tom Ewell  ............. Earl Carleton
Patricia Barry ........ Nina
Neva Patterson ........ Gwen
Jerome Thor ........... Shaw
Ed Begley ............. Sam
Lois Bolton ........... Mrs. Delaney
Russell Collins ....... Judge
Van Dyke Parks ........ Ted

Synopsis:

A successful business man agrees to a divorce but insists on retaining custody

of the couple's young boy. Later, after remarrying, his wife tries for and wins

custody of the child. This so disillusions and embitters the man that he turns

against his friends, associates and finally the law. [RF]

1.12 [--] The Alcoa Hour: DOLL FACE

18-Mar-1956 NBC Sun

written by Jerome Ross

guest stars

Gene Lyons  ............ Harry Banning
Nancy Malone .......... Grace Schroeder
Addison Powell ........ Arthur Jelliffe
Glenda Farrell ........ Eloise Schroeder
Frank McHugh .......... George Schroeder
Patricia Englund ...... The Manicurist
Jeff Harris ........... The Bellboy

1.13 [--] The Alcoa Hour: FINKLE'S COMET

01-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by Herman Raucher

Directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

David Opatoshu ........ Morris Finkle
Hans Conried .......... Schnobble
Norman Fell ........... Marvie
Donald Mayo ........... Professor Caswell
Lenka Peterson ........ Marilyn
Ned Wertimer .......... Terry
Henry Lascoe .......... Mirsky
Synopsis:
A candy store owner looks out his window

and finds he is the only one who saw the comet.

1.14 [--] The Alcoa Hour: EVEN THE WEARIEST RIVER

15-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Sapinsley

guest stars

Lee Grant  ............. Lennie Converse
Boris Karloff ......... Doc Dixon
Christopher Plummer.... Bruce Quealy
Jason Robards ......... Bridger
Franchot Tone ......... Sheriff Converse
Frank Marth ........... Crawford
Robert Dryden ......... Olan
Archie Smith .......... Matt
John Shellie .......... McAdam
Milton Selzer ......... Upton
Frank Overton ......... Barton Steinbach

Synopsis:
A triple tragedy has marked a small town in the West. The frontier village as mirrored

in the final day of it's sheriff, a 70-year-old lawman whose failing eyesight

and hearing tries to put off the inevitable realization that he's obsolete.

*NOTE: The title "Even the Weariest River" is based on a Western legend in blank verse.

1.15 [--] The Alcoa Hour: PARIS AND MRS. PERLMAN

29-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by John Vlahos

guest stars

Gertrude Berg  ......... Sophie Perlman
Claude Dauphin ........ Monsieur Aristide Duchamp
Sanford Meisner ....... Lew Stern
Joey Walsh ............ Leon
Janet Fox ............. Rose

Synopsis:
A lovable middle-aged widow unexpectedly finds romance with a Galic

charmer during a European trip, but the Frenchman admits he is a fortune-hunter.

1.16 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE PRESIDENT

13-May-1956 NBC Sun

written by David Davidson

guest stars

Claude Rains  .......... Paul Westman
Mildred Dunnock ....... Grace Westman
Everett Sloane ........ Bill Groody
Alfred Ryder .......... Harvey Wilson
Larry Gates ........... Fulton Wills
Luis Van Rooten ....... Foster
David White ........... Sully
Fred Clark ............ Governor Dan Cowlin

Allen Collins

Robert Dryden

Howard Wierum

John Boruff

1.17 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE CONFIDENCE MAN

27-May-1956 NBC Sun

written by Ernest Kinoy

guest stars

Hume Cronyn  .......... Sam Pickens
Jessica Tandy ........ Olivia Crummit

Dorothy Sands ........ Mrs. Crummit
John McGovern ........ Harry Crummit
Synopsis:
A con artist poses as a clergyman and insinuates himself into a men's club

where he takes up collection for a bogus missionary project. Sam ends up in the

streets once he is found out and meets a wealthy spinster named Olivia

whom he sets up as his next pigeon.
 

1.18 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE MAGIC HORN

10-Jun-1956 NBC Sun

written by Herman Raucher

guest stars

Ralph Meeker  ......... Billy Hepburn
Sal Mineo ............ Tommy Angelo
Buzzy Drootin ........ Bide-o-wee Smith (famed Jazz Drummer)
Vic Dickenson ........ Stromberg Harris
Ruby Braff ........... Spencer Lee
Jimmy McPartland ..... Jambo Reader
Bert Freed ........... Manager
Milt Hinton .......... Woosh Johnson
Peanuts Hucko ........ the Greek

Synopsis:
A story of Jazz musicians in Chicago during the Twenties.
 

1.19 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ARCHANGEL HARRIGAN

24-Jun-1956 NBC Sun

written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.

guest stars

Darren McGavin ....... Harrigan
Frank Aletter ........ Tommy Sanford
Walter Burke ......... Sam Adams
Ann Dere ............. Mae Jenks
Pat Hingle ........... Red
Janice Rule .......... Rosie McLeod
Frank Tweddell ....... Charlie Jenks
John Shellie ......... Jud
Synopsis:
Harrigan claims that he can fly but everyone believes him

crazy and go about having him locked up.
 

1.20 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE PIPER OF ST. JAMES

08-Jul-1956 NBC Sun

written by Hugh Kemp

guest stars

Brenda Forbes ...... Jenkins

Barry Jones ...... Hamish

Patrick O'Neal  ...... Jamie

Peggy Maurer ...... Julia

Patrick Macnee ...... Charlie

William Hansen ...... R.B. Angus

Pat Harrington ...... Bartender

1.21 [--] The Alcoa Hour: SISTER

22-Jul-1956 NBC Sun

written by Sidney Carroll

guest stars

Gladys Cooper ..... Aunt Pauline

Cathleen Nesbitt ...... Angelica

Vincent Price ..... Alvanley

Synopsis:

A spinster still hasn't recovered from the loss of her identical twin when her nephew

weaves a web of deceit in order to take advantage of her fragile state.

1.22 [--] The Alcoa Hour: KISS AND TELL

05-Aug-1956 NBC Sun

written by F. Hugh Herbert

guest stars

Robin Morgan ......... Corliss Archer
Warren Berlinger ..... Dexter Franklin
John Connell ......... Lenny Archer
Jerome Cowan ......... Harry Archer
Florida Friebus ...... Mrs. Franklin
Polly Rowles ......... Janet Archer
Steven Chase ......... Uncle George
Howard St. John ...... Mr. Pringle
Marion Randall ....... Mildred Pringle
Synopsis:
The antics of 15-year-old Corliss Archer in keeping her brother's marriage

a secret cause a series of hilarious events.
 

1.23 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG VOTE

19-Aug-1956 NBC Sun

written by David Karp

guest stars

Ed Begley  ............ Michael Francis Dixon
Kathleen Maguire ..... Eileen Dixon
Walter Matthau ....... Bill Egan
Luis Van Rooten ...... Bernstein
Walter Burke ......... Devlin
Robert Emhardt ....... Teddy Harrison
William Harrigan ..... Emil Drucker
Jay Barney ........... Hofmeyer
Synopsis:
Defeat comes as a surprise to an old-line politician in this drama of local politics.
 

1.24 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE GIRL IN CHAPTER ONE

02-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

written by Elihu Winer

guest stars

James Daly .... Vernon Elder

Joanne Woodward .... Margaret Spencer

Madge Evans .... Agnes Spencer

Anne Seymour .... Mary Elder

Warren Parker

Wallace Rooney

Synopsis:
A Pulitzer Prize novelist's talent has faded. He returns to his small hometown and

meets a young girl who greatly admires him. Romance blossoms and it appears that

she will become his fourth wife. Suddenly he discovers that she is the daughter

of the woman he jilted 20 years ago.
 

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2.01 [--] The Alcoa Hour: FLIGHT INTO DANGER

16-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

Produced by Phillip Barry Jr.
written by Arthur Hailey
Directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest stars
Patricia Barry ....... Stewardess
Macdonald Carey ...... George Spencer
Geoffrey Horne ....... Treleaven
Liam Redmond ......... Dr. Baird
John Drainie ......... Harry Burdick
Felix Deebank ........ Pilot
Robert Dryden ........ Co-Pilot
Geoffrey Toone ....... Captain
Synopsis:
A small plane pilot takes control of a large passenger plane

after the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.
 

*Note: Hailey wrote this episode Pre "Airport".

2.02 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG WAVE

30-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

written by Pearl Buck

Directed by Norman Felton

guest stars

Joseph Anthony ..... Farmer Father

Hume Cronyn ..... Wise Gentleman

Carol Lynley ..... Setsu

Vivian Nathan ..... Farmer Mother

Milton Selzer ..... Fisherman Father

Rip Torn ..... Kino

Robert Morse .... Jiya

Synopsis:

After a tidal wave wipes out the family of a boy and elderly man

teaches him how to survive and continue living.

2.03 [--] The Alcoa Hour: KEY LARGO

14-Oct-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by Alvin Sapinsley

story by Maxwell Anderson

guest stars

Anne Bancroft ..... Alegre

Alfred Drake ..... King

Lorne Greene ..... Sheriff Gash

Victor Jory .... D'Alcala

John Marley ... Corky

J. Carrol Naish ... Murillo

Synopsis:

A gang of criminals takes refuge at a hotel during a hurricane in Key Largo.

2.04 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MORNING'S AT SEVEN

04-Nov-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by Robert Wallstens

based on a play by Paul Osborn

guest stars

Dorothy Gish ..... Arry Gibbs

Lillian Gish ..... Esther Crampton

David Wayne ..... Homer Bolton

June Lockhart ........ Myrtle Brown
Dorothy Stickney ..... Ida Bolton
Evelyn Varden ........ Cora
Synopsis:
The four Gibbs sisters plot to get Ida's forty year old son Homer married.
 

2.05 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. BAXTER

02-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by William McCleery

based on a novel by Edward Streeter

guest stars

Patricia Benoit ..... Polly

Margaret Hamilton ..... Mrs. Gillyard

Dennis King .... George Baxter

John McGiver ..... Mr. Bernhard

Cornelia Otis Skinner ..... Susan Baxter

Synopsis:

A stingy man tries to shop for his family's gifts with the least amount of cash.

2.06 [--] The Alcoa Hour: ADVENTURE IN DIAMONDS

09-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

Adapted by Jerome Coopersmith

Based on the story by David E. Walker
guest stars
Gary Merrill ......... Walter Keyser
Viveca Lindfors ...... Anna
Robert Flemyng ....... Major
Cameron Prud'Homme ... Peter
Geoffrey Toone ....... Leeds
Maureen Hurley ....... Julia
John Mackwood ........ Captain
Fred Herrick ......... Fisherman
Synopsis:
During World War 2 it was imperative for England to get a supply of Dutch industrial

diamonds before they fell into Nazi hands. Walter Keyser, born Dutch but an

Englishman by choice, was chosen to go to Amsterdam and persuade the

Dutch diamond merchants to let him take their gems back to London. [RF]
 

2.07 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN

23-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

Producer Joel Spectre
Based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

Directed by Daniel Petrie
guest stars

Basil Rathbone ..... Ebenezer Scrooge

Martyn Green ..... Bob Cratchit

Philippa Bevans ..... Mrs. Dilber

Vic Damone ..... Young Scrooge

Johnny Desmond ..... Fred

Alice Frost ..... Mrs. Cratchit

Bryan Herbert ...... Mr. Fezziwig

Dennis Kohler ..... Tiny Tim

Ian Martin ..... Ghost of Christmas Past

Patrice Munsel ..... Belle

Betty Madigan ..... Martha Cratchit

Robert Weede ..... Marley's Ghost

Robert Wright ..... Spirit of Christmas Present

The Four Lads (singing group)

2.08 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A DOUBLE LIFE

06-Jan-1957 NBC Sun

written by Maurice Valency

guest stars

Shelley Winters ..... Pat

Nina Foch ..... Brita

Eric Portman ..... Tony

Ross Martin .... Frank

Hilda Haynes ..... Gladys

Ludwig Donath ..... Max

Henderson Forsythe ..... Victor

Luis Van Rooten ..... Vito

Wallace Rooney ..... Cooley

Synopsis:

A Shakespearean actor is portraying Othello on the stage. He comes to

believe that his wife is attracted to another man, and, like Othello, he

feels compelled to commit murder. [RF]

2.09 [--] The Alcoa Hour: RIDE THE WILD MARE

20-Jan-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alfred D. Gato

guest stars

Lloyd Bridges  ....... Danny Mayo
Betty Field ......... Marge Mayo
Edward Andrews ...... George
Murvyn Vye .......... Gus
John Marley ......... Vic
Kevin Coughlin ...... Fred
Synopsis:
A man's gambling problem affects his family as well as their finances

especially when he couldn't be bothered going to work.
 

2.10 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NO LICENSE TO KILL (I)

03-Feb-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Boretz

directed by Herbert Hirschman

Narrator: Victor Riesel

guest stars

Hume Cronyn ..... Ralph Grimes

Eileen Heckart ..... Vi Miller

Carl Betz ..... Howard Miller

Maureen Cassidy ..... Dorothy Grimes

Jack Klugman ..... Tyler

Edward Binns ..... Lt. Marchese

Helen Wallace ....... Mrs. Miller Sr.
Synopsis:
A highway accident leads to a new safety law.
 

*Note: This episode was restaged with new actors 01Sep57.

2.11 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

17-Feb-1957 NBC Sun

adapted by Philip Barry Jr.

based on the play by Philip Barry Sr.

guest stars

Robert Preston ...... Tom Collier
Joanne Linville ..... Daisy Sage
Meg Mundy ........... Cecelia Henry
Alan Hale Jr. ....... Red Regan
Paul McGrath ........ Rufus Collier
Mary Welch .......... Fran
Synopsis:
A man must explain to his wife about his mistress when

she begins to suspect something is amiss.
 

2.12 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE LAST TRAIN TO PUSAN

03-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

adapted by Theodore Apstein

based on Vern Sneider's story
guest stars
Gary Merrill ........ Johnny Davis
Virginia Kaye ....... Sister Maria
Philip Ahn .......... Major Pak
Erlinda Cortes ...... Lee Su Im
Synopsis:
Johnny Davis, a World War 2 veteran, now an enterprising young businessman

 in Korea in 1950. Davis, an engineer discovers that his factory and shipping interests

are being sabotaged. Davis tries to enlist the help of a young secretary, Catherine,

 to spy on the suspected saboteurs. [RF]
 

2.13 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ORIGINAL MISS CHASE

17-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

based on the play "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" by Frederick Lonsdale

guest stars

Nanette Fabray .... Rosemary Chase

Darren McGavin .... Arthur Bryan

Hiram Sherman .... Elton Andrews

John Williams .... Charles Gillis

Evelyn Varden .... Mrs. Andrews

Henry Lascoe .... Mr. Romaine

Synopsis:

A singer becomes a socialite in the ultimate scam of deceit.

2.14 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG BUILD-UP

31-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

written by Roger O. Hirson

guest stars

E.G. Marshall ..... Herman Magnus

George Peppard ..... Eddie Pierce

Jason Robards Jr. .... Bert Palmer

Robert Simon .... Mr. Price

Diane Gentner .... Isabel

Leonard Stone .... Longden

Sorrell Booke ..... Bartender

Synopsis:

A movie producer goes to great lengths to make his films box-office hits. Producer

Herman Magnus realizes that his new arty movie needs box office appeal. He decides

 to do a build-up campaign on Eddie Price, a modest but ambitious actor in the film,

as a wild rebellious youth similar to the character he plays in the film. [RF]

*Note: Mickey and Sylvia, song duo, make a special appearance in this dramatic episode.

2.15 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NOTHING TO LOSE

14-Apr-1957 NBC Sun

written by Jerome Ross

guest stars

Ralph Bellamy .... Dutch Scranton

Robert Emhardt .... Doc Jones

James Whitmore .... Warden Lightfoot

Harry Bellaver .... Williams

Mike Kellin .... Ernest Chowder Waybel

Frank Sutton .... Radcliffe

Edmon Ryan .... Assitant Warden

Frank Blair .... TV Reporter

George Ebeling .... Chaplain

2.16 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MECHANICAL MANHUNT

28-Apr-1957 NBC Sun

written by Harold Swanton

guest stars

Sallie Brophy .... Susan

Richard Kiley .... Peter Melnecke

Robert Arden .... Jerome

Lois Bolton .... Agnes

Ward Costello .... Charlie

Victor Thorley .... Malotte

Parker McCormick .... Landlady

[--] The Alcoa Hour: preempted for Bob Hope Comedy Special

05-May-1957

2.17 [--] The Alcoa Hour: PROTEGE

19-May-1957 NBC Sun

written by Philo Higley

guest stars

Skip Homeier .... Dick Carr

Betsy Palmer .... Ann Fenn

Evelyn Varden .... Clara Carr

Ed Wynn .... Billy Bishop

David White .... Bixby

Lee Meriwether .... Girl

2.19 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MRS. GILLING AND THE SKYSCRAPER

09-Jun-1957 NBC Sun

written by Sumner Locke Elliot

guest stars

Helen Hayes ....... Mrs. Gilling

Katherine Squire ..... Annie

Wilfrid Hyde-White ..... Gordon

Jack Klugman ..... George

Leueen MacGrath .... Pauline

Joanna Roos ..... Francine

Kathleen Comegys .... Mrs. Millie Roos

Halliwell Hobbes .... Doorman

Synopsis:

An elderly lady who tries to save her apartment from the owners of her building

who intend to demolish it to make way for a skyscraper. [RF]

2.20 [--] The Alcoa Hour: AWAKE WITH FEAR

23-Jun-1957 NBC Sun

written by David Driscoll

guest stars

Eddie Bracken .... Charlie Joyce

Henry Jones .... Ed Krieber

Loïs Bolton .... Bernice Schmidt

Virginia Kaye .... Dorothy Parsons

Dennis Kohler .... Buster Joyce

Synopsis:
Charlie Joyce, a white-collar worker, lives a quiet, almost humdrum life

 with his wife and two children. One morning Charlie receives a poison-pen

letter which he passes off as a practical joke sent by Ed Krieber, one

of his office buddies. But when he confronts Ed with the threatening
letter, Ed convinces him that he wasn't the one who sent it. [RF]

2.21 [--] The Alcoa Hour: HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE

07-Jul-1957 NBC Sun

written by John H. Secondari

guest stars

Anne Bancroft .... Giselle

Charles Korvin .... Von Zimmer

Rip Torn .... Pierre

Joe De Santis .... Dr. Hartman

Charles Cooper .... Lt. Gerhardt

Harold Vermilyea .... Grandfather

2.22 [--] The Alcoa Hour: HE'S FOR ME

21-Jul-1957 NBC Sun

written by Michael Dreyfus

music & lyrics by Michael Brown

guest stars

Roddy McDowall .... Max

Joan Hovis .... Pat

Larry Blyden .... Ralph

Elaine Stritch .... Laura

Synopsis:
The story of two boy who spy two pretty girls and naturally decide they must get acquainted.

The boys, Max and Ralph, share an apartment in the building where Laura and Pat have

their apartment. The boys don't know it, but the girls are as anxious to meet them as they

are to meet the girls. Max hatches a scheme to bring about an accidentally-on-purpose

meeting with Pat at the basement washing machine. Things go swimmingly in the basement,

but when Max gets back to the apartment, he realizes he still hasn't found out the girl's names.

Ralph comes up with the solution to this one and runs into Laura.

Alas, in this case things don't go well at all. [RF]
*
Songs
"Try a Little Love" .... Max, Ralph
"He's For Me".... Pat
"I Never Knew That I'd Find You" .... Pat, Max
"You're Cute, You're Sweet" .... Max
"No Good Man" .... Laura
"Love's Anything You Wish" .... Pat, Max, Laura, Ralph
"A Dollar and a Quarter and a Dime" .... Max, Ralph
"What Do They Know About Love? .... Ralph, Laura
"You're for Me" ..... Pat, Max

2.23 [--] The Alcoa Hour: WEEKEND IN VERMONT

04-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by Ernest Kinoy

guest stars

Patricia Barry .... Grace Barre

William Traylor .... Warren

Tony Randall .... Stan Kasper

Aina Niemela .... Jean

Dorothy Stickney .... Mrs. Barre

Howard Lindsay .... Mr. Barre

Synopsis:

Two couples get away for the weekend in Vermont when their

trip turns into a comedy of errors.

2.24 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN

11-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by John Whedon

guest stars

Audrey Christie .... Marcia Barry

Walter Matthau .... George Barry

Hiram Sherman .... Porky

Jeff Harris .... Artie

Shirley Standlee .... Debbie

Synopsis:

After twenty years of neglect from his wife a man takes

up with his much younger and prettier secretary.

2.25 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE LITTLEST LITTLE LEAGUER

25-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by Blanche Hanalis

guest stars

Jacob Kalich ... Grandfather

Peter Lazer ... Benjamin "Benjie" Hauptmann

Vivian Nathan ... Marretta Hauptmann

Nehemiah Persoff ... Willie Hauptmann

Sal Maglie ... Himself

Tommy White ... Neighbor Boy

Synopsis:
Child genius Benjie Hauptmann can build a homemade cyclotron

but can't play baseball. He meets Brooklyn hurler Sal Maglie and learns

how to make the team. Benjie teaches his grandfather atomic science.

2.26 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NO LICENSE TO KILL  II

01-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Boretz

directed by Herbert Hirschman

Narrator: Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut.

guest stars

Eddie Albert .... Ralph Grimes

Maureen Stapleton .... Vi Miller

Robert Strauss .... Lt. Marchesse

Frank Overton .... Tyler

Hugh Reilly ... Howard Miller

Louis Badolati ... Pollard

Stephen Chase ... Burou

Cathleen Nesbitt ... Mrs. Miller Sr.

Frederick Rolf ... Dr. Lane

Michael Strong ... Resident Doctor

Norman Twin ... Kirkland

Synopsis:
Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut narrates the story of the 24 hours

 in the lives of persons to be involved in a fatal accident on the Merritt Parkway.

2.27 [--] The Alcoa Hour: 15 OCTOBER 1864

15-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Louis Pelletier

guest stars

Alan Nixon .... Lt. Bennett Young

James Pritchett .... Philip Cullen

Paul Tripp .... Roger Harrison

Clu Gulager .... James Wesley

Olive Sturgess .... Hannah

2.28 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NIGHT

22-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Bill Barrett

guest stars

E.G. Marshall ..... Shorty

Virginia Vincent .... Cleo

Jason Robards .... Jayson

Franchot Tone .... Prince

Addison Powell .... Dr. Chula

Amy Freeman .... Riga

Bill Zuckert .... Brophy

William Hansen ....Santa

*Last episode of The Alcoa Hour.

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