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Episode Guide

version 29.0 June 2009

(General Update)

compiled by

The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:

Tom Alger

George Orphanidys <Yorgo2@aol.com> [GO]

Jim Brent

Philip Malmuth
Rina Fox

references:

Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)

Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)

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BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATRE  

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aka 'Crisis' (international title) (70's)

aka 'Universal Star Time' (syndication title)

aka 'Theatre Of Stars' (UK title)

Hovue productions (78 eps. copyrighted) (mainly Dramatic segments)

Morpics productions (14 eps. copyrighted) (mainly Comedy segments)

Unknowns productions (15 eps.)

Universal City Studios, Inc

for

NBC (Fridays 8:30 pm EST, seasons 1-2, 1963-65)

NBC (Wednesdays 9:00 pm EST, seasons 3-4, 1965-67)

Produced by Dick Berg (many season 1 eps)

Produced by Richard Collins (many season 2 eps)

US Anthology series     1963-67   114 episodes x 60 min bw

    (108 episodes listed here) 

 

Hosted

by

Bob Hope

'The Chrysler Theatre'  theme music by  Johnny Williams

 

The title 'Crisis' had previously been used for syndicated versions

of 'Kraft Mystery Theatre', in the fifties.

 

### Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ###

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NBC Fridays 8:30 pm

 

1.01 [001] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A KILLING AT SUNDIAL

     Hovue production  #24003

04Oct63 NBC Wed

Written by Rod Serling

Directed by Alex Segal

guest stars

Stuart Whitman ....... Billy Cole

Angie Dickinson ....... Susan Konke

Melvyn Douglas ....... Pat Konke

Joseph Calleia ....... Cagewa
Robert Emhardt ....... Thomas
Bryan O'Byrne ........ Joe
Malcolm Atterbury .... Simpson
Synopsis:
A Native American has acquired riches seeks revenge on

 the man he holds responsible for his father's lynching. [RF]

 

1.02 [002] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SOMETHING ABOUT LEE WILEY

Hovue production

11Oct63 NBC Fri

Written by David Rayfiel

Directed by Sidney Pollack (Emmy nominated) 

Scored by Jazz composer Benny Carter

guest stars

Piper Laurie ....... Lee Wiley

Claude Rains ....... Mr. Fare

Steven Hill ....... Ruben Fare

Alfred Ryder ....... Paul Eastlake

Lyle Talbot .......... Taylor
Barbara Stuart ....... Janice

Ruth White ....... Mama

Synopsis:
The story of jazz singer Lee Wiley, her failed marriage

 to bandleader Jess Stacy. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Thirties blues singer Lee Wiley finds adjustments rough going

after being blinded in an auto accident. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
A factual story about the 1930s blues singer who was temporarily blinded. [RF]

 

1.03 [003] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SEVEN MILES OF BAD ROAD

Hovue production

18Oct63 NBC Fri

Produced by Dick Berg

Written by Douglas Heyes

Directed by Douglas Heyes

Director of photography Lionel Lindon

Music by Bernard Herrmann

guest stars

Jeffrey Hunter ....... Gabe Flanders

Eleanor Parker ....... Fern Selman

Neville Brand ....... Sheriff Rufus Selman

James Anderson ....... Bert

Bernie Hamilton ...... Joe
Duane Grey ........... Harry

Robert Cornthwaite

Mildred Von Hollen

Kathleen O'Malley

Judd Foster

Ken Hooker

Barry Brooks

Daniel White

Synopsis:

  In a small southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to handsome

    Gabe Flanders, who is hitchhiking to California. Trouble ensues. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
In a Southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to a loner who's hitchhiking to Hollywood. [RF]

 

 1.04 [004] Bob Hope Chrysler Special: BOB HOPE VARIETY SPECIAL
25Oct63
guest stars
Andy Griffith
Martha Raye
Jane Russell
Connie Haines
Beryl Davis and and Los Angeles Dodger stars Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Tommy Davis. [JB]

 

1.05 [005] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: FOUR KINGS

Hovue production

 01Nov63 NBC Fri

Written by Mark Rodgers
Story by Clifford Irving

guest stars

Peter Falk ........... Bert Graumann
Susan Strasberg ...... Gabriella
John Van Dreelen ..... Colonel Naumann
Simon Oakland ........ Major Stern
Paul Lukas ........... Dr. Krug
Vito Scotti .......... Harry
Than Wyenn ........... Leonard
Eric Braeden ......... Kurt Krug (as Hans Gudegast)
John Banner .......... General

Robert Strauss  ....... Erwin

Synopsis:

    Four Kings is a World War II drama where four prisoners are serving

      life sentences. They are pulled out of jail by the US military and

     given an opportunity for a pardon. The "brass" isn't asking for much:

     all the four lifers are expected to do is sneak into Germany and steal

     the secret plans for the V2 missile. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
During World War II, intelligence pulls four "lifers" out of prison and

 sends them to steal top-secret rocket plans. [RF]

 

1.06 [006] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre:

           ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH

Hovue production

 08Nov63 NBC Fri

Produced by Dick Berg

Written by Mark Rodgers

Based on the novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Directed by Dan Petrie

Director of photography by Lionel Lindon

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Albert Paulsen ....... Lt. Volkovoi (Emmy supporting actor)

Jason Robards Jr ..... Ivan Denisovich
Harold J Stone ....... Turin
Hurd Hatfield ........ Tsezar
Torin Thatcher ....... Buinovsky
Mike Kellin .......... Kilgas
Curt Conway .......... Fetukov
Peter Votrian ........ Gopchik
George Kennedy ....... Der
Andy Albin ........... Senko
John Abbott .......... Panteleev
Rodolfo Acosta ....... Tartar

with

John Fiedler

Henry Corden

Peter Mamakos

Anthony Jochim

Synopsis:
     Under Stalin, it was inconceivable that anyone could publish a book

     attacking Soviet injustice. But under Khrushchev, a limited but

     distinct thaw has taken place. Prime evidence of this change was open

     publication of One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, an exposé of

     Stalin's labor camps where the author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, himself

     did time. Tonight's adaptation of the novel is set in 1951 in Siberia.

     A group of prisoners persuade the authorities to transfer them to

     warmer work by promising to top the previous work record on the first

     day. But if they fail, it's back to laying barbed wire in the snow.

      One officer, Lieutenant Volkovoi, would like nothing better. [RF]

 

1.07 [007] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR

(Chrysler presents A Bob Hope comedy special)

Hovue production

15Nov63 NBC Fri (Network rerun 27Apr66)

Written by Albert E. Lewin & Burt Styler
Directed by Jack Arnold

Guest Cast:

Bing Crosby .......... George Warren
Kathryn Grant Crosby.. Ginny
Frank Albertson ...... Morgan
Jill St John ......... Bunky
Harold J. Stone ...... Ernie Santee
Jesse White .......... Marvin
Jimmy Boyd ........... Jerry
Leo Gordon ........... Biggie
Jerome Cowan ......... Mr. Bryant
Doris Singleton ...... Mrs. Bryant
Clegg Hoyt ........... Furniture Mover

Synopsis:

Easterner George Warren thinks he has made quite a steal when he purchases

a home in fashionable Waverly Hills, Cal.  George is unaware that his

next-door neighbor is mobster Ernie Santee.  Bing Crosby makes a cameo

appearance in this comedy which co-stars his wife Kathryn. [JB]

Synopsis 2:
An Easterner buys an expensive home in California unaware

that his neighbor is a gangster. [RF]

 

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Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SQUARE PEG

22Nov63 NBC Fri

(Preempted due to assassination of US President John F. Kennedy)

(rescheduled to 06Mar64)

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1.08 [008] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE FIFTH PASSENGER

Hovue production

29Nov63 NBC Fri

Written by John Gay
Based on the novel by Edward Young
Guest Cast:

Dana Wynter .......... Jane Day
Mel Ferrer ........... Peter Carrington
Eric Berry ........... Captain William Howard
Jacques Aubuchon ..... Captain Gustavesen
Leo Genn ............. Commander Tony Gardner
Alan Napier .......... Sherwood
Arthur Malet ......... Simmons
Alan Caillou ......... Ruden

Marjorie Eaton ....... Old Woman

John Mylong

Synopsis:
A British Intelligence Officer suspects a Naval War Hero

of giving secret information to the Soviets. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Cdr. Tony Gardner of British Intelligence suspects that a naval hero

 has been leaking top secret information to the Soviets. [RF]

Synopsis 3:
Cdr. Tony Gardner of British Intelligence suspects that a naval hero

 has been leaking top secret information to the Soviets. [RF]
 

1.09 [009] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE CANDIDATE

Hovue production

06Dec63 NBC Fri

Produced by Dick Berg

Written by Karl Miller

Based on the story by Eugene Burdick

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Director of photography by Robert Tobey

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Milton Berle ......... Parker Hite
Ruth Roman ........... Mrs. Hite
Dina Merrill ......... Joan Cowley
Robert Webber ........ Stuart Landsman
Hope Holiday ......... Carol
J.D. Cannon .......... Paul Carrington

Simon Scott

John McLiam

James Flavin

Blair Davies

Isabelle Cooley

Bernard Fein

Jay Adler

Charles J. Conrad

Davis Roberts

Peter Hobbs

John Francis

Synopsis:

       Things seem to be closing in on campaign manager Parker Hite--

       he can't get any supporters for his candidate, and his marriage

       is beginning to collapse. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Campaign manager Parker Hite is at his wits end, he can't get support

 for his candidate and his marriage is falling apart. [RF]

 

  [---]  13Dec63 - no details

 

1.10 [010] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: IT'S MENTAL WORK

Hovue production

20Dec63 NBC Fri (rerun 11Sep64)

Produced by Dick Berg

Written by Rod Serling (Emmy received for this episode)

Adapted from a story by John O'Hara

Directed by Alex North

Director of photography Bud Thackerey

Music by Lennie Hayton

guest stars

Lee J Cobb  ........... Ernie Wigman
Harry Guardino ....... Rich
Gena Rowlands ........ June
Archie Moore ......... Buddy
Stanley Adams ........ Vito Conte
Mary Wickes .......... Nurse

Larry Blake .......... Metcalf

George N. Neise ...... John

Barry Brooks

Charles Cirillo

Synopsis 1:
Ernie Wigman, who is tired of the bar he owns and wants

to get rid of it. Rich, his bartender, might be a good customer for it,

only Rich doesn't seem to have the cash. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Longtime bar owner Ernie Wigman wants to sell out, preferably to his bartender Rich,

who has a yen to own a bar but lacks the cash. [RF]

 

1.11 [011] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CORRIDOR 400

Hovue production

27Dec63 NBC Fri

      (pilot for an unsold Suzanne Pleshette weekly series)

Written by Mark Roberts

Hosted by Ed McMahon
Guest Cast:
Suzanne Pleshette .... Anita King
Andrew Duggan ........ Donald Guthrie
Theodore Bikel ....... Ralph Traven
Joseph Campanella .... Det. Frank Mancini
Frank Overton ........ Gene Farrell

Myron Healey ......... Hanley

Synopsis:

  Anita King, an undercover FBI agent. Posing as a nightclub singer,

  Anita gets a job in a nightclub owned by Traven. He takes

  quite a fancy to her; she wants to prove that he's a kingpin in a

   narcotics ring. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A club owner falls in love with his new singer unaware that

she's out to prove him a key figure in a dope ring. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 24Jul71.

 

1.12 [012] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WAR OF NERVES

Hovue production

03Jan64 NBC Fri

Written by Mark Roberts
Based on the novel by Paul Brickhill
Guest Cast:

Louis Jourdan  ........ Phillipe Tabor
Stephen Boyd ......... Robert MacKay
Emile Genest ......... Paul Favrel
Monique Le Marie ..... Simone Sumail

Maurice Marsac ....... Broussard
Bernie Hamilton ...... Workman
Dick Dial ............ Assassin
Synopsis:
In Paris, a student is pulled into intrigue when

he witnesses the assassination of a diplomat. [RF]

 

1.13 [013] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: RUNAWAY

Hovue production

10Jan64 NBC Fri

Written by Leonard Kantor

Based on a novel by Thomas B. Dewey

Directed by Paul Stewart

Director of photography Jack Marquette

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Joey Heatherton ....... Cress

Hugh O'Brian ....... Mig Semple

Keenan Wynn ....... Harry Fellows

Berkeley Harris ....... Richie Darden

John Alderman

Ellen McRae (Ellen Burstyn)

Jeff Cooper

Nancy Ames

Donna Anderson

Synopsis:
When folksinger Richie Darden fails to show up for a performance,

his girlfriend Cress thinks club owner Mig Semple should put Richie's

expensive guitar in his safe. And Cress has the right idea--two customers

are planning to steal the instrument. [RF]

 

  [---] 17Jan64 - no details 

 

1.14 [014] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS

Morpics, Inc. Production

 24Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 18Sep64)

Directed by Jack Laird

Guest Cast:

Eddie Foy Jr. ....... Eddie Foy

Mickey Rooney ....... George M. Cohan

The Osmond Brothers

Alan Osmond ....... Bryan Foy

Donny Osmond ....... Irving Foy

Jay Osmond ....... Eddie Foy Jr

Merrill Osmond ....... Richard Foy

Wayne Osmond ....... Charley Foy

Christy Jordan ....... Mary Foy

George Tobias ....... Barney Green

Naomi Stevens ....... Aunt Clara

Elaine Edwards .......... Miss Williams

Betty Bronson

Synopsis 1:
The story of vaudeville performer Eddie Foy, widowed father

of a brood of good-natured but exasperating children who are trying

to get an education while at the same time continuing to perform

with him on stage. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
The plot finds the elder Foy breaking up the family vaudeville

act to send the youngsters to school. [RF]
*Note: Host/Narrator Bob Hope played Foy Senior in the

1955 movie of the same name.
*Note: This was also a proposed television series.

 

1.15 [015] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TWO IS THE NUMBER

Hovue production

31Jan64 NBC Fri (rerun 08May64)

Produced by Dick Berg

Directed by Sidney Pollack

Written by Franklin Barton

Hosted by Bob Hope

guest stars

Shelley Winters ...... Jenny Dworak (Emmy for her performance)

Martin Balsam  ........ Dave Breslaw
David Opatoshu ....... Anton Dworak
George Voskovec ...... Dr. Bensinger
Mike Kellin .......... Mileski
Richard Bakalyan ..... Charlie
Connie Gilchrist ..... Mrs. Minderman
Rita Lynn ............ Phyllis

Jerry Hausner ........ Fetter

Olan Soule ........... Koppel
Joseph Mell .......... Joey Rome

Synopsis:

    Hoodlum Joey Rome is electrocuted in his home, and police suspect

    that middle-aged spinster Jenny Dworak is responsible. The murder

    investigation brings together two lonely people: Jenny Dworak, who

    runs a pawnshop, and a police investigator who is a widower. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A middle-aged woman is suspected of murdering a hoodlum. [RF]

 

1.16 [016] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A WIND OF HURRICANE FORCE

Hovue production

07Feb64 NBC Fri

Written by Mark Rodgers
Story by A.E. Hotchner

guest stars

Dana Andrews ......... Douglas Vinson
Joe De Santis ........ Albert Ortega
Marisa Pavan ......... Alva
Tony Musante ......... Major DeGuisado

John Marley .......... Gandez

Synopsis:
In Cuba, a manhunt is under way to recapture Douglas Vinson, an American

 who was rescued moments before he was to face a firing squad. [RF]

 

 [---] 14Feb64 - no details

 

1.17 [017] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WAKE UP DARLING

Morpics, Inc. Production

21Feb64 NBC Fri (rerun 28Aug64)

Play written by Alex Gottlieb

guest stars

Barry Nelson  ......... Don Emerson
Janet Blair .......... Polly Emerson
Roddy McDowall ....... Deerfield Prescott
Ann B. Davis ......... Martha
Joyce Jameson ........ Gloria
Jack Albertson ....... Granville Prescott
Eleanor Audley ....... Mrs. Johnson
King Calder .......... Producer
Mary Grace Canfield .. Juliet
Sheila James ......... Penelope
Peter Leeds .......... Mahoney
Del Moore ............ Aiedlyndy Canf
Dick Wessel .......... Officer

Bill Dana ............ Jose Jimenez (cameo appearance)
Synopsis 1:
Polly Emerson, has aspirations to be an actress.

Her husband, Don, is a successful advertising man, who yearns

to be a playwright, and has a shelf of unproduced plays to his credit.

Don, understandably, isn't too happy when Polly comes home with

Deerfield Prescott, a very young man who has written Broadway's

next musical hit - or so he tells Polly and Don. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Advertising executive Don Emerson wants his wife to forget

about show business - so he's far from happy when she lands

the lead in a new Broadway musical. [RF]

 

1.18 [018] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE MEAL TICKET

Hovue production

28Feb64 NBC Fri (rerun 03Jul64)
Adapted by Harold Swanton
From a Budd Schulberg story.
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Guest Cast:
Cliff Robertson ....... Eddie Finneran
Janice Rule ........... Laura
Chris Robinson ........ Vin Finneran
Broderick Crawford .... Mike Finneran
Ned Glass ............. Manny
Harvey Lembeck ........ Leo

Synopsis 1:
Eddie a fly by night kind of guy, finds romance with a wealthy woman.
Synopsis 2:
Mike Finneran wants his son Vin to make boxing's bigtime, and they're

both sure that Vin is ready for it. But Vin's brother Ed, a broken-down

ex-fighter and the family black sheep, doesn't think Vin has a chance

- and he wants to make sure Vin knows it. [TA]
 

1.19 [019] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SQUARE PEG

Hovue production

          06Mar64 NBC Fri (rescheduled from 22Nov63 JFK assassination)
Written by Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx
guest stars
Stanley Adams  ......... Jake Gozzo
Joanna Moore .......... Mabel
Burgess Meredith ...... Tumblers Fuller
Sue Ane Langdon ....... Millie
Bob Cummings .......... Harvey Hines
Ray Montgomery ........ MacIntosh
Leo Gordon ............ Jolly Boy
Joe Devlin ............ Zakaris
Charles Cantor ........ Gino
Phil Arnold ........... Porky

Allyn Joslyn .......... Keegan

Synopsis:
Comedy about a gangster who hires a "personnel
psychologist" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
An underworld kingpin hires his own psychologist

to place the right crook in the right job. [RF]

 

1.20 [020] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WHITE SNOW, RED ICE

Hovue production

13Mar64 NBC Fri

Written by Richard Fielder

guest stars

Senta Berger  .......... Mia
Jack Kelly ............ Fredrick Piper
Walter Matthau ........ Tom Gregory
Grace Lee Whitney ..... Mona
Chris Hughes .......... Peter
George Petrie ......... The Director
Francine York ......... Actress
Synopsis:
Secret agent Piper finds beauty and brains intriguing

 and disruptive to his assignment. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In Yugoslavia, a Czech girl tries to get a

private detective to help her defect. [RF]
 

1.21 [021] Bob Hope Comedy Special: HER SCHOOL FOR BACHELORS

20Mar64 NBC Fri 

Guest Cast

Bob Hope  .............. Monte Collins
Eva Marie Saint ....... Diane Wescott
Louis Nye ............. Jack Roberts
Cass Daley ............ Patsy Willis
Paula Lane ............ Maggie
Doris Singleton ....... Ellen
Linda Hope ............ Bachelor Magazine's Miss November
Jackie Coogan ......... Customer
Francine York ......... Model
Synopsis:
A girlie-magazine publisher who is denounced

by the candidate he is secretly supporting.  [GO]

 

1.22 [022] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A SLOW FADE TO BLACK

Hovue production #24040

27Mar64 NBC Fri

Written by Rod Sterling

Directed by Roy Winston

guest stars

Rod Steiger ........ Mike Kirsch

Robert Culp ......... Peter Furgatch
Sally Kellerman ........... Jerrie
James Dunn ........... Russ Landers
Anna Lee ............ Paula Kirsch
Dabney Coleman .......... Stanley Rivkin
Simon Scott ....... Henderson
Sharon Farrell ........ Melissa
Michael Pataki ......... Young Mike Kirsch
       Synopsis:

       Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now,

       four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate

        takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his waning authority

       on a temperamental movie star, browbeats his alcoholic wife,

       rebellious daughter and longtime yes-man associate Landers, and

       vainly attempts to push through an outdated pet movie project.

       Finally he is wrenched off his throne by a former assistant, who

      is now in cahoots with the conglomerate buying the studio. Kirsch

      is left alone to weep in his projection room as one of his past

      hits plays upon the screen.
       *Note: Additional film footage was added to this episode and was

       released theatrically as "The Movie Maker"  To pad the running time

        to  two hours, Universal filmed a series of  flashback sequences set

       in the 1920s.  [RF]

 

1.23 [023] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A CASE OF ARMED ROBBERY

           Hovue production       

   03Apr64 NBC Fri

Produced by John Houseman

Written by Franklin Barton

Directed by Herschel Daugherty

Director of photography Lionel Lindon

Music by Johnny Williams

Guest Stars:

Anthony Franciosa  ..... Jack Montrose
Pat O'Brien ........... Otto Mead
Bethel Leslie ......... Jean Rice
Paul Stewart .......... Alfred Montrose
Lisabeth Hush ......... Carol Montrose
Russell Thorsen ....... Ganoulian
Kevin Tate ............ Danny
Ed Asner .............. Sergeant Slade
Steve Ihnat ........... Steve Cortel
Quinn O'Hara .......... Office Girl

Blair Davies

Eleanor Audley

      Synopsis:

           Jack Montrose is an angry young man whose bitterness

           alienates him from his father, Alfred, his girlfriend,

           Jean Rice, and his work foreman. He blames his ex-wife,

           Carol, for their Marriage failure and clumsily attempts

           to show love for his son Danny. In his resentment, he plans

           to rob a filling station. A vague underworld character,

           Ganoulian, persuades him to hire Otto Mead, an aged

           safe-cracker with 'know-how'. [RF]

 

 [---] 10Apr64 no details

 

1.24 [024] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL

17Apr64
Written by Lester White, John Rapp, Mort Lachman and Bill Larkin
Directed by Jack Shea
starring
Tony Randall
Martha Raye
Jack Jones
Summary:
The first 45 minutes is all entertainment, opening with a Hope monolog.

Martha and Bob team up for a spoof of the movie Tom Jones,

and Tony and Jack join in to present a new act--The Japanese Beatles.

In the awards portion, TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk and Bob

make the presentations in Hollywood. [JB]

 

1.25 [025] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TIME FOR ELIZABETH

Morpics, Inc. Production

24Apr64 NBC Fri

 Produced by Harry Tugend

Written by Groucho Marx & Norman Krasna

Directed by Ezra Stone
guest stars

Groucho Marx  .......... Ed Davis
Kathryn Eames ......... Kay Davis
Carole Wells .......... Anne
John Considine ........ Richard Coburn
Roland Winters ........ Walter Schaeffer
Eden Marx ............. Vivian Morgan
Eleanor Audley ........ Lil Schaeffer
Madge Blake ........... Amy Zwiling
George Chandler ....... Mr. Zwiling
Cyril Delevanti ....... McPherson
J. Frank Lucas ........ Horace Jasper
Margaret Sheridan ..... Miss Green
Lyle Talbot ........... Gibralter

*

Music Composed and Conducted by Joseph J. Lilley
Director of Photography -- Walter Strenge, ASC
Art Director -- John J. Lloyd
Film Editor -- Bud S. Isaacs
Assistant Director -- Edward K. Dodds
Set Decorators -- John McCarthy and James M. Waters
Sound -- Lyle Cain
Color Coordinator -- Robert Brower
Color by Pathe
Assistant to the Producer -- James Tugend
Editorial Department Head -- David J. O'Connell
Musical Supervision -- Stanley Wilson
Costume Supervision -- Vincent dee
Makeup -- Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist -- Larry Germain
A Morpics, Inc. Production

Synopsis:

           After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed

           Davis has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to

           retire to Florida with his wife. [PM]

Synopsis 2:
Groucho Marx in "Time for Elizabeth," an adaptation of his 1948 play. A

fter 28 years, Ed Davis flees his tyrannical boss and retires to Florida. [RF]

 

1.26 [026] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE GAME WITH GLASS PIECES

Hovue production

01May64 NBC Fri

Written by Howard Rodman
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

guest stars

Darren McGavin  ........... Buddy Wren
Darren McGavin ........... Franklin Carson
Madlyn Rhue .............. Lillian
Arte Johnson ............. Chip Broadwater
Don Gordon ............... Seymour Hythe
Diane Ladd ............... Cissy
Marvin Kaplan ............ Alvin
Malachi Throne ........... Phil Campbell
Virginia Vincent ......... Miss Clutha
Bert Freed ............... Mr. S
Seymour Cassel ........... Somebody
Synopsis:
An unemployed actor's personal life is as frustrating as his career. [RF]
 

08May64 rerun of Two Is the Number aired originally 31Jan64

 

[--] 15May64 - no details

 

1.27 [027] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE COMMAND

Hovue production #24049

22May64 NBC

Written by Rod Serling

(from the previous teleplay "The Strike".)

Directed by Fielder Cook
Guest Cast:
Robert Stack ............. Major Morgan
Andrew Duggan ............ Captain Franks
Ed Binns ................. Captain Sloane
Milton Selzer ............ Captain Chick Wasnik
Robert Walker ............ Lieutenant Jones
Synopsis:
Korea, 1951: members of a unit, ordered to hold

an untenable position, feel they are being left to die. [RF]
 

1.28 [028] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SOJOURNER

Hovue production

29May64 NBC

Produced by Dick Berg

Adapted by Stirling Silliphant
Based on Carson McCullers' story "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Music by Benny Carter

guest stars

Efrem Zimbalist Jr ......... John Ferris

Vera Miles .......... Beth

Herschel Bernardi  ............ McCarthy

Howard Duff ........ Lou

Warren Stevens ............ Jesse

Mary Carver .......... Mae

Chana Eden ............... Jeannine
Torin Thatcher ........... Ferris

Ellen Corby

Brian Nash

John Anthony

Jack Bernardi

Synopsis:
Called home because of his father's failing health,

foreign correspondent John Ferris recalls the events that led

to the collapse of his marriage. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A foreign correspondent tries to piece together the evens that led to his broken marriage. [RF]
*Note Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 19Aug71.

 

1.29 [029] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: ECHOES OF EVIL

Hovue production

05Jun64 NBC Fri

 Written by Franklin Barton

Directed by Fielder Cook

guest stars

Barry Sullivan ............ Oscar Teckla

Nehemiah Persoff ........... Martin Vesper

Joan Hackett .......... Florence

John Saxon ....... Augie

Jane Wyatt .......... Sarah

Noah Keene ............... Gray
Alice Backes ............. Miss Reddy
John Hoyt ................ Town
Blair Davies ............. Harry

Synopsis:

          Ex-crime boss Oscar Teckla, now out of the rackets and involved

          with respectable enterprise, Teckla would like nothing more than

          to bury the past. But the district attorney is anxious to break

          up Teckla's old mob. To do this, he must get Teckla on the stand

          --any way he can. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A retired and reformed gangster is hounded by the DA's office

to testify against the underworld dope ring he once ruled. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 14Aug71.

 

######## Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ##########

################ season 2 1964-65 ######################

######################################################

NBC Fridays 8:30 pm

 

2.01 [030] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THINK PRETTY

Hovue production

02Oct64 NBC Fri

Written by Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall
Directed by Jack Arnold

guest stars

Fred Astaire  ....... Fred Addams
Barrie Chase ....... Toni Franklin
Louis Nye .......... Mickey Marshall
Edward Mallory ..... Quinn Randall
Linda Foster ....... Laurie Addams
Roger Perry ........ Don Corbin
Eddie Ryder ........ Shelley
Reta Shaw .......... Head Nurse
Jack Bernardi ...... Patient

Synopsis:
A dancing record executive who is trying to sign up a star comedian. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Musical story about a tenacious record-company magnate and a beautiful talent manager.
*Note: Dance numbers include "The Watusi". [RF]

 

2.02 [031] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MURDER IN THE FIRST

Hovue production

09Oct64 NBC Fri

Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
From Barrett Prettyman Jr.'s "Death and the Supreme Court".

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Guest Cast:
Bobby Darin ....... Brad Kubec
Janet Leigh ....... Carol Hartley
Lloyd Bochner ..... Michael Hartley
Ivan Dixon ........ Eric Forest
Eduard Franz ...... Victor Seaton
Steve Ihnat ....... Lt. Malloy

Synopsis:

      Brad Kubec, who was a first year law student went to work as a

      live-in gardener for the the Hartley family, one of the richest

      families in the state. Brad was shy, had a shuttering problem and

      was a little unstable. He finds himself falling in love with Carol

      Hartley. Carol was a spoiled housewife who seemed to have everything

     but was desperate for Brad's attention. She led him on and let Brad

      take her out on a date to the county fair while her husband was away

      on business. This only fed Brad's obsession with her. When she broke

      off the affair, something snapped in Brad and it was "Murder In The

      First".  [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Law student Brad Kubec takes a job as house boy for the wealthy Hartley

family and soon becomes romantically involved with Mrs. Hartley, a relationship

that ends in her death and his conviction for first-degree murder. Told in flashbacks,

 the story focuses in part on Associate Supreme Court Justice Victor Seaton, who

must decide not whether Kubic is guilty or innocent, but rather, were his basic rights

 violated and was he denied due process of law from the time of his arrest

 to his subsequent confession. [RF]

*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 07Aug71.

 

2.03 [032] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: HAVE GIRLS, WILL TRAVEL

           16Oct64 NBC Fri (rerun 07May65)

 guest stars

Bob Hope  ............. Horaito Lovelace
Lucille Ball ......... Hope
Jill St. John ........ Faith
Rod Cameron .......... Tiny
Rhonda Fleming ....... Purity
Aldo Ray ............. Moose
Marilyn Maxwell ...... Charity
Sonny Tufts .......... Monk
Bruce Cabot .......... Sheriff
Richard Deacon ....... Himself
Jack Benny ........... Himself
Synopsis:

Old west marriage broker Horatio Lovelace travels from

town to town matching lassies to prospective husbands. [GO]

 

2.04 [033] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE TURNCOAT

 23Oct64 NBC Fri

Produced by Richard Collins
Written by Mark Rodgers & John Joseph
Directed by Ron Winston

Director of photography by Walter Strenge
Music by Benny Carter

guest stars

George Hamilton ....... Peter Thornton

Margaret O'Brien ....... Anne Lipscott

Carroll O'Connor ....... Lawson

Jack Weston ....... Hathaway

Rodolfo Acosta ....... Colonel Lu

Judy James ............. Mona
Jerry Douglas .......... Lieutenant
Buddy Lewis ............ Cab Driver

Don Marshall

Frank Evans

Dick Wilson

Peggy Ward

Fletcher Fist

Raymond Mayo

John Hale

Jack Littlefield
Synopsis 1:

The turncoat is young Peter Thornton, a defector to the Chinese during the

Korean War. Now, with forged credentials, he's en route to a missile plant

to do the job of espionage he was groomed for. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A GI who defected to the Red Chinese during the Korean War has now forged credentials,

he's en route to a U.S. missile plant as an espionage agent. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 29Jul71.

 

2.05 [034] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE TIMOTHY HEIST

Hovue production

30Oct64 NBC Fri

Written by Philip Davis & David Davis

Based on the short story by John Haase

guest stars

Art Carney  ........... Dr. E.J. Timothy
Spring Byington ...... Iris Fuchsia
Reginald Denny ....... Mr. Beauford
Marc Lawrence ........ Plato Atutle
Marian Moses ......... Patricia
Arte Johnson ......... Beatnik
John Willis .......... Himself
Ronny Dapo ........... Keith
Ted Cassidy
Synopsis:
An art-loving billionaire tries to persuade a museum curator

to help him steal one of the world's most valuable paintings. [RF]
 

2.06 [035] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: OUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN

Hovue production

06Nov64 NBC Fri

Written by William Inge
Directed by Frank Corsaro

Guest Cast:
Anne Bancroft ........ Faye Benet Garret
Jack Warden .......... Manny Garret
Fay Bainter .......... Mrs. Benet
Lane Bradbury ........ Julia
Tom Fielding ......... Vic Burns
Paul Fix ............. Hap Collins
Meg Wylie ............ Mrs. Burns
William Inge ......... Doctor (also wrote the episode)
Synopsis:
The story of a stormy marriage between a socialite and an ex-baseball star. [RF]
 

 [---] 13Nov64 no details

 

2.07 [036] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE VARIETY SPECIAL
20Nov64 NBC Fri
Guest cast:
Donald O'Connor
Richard Chamberlain
Trini Lopez
Annette Funicello
Stella Stevens
Les Brown Orchestra
*
Highlights
"The Clyde" ........ Annette
"Jezebel" .......... Trini
"Hello Dolly!" ..... Bob, Trini

Summary:

An hour of dance, skits and singing.

 

2.08 [037] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: PARTIES TO THE CRIME

Hovue production

27Nov64 NBC Fri

Written by William Wood

guest stars

Jeffrey Hunter  ....... Barry Stinson
Sally Kellerman ...... Sister Margaret
Darren McGavin ....... Joe Mason
John Harmon .......... Georgie Duff
Nancy Kovack ......... Sheila DeGault
John Napier .......... Ralph Boyce
Robert Strauss ....... Brother Thomas
Jason Wingreen ....... Birdie Marx
Carlos Rivas ......... Father Adrian
Synopsis:
An ex-con spends so much time at church that a

cop suspects him of planning a robbery. [RF]
 

2.09 [038] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MR. BIDDLE'S CRIME WAVE

Morpics, Inc. Production

04Dec64 NBC Fri

           Produced by Harry Tugend

Written by Nathaniel Curtis

Directed by Lawrence Dobkin

Director of photography Walter Strenge

Music by Joseph J. Lilley

guest stars

Roddy McDowall  ....... Arthur Biddle
Shari Lewis .......... Lois
Patricia Crowley ..... Carol Sinclair
Lloyd Nolan .......... Dan Sinclair
John Considine ....... Patterson
Willard Waterman ..... Palmer
Parley Baer .......... Bollack

Dodo Denney

Jonathan Hole

George N. Neise

Hoke Howell

Joseph Mell

Anthony Jochim

Synopsis:

      Eccentric research chemist Arthur Biddle isn't a safe man to be around: he's

caused two plants to burn down and done extensive damage to another,

managed to break a few traffic regulations, wrecked a policeman's motorcycle and

has accidentally broken the arm of police chief Sinclair--who also happens to be

his fiancee's father. [RF]

 

2.10 [039] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SHATTERED GLASS

Hovue production

11Dec64 NBC Fri

guest stars

William Shatner ......... David Vincent

Shirley Jones ....... Helen

Dan O'Herlihy .......... Randolph Seers

Synopsis:

Five years ago, talented young architect David Vincent  turned to the

bottle after his girlfriend Helen married another man. Now Helen's

husband is dead, and David hopes to resume the romance. [RF]

 

  [---] 18Dec64 - no details

 

2.11 [040] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CLASH OF CYMBALS

 Hovue production

  25Dec64 NBC Fri

Produced by Richard Collins

Written by Elick Moll

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

Director of photography Ray Rennahan

Music by Lalo Schifrin

guest stars

Laura Devon .......... Laura Macon

Jack Klugman ........... Paul Smith

Louis Jourdan .......... Phillippe Dutra

John Bleifer ............ Charles

Tom Brown .......... Fred Blaine

Antony Eustrel ...... Valles

Bea Silvern

Torben Meyer

Maurice Hill

Paul Suter

Evelyn Freeman

Synopsis:

Aspiring concert pianist Laura Macon is one of three finalists in a scholarship competition,

and her romantic involvement with a flamboyant conductor who's also one of the

judges has her teacher worried. [RF]

 

 [---] 01Jan65 NBC - Preempted for "Orange Bowl Football Game" [JB]

 

2.12 [041] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  Hovue production

   08Jan65 NBC Fri

guest stars

Lauren Bacall ....... Amanda/Barbara
Jack Kelly .......... Fred Piper
Zsa Zsa Gabor ....... Pilot
Hugh O'Brian .......... Stanwood
Lee Meriwether ...... Piper's Secretary
Tom Poston .......... Lt. Courtney
Diane McBain ........ Show Girl
Jean Hale ........... Maid
Nobu McCarthy ....... Stanwood's Secretary

Synopsis:

      Fred Piper, a jet-setting private eye who takes on cases no one

      else can solve. Right now he's trying to find out what happened

      to a missing millionaire, a task made difficult by the millionaire's

      wife. For some reason, she doesn't want Piper to question her

     identical twin sister (note the title "Double Jeopardy"). [RF]

 

 2.13 [042] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE OVERSEAS TOUR

15Jan65
Written by Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, Lester White,

John Rapp, Gig Henry and Charles Lee
Directed by Jack Shea
starring
Jill St. John
Janis Paige
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Jerry Colonna
Anita Bryant
John Bubbles
Ann Sidney (Miss World)
Peter Leeds
Synopsis:
Bob Hope's annual tour overseas: this time he hits Southeast

Asia--Korea, Guam, the Philippines, Okinawa, Vietnam. [RF]

 

2.14 [043] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: EXIT FROM A PLANE IN FLIGHT

(a.k.a. "A Certain Sky Revisited")

Hovue prod. no. TP 25532

22Jan65 NBC Fri

Written by Rod Serling

guest stars

Hugh O'Brian ........ Quinton Morrow
Lloyd Bridges ....... Lt. Frank Menke
Constance Towers .... Louise Menke
Sorrell Booke ....... Larry Gorman
Noah Keen ........... Capt. Garbedian
Lori Saunders ....... Stewardess
Synopsis:
Ex-paratrooper Quinton Morrow, now a movie star,

returns to an Army base to make a parachute jump for publicity. [RF]

*Syndication airing on Startime 02Aug71.
 

2.15 [044] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE LOVING CUP

Hovue prod. no. TP 25549

29Jan65 NBC Fri

Written by Richard Fielder

guest stars

Lee Marvin  .......... Nick Karajanian
Polly Bergen ........ Jennifer Randolph
Patrick O'Neal ...... Senator Randolph
Peter Adams ......... Grant Morris
John Baer ........... Billy
Harry Lauter ........ Eddie
Virginia Sale ....... Mrs. Kerr
Synopsis:
To enter a race, a yachtsman tries to get backing from a wealthy sportsman. [RF]
 

2.16 [045] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE FLIERS

Hovue prod. no. TP 25516

05Feb65 NBC Fri

Written by David Rayfiel, David Raynel and Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Music by Cyril Mockridge

guest stars

John Cassavetes ... Sergeant Lee Harmon
Chester Morris ..... Major Whitman
Dabney Coleman ..... Sergeant Harry King
Tom Simcox ......... Lt. Walter Matthew
Carol Lynley ....... Irene Ayers
Alfred Ryder ....... Boz
Anatol Winogradoff.. Landrain
Lilyan Chauvin ..... Sister
Roxanne Berard ..... Girl
Synopsis:
The story about American pilots serving with the RAF during World War I. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
World War I: after his infantry unit is wiped out,

Lee Harmon joins a volunteer group of fliers. [RF]
 

  [---] 12Feb65 - no details

 

2.17 [046] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: COPS AND ROBBERS

Morpics, Inc. production

19Feb65 NBC Fri

 Written by Eric Bercovici & Jud Taylor

guest stars

Claude Rains  ........ Valentin
Bert Lahr ........... Cesare
Eduardo Ciannelli ... Captain Margo
Ken Murray .......... Vincenzo
Billy De Wolfe ...... Inspector
Naomi Stevens ....... Maria Pia
Cyril Delevanti ..... Mario
John Qualen .........
Synopsis:
The residents of a hotel for retired gentlemen plan a robbery for fun.

 Step one: enlisting the aid of an ex-safecracker. [RF]
 

2.18 [047] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TERROR ISLAND

           Hovue prod. no. TP 25547

26Feb65 NBC Fri

Produced by Richard Collins

Written by Chester Krumholz

Directed by John Brahm

Director of photography William Margulies

Music by Benny Carter

guest stars

Ginger Rogers ...... Helen

Carol Lawrence ......... Carol

Katharine Ross ......... Gloria

Donnelly Rhodes .......... Mark

Abraham Sofaer ........ Juano

William Fawcett

Jon Locke

Jeannine Fetterolf
Synopsis:

Newlyweds Mark and Carol visit Mark's old island home,

where his foster mother and her embittered, crippled daughter

live in seclusion--and where the memory of Mark's first wife still lingers. [RF]

 

2.19 [048] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE WAR AND ERIC KURTZ

          Hovue prod. no. TP 25557

05Mar65 NBC Fri

Teleplay by Howard Browne
Story by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Tom Gries

guest stars

Martin Milner ....... Eric Kurtz
Warren Oates ........ Joe Grover
Jack Ging ........... Major McAllister
Lloyd Bochner ....... Commander Brand
Don Marshall ........ Lathrop
Eric Braeden ........ Manfred Scharff (as Hans Gudegast)
David Carradine ..... Fitzhugh
John Crawford ....... Emmett Dalkins
Larry D. Mann ....... Simmons
Sean McClory ........ Cunningham
John Orchard ........ Lt. Wilson

Synopsis 1:
After being a prisoner of war Eric has to come to grips with his

deeds and overcome his mental breakdown. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Allied prisoners in a POW camp know there's an informer in their midst and

the prime suspect is Lt. Eric Kurtz, a surly American of German descent. [RF]
NOTE: This episode was also a pilot for the show "P.O.W."
 

2.20 [049] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: IN ANY LANGUAGE

     Morpics, Inc. production

  12Mar65 NBC Fri

Produced by Harry Tugend

       Directed by Lawrence Dobkin

Written by Henry Garson & Edmund Beloin

Director of photography Walter Strenge

Music by Joseph J. Lilley

guest stars

Nanette Fabray ...... Hannah King
John Forsythe ....... Charlie King
Ricardo Montalban ... Aldo Carmenelli
Mabel Albertson ..... Valerie Guthrie
Jean Hale ........... Princess Fawzie
Leon Belasco ........ Rozzi

Al Ruscio ........... Loreno
Eve Marlowe ......... Fontana

Ed Hashim

Penny Stanton

Charles Cantor

Rolfe Sedan

John Aniston

Anthony Jochim

George Conrad
Synopsis:

Hannah King has two reasons for being in Rome:

 to win back her husband, who's courting an Arabian princess;

and to land a role in Italian director Aldo Carmenelli's new art film. [RF]

*Syndication airing on NBC Comedy Theater 19Jul71.

 

2.21 [050] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: PERILOUS TIMES

         (a.k.a. "Annio the Peasant Girl")

        Hovue prod. no. TP 25560

   19Mar65 NBC Fri

Written by Theodore Apstein & Harry Brown
Story by Martha Gelhorn
Directed by Ralph Senesky

guest stars

Peter Falk ......... Bara

Diane Baker ........... Helen

Arlene Dahl .......... Valerie

Gene Lyons ........... Paul Lepson

Janie Gray ............. Enid
Nestor Paiva ........... Fisherman

Synopsis:

        A Hungarian photographer is sad when she discovers that her

         handsome lover no longer cares for her. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A bittersweet love story about two people caught up in the maelstrom of World War II. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 12Aug71.

 

  [---] 26Mar65 - no details

 

2.22 [051] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MEMORANDUM FOR A SPY pt. 1

   Hovue production  

  02Apr65 NBC Fri

Written by Robert L. Joseph
Story by Ellis St. Joseph
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Director of photography Bud Thackery
Editor Howard Epstein

guest stars

Robert Stack ......... James Andrew Congers

Victor Buono ......... Leo Khareet

John Van Dreelen .......  Strellin

Felicia Farr ......... Jemy

Michael Constantine ....... Niri

George Macready ......... Graham Jutland

Albert Paulsen .......... Avatin

J.D. Cannon ............ Dr. Webb

Don Gordon .......... Harry Edmunds

Vincent Gardenia ......... Burt Neasden

Martin Milner

Leon Belasco ........ Gregor

John Hoyt .......... Lowell Ritchards

Eva Soreny ......... Natalie Kodlitz

Berry Kroeger .......... Dr. Frysen

Mimi Dillard ...... Nurse

Charles Horvath ...... Bartender

John Francis

Roger Til

Synopsis:

        James Congers, a CIA agent who becomes an alcoholic, believing

        himself responsible for the death of two close friends. The Russians

         believe that he would be useful in fingering potential soviet

         defectors. The Americans plans to use Conger's inebriated state

         to get him into a mental hospital, and there locate an enemy spy.

        His girl friend merely wants to get him to pull himself together. [RF]

 

2.23 [052] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MEMORANDUM FOR A SPY pt. 2

Hovue production

09Apr65 NBC Fri

(see above)

 

[---] 16Apr65 /23Apr65 - no details

 

2.24 [053] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A TIME FOR KILLING

Hovue prod. no. TP 25545

30Apr65 NBC Fri

Produced & Directed by Richard Collins
Teleplay by Edward Anhalt
Story by William Hardy
Guest Cast:
George C. Scott ..... Captain Vince McGuire
Michael Parks ....... Lt. Commander Burt Engle
Tom Troupe .......... Lt. Perry Brewer
Ernest Anderson ..... Freddie Johnson
Teru Shimada ........ Captain Ichika
Peter Duryea ........ Jimmy Rolfe
Lawrence Montaigne .. Lt. Sam Benzansun
Paul Lukather ....... Simchek
Synopsis:
The time is August 7, 1945. Submarine skipper Vince McGuire, anticipating a

Japanese surrender is bending the rules to avoid combat. McGuire is determined

to save lives; his executive officer is determined to sink the enemy on sight. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 24Jun71.
 

 [---]  Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: HAVE GIRLS WILL TRAVEL
07May65 (rerun from 16Oct64)

 

14May65/ 21May65 - no details 

 

2.25 [054] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: ESCAPE INTO JEOPARDY

Hovue prod. no. TP 25554

28May65 NBC Fri

guest stars

James Franciscus ....... Larry Martin
Jocelyn Lane ........... Gabrielle
Leif Erickson .......... St. Cloud
Werner Klemperer ....... Colonel Wertha
Peter Coe .............. Polydor
Len Lesser ............. Le Bombard
Albert Carrier ......... Racine

Horst Ebersberg

Gregory Morton

Joe De Santis

Tony Musante

Synopsis:

The Nazi want to get their hands on a set of counterfeit plates which

they plan to use to flood neutral countries with phony dollars, but U.S.

Intelligence plans to beat them to the punch with the help of convict

Larry Martin, the only man who knows where the plates are hidden. [JB]

 

2.26 [055] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SIMON SAYS GET MARRIED

    Morpics, Inc. production

  04Jun65 NBC Fri

Written by Bernard Slade

guest stars

Dorothy Provine .......... Julie

Martin Milner ........ Stanley Patrick

Bob Newhart ......... Charles Fenton

Joanna Barnes ........ Connie

Kathleen Freeman ....... Agnes

Synopsis:

Girl-shy scientist Charles Fenton has decided that it's time he married

-scientifically, by letting a computer play cupid. [JB]

 

### Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ###

############# season 3 1965-66 ###############

##############################################

          NBC Wednesdays 9:00 pm 

 

3.01 [056] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE GAME

   Hovue production

     15Sep65 NBC Wed

Written by S. Lee Pogostin

Directed by Sidney Pollack

guest stars

Cliff Robertson  ........ Quincy Parke (Emmy for his role)
Dina Merrill ........... Maralise
Maurice Evans .......... Abelard
Nehemiah Persoff ....... Alverian
Cyril Delevanti ........ Toulouse
Ivan Triesault ......... Baron
Renzo Cesana ........... Pietro
Celia Lovsky ........... Elderly Lady
Georgia Simmons ........ Grandmother
Anthony Nealis ......... Dealer
Aleta Rotell ........... Heloise
Synopsis:
A businessman is lured to the gambling tables of a casino without a cent to his name. [RF]
 

3.02 [057] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE CRIME

     Hovue prod. no. TP 25562

  22Sep65 NBC Wed

Produced by Dick Berg
Directed by Ron Winston
Written by Mark Rodgers & George Loring
Based on the novel by Stephen Longstreet
Director of photography by Bud Thackery
Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Jack Lord  ........... DA Abraham 'Abe' Lincoln Perez
Dana Wynter ......... Sarah Rodman
Pat O'Brien ......... DA Hightower
Sheree North ........ Mary
Berkeley Harris ..... Mikel Hawley
Karen Steele ........ Fran Perez
Walter Woolf King ... Frank Busch
Oliver McGowan ...... Winfield
Virginia Baker ...... Selena Parker
Michael Pataki ...... Johnny Ridzik

Bill Quinn, Melodie Johnson

Paul Birch, Ray Montgomery

Edwin Mills, Frank Evans

John Zaremba, Robert Miller
Synopsis 1:

       A pair of illicit lovers have been murdered, and prosecuting

       attorney Abe Perez is going all out to get a conviction against the

        dead man's wife, a wealthy socialite who used to date Perez. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A vengeful prosecuting attorney is determined to pin a murder on a woman who jilted him.

*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 0Aug71.

 

     [---] 29Sep65 - no details

 

3.03 [058] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MARCH FROM CAMP TYLER

Hovue production

06Oct65 NBC Wed

Cast:
Peter Lawford ...... Lt. Philip Cannon
Bethel Leslie ...... Clarissa
Ben Johnson ........ Burt Wade
Charles McGraw ..... Sergeant Goss
Dan Tobin .......... Porteus
Leroy Johnson ...... Two Birds
James Murdock ...... Corporal Milton
David Renard ....... Miranda
Synopsis:
Hostilities arise between Cavalryman and Native Americans in this western episode.
Synopsis 2:
Lt. Philip Cannon is ordered to take a group of misfit soldiers across hostile Indian territory. [RF]
 

3.04 [059] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: KICKS

  Hovue production

      13Oct65 NBC Wed

Written by Arnold Perl

guest stars

Mickey Rooney  .......... Lefty Duncan
Jack Weston ............ Detective Sergeant
Harold J. Stone ........ Enrico
Don Gordon ............. Brook
Melodie Johnson ........ Holly Stephens
Ron Husmann ............ Hanley Stephens
Janet MacLachlan ....... Fran
Synopsis:
TV model Holly Stephens likes to bet on the horses a kick

 that gets her deeply in debt to her bookie. [RF]
 

   [---] 20Oct65 - no details

 

3.05 [060] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BACK TO BACK

           Hovue prod. no. TP 25561

 27Oct65

Teleplay by David Rayfiel

short story by Elizabeth Taylor

guest stars

Shelley Winters  ........ Edith (Emmy nominated)
Jack Hawkins ........... Silcox
Warren Stevens ......... Drake
Phyllis Love ........... Carrie
Shirley Grayson ........ Miss Fitzhugh (as Grayson Hall)
Synopsis:
A lonely waitress poses as the wife of an insensitive

 Englishman so they can qualify for domestic positions. [RF]
 

   [---] 3Nov65 - no details

 

3.06 [061] Chrysler presents a Bop Hope Comedy special:

MISTER GOVERNESS

(aka Mr. Governess)

 Morpics, Inc. production

10Nov65 NBC Wed

Written by Elroy Schwartz & Jess Oppenheimer

guest stars

Carol Lawrence  ......... Nan Barclay
Tom Tryon .............. Terry Williams
Jacques Bergerac ....... Henri Courville
Robert Clary ........... Marcel Pleusteau
Fred Clark ............. Horace Singleton
Alice Backes ........... Maggie
Suzy Kay ............... Jill Singleton
Michael Blake .......... Lee Barclay
Hoke Howell ............ Jimmy
Maudie Prickett ........ Secretary
Chet Stratton .......... Duclay
Mark Winters ........... John Barclay
Synopsis:
A young man, resorting to female impersonation to get a job as governess,

 travels with a family to Europe in hopes of joining his fiancée. [RF]
 

3.07 [062] Chrysler presents a Bop Hope comedy special: RUSSIAN ROULETTE [GO]

      17Nov65 NBC Wed

Producer Harry Tugend & Jack Laird
Written by Albert E. Lewis & Burt Styler
Story by Bob Hope
Directed by David Butler
Music by Les Brown
Guest Cast:
Bob Hope ............... Les Haines
Jill St John ........... Janie Douglas
Victor Buono ........... Grebb
Leon Askin ............. Fat Russian
Don Rickles ............ Lenny
Harold Stone ........... Borginin
Charles Walsh .......... Joe Taylor
Magda Harout ........... Girl
Leon Belasco ........... Thin Russian
Synopsis:
A comedian, bound for Moscow on a cultural-exchange visit,

 who finds himself involved in a web of international intrigue. [GO]

 

  [---] 24Nov65 no details   

 

3.08 [063] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: HIGHEST FALL OF ALL

Hovue production

01Dec65 NBC Wed

guest stars

Stuart Whitman  ......... Vic Strode
Joan Hackett ........... Lili Strode
Gary Merrill ........... John Perry
Terry Moore ............ Diane Skates
Steve Ihnat ............ Doyle Ralston
Dennis McCarthy ........ Andrew Larson
Lia Waggner ............ Betty
Martin Garralaga ....... Pietro
Robert Q. Lewis ........ Writer
John Willis ............ Press Agent
Synopsis:
A stuntman, beset by personal problems, offers a director

 a startling climax for his film a suicidal 200-foot jump from a bridge. [RF]
 

3.09 [064] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE BETRAYAL

08-Dec-1965

Produced & directed by Paul Almond

Written by Alvin Goldman

Based on a novel by Henry Kreisel

guest stars

Donald Harron

  Helen Conway-Marmo

Budd Knapp

Synopsis:
Two friends are betrayed by the woman they love.

 

15Dec65  - no details

3.10 [065] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CHRISTMAS VARIETY SPECIAL

22Dec65

                    written by Lester White, John Rapp, Mort Lachman,

Gig Henry, Bill Larkin, Charles Lee.
directed by Mort Lachman
director of photography Alan Stensvold
Guest stars

Vic Damone

Johnny Grant

Phyllis Diller

Diane McBain

Joey Heatherton

Tippi Hedren

Anita Bryant

Rita Feria (Miss World)

Synopsis:

Korean Kittens sing What'd I say. Vic Damone sings More and

Strangers in the Night for wounded soldier. Hope and Joey Heatherton

do a song and dance. Joey sings Spanish Flea. Billy Graham gives

pep talk to soldiers. Diane Shelton does acrobatic act.

Appearances by Johnny Grant, Diane McBain. Tippi Hedren makes a short appearance.

Skit with girls protesting Hope's treatment of them. Anita Bryant sings Silent night.

Troupe visits wounded. Hope asks General Leo Wald why we must win.

Other participants are Rita Feria (Miss World), Les Brown

and his Band of Reknown, Phyllis Diller. [RF]

*
* Note: Outstanding Variety Special Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Christmas Special

 

3.11 [066] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE ADMIRAL

Hovue production

29Dec65 NBC Wed

guest stars

Robert Young  ....... Admiral Matt Callahan
Robert Reed ........ Lt. Chris Callahan
Warren Stevens ..... Lt. Bob Doran
Russ Conway ........ Captain George Staunton
John Lodge ......... Henshaw
Don Marshall ....... Jerry Benton
Sal Ponti .......... Russo
Aleta Rotell ....... Chorus Girl
Elsie Baker
William Bryant
Elizabeth Lawrence
Frank Campanella
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Bill Zuckert
Louis Criscuolo
Harvey B. Dunn
Don Gazzaniga
Philip Fagan
Laura Mason
William McNally
Alfred Hinckley
John Cecil Holme
Luke Saucier
Pamela Toll
Richard Venture
Sandra Williams

Synopsis 1:
The admiral's wife dies, he tries to begin again and get along with his son.
Synopsis 2:
A Korean War admiral and his fighter pilot son have been estranged for years.

 The two men are stranded in a generation gap made all the more painful by

their serving aboard the same ship, now as the Admiral faces the loss

of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son.  [RF]

*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 08Jul71.

 

3.12 [067] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE ENEMY ON THE BEACH

  Hovue production

   05Jan66 NBC Wed

guest stars

Robert Wagner ........ Lt. Commander Nick Raino

James Donald .............. Commander John McAuliffe

Sally Ann Howes ........... Allison Lang

Torin Thatcher ............ Commander Hastings

Ashley Cowan ............. Driver

Victor Rogers ...... Lieutenant

Synopsis:

       Enemy on the Beach is set on the coast of Ireland during World

       War II. Two German mines wash up on shore, posing a hazard to

       everyone within miles. The UXB squad dispatched to disarm the bombs

       consists of a cocksure merchant marine officer and a martinet

       British commander. It's a toss-up as to which will explode first:

       the bombs or the hostility between the two men. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
World War II Ireland: two demolition experts take a quick dislike

 to each other while disarming mines on a beach. [RF]

 

  [---] 12Jan66 - no details 

     [---] 19Jan66 - no details

 

3.13 [068] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: AFTER THE LION, JACKALS

Hovue production

  26Jan66 NBC Wed

Produced by Dick Berg
Adapted by Stanford Whitemore
Directed by Jack Laird
Music by Dizzy Gillespie

guest stars

Suzanne Pleshette ...... Adrian Harris

John Saxon ...... Mario Silvetti

Stanley Baker ....... C.C. Conover

Eduardo Ciannelli ......... Boniface

Renata Vanni ....... Manuela

John Holland ......... Doctor

Frank Puglia ......... Guide

Oscar Beregi Jr. ...... German Tourist

Rockne Tarkington  ..... Poet
Thelma Rockman ........ Matron
Synopsis:
Adrian Harris takes a job in Sicily as secretary to cynical novelist

C.C. Conover, whom she falls for and soon marries. But Conover

 turns out to be anything but a good husband, and a handsome

Sicilian soon enters the picture. [RF]

 

3.14 [069] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WHEN HELL FROZE

Hovue production

02Feb66 NBC Wed

Produced by Jack Laird

Written by Alvin Sapinsley

Story by Wilbur Daniel Steele

Directed by William Hale

Director of photography John L. Russell

Music by Lennie Hayton

guest stars

Leslie Nielsen  ......... John Joslin
Jane Wyman ............. Addie Joslin
Martin Milner .......... William Hedge
E.J. Andre ............. Calicoon
Steve Carlson .......... Ray Joslin
Jack Bailey ............ Albert House
Jean Engstrom .......... Hattie House
Frankie Cabot .......... Frankie Joslin
Jeff Corey ............. Reverend Mr. Mansard

Daniel White

Harold Ayer

Steve Baron
Synopsis:

In 1919, housewife Addie Joslin's act of kindness to a

wandering war veteran forms the basis of a cruel misunderstanding. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A housewife's kindness to a WWI vet causes a tragic misunderstanding. [RF]

 

3.15 [070] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A SMALL REBELLION

Hovue production

09Feb66 NBC Wed

Written by S. Lee Pogostin

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

guest stars

Simone Signoret ....... Sara Lescaut (Emmy for her performance)

George Maharis ....... Michael Kolinos

Sam Levene ............. Noel Greb
Synopsis:

        An angry young man of the theatre, who has written a play that

        could be a hit, if actress Sara Lescaut agrees to play the lead.

        Kolinos, however, is determined not to alter one word of his script

        to make it a more commercial vehicle. [RF]

       Note: Jazz Great Dizzy Gillespie provides the background music.

 

     [---] 16Feb66 /23Feb66 - no details

 

3.16 [071] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WIND FEVER

Hovue Production

02Mar66 NBC Wed

Written by Ernest Kinoy
Cast:
John Casavetes ..... Lou Rutledge
William Shatner ..... Dr. Ely Harris
Pippa Scott ......... Martha Harris
Keye Luke ........... Han
George Takei ........ Fahn
Wilfrid Hyde-White .. Arkway
Hedley Mattingly .... McNair
Abraham Sofaer ...... Hill Doctor
Synopsis:
When the daughter of a powerful Malaysian merchant dies of a tropical disease,

 the father charges American medical scientist Ely Harris with malpractice. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A doctor is slapped with a malpractice suit when a wealthy Malaysian

merchant's daughter succumbs to a tropical disease. [RF]
 

3.17 [072] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
09Mar66 (rerun 01Jun66)
Producer Richard Lewis
Written by Evan Hunter & Guthrie Lamb
Story by Roland Kibbee
Directed by David Lowell Rich

guest stars
Robert Ryan ........ Andrew Dixon
Leslie Nielsen ..... Gregg Collier
Diana Hyland ....... Mrs. Collier
Richard Beymer ..... Ralph Belmonte
Robert Duvall ...... Frank Reeser
Leif Ericson ....... Ben Stafford
Pippa Scott ........ Catherine Rogers
Pamela Toll ........ Alicia
Bill McNally ....... Peter
Synopsis 1:
Andrew Dixon, a New York assistant DA. Disgusted by the crime rate and

the court's revolving door policy regarding street criminals, Dixon organizes

a citizen's protection committee in his own neighborhood. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Story about a New York Assistant District Attorney, who is prompted by the increasing

crime rate and the release on bail of a suspected mugger. Gregg Collier organizes a

citizens committee to patrol his neighborhood. [RF]

*Note: Guilty or Not Guilty was designed as the pilot for a potential series starring Robert Ryan.

 

3.18 [073] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: 

           TELL THEM THE STREETS ARE DANCING

          (pilot for the Canadian series "Wojeck")

          17Mar66 NBC Wed  

Produced & directed by Ronald Weyman

Written by Phillip Hersch
Director of photography Grahame Woods

 starring

          John Vernon ....... Dr. Steve Wojeck 

          Patricia Collins ....... Marty Wojeck (his wife) 

Ted Follows ....... Crown Attorney Arnie Bateman
Carl Banas ....... Detective Sergeant Byron James
Tannis G. Montgomery ....... Judy Wojeck
Jamey Weyman ........ Stevey Wojeck
Synopsis:

          Coroner Dr. Steve Wojeck investigates the death by caisson

          disease of an Italian worker, and also examines the conditions

          of the victim's workplace, a tunnel under construction. [RF]

      

 [--]23Mar66 Preempted for a repeat of "Julie Andrews Special"

with Gene Kelly and the New Christy Minstrels. [NB]

 

3.19 [074] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BRILLIANT BENJAMIN BOGGS

   Morpics, Inc. production

   30Mar66 NBC Wed

Produced by Jack Laird
Written by Nathaniel Curtis

guest stars

Donald O'Connor ....... Benjamin Boggs

Broderick Crawford ....... Bill Thayer

Dick Sargent ....... Dick O'Hara

Jean Hale ....... Kathy Simmons

Emily Banks ...... Julie Thayer

Eddie Mayehoff ..... Fred Thompson

Susan Silo ...... Barbara

Paul Reed .............. Prentice
Dorothy Green .......... Helen

Synopsis:

       Benjamin Boggs, a brilliant but acutely unlucky research scientist

        is persuade by a world-renowned big game hunter who sets her

        romantic sights on Mr. Boggs. She is determined to "bag" him for

        her own, and never mind that he's already married. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
At a lodge for a bit of husband hunting, a girl sets her sights on a scientist. [RF]

 

3.20 [075] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE SISTER AND THE SAVAGE

Hovue production

06Apr66 NBC Wed

Produced by Frank P. Rosenberg

Written by Edward De Blasio & Dick Nelson

Based on the novel by Thomas B. Dewey

Directed by Gerald Mayer

Director of photography Ray Flin

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Connie Francis ....... Sister Mary Clare

James Farentino  ....... Dr. Michael Simpson

Steve Carlson ...... Billy Tabor

Anne Seymour ....... Sister Superior

George N. Neise ....... Alex Morrill

Emily Banks ....... Sister Monica

Michael Stanwood ....... Charley-O

Melinda Fee

Angela Greene

Alan De Witt

Mimi Dillard

Rhoda Williams

Brenda Thomson

Susan Story

Joseph Mell

Julie York

Priscilla Boyd

George Conrad
Synopsis:

Sister Mary Clare, formerly a singer and now a nurse

at St. Jerome's Hospital, tries to convince a young rock 'n' roll

singer to go through with a needed operation. [RF]

 

 3.21 [076]  Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BOB HOPE VARIETY SPECIAL

13Apr66 NBC

Guest stars:

Bob Hope
Phyllis Diller
Pete Fountain
Jonathan Winters
Lee Marvin

Sketches include:

  "Pagoda Place," after remarrying a wealthy Japanese woman

learns that her husband is still alive;

   "The Putrid Six" stars

 Bob as a sinister bandit chief

  Lee Marvin as a sissy gangster

  Johnnie Lee as Chiquita; and a police lieutenant (Bob)

 investigates Oscar nominee Rock Surly (Jonathan), who is suspected of

  murdering the other contenders. [JB]

 

 [--] 20Apr66 NBC - no details

 

 [--] 27Apr66  NBC rerun of "The House Next Door" (first aired 15Nov63)

      (Chrysler presents A Bob Hope comedy special)

       

3.22 [077] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE FACELESS MAN

 Hovue production 

    04May66 NBC Wed

           (unsold pilot film for a projected series) 

 Additional film footage was added to this episode and was released

theatrically as 'The Counterfeit Killer'.

Produced by Harry Tatelman

Written by Harold Clements & Steven Bochco [RF] [IMDB]-Theatrical release

Directed by Josef Leytes [RF] [IMDB] -Theatrical release

Script by Harry Kleiner [JB] TV script

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg [JB] TV version

Music Score Composed by Quincy Jones 

*

guest stars

Jack Lord .......Agent Don Owens alias Joe Smitty

Shirley Knight ....... Angie Peterson

Charles Drake ....... Dolan

Mercedes McCambridge ....... Frances

Jack Weston ....... Randolph Riker

Joseph Wiseman ....... Rajeski

Don Hammer ....... O'Hara

Robert Pine ....... Ed

Synopsis:

One of the services performed by undercover organization  BOSS (Bureau

of Secret Services), is  to help behind the Iron Curtain, but the service

hasn't been too good of late: Four defecting seamen have been found

murdered, and two BOSS agents have been lost while investigating the

crimes. Agent Don Owens' assignment: Infiltrate the waterfront and find

out who is behind the murders. [JB]

 

3.23 [078] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: HOLLOWAY'S DAUGHTERS

Morpics, Inc. productions

11May66 NBC Wed

Directed by Ida Lupino
Guest Cast:
David Wayne ....... George Holloway
Robert Young ...... Nick Holloway
Brooke Bundy ...... Fleming Holloway
Barbara Hershey ... Casey Holloway
Ellen Corby ....... Miss Purdy
William O'Connell.. Hugo
Bruce Gordon ...... Hartford
Jay Ripley ........ Jerry
Meg Wyllie ........ Mrs. Ransworth
Madame Spivy ...... Bartender
Connie Gilchrist .. Housekeeper
William Mims ...... Hood
Synopsis:
While trying to crack a jewel-robbery case, private detective George Holloway

gets some unsolicited help from his two teenage daughters and retired father. [RF]

*Syndication airing on NBC Comedy Theater 23Aug71.

3.24 [079] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: ONE EMBEZZLEMENT AND TWO MARGARITAS

Hovue production

18May66 NBC Wed

Producer Frank P. Rosenberg
Written by Luther Davis
Story by Harry Brown

guest stars

Jack Kelly ............. Frederick Piper
Michael Rennie ......... Edward Parker Greene
Antoinette Bower ....... Maureen Hollings
Nico Minardos .......... Enric Ybarra
John Alvar ............. Ramon Perez
Matt Clark ............. Paco Perez
Jocelyn Lane ........... Ellie Randall
Karen Jensen ........... Barbara Freemont
Michael St. Clair ...... George
John Holland ........... Ribb
Synopsis:
A socialite turned private investigator is hired to find a bank president

who disappeared with three million dollars. [RF]
 

3.25 [080] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: RUNAWAY BOY

Hovue production

25May66 NBC Wed

Written by Thomas F. Mankiewicz
Story by Ben Masselink

guest stars

Robert Wagner  .......... Harry Brophy
Carol Lynley ........... Miranda Woodland
Lola Albright .......... Edith Woodland
Sean Garrison .......... Doug Pomeroy
Berry Kroeger .......... Baddington
Ray Montgomery ......... Bert Wilson
Sheilah Wells .......... Barbara Pomeroy
Nicholas Colasanto ..... P.J. Bascomb
Peter Masterson ........ Tom

 

Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY

                   01Jun66 (rebroadcast from 09Mar66)

 

3.26 [081] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: SHIPWRECKED

Hovue production

08Jun66 NBC Wed

Written by Richard Sherman
Directed by Harvey Hart
Music by Lalo Schifrin

guest stars

Hope Lange ......... Rachel Douglas

Jason Robards  ...... Irish LaFontaine

Synopsis:
A seaman and a missionary's widow are stranded on a deserted island 

in the Pacific the sole survivors of a sunken freighter. [RF]

 

  [---] 15Jun66 - no details

 

3.27 [082] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

 Hovue production

      22Jun66 NBC Wed

Written and Directed by John Cassavetes

guest stars

Glenn Corbett  ........ Dave Gammon
Ed Begley ............ Dr. Hayes
Joanne Medley ........ Carol West
John Williams ........ Fred West
Cyril Delevanti ...... Bishop Andrews
Frederick Draper ..... Governor Diestel
Harry Hickox ......... Parrish

Synopsis:
When the senatorial race comes to a small glitch health issues need to be resolved.
Synopsis 2:
A college athlete, with a high scholastic average, discovers

 he is unable to keep up the hectic pace of school life. [RF]
 

 

### Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre ###

############# season 4 1966-67 ###############

################ (final season) ##################

NBC Wednesdays 9:00 pm

 

4.01 [083] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: NIGHTMARE

  Hovue production

    14Sep66 NBC Wed

Executive producer Gordon Oliver
Produced by Ron Roth
Directed by Robert Stevens
Written by Leslie Stevens
Director of photography by John L. Russell
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Guest Cast:
Julie Harris ......... Isobel Cain/Vicky Cain
Farley Granger ....... Morgan Cain
Thomas Gomez ......... Detective Ryan
Joan Huntington ...... Helga
Elmer Modlin ......... Detective Elliott
Josh Adams ........... Murrow

Synopsis:

In her secluded mansion, crippled Isobel Cain receives loving care from

 her husband Morgan and her twin sister Vicky. But the two have more than

 Isobel's welfare at heart: they're planning to poison dear Isobel and

live happily ever after on her money. [RF]

*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 01Jul71.

 

4.02 [084] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TIME OF FLIGHT

  Hovue production

    21Sep66 NBC Wed

Written by Richard Matheson

Directed by Joesph Sargent

guest stars

Jack Kelly ........ Al Packer
Juliet Mills ...... Mary Lewis
Jack Klugman ...... Markos
Jeanette Nolan .... Mrs Gardner
Clarke Gordon ..... Dr Gardner
Woodrow Parfrey ... DeCarlo
Michael Conrad .... McWhorter
Peter Brocco ...... L-Quar
Lloyd Haines ...... Christensen
Bill Hart ......... Reed
Dave Morick ....... Man
Nancy Hsueh ....... Miss Chan

Synopsis:

Private detective Al Packer had his legs broken by two hoods after he put

their friend behind bars. Now, barely able to hobble around his apartment,

Packer receives an attractive offer for a routine job: $300 a week to

protect a small-time thief named Markos. But the new case is anything but

 routine: At a seedy hotel hideout, Packer sees Markos gunned down --

or does he? The "corpse" comes alive, fires Packer and leaves the hotel. [RF]

 

 [---] 28Sep66 - no details

 

4.03 [085] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: AND BABY MAKES FIVE

    (Morpics, Inc. Production)

  05Oct66 NBC Wed

Written by Hal Kanter

  Directed by Hal Kanter

guest stars

Angie Dickinson ........ Christina

Cliff Robertson .......... Will Nye

Nina Foch ......... Dee

Walter Abel .........Reynard Pitney

Alan Hewitt ........ James Eckert

Sammy Shore ......... Hector

Eddie Quillan .......... Scott
Jack Pepper ............ Barber

Synopsis:

      A New York author fed up with the pressures of urban living, quits

       his job and moves with his pregnant wife to a small California town.

       Here he accepts an editor's position at a tiny weekly newspaper,

       inspiring both praise and wrath by using the publication as a pulpit

       for his crusading. [RF]

 

4.04 [086] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CRAZIER THAN COTTON

 Hovue production  

12Oct66 NBC Wed

Written by S. Lee Pogostin

Directed by S. Lee Pogostin

guest stars

Jean Simmons ........ Suzy

Bradford Dillman ......... Matt

Kevin McCarthy .......... Sean

Charles Aidman ............ Jim Barton

Georgia Simmons .......... Aunt Mary

Karen Jensen ......... Vicky

Synopsis:

     Matt, a 34-year-old sculptor who is spectacularly unsuccessful,

      knows he's hit rock bottom when he has to borrow money from his

      girlfriend in order to attend his father's funeral. As he stands at

      graveside, Matt vows to do something "worthwhile" with his life.

      Problem is, sculpting is all he knows. [RF]

 

4.05 [087] Bob Hope Chrysler Comedy Special: MURDER AT N.B.C.

 19Oct66 (rerun 15Mar67)

starring

Bob Hope .....Van Smirtch

Red Buttons, Johnny Carson, Milton Berle, Don Adams,

Dick Shawn, Jack Carter, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Don Rickles,

Soupy Sales, Bill Dana, Jonathan Winters, Wally Cox, Bill Cosby,

Jimmy Durante

Synopsis 1:
A comedy classic with an amazing comedic ensemble group. Wonderful Whodunit.
Synopsis 2:
Fifteen fellow comedians join Bob in "Murder at NBC", a spy spoof. Bob plays

a mad scientist with a nuclear chemical capable of shrinking the U.S.A. Spies are

Don Adams, Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Johnny Carson, Jack Carter, Bill Cosby,

Wally Cox, Bill Dana, Jimmy Durante, Don Rickles, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin,

Soupy Sales, Dick Shawn and Jonathan Winters. [RF]
 

4.06 [088] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MASSACRE AT FORT PHIL KEARNY

Hovue production

   26Oct66 NBC Wed

Written by Harold Swanton

guest stars

Robert Fuller ......... Captain William J Fetterman

Robert Pine ......... Lt Brown

Carroll O'Connor ............ Captain Ted Eyck
Richard Egan ........... Colonel Henry Carrington
Phyllis Avery ............ Margaret Carrington
Michael Sarrazin .......... Private Tompkins
Jeff Scott ............ Lieutenant Grummond
Brandon Carroll ......... Sentry Hanify
Peter Duryea ....... First Soldier
Tom Anthony ......... Second Soldier
Synopsis:

       On December 21, 1866 eighty men rode out of Fort Phil Kearny to

       support a wood-cutting expedition that had come under attack.

      The wood was necessary to build the fort. They were led out onto

      the Bozeman Trail and ambushed in the pass by the Sioux and wiped out.

      The leader of the Sioux tribe was Chief Red Cloud. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
Old West, 1866: the slaughter of 81 soldiers by Sioux Indians is linked to a

 feud between a captain and his commanding officer. [RF]

 

[---] 2Nov66 - no details

 

4.07 [089] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: DEAR DEDUCTIBLE

Morpics, Inc. production

09Nov66 NBC Wed

Directed by Jess Oppenheimer

Written by Raphael David Blau

guest stars

Peter Falk  ........ Mike Galway
Janet Leigh ....... Virginia Ballard
Norman Fell ....... Eddie Carr
Charles Lane ...... Charles Eckhardt
Marianne Kanter ... Bryce Coberly
Bara Byrnes ....... Beverly Beaumont
Christopher Cary .. Cornell DeHaven
Herb Vigran ............ George
Johnny Silver .......... Taxi Driver
Synopsis 1:

      A popular but improvident songwriter, after spending all of his

      royalties, agrees to marry an heiress, not because of her money,

      but because of her lack of money. You see, both plan to file a joint

      income tax return, thereby enjoying the bounty of the IRS'

      "deductible" system. This will keep them both solvent until they

      can recoup their fortunes. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A songwriter and a socialite have one thing in common: tax problems.

 Their uncommon solution: marriage and a blissful joint return. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Comedy Theater 05Jul71.

 

4.08 [090] Bob Hope Chrysler Comedy Special: BING AND ME

16Nov66 NBC

Guest Cast:

    Directed by Jack Shea
starring
Bob Hope ...... Himself
Jackie Gleason ........ Himself
Bing Crosby .......... Himself
Summary:
Where there's Hope, there's often Bing. And when Bing and Bob get together

you'll invariably find pretty scenery - almost all of it female! Bob introduces

Bach Yen (White Swallow), a 23-year old Vietnamese singer, and his own

selection of promising Hollywood starlets. Bach Yen sings "What Now My Love?"

(in French & English) and "Dem Dong", a Vietnamese folk song. Bing offers

 "In the Cool, Cool of the Evening" and "Pennies From Heaven".
*
Sketches include, a wealthy Texan (Bob) and a snooty Englishman (Bing)

enter their prize ponies in the Grand National. And "Fantastic Stomach" a parody of the

movie "Fantastic Voyage" which finds a miniaturized Bob and Bing penetrating the

Vast Waistline to find out what's ailing Jackie Gleason. Les Brown conducts the orchestra. [RF]

 

4.09 [091] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE BLUE-EYED HORSE

   Morpics, Inc.Production

 23Nov66 NBC Wed

produced by Hal Kanter

written by Michael Fessier

directed by Hal Kanter

photography by John L. Russell

music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Ernest Borgnine ....... Melvin Feebie

Joan Blondell ........ Mrs. Feebie

Ann Jillian ........ Daughter

Paul Lynde ......... Judge

Joyce Jameson .......... Mrs. Rassendale

Barbara Heller .......... Jennie Haggerty

Johnny Silver ........ Jockey

Richard Lepore

Noam Pitlik

Eddie Quillan

Steve Pendleton

Michael Ross

G.D. Spradlin

Bud Blattner

Jimmy Murphy

Billy Curtis

Nick Stewart

Paul Mousie Garner
Synopsis:

Melvin Feebie is having a hard time explaining the disappearance

of his wife, a die-hard horse player. Truth is, Mrs. Feebie has been

transformed into a horse--but try to tell that to a judge. [RF]

 

4.10 [092] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE FATAL MISTAKE

Hovue production

  30Nov66 NBC Wed

guest stars

Roddy McDowall ......... Harry Carlin
Arthur Hill .......... Donald Hammond
Michael Wilding .......... Major Tucker
Laurence Naismith ...... Knight

Marge Redmond ............. Nancy Hammond
Alice Rawlings .......... Julia Hammond
Gil Stuart ........... Campbell
Synopsis:

       Set in England, a respectable accountant and family man every month

       on the dot, he is visited by his "friend", who graciously bestows

       gifts upon his wife and children, then retires with his host into

       the den. Here he collects his monthly blackmail check--just as he

       does with all his other "clients". Tired of paying out extortion,

       he plans a neat little mishap for him. [RF]

 

4.11 [093] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: STORM CROSSING

 Hovue production

   07Dec66 NBC Wed

Written by Franklin Barton

guest stars

Jack Lord .......... Harry Marcus
Barbara Rush ......... Sara Archer
James Daly ........... Powell Hagan
Julie Sommars ............... Maggie Lake
Peter Mamakos ........ Ganoulian
Synopsis:

The story of a group of incompatible passengers on

a freighter headed for a Caribbean hurricane. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Imminent disaster brings out the worst in freighter passengers,

 who clash bitterly as their ship heads into a hurricane. [RF]

*Syndication airing on Startime 03Aug71.

 

 [---] 14Dec66 - no details

 

4.12 [094] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE EIGHTH DAY

           Hovue production

           21Dec66 NBC Wed

guest stars

George Maharis ......... Miles Catlan
Barbara Barrie ......... Laurel Catlan
Andrew Duggan .......... Father Michaeli
Michael Tolan .......... Lieutenant Murrow
Berry Kroeger .......... Thomas
Ken Lynch .............. Sloane
Celia Lovsky ........... Church Goer
Scott Robertson ........ Alter Boy
Synopsis

      While stealing jewels from a church, a struggling ex-athlete is

      observed by an altar boy on Christmas Eve. [RF]

 

 [--] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: FREE OF CHARGE

28Dec66  (postponed or rerun 22Mar67)

 

 [--]  04Jan67 - no details

 

4.13 [095] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A TIME TO LOVE

Hovue production

11Jan67 NBC Wed

Adapted by Sidney Michaels

Based on Henry James' novel "Washington Square".
Guest Cast:
Claire Bloom ....... Margaret Chapman
Maximilian Schell .. August Holland
Ralph Bellamy ...... Dr. Charles Chapman
Nina Foch .......... Vera Stannard
Barry Russo ........ Bingo
Clarke Gordon ...... Laddie
George N. Neise .... Joe Bakerman
Dorothy Rice ....... Ardys
Deanna Lund ........ Doris
Synopsis:
A tale of ill-fated love. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A lonely heiress is in love with a penniless drifter. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 22Jul71.
 

4.14 [096] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CODE NAME: HERACLITUS (part 1) [GO]

18Jan67 NBC Wed

Written by Alvin Sapinsley

Directed by James Goldstone

Director of photography Bud Thackery

Music Johnny Mandel

guest stars

Stanley Baker  .......... Frank 'Gannon' Wheatley
Leslie Nielsen ......... Fryer
Sheree North ........... Sally
Malachi Throne ......... Hoffman
Ricardo Montalban ...... Janacek
Jack Weston ............ Gerberman
Kurt Kasznar ........... Constantine
Signe Hasso ............ Lydia Constantine
Robert Cinder .......... MacPherson
Don Hamner ............. Baldy
Anthony Victor ......... Caproni

Chuck Courtney
Synopsis:

    A man who dies on an operating table is brought back to life, but he

     has no memory of anything that happened before he wakes up. A

     government agent decides that he would make a perfect undercover

     operative.  Wheatley, a British spy who is investigating the past of

     Lydia, the widow of secret agent Constantine. Lydia is suspected of

    selling Cold War secrets to the Communists. To ascertain the truth,

    it is necessary to "rebuild" Constantine and send his living counterpart

     behind the Iron Curtain. [RF]

Synopsis 3:
An intelligence chief makes use of a "rebuilt" man returned from

 the dead who lacks emotion, memory and conscience. [RF]

 

4.15 [097] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: CODE NAME: HERACLITUS (part 2) [GO]

     25Jan1967 NBC Wed (copyright date 4Jan67 - pt.2)

        (see above)

Synopsis:
Part 2. Gannon (Stanley Baker) investigates a widow,

who is suspected of running a clearinghouse for secrets. [RF]

 

4.16 [098] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: THE LADY IS MY WIFE

Hovue production

01Feb67 NBC Wed

Produced by Jack Laird

Written by Halsted Welles

Story by Jack Laird

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Director of photography Dale Deverman

Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Bradford Dillman ....... Bannister

Jean Simmons ........ Mrs Bannister

Alex Cord ........ Lucky Paxton
Begona Palacios .... Lolla

Roberto Contreras ..... Matteo
L.Q. Jones ........ Ernie Packer
E.J. Andre ....... Old Codger
Alan Baxter ......... Sheriff
Jim Boles ........ Stage Driver
Lillian Bronson ...... Old Woman
Larry Watson
Billy M. Greene ....... Indian
Synopsis:

     Set in the post-Civil War Old West. A wealthy horse breeder hires

     the Bannisters, a genteel--and broke--Southern couple. The cowboy

     has more in mind than horses when he sets his sights on Mrs.

      Bannister. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A horse breeder of the Old West hires a poor couple

 because he covets the wife. [RF]

  

4.17 [099] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: BLIND MAN'S BLUFF

Hovue production

08Feb67 NBC Wed

guest stars

Bob Cummings  .......... Robert Silbey
Michael Rennie ........ Inspector Karslake
Susan Clark ........... Helen Silbey
Farley Granger ........ Wain
Laurence Naismith ..... Inspector Rason
Elizabeth Cole ........ May
John Holland .......... Kelston
Brendan Dillon ........ Coroner
William Beckley ....... Actor
Synopsis:
A playwright murders the man who fell in love with his wife

and then decides to kill her too. [RF]
 

   [---] 15Feb67 /22Feb67 - no details

 

4.18 [100] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: A SONG CALLED REVENGE

Hovue production

01Mar67 NBC Wed

guest stars

Sal Mineo ........ Doctoroff
Edd Byrnes ....... Tommy Bear
June Harding ..... Susie King
Jack Weston ...... Ray
Peggy Lipton ..... Pam
Kevin Coughlin ... Mike
Synopsis:
A fading rock 'n' roll singer clashes with a new teenage idol,

 who credits himself with mystical powers. [RF]
 

4.19 [101] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre:

           THE REASON NOBODY HARDLY EVER SEEN A FAT OUTLAW

IN THE OLD WEST IS AS FOLLOWS

   Morpics, Inc. production

    08Mar67 NBC Wed

Produced & directed by Hal Kanter

guest stars

Don Knotts ........... Curly Kid

Arthur Godfrey ........... Sheriff Tinsley
Herb Edelman ............ Seth Swine
Jack Lambert ............ Sid Swine
Mary-Robin Redd ............ Pauline
Percy Helton .......... Old Man

Synopsis:
What follows is the saga of a would-b outlaw named Curly Kid. He's never been arrested;

he can't get arrested - he can't even manage to break the law. [RF]
*Syndication airing on NBC Comedy Theater 02Aug71.
 

   [---] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: MURDER AT NBC

15Mar67 (rebroadcast from 19Oct66)

 

4.20 [102] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: FREE OF CHARGE

      Hovue production

          22Mar67 NBC Wed  (copyright date 22Mar67)   

               (postponed or rerun from 28Dec66)

Written by S. Lee Pogostin 

Guest Cast:

John Cassavetes .......... Harrybell

Diane Baker ........... Laney

Johnny Silver .......... Dewey

Suzy Parker ........... Doctor

Ben Gazzara ........... Sidney

Tanya Morgan ........... Teenager
Teddy Quinn ............ Little Boy
Pamelyn Ferdin ........ Little Girl

*

Background Score Composed by Stanley Wilson 

 played by jazzmen:

    Jimmy Rowles (piano),  Bud Shank (alto saxophone),

   Ray Brown (bass), Louis Bellson (drums).

Synopsis:

Free-wheeling story about a composer named Harrybell, who swings around

Los Angles seeking inspiration for a musical tribute to the city.

Harrybell is also running from the police, who think he's some kind  of nut. [JB]

 

4.21 [103] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: VERDICT FOR TERROR

Hovue production

29Mar67 NBC Wed

Executive producer Gordon Oliver
Produced by Stanley Chase
Directed by William Hale
Written by David Ellis
Director of photography William Margulies
Music by Johnny Williams

guest stars

Cliff Robertson ............ District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
Michael Sarrazin ...... Darryl Cooper
Michael Constantine ......... Steve Jenkins
Jo Van Fleet ......... Emily Cooper
Bettye Ackerman ......... Dorothy Reynolds

Angus Duncan

Gene Lyons

Jim Begg

Tom Baker

Sean Kennedy

Jeff Scott

Jeff Malloy

Tom Frandsen

Ella Edwards

Vernon Scott

Bob Hull

David Kurzon
Synopsis:

      Law student Darryl Cooper invites an ambitious D.A. to meet his

      fraternity brothers in 'the griddle,' a political question-and-answer

     session. The D.A. accepts, but soon wishes he hadn't: five years ago,

     he sent Darryl's brother to the gas chamber. Now, Darryl intends to

     use the griddle to prove his brother's innocence, and to destroy the

      D.A.'s career. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
The defendant is a district attorney; his prosecutor; a law student determined to prove

that his brother was wrongly sent to the gas chamber by the DA. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on NBC Action Playhouse 02Sep71.

 

4.22 [104] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: DEAD WRONG

    Hovue production

     05Apr67 NBC Wed

Produced by Bert Mulligan

Written by William Kelley

Directed by Robert Butler

guest stars

Patrick O'Neal ........ Father Thaddeus
Donnelly Rhodes ....... Jim Pitts
Lynn Loring ..... Joanna
Tony Bill ...... Tony Pitts

Charles Seel

Larry Thor
Synopsis:

      A tense drama about a hermit monk, whose isolated mountain cabin

      is invaded by a gun-wielding ex-convict, his younger brother and

      the girl they both love. [RF]

Synopsis:
A monk's isolated cabin is invaded by a gunman,

 his brother and the girl they both love. [RF]

 

[---] 12Apr67 - Preempted for a "Danny Thomas Special." [JB]

 

4.23 [105] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: DON'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW

Universal Television--Roy Huggins Production

(Pilot for an unsold TV series)

19Apr67 NBC Wed

Producer Jo Swerling Jr.
Written by Frank Fenton & Roy Huggins (aka John Thomas James)
Directed by Harvey Hart

guest stars

Donnelly Rhodes ....... Matt Braid
Juliet Mills .......... Princess
Telly Savalas ......... Mueller
Rossano Brazzi ........ Luder
Will Kuluva ........... Stassov
Lily Valenty .......... Grand Duchess
Jean Durand ........... Meskil
Dimitris Balas ........ Vassos

Eva Soreny

Synopsis:

        Newspaperman Matt Braid's search for an international criminal

       leads him to a lavish villa on a Greek island -- where a vicious

       beating convinces Braid that he's on the right track. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A newspaperman trails a criminal to a villa on a Greek island. [RF]

 

4.24 [106] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: WIPEOUT

   Hovue production

   26Apr67 NBC Wed

Guest Cast:

Shelley Winters ......... Clarry Golden

Tom Tryon ........... Eddie Simpson

Don Stroud ........... Greg Travis

Marcel Hillaire ........... Emile

Les Crane ........... Commentator

Nicholas Colasanto .......... Bernheim

Eileen Wesson ........ Penny Golden

Fabian Dean .......... Grenier

Synopsis:

Surfer Greg Travis tries to cash in on his friendship with an aging film

star-by stealing her multimillion-dollar jewel collection. [JB]

Synopsis 2:
An aging film star is victimized by two gigolos bent

on stealing her jewel collection. [RF]

 

    [---] 03May67

Preempted for "Danny Thomas Special" repeat from April 1966. [JB]

 

4.25 [107] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO SCREAM

Hovue production

10May67 NBC Wed (rerun 30Aug67)

Guest Cast:

Ricardo Montalban .... Adam Steele
Pat Hingle ........... Martin Carlyle
Joanne Dru ........... Gina Sutton
Lola Albright ........ Vickie Tate
Henry Beckman ........ Lieutenant Schaeffer
Paul Hartman ......... Luther
David Sharpe ......... Charlie Mace
Richard Bull ......... Frank Lacy
Gordon Oliver ........ Director
Synopsis 1:
In Hollywood, private eye Adam Steel investigates the murder of a colleague

who was working for a ruthless business tycoon. Steele’s search for motive and

murder leads up several blind alleys-but all are somehow connected with his friend’s employer. [JB]

Synopsis 2:
In Hollywood, private eye Adam Steele investigates the murder of a colleague.

Steele's search for motive and murderer leads up several blind alleys - but all are

connected with his friend's last client, a ruthless tycoon. [RF]

 

4.26 [108] Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: DEADLOCK (final episode)

  Hovue production

   17May67 NBC Wed

Adapted by Stanford Whitmore & Evan Hunter
Based on Ed McBain's novel
Directed by Leo Penn

guest stars

Lee Grant  ............ Virginia Lloyd
Jack Kelly ........... Detective Ray Baker
Brooke Bundy ......... Stacey Carter
Tige Andrews ......... Detective Owens
Deanna Lund ........... Alice

Donald May ........... James Lassiter
Dorothy Rice ......... Lucy Lassiter
Percy Rodriguez ...... Detective John Rollins
Synopsis:

    Virginia Lloyd is the widow of a notorious criminal. Early one morning,

    Virginia calmly walks into a police precinct office--armed with a

    pistol and vial of nitroglycerine. In a measured voice, she announces

   that she intends to wait for detective James Lassiter, the man

    responsible for the death of her husband. She also declares that she

    intends to kill Lassiter, in full view of the other cops. [RF]

*Syndication airing on NBC Adventure Theater 28Aug71.
 

 [--] 24May67

Preempted for "Best on Record" performances by the

 1966 Grammy Award winners.  [JB]

 

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***Special thanks to those who helped in filling gaps and corrections.

The majority of Dramatic episodes were made by Hovue productions

The more light-hearted episodes were made by Morpics productions.

(Morpics, Inc.) (14 episodes listed below)

WAKE UP DARLING

THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS

TIME FOR ELIZABETH

COPS AND ROBBERS

IN ANY LANGUAGE

MR. BIDDLE'S CRIME WAVE

SIMON SAYS GET MARRIED

MISTER GOVERNESS (comedy special)

BRILLIANT BENJAMIN BOGGS

DEAR DEDUCTIBLE

HOLLOWAY'S DAUGHTERS

AND BABY MAKES FIVE

THE BLUE-EYED HORSE

THE REASON NOBODY HARDLY EVER SEEN A FLAT

OUTLAW IN THE OLD WEST IS AS FOLLOWS

 

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