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Season
5 (NBC) (1954-55)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, James Beer
references:
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Changes Network from CBS to NBC and expands from 30 min to 60 min
NBC Thursdays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (60 min)
5.01 [--] Lux Video Theatre: TO EACH HIS OWN
26-Aug-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Dorothy McGuire ....... Jody
Gene Barry ............ Cosgrove/Griggsy
Edward Ashley ......... Lord Desham
Mary Anderson ......... Corrine
Herb Butterfield ...... Mr. Norris
Joan Elan ............. Ida Lorimer
Brooks West ........... Alec
Ronald Brogan ......... Mac
5.02 [--] Lux Video Theatre: WELCOME, STRANGER
02-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
Written by S.H. Barnett
Directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by William Holden
starring
Bill Goodwin .......... Dr. Fiston
Martha Hyer ........... Trudy
J.M. Kerrigan ......... Dr. Makery
Elizabeth Patterson ... Dr. Gilley
Alexander Campbell .... Mr. Cheeley
Maury Hill ............ Ray Cheeley
Archie Mitchell ....... Dr. Jenks
5.03 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CHRISTMAS IN JULY
09-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
Written by S.H. Barnett and Richard McDonagh
Directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by James Mason
starring
Raymond Walburn ....... Dr. Maxford
Nancy Gates ........... Betty Casey
Alex Nicol ............ Jimmy MacDonald
Harry Hayden
Florenz Ames
Sally Corner
Robert Nichols
Peter Leeds
Synopsis:
The comedy concerns the complications which arise when a practical joke
backfires.
A young man takes his co-workers seriously when they jokingly
inform him that he has won a slogan contest. [RF]
5.04 [--] Lux Video Theatre: HOLD BACK THE DAWN
16-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett and Richard McDonagh
directed by Buzz Kulik
Hosted by Rosemary Clooney
starring
Fernando Lamas
Toni Gerry
Maria Palmer
Robert Emmett Keane
Leonid Kinsky
George Eldridge
5.05 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HEIRESS
23-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by Joan Vohs
starring
Vincent Price as Dr. Sloper
Marilyn Erskine as Catherine Sloper
Donald Murphy as Morris Townsend
Ellen Corby as Aunt Lavina
5.06 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MEET JO CATHART
30-Sep-1954 NBC Thur
written by John McGreevey
directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by Van Heflin
starring
Virginia Bruce as Jo Cathart Archer
Bruce Bennett as Ben Archer
Craig Hill as Chris Jameson
Beverly Garland as Mary Lou Matthews
June Evans as Mollie Ryan
Joan Freeman as Judy Archer
Duncan Richardson as Junior Archer
5.07 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE MANSION
07-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
directed by Buzz Kulik
Hosted by Mark Stevens
starring
Zachary Scott ....... Morgan Lacey
Carole Mathews ...... Thelma
Mary Young .......... Mrs. Lacy
Murvyn Vye .......... Stallings
Ralph Moody ......... Percy Hunter
Jean Howell ......... Mary Fay
Olin Howlin ......... Bartender
Mark Stevens (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Synopsis:
Young Master Lacy on the veranda of his columned home must make up
his mind between a daughter of the Old South and
a Northern hussy. [RF]
5.08 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A VISIT FROM EVELYN
14-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Turner Bullock and Ruth Woodman
directed by Richard Goode
Hosted by Margaret Lindsay
starring
Ann Harding as Nora Walling
Lynn Bari as Evelyn
Raymond Greenleaf as John Case
John Sheppodd as Glen
Lillian Culver as Vinnie
Eugenia Paul as Lucille
5.09 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AN ANGEL WENT AWOL
21-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by Jack Gordon and Winifred Wolfe
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joanne Dru as Polly
George Nader as Jeremy
Charlotte Knight as Lucy Gilind
Robert Jordan as Boy at Piano
Angela Stevens as Christy
Jayne Mansfield as Girl at Piano
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.10 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SEPTEMBER TIDE
28-Oct-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Maureen O'Sullivan (Stella
John Sutton as Evan
Lisa Daniels as Cherry
Philip Tonge as Robert
Ivan Hayes as Jimmy
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Mark Stevens (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.11 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IMPERFECT LADY
04-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Patricia Medina as Millicent
Henry Daniel as Lord Belmont
Robin Hughes as Clive
Phyllis Stanley as Rose
Susan Manning as Lucy
Richard Perl as Inspector Gerston
Thayer Roberts as Henderson
Arthur Gould-Porter as Montalyn
5.12 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FIVE STAR FINAL
11-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Randall
Joanne Woodward as Jen Townsend
Mae Clarke as Nancy Townsend
Dayton Lummis as Michael Townsend
Pierre Watkin as Hinchecliffe
Frances Mercer asNora Fletcher
Ernestine Barrier as Mrs. Weeks
George Eldridge as Mr. Weeks
5.13 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CAPTIVE CITY
18-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by Harry Muheim
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Gig Young
Betsy Palmer
Murray Hamilton
Onslow Stevens
Dwayne Hickman
Louis Jean Heydt
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.14 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A MEDAL FOR BENNY
25-Nov-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
J. Carrol Naish as Charlie
Anne Bancroft as Lolita
Rick Jason as Joe
Ralph Dumke as Kibbe
Jay Novello as Rafael
Allegra Varron as Mrs. Catalina
Byron Foulger as Sam
George Chandler as Edgar
5.15 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CRAIG'S WIFE
02-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Ruth Hussey as Harriet Craig (nominated for an Emmy)
Philip Ober as Walter Craig
Kathryn Givney as Miss Justin
Lillian Bronson as Mrs. Harold
Eleanor Tanin as Ethel
Ray Walker as Birkaire
Emilie Poule as Mrs. Frazer
Paul Bryer as Gateile
5.16 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LADIES IN RETIREMENT
09-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Claire Trevor as Ellen Creed (nominated for an Emmy)
Elsa Lanchester as Emily
Sean McClory as Albert
Edith Barrett as Louisa
Isobel Elsom as Leonora Fiske
Lisa Daniels as Lucy
Dianne Foster (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.17 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DOUBLE INDEMNITY
16-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Frederic Manley and S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Laraine Day as Phyllis Dietrichson
Frank Lovejoy as Walter Neff (nominated for an Emmy)
Ray Collins as Barton Keyes
Donna Percy as Lola
Hugh Sanders as Mr. Dietrichson
Herbert Heyes as Mr. Norton
Hal K. Dawson as Jackson
Shepard Menken as Sam Gorlopin
5.18 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SEPTEMBER AFFAIR
23-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Arlene Dahl
John Howard
Irene Hervey
Ernestine Barrier
Robert Arthur
Renata Yanni
Charles Evans
Tony Barrett
5.19 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CHASE
30-Dec-1954 NBC Thur
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien as Eddie Gorman
Ruth Roman as Lorna Gorman
James Arness as Chuck Scott
Frances Bavier as Martha
Patrick Miller as Gene Morton
Charles Watts as Charley Gill
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.20 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SUNSET BOULEVARD
06-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Miriam Hopkins as Norma Desmond
James Daly as Joe Gillis
Nancy Gates as Betty Schaeffer
John Wenegraf as Max von Mayerling
Lee Millar as Artie Green
Margaret Lindsay (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Bing Crosby (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.21 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PENNY SERENADE
13-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Phyllis Thaxter as Julie
Don Taylor as Roger
Chubby Johnson as Applejack
Olive Blakeney as Miss Oliver
Paul Birch as Doctor
Tom Powers as Judge
Lauren Chapin as Trina
Helen Kleeb as Woman
5.22 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LOVE LETTERS
20-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn as Singleton
Dan O'Herlihy as Alan
Judith Evelyn as Dilly
Percival Vivian as Mack
Doris Lloyd as Beatrice
Lumsden Hare as Bishop
Ludwig Stossel as Dr. Snider
Colin Campbell as Postman
5.23 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SO EVIL MY LOVE
27-Jan-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Louis Hayward as Mark
Marilyn Erskine as Olivia
Isobel Elsom as Miss Shoebridge
Paula Duncan as Kitty
Rex Evans as Edgar
Richard Aherne as Courtney
Donald Lawton as Mr. Watson
Wade Nichols (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.24 [--] Lux Video Theatre: ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN
03-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Hugh Marlowe as Reverend Spence
Ellen Drew as Mrs. Spence
Ralph Dumke as Thurston
Charles Meredith as Dr. Romer
Malcolm Attenberg as Potter
Jack Diamond as Hartzell
Diane Jergens as Eileen
Larry White as Fraser
5.25 [--] Lux Video Theatre: A BELL FOR ADANO
10-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien as Major Jeppelo
Charles Bronson as Sergeant Borth
Frank Fuglia as Father Pensovecchio
Dan Tobin as Captain Purvis
Elliott Reid as Lieutenant Livingston
George Pieronne as Corporal Trapani
Tito Vuolo as Zito
Michael Vallon as Bellianca
5.26 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE COPPERHEAD
17-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
John Ireland as Milt Shanks
Betty Field as Martha Shanks/Madeline
Ian Wolfe as The Reverand Andrews
Richard Garland as Hardy as a young man
Pat Miller as Gillespie as a young man
Paul Harvey as Hardy as an old man
Ralph Moody as Gillespie as an old man
William Schallert as Sam Carter
Synopsis:
During the Civil War a Northerner joins the organization of Southern
sympathizers called, "The Copperheads". Because of this his wife leaves him
and his son calls him a traitor. Years later he tells the real story of his
part in the war to a grandchild. [RF]
5.27 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SO DARK THE NIGHT
24-Feb-1955 NBC Thur
written by Richard McDonagh
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joseph Schildkraut as Henri Cassin
Madeline Holmes as Widow Bridello
Suzanne Dalbert as Nanette Michaud
Eugene Borden as Pierre Michaud
Ann Codee as Mama Michaud
Steven Ritch as Leon Archard
Hal Gerard as Antoine
Edgar Barrier as Dr. Boucourt
5.28 [--] Lux Video Theatre: CASABLANCA
03-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Paul Douglas as Rick
Arlene Dahl as Ilsa
Hoagy Carmichael as Sam
Carl Esmond as Laszlo
John Hoyt as Renault
Ivan Triesault as Major Strasser
Paul Simieon as Ugarte
Dan Seymour as Ferrari
5.29 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
10-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Lee J. Cobb as Emile Zola
Joy Paige as Madame Dreyfus
Gloria Holden as Alexandrine
Robert Warwick as Chief Of Staff
Paul Richards as Esterbassy
Dayton Lummis as Picquart
Lawrence Ryle as Henry
William Bakewell as Dert
5.30 [--] Lux Video Theatre: IT GROWS ON TREES
17-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
Adapted by John Whedon
Directed by Earl Eby
Hosted by James Mason
starring
Ruth Hussey ........ Polly Baxter
Robert Preston ..... Phil Baxter
Leigh Snowden ...... Diane Baxter
David Janssen ...... Ralph
Charlotte Knight ... Mrs. Pryor
Henry Hunter ....... Murchison
Alexander Campbell.. Carrollman
Richard Cutting .... Leatherbee
Pierre Watkin ...... Sleamish
Dabbs Greer ........ MacGuire
Forrest Lewis ...... Dr. Burrows
Butch Bernard ...... Flip Baxter
Lauren Chapin ...... Midge Baxter
Ralph Sanford ...... Police Sgt.
Yvonne Peattie ..... Secretary
Robert Bruce ....... Policeman
Synopsis:
A family trying to live on little money winds up with a mysterious tree. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1952 film.
5.31 [--] Lux Video Theatre: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
24-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
written by Benjamin Simcoe
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Frank Lovejoy as Uncle Charlie
Barbara Rush as Charlotte
Sarah Selby as Emmy
George Chandler as Joe
Helena Nash as Mrs. Potter
Myron Folger as Herby Haskins
Charles Meredith as Reverend
Grant Williams as Jack Graham
5.32 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS
31-Mar-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Beverly Garland as Julia Ross
Fay Bainter as Mrs. Hughes
Paul Richards as Ralph
Phyllis Stanley as Alice
Beryl Machin as Mrs. Sparkes
Lumsden Hare as Vicar
Terrence de Marney as Peters
Justice Watson as Dr. Keller
5.33 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BROWNING VERSION
07-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
adaptation of a play by Terence Rattigan
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Herbert Marshall as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Judith Evelyn as Mrs. Crocker-Harris
Robert Douglas as Frank Hunter
Christopher Cook as Taplow
Paul Cavanagh as Frobisher
Rod Taylor as Mr. Gilbert
Betty Harford as Mrs. Gilbert
Synopsis:
English schoolteacher Andrew Crocker-Harris, who is confronting the disappointments
of his marriage and career. Forced to retire early because of bad health, Crocker-Harris
departs unloved by his students as well as by Mrs. Crocker-Harris, who is having an
affair with Frank Hunter. Mr. Gilbert is to be Crocker-Harris' replacement. [RF]
5.34 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NO SAD SONGS FOR ME
14-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by DeWitt Bodeen
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Claire Trevor as Mary Scott
William Hopper as Brad Scott
Katharine Bard as Chris Mathison
Linda Bend as Polly Scott
Tom Powers as Dr. Franco
Maidie Norman as Flora
Selmer Jackson as Mr. Coswell
Jeane Wood as Louise Spears
Synopsis:
A young mother happily married and expecting her second child, is told that she has but 10 months to live.
*The motion picture of 1950 starred Margaret Sullivan, Wendell Corey & Viveca Lindfors.
5.35 [--] Lux Video Theatre: AN ACT OF MURDER
21-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Thomas Mitchell as Calvin Cook
Ann Harding as Cathy Cook
Lewis Martin as Charles Dayton
Howard St. John as Judge Ogden
Ray Danton as David Douglas
Sallie Brophy as Ellie
Dayton Loomis as Dr. Morrison
Ruth Warren as Mrs. Russell
Synopsis:
A judge, known for his strict adherence to the law, learns that his wife is
soon to die. Without telling her, he arranges a vacation to make her last days happy.
But a situation arises which he must make a fateful decision. [RF]
Fredric March and Florence Eldridge starred in the 1948 motion picture.
5.36 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE GREAT MCGINTY
28-Apr-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Brian Donlevy as Daniel J. McGinty
Nancy Gates as Catharine
Thomas Gomez as The Boss
Jesse White as Sigmund
William Schallert as Thompson
Lillian Molieri as Girl at Bar
Paul Harvey as Maxwell
Hal Taggart as Mayor Tillinghest
Synopsis:
A bartender tells a would-be suicide the story of his spectacular and thoroughly
crooked political career. [RF]
Brian Donlevy who starred in the original 1940 motion picture recreates his original role.
5.37 [--] Lux Video Theatre: REMEMBER THE NIGHT
05-May-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Douglas Wilson as Tom
Jan Sterling as Lee
Don DeFore as Jack Sargent
Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Sargent
Edith Evanson as Aunt Emma
Lyle Talbot as O'Leary
Robert Wehling as Willie
Helen Maxon as Mrs. Leander
5.38 [--] Lux Video Theatre: EIGHT IRON MEN
12-May-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Alex Nicol as Macney
Paul Gilbert as Coliussi
Gene Reynolds as Coke
Russell Johnson as Carter
Alvin Greenmar as Shapiro
William Schallert as Ferguson
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as Mailer
Alan Dexter as Captain Treiswaney
Synopsis:
The story of eight soldiers who seek shelter in a shell-torn house in Italy in 1944.
One of the squad members is trapped in a shell hole outside the house. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1952 picture starring Arthur Franz & Lee Marvin.
5.39 [--] Lux Video Theatre: MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
19-May-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Ernest Truex as Father
Sylvia Field as Mother
Michael Whalen as George
William Bakewell as Robert
Sheila Bromley as Nellie
Betty Hanna as Cora
Lynn Bari as Anita
Olive Sturges as Rhoda
Synopsis:
An elderly couple loses their home and turn to their grown-up children for help.
But the children are not very anxious to share their homes with their parents. [RF]
The 1937 motion picture starred Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi.
5.40 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THUNDER ON THE HILL
26-May-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Donald Crisp (Guest Host for this episode)
Phyllis Thaxter as Sister Mary
Rex Reason as Dr. Jeffries
Beverly Garland as Valerie
Rhys Williams as Melling
Nana Bryant as Reverend Mother
John Alderson as Willie
Phyllis Stanley as Nurse Phillips
Synopsis:
A murder mystery set in an English convent during a flood in Norfolk County. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1951 picture starring Claudette Colbert & Ann Blyth.
5.41 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE SUSPECT
02-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Barry Sullivan (Guest Host of this episode)
Robert Newton as Philip Marshall
Toni Gerry as Mary Grey
John Hoyt as Musley
Erin O'Brien Moore as Cora Marshall
John Dehner as Gilbert Simmone
Peter Votrian as Marridew
Richard Lupino as John Marshall
Synopsis:
A mild-mannered, middle-aged man resorts to murder when his new-found happiness
is threatened. He believes he has committed the perfect crime. [RF]
*Note: Based on the 1944 motion picture starring Charles Laughton.
5.42 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
09-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Tab Hunter (Guest Host for this episode)
Janet Blair as Shelly Carnes
Dan O'Herlihy as Trevelyan
Lorna Thayer as Liza
Kathryn Givney as Myra
Leonard Penn as Father Paul
Fay Roope as J.D. Nolan
Robert Clarke as Harvey
5.43 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE INSIDE STORY
16-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by John Whedon
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell (Guest Host for this episode)
James Barton as Uncle Ed
Vera Miles as Audrey O'Connor
Carroll McComas as Mrs. Atherton
George Chandler as Eustace Peabody
Taylor Holmes as Jay-Jay Johnson
Byron Foulger as Horace
Irene Anders as Francine
5.44 [--] Lux Video Theatre: FOREVER FEMALE
23-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Otto Kruger (Guest Host for this episode)
Bob Hope (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Anita Louise as Beatrice Page
Fred Clark as Harry Phillips
Anne Bancroft as Sally
Richard Shannon as Stanley Crown
Jeanette Miller as Patty
Maidie Norman as Maid
5.45 [--] Lux Video Theatre: LAST YEAR'S SNOW
30-Jun-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Steve Brodie as Joe
Constance Ford as Marty
Paul Langton as Carl
Alex Nicol (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.46 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE CREAKING GATE
07-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by Charles Bennett
directed by George Roy Hill
starring
Beverly Garland as Joyce Williams
Philip Abbott as Dr. Glennon
Robert Cornthwaite as Egan
Chubby Johnson as Fogarty
Russell Gaige as Mr. Williams
Patrick Miller as Dr. Bob Monroe
Paul Bryer as Plainclothesman
Elizabeth Cope as Sadie
5.47 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DARK TRIBUTE
14-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
directed by Buzz Kulik
starring
Gage Clarke
Robert Coote
Rod Taylor
Maureen O'Sullivan (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
Synopsis:
Murder mystery when a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered. [RF]
5.48 [--] Lux Video Theatre: DESPERATE GLORY
21-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by Joseph Cochran
directed by Earl Eby
starring
Joe De Santis as Anton Maxuranic
Reba Waters as Ella Maxuranic
Grace Field as Manya Maxuranic
Michael Vallon as Paul Stephani
Paul Sorenson as Ilya
Peter Mamkos as Dmitri
Ruth Swanson as Tamara Zabutov
Daria Lee Ridgeway as Sophia
5.49 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.
28-Jul-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Dunlap
starring
Ron Randell as Steve Collins
Joyce Holden as Joan Winfield
Florenz Ames as Pop
Patrick Waltz as Allen Brice
Alexander Campbell as Mr. Winfield
Eddie Marr as Peewee
Ralph Sanford as McGee
Tom Jordon as Pilot
5.50 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE NINE-PENNY DREAM
04-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
written by S.H. Barnett
directed by Richard Goode
starring
Lloyd Corrigan as Horace
Betty Sinclair as Agnes
Lisa Daniels as Pam
Liam Sullivan as Tod
Lyle Talbot as Abner
Dulcy Jordan as Cynthia
Charles Davis as Bestman
Aldo Ray (Lux Video Theatre Guest)
5.51 [--] Lux Video Theatre: PERILOUS DECEPTION
11-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
Directed by Earl Ebi
Hosted by William Hopper
starring
David Janssen ..... Joe Davies
April Kent ........ Agnes
Karen Kalder ...... Vera Collins
Stuart Nedd ....... Chris Collins
James Flavin ...... Heineman
Ruth Warren ....... Mrs. Beacham
Forrest Lewis ..... Mr. Beacham
Davis Alpert ...... Policeman
Jean Lewis ........ Waitress
Synopsis:
A man murders his wife, then pursues her best friend. [RF]
5.52 [--] Lux Video Theatre: NOR ALL YOUR TEARS
18-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Richard Shannon
Arleen Whelan
5.53 [--] Lux Video Theatre: JUNE BRIDE
25-Aug-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Marguerite Chapman
Jerome Thor
5.54 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LAST CONFESSION
01-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Eduard Franz
5.55 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE HAPPY MAN
08-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Judith Evelyn
Kurt Kasznar
Marilyn Erskine
Robert Emhardt
5.56 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE LUCKY FINGER
15-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Alan Napier
J. Pat O'Malley
Edith Barrett
5.57 [--] Lux Video Theatre: THE EYES OF FATHER TOMASINO
22-Sep-1955 NBC Thur
starring
Joe De Santis
Gloria Talbott
Keefe Brasselle
Synopsis:
When a kindly old priest is stabbed to death, a young police officer resigns from the force.
The policeman wants to use all of his waking hours to find the killer.[RF]
[--] Lux Video Theatre: NOTHING SO MONSTROUS
original airdate not known
Cast:
Lew Ayres
Tommy Rettig (Lassie)
Synopsis:
A father tries to provide his motherless son with a sense
of aesthetic appreciation and moral conviction rather than
material conformity to community standards. [JB]
Syndicated rerun on Curtain Call, Sat. 23Jul 55, KEYD-9 Minneapolis-St.Paul,
MN 8 p.m.
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