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Season
2 (First-Run
Syndication) (1955-56)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
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First-Run Syndication
2.01 [--] Studio 57: YOUNG COUPLES ONLY
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
03Sep55
Directed by Richard Irving
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Story by Richard Matheson
Director of photography Herb Kirkpatrick
Editor Edward W. Williams
Guest cast:
Peter Lorre ........ Mr. Grover
Barbara Hale ....... Ruth Thompson
Bill Williams ...... Rick Thompson
Dani Nolan ......... Marge
Robert Quarry ...... Phil
Paul Bryar ....... Officer Johnson
Synopsis:
Ruth is very suspicious of the apartment janitor, he gives her the creeps
and she drives her husband nuts with her ideas of what he's up to.
2.02 [--] Studio 57: WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
10Sep55 (rerun 04Feb58)
Guest Cast:
Jack Carson
Diane Brewster
Jocelyn Brando
Joe Kearns
Synopsis:
A disc jockey returns to his apartment one night after finishing his show,
and finds that someone has been sitting in his favorite armchair listening
to his program. The mysterious visitor comes again the following night
while the disc jockey is doing his show, and soon he finds himself
addressing remarks to the intruder. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A mysterious intruder has been listening to disc jockey
Richie James' radio show---from Richie's apartment. [RF]
2.03 [--] Studio 57: DIAGNOSIS OF A SELFISH LADY
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
17Sep55 (23Oct1955 IMDB)
starring
George Brent ....... Williams
Marguerite Chapman.. Pamela
Carolyn Jones ...... Maria
Jeanne Wood ........ Ilse
Jerry Glick
Synopsis:
A doctor tells a woman she is lazy and a dull person.
Synopsis 2:
A selfish and lazy Army wife gets a taste of reality when
she begins to care for a German war orphan. [RF]
2.04 [--] Studio 57: THE SENORITA AND THE TEXAN
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
24Sep55 (copyright date 29Jul55)
starring
John Russell ...... Dr. Jim Bell
Adele Mara ...... Maria
Fay Roope ...... Don Luis
Ric Roman ..... Emilio
Synopsis:
Texas doctor risks his life to halt the spread of hoof-and-mouth disease.
When the doctor comes to inoculate the Mexican cattle in the Quintana Valley,
he meets with the firm resistance of Don Luis. Despite her father's feelings,
Don Luis's daughter, Maria, befriends the doctor. [JB]
2.05 [--] Studio 57: MY SON IS GONE
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
01Oct55 (copyright date 15Sep55)
starring
Brian Keith ........ Dan
Dean Jagger ....... Jim Collins
Fay Wray ...... Mary Collins
William Challee ...... Old Timer
Sammy Ogg ..... Jamie
Synopsis 1:
When a neighbor's boy accidentally kills his son,
a man retreats into a world of hate and revenge. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
When his 16 year old son is killed in a hunting accident, he father, suffering
from shock,
refuses to have any contact with the world. [RF]
2.06 [--] Studio 57: NAILED DOWN
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
08Oct55 (copyright date 22Sep55)
(Re-aired on "Fireside Theatre" 01Nov55 NBC Tue)
Written by David P. Harmon
From a story by Henry Sinclair Drago
Directed by Don Weiss
Guest cast:
Gene Barry ............ Lukas
Dan Duryea ............ Doc Munday
Natalie Norwick ....... Belle
Douglas Spencer ....... the Sheriff
Aaron Spelling ........ Olaf
Terry Frost ........... Red
Steve Pendleton ....... Rick Vallin
Synopsis:
A DOCTOR TURNED OUTLAW IS PURSUED BY A SHERIFF AND HIS POSSE
ACROSS THE ARIZONA DESERT. HE TAKES REFUGE IN A RANCHER'S HOME,
NOT KNOWING THAT THE WIFE IS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH. [SC]
2.07 [--] Studio 57: WIN A CIGAR
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
15Oct55 (copyright date 15Sep55)
starring:
Rod Cameron ......... Jonathan Hart
Robert Cornthwaite ....... Professor Henry Brand
Geoffrey Toone ....... Nils Larsen
Werner Klemperer ....... Dubrov
Jean Moody ....... Anna Jacobson
Synopsis:
An explosion is investigated at an important research center behind the Iron Curtain. [JB]
2.08 [--] Studio 57: WATERHOLE
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
22Oct1955 (copyright date 21Jul55)
Guest Cast:
John Ireland
Beverly Garland
Murvyn Vye, Jr.
Synopsis:
A wounded stagecoach robber and his girl find themselves stranded in a
desert without means of transportation. The girl tries to help him until she
discovers he is a ruthless killer. [JB]
2.09 [--] Studio 57: VACATION WITH PAY
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
01Nov55 (copyright date 29Aug55)
Guest cast:
Joan Leslie ........ Jane Merlin
Ann Harding ........ Martha Halstead
DeForest Kelley .... Alfred
Claude Akins ....... Martin
Synopsis:
A young secretary learns almost too late that she has been lured into a
small town to marry an eccentric writer. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Several warnings fail to keep secretary Jane Merlin from taking a job
with Martha Halstead, an eccentric writer with an oddly forgetful son. [RF]
2.10 [--] Studio 57: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
08Nov55 (copyright date 30Sep55)
starring:
Dane Clark
Jean Howell
Carl Benton Reid
Maxine Cooper
Lawrence Dobkin
Synopsis:
A young man returns to his home own after a three-year absence. The
townspeople, including his parents, warn him to leave. [RF]
2.11 [--] Studio 57: DEATH DREAM
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
15Nov55 (copyright date 01Oct55)
starring
George Brent .......... Paul Winterton
Lorne Greene ........ Gentry Morton
Lorna Thayer ....... Margaret Winterton
Synopsis:
A successful businessman decides to confess to a murder he committed. When
the police investigate, they fail to find the reported corpse. [JB]
2.12 [--] Studio 57: FOREST MAGIC
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
22Nov55 (copyright date 07Oct55)
starring:
Lynn Bari ....... Diane Breen
Steve Dunne ...... Ben Morgan
Beverly Washburn ......s Kim Breen
Hugh Corcoran ...... Robin Breen
Stafford Repp ....... Earl Zook
Synopsis:
A lonely widow arrives with her two children at a mountain resort. She is
troubled by the anti-social attitude of her nearest neighbor. [JB]
2.13 [--] Studio 57: THE GIRL IN THE BATHING SUIT
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
29Nov55 (copyright date 24Sep55)
starring
Judith Evelyn ........ Marie Walsh
John Baragrey ......... Edmund Lanier
Sallie Brophy ....... Susan Burk
Whit Bissell ....... David Combs
Synopsis:
A girl returns from a swim to find her car and clothes are gone. She is
befriended by a stranger who tries to imprison her in an old house. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A young swimmer emerges from the water into a nightmare: her car and clothes are
gone---
and a mysterious stranger is none too eager to let her call the police. [RF]
2.14 [--] Studio 57: NIGHT TUNE
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
05Dec55 (copyright date 13Oct55)
starring:
Scott Brady ......... Mike Lorrimer
Barbara Bates ...... Elaine Hilton
Don Haggerty ...... Sheriff Anderson
Kirby Smith ........ Colonel Blight
Synopsis:
A young man tries to help a girl locate her brother who has been missing for
five years. [JB]
2.15 [54] Studio 57: I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, NATALIE
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
12Dec55
starring
Lizabeth Scott
William Roerick
Edward Platt
Patric Knowles
Synopsis:
A warm relationship develops between a neglected wife and a lonely drifter. [RF]
2.16 [--] Studio 57: SANTA'S OLD SUIT
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
19Dec55 (copyright date 31Dec54)
starring
Jane Darwell
Andy Clyde ..... Tom/Santa
Synopsis:
A story about a downhearted Santa Claus who can't afford a new suit, but
finds his reward in the happiness of a youngster at Christmas. [JB]
*Note: First aired on Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, 19Dec54.
2.17 [56] Studio 57: no details
26Dec55
2.18 [--] Studio 57: BANANA BOAT TO BLANCA BAY
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
03Jan56 (copyright date 15Oct55)
starring:
Barton MacLane ....... Captain Sterling
Bob Bray ....... Johnny Porter
John Alderson ...... Barker
Paul Harvey ....... Charles R. Porter
Synopsis:
A captain, forced to retire after the loss of his ship at sea, is granted a
new command by the sunken ship's owner. He makes a strange request. [JB]
2.19 [--] Studio 57: GEORGIA MAN
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
10Jan56 (copyright date 04Nov55)
starring:
Robert Armstrong ....... Pvt. Jeb Watkins
John Bryant ........ Major Sandie
Gene Reynolds ....... Pvt. Peter Hunter
John Doucette ....... Sergeant Bart Anson
Robert F. Simon ....... General Elijah Carruthers
Synopsis:
A tough Confederate sergeant assigns a soldier three consecutive nights of
sentry duty. The exhausted private is discovered asleep during his watch. [JB]
Studio 57: Rope Enough postponed till next week
17Jan56
2.20 [--] Studio 57: ROPE ENOUGH
Revue Productions, Inc., in association with MCA TV.
24Jan56 (copyright date 06Nov55)
starring
Tom Drake .......... Joe Madden
Corey Allen ........ Danny Fellman
Jean Byron ......... Betty Madden
Joan Sudlow ........ Mrs. Krause
Tim Graham ......... Kreller
Synopsis:
A good-for-nothing tenant robs his landlord of the rent money. He is
astonished when the police question everyone but him. [JB]
2.21 [--] Studio 57: THE FINISHERS
Revue Productions, Inc.
31Jan56 (copyright date 03Dec55)
starring
Peter Lorre ..... Heitzer
Carmen Mathews ..... Mrs. Holsom
Gordon Mills ..... Martin
Synopsis:
A mild-mannered bakery owner becomes a center of suspicion. [RF]
2.22 [--] Studio 57: FAREWELL APPEARANCE
Revue Productions, Inc.
07Feb56 (copyright date 09Dec55)
starring:
Mary Astor ...... Julia Kean
Tom Drake ...... Alfred Johnson
Joan Camden ....... Ethel Ward
Francis De Sales ..... MacReady
Synopsis:
A young reporter's curiosity leads him to the true reason behind a once-great
stage actress' premature retirement when he hears a strange scream. [RF]
2.23 [63] Studio 57: WHO'S CALLING
Revue Productions, Inc.
14Feb56
starring
Pat O'Brien ....... Jan Breen
Virginia Bruce ....... Beth Breen
Clancy Cooper........ Captain Henry Blanco
Harlan Warde ....... Fred
Tim Graham ..... Service Station Operator
Synopsis:
A series of strange phone calls are taking their toll
on Jan Breen, who once killed a man for money. [RF]
2.24 [--] Studio 57: THE BLACK ROAD
Revue Productions, Inc.
21Feb56 (copyright date 09Jan56)
Directed by Herschel Daughtery
Teleplay by Fenton Earnshaw
Story by Wilbur Daniel Steele
starring
Robert Horton ........ David Ederly
Judith Ames ...... Jenny
George Chandler ..... Mr. Ederly
Dorothy Adams ...... Mrs. Ederly
Harry Harvey Sr. ..... Mr. Ferguson
Will J. White ...... Homer
Synopsis:
The return of a wayward son disrupts the orderly life of a hard-working family. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
The owner of a small-town store and his family find their quiet, routine way of
life
disrupted by the unexpected return of David, the black sheep of the family. [RF]
Note: Also listed as "The Back Road"
2.25 [--] Studio 57: DEADLINE
Revue Productions, Inc
28-Feb-1956 (copyright date 13Sep55)
starring
John Payne ....... Mike Conner
Walter Reed ....... Chad
Roy Roberts ....... Nick
Ralph Dumke ....... MacMurdo
Lee Van Cleef ....... Tommy
Synopsis:
A sports columnist decides to investigate a tip that the lightweight boxing
champ plans to throw the coming title bout. [JB]
2.26 [--] Studio 57: THE BAXTER BOY
(aka That Baxter Boy)
Revue Productions, Inc
06Mar56 (copyright date 04Mar56)
Guest cast:
Johnny McGovern .... Don Baxter
Mona Freeman ....... Herself
Frank Wilcox ....... Baxter
Ginger Young ....... Girlfriend
Gary Gray .......... Mikey
Synopsis:
A program chairman promises to produce a celebrity for the dance. [JB]
2.27 [67] Studio 57: THE RAREST STAMP
Revue Productions, Inc
13Mar56 (copyright date 16Jan56)
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Story by Reginald Denham
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
starring
Angela Lansbury ....... Katie
John Carradine ....... Uncle John
John Irving ....... David
Aaron Spelling ....... Robber
Leslie Dennison ....... Policeman
Synopsis:
A disabled war veteran finds himself the victim of a greedy uncle who is
withholding his rightful inheritance. [JB]
2.28 [--] Studio 57: THE MAGIC GLASS
Revue Productions, Inc
20Mar56 (copyright date 22Jan56)
Guest Cast:
Ruth Hussey ........ Maxine Smith
William Hopper ..... Smith
Beverly Washburn ... Becky
Dickie Bellis
Claire Carleton
Synopsis:
A housewife is possessed with the desire to know the future. [JB]
2.29 [--] Studio 57: EXIT LAUGHING
Revue Productions, Inc
27Mar56 (copyright date 09Mar56)
starring
Pat O'Brien
Fay Wray
John Baragrey
Larry Blake
Synopsis:
A successful comic's manager is afraid his star is slipping and attempts to
save his career. [JB]
2.30 [--] Studio 57: A TOMBSTONE FOR TARO
Revue Productions, Inc
03Apr56 (copyright date 01Feb56)
starring:
Rod Cameron ....... Sandy
Claude Akins ....... Al
Lynn Bari ....... Karen
Lawrence Dobkin ....... Ray Davis
Noel Toy ....... Mrs. Tanaka
Synopsis:
A lawyer returns from a trip to learn that a boy he knows is dead, the
victim of a hit-and-run driver. [JB]
2.31 [--] Studio 57: THE REGULATORS
Revue Productions, Inc
10Apr56 (Copyright date 12Mar56)
starring:
Lloyd Bridges
Robert Armstrong
Corey Allen
Jack Lambert
Synopsis:
A boy is disillusioned when his father gives into marauders without putting up a fight. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Three marauders ride up to a farmer and his son. The boy is shocked
when his father acquiesces to their demands and doesn't put up a fight. [RF]
2.32 [--] Studio 57: INTEGRITY
Revue Productions, Inc
17Apr56 (Copyright date 06Mar56)
starring
Jean Pierre Aumont
Leon Askin
Jay Novello
Synopsis:
A seemingly ne'er-do-well French lieutenant is attached to the overseas service in Africa. [JB]
2.33 [--] Studio 57: TIME, TIDE, AND A WOMAN
Revue Productions, Inc
24Apr56 (Copyright date 22Apr56)
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Teleplay by Lawrence Kimble
Story by Leslie C. Burbridge.
Guest Cast:
Gail Russell........ Jane Finley
John Baer........ Mike Brenner
Arthur Space........ Mr.Finley
Paul Dubov........ Blackie Miller
Robert Burton........ Capt. Sims
James McCallion........ McDonald
Steve Mitchell........ Droggins
[SC]
The presence of a lone woman passenger aboard an oil tanker causes the rough
crew to strike. [JB]
2.34 [--] Studio 57: MY BABY BOY
Revue Productions, Inc.
01May56 (Copyright date 29Apr56)
starring
Buddy Ebsen ....... Ira Farr
Ruth Swanson ....... Martha Farr
Brad Morrow ....... Jay Farr
Yvonne Lime ....... Jane Farr
Bill Traylor ....... Chuck Belden
Jim Karath ....... Freddie Hines
Synopsis:
A stern father, who rules his family with an iron hand, refuses to see that
his beloved son is really a malicious young devil. The boy, sheltered by his
father's blind trust, causes his sister much anguish. [JB]
2.35 [--] Studio 57: THE OLD LADY'S TEARS
Revue Productions, Inc.
16May56 (Copyright date 13May56)
Directed By Richard Irving [SC]
Teleplay By Lawrence Kimble [SC]
Based On A Story By Charles Molvneau Brown [SC]
Guest Cast: [SC]
Lex Barker............ Robin ReDour
Lurene Tuttle............ Mrs. Dalton
Jean Byron............ Mary Kirk
Raymond Bailey............ Mr. Wharton
Claire Carleton............ Betty Carter
Preston Hanson............ Buford Miles
Marion Chavez............ Rita Trask
Harry Harvey, Jr............. David Carter
Synopsis:
A wealthy woman attempts to locate her grandson whom she has never seen.
Her search is complicated by murder and intrigue. [JB]
2.36 [--] Studio 57: THE GREAT WIDE WORLD
Revue Productions, Inc.
20May1956
Based on the Ray Bradbury story "Cora and the Great Wide World".
starring
Spring Byington ....... Cora Gibbs
Esther Dale ....... Clara
Tim Graham ....... Tom
Don Oreck
Synopsis:
Cora Gibbs, lives in the Ozarks, can neither read nor write. [RF]
2.37 [--] Studio 57: THE FAITHFUL HEART
Revue Productions, Inc.
27May1956 (Copyright date 21May56)
starring
Teresa Wright
Isabel Withers
John Hamilton
Synopsis:
A young woman is forced to near starvation. [JB]
2.38 [--] Studio 57: OUT OF SIGHT
Revue Productions, Inc.
03Jun56 (Copyright date 23Nov55)
starring:
Douglas Dick ....... Ross
Virginia Bruce ....... Maggie
Judith Ames ........ Janet
Robert Fortier ....... Josh
Wilfred Knapp ....... Doctor
Joseph Mell ....... Waiter
Synopsis:
An aspiring musician leaves his hometown for the big city. [JB]
2.39 [78] Studio 57: THE BROWN LEATHER CASE
Revue Productions, Inc.
10-Jun-1956 (Copyright date 25Jul55)
written by Lawrence Kimble
story by Breton Amis
directed by Richard Irving
starring
Angela Lansbury ....... Flossie Norris
John Sutton ....... Mark Drinker
John Abbott
James McCallion
Jack Raine
Reginald Sheffield
Synopsis:
Robbing banks is a cinch for Mark Drinker, but getting his
shoplifting girl friend off the hook is something else. [RF]
2.40 [--] Studio 57: THE LONELY MAN
Revue Productions, Inc.
17Jun56 (possible rerun date)(18Sep55 IMDB)
Guest cast:
John Ireland
Robert Armstrong ... Dowd
John Harmon ........ Ribner
Ross Elliott ....... Howard
Peter Ireland ...... Sammy
Synopsis:
A gunman returns to a small western town to reclaim his son, whom he has not
seen in seven years. But the boy's foster father and the townspeople foil
him in his attempt. [JB]
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