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Hosted by Boris Karloff
Season
2 (NBC) (1961-62)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: James Beer, Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
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NBC Mondays 10:00 pm EST
Hosted by Boris Karloff
2.01 [--] Thriller: WHAT BECKONING GHOST?
18-Sep-61 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford; Story by Harold Lawlor
Directed by Ida Lupino
guest stars
Judith Evelyn ............ Mildred Beaumont
Tom Helmore .............. Eric Beaumont
with
Adele Mara ............... Lydia Adler
Frank Wilcox ............. The Detective
Synopsis:
Mildred Beaumont returns home to convalesce after a siege in the hospital with a heart ailment.
Her husband Eric and sister Lydia do everything to make her comfortable. [RF]
2.02 [--] Thriller: GUILLOTINE
26-Sep-61 NBC Mon
Written by Charles Beaumont; Story by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by Ida Lupino
guest stars
Alejandro Rey ............ Robert Lamont
Danielle de Metz ......... Babette Lamont
Robert Middleton ......... Mansieur De Paris
Gregory Morton ........... Prison Director
Synopsis:
Robert Lamont has been sentenced to death, and his last change hangs on the unwritten
law that a convict is pardoned if the executioner dies on the eve of the execution. [RF]
2.03 [--] Thriller: THE PREMATURE BURIAL
02-Oct-61 NBC Mon
Written by William D. Gordon; Story by Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by Douglas Heyes
guest stars
Patricia Medina .......... Victorine
Boris Karloff ............ Doctor Thorne
Sidney Blackmer .......... Edward Stapleton
with
Scott Marlowe ............ Julian Boucher
William Gordon ........... Doctor March
[--] Thriller: preempted by Westinghouse Presents "The Sound of the Sixties" Special.
09-Oct-1961 NBC Mon
2.04 [--] Thriller: THE WEIRD TAILOR
16-Oct-61 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Bloch; Story by Robert Bloch
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Henry Jones .............. Erik Borg
George Macready .......... Mr. Smith
with
Abraham Sofaer ........... Nicolai
Sondra Kerr .............. Anna Borg
Iphigenie Castiglioni .... Madame Roberti
Stanley Adams ............ Mr. Schwenk
Gary Clarke ........ Arthur Smith
2.05 [--] Thriller: GOD GRANT THAT SHE LYE STILLE
23-Oct-61 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews; Story by Lady Cynthia Asquith
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Sarah Marshall ........... Lady Margaret Clewer
Ronald Howard ............ Dr. Edward Stone
Henry Daniell ............ Vicar Weatherford
with
Victor Buono ............. Dr. Van de Velde
Madeleine Holmes ......... Sarah
Avis Scott ............... Nurse Emmons
Synopsis:
Lady Margaret returns to the ancient manse where her ancestor Elspeth was
burned at the stake three hundred years ago. [RF]
2.06 [--] Thriller: MASQUERADE
30-Oct-61 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford; Story by Henry Kuttner
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest stars
Elizabeth Montgomery ..... Rosamond 'Ros' Denham
Tom Poston ............... Charlie Denham
John Carradine ........... Jed Carta
with
Jack Lambert ............. Len Carta
Dorothy Neumann .......... Ruthie Carta
Synopsis:
A bright young couple named Charlie and Rosamond Denham are caught in a rainstorm
and find themselves in front of a decaying Southern mansion. It looks like the kind of house
where there would be a half-crazed old man and a lot of talk about vampires and that's
just the kind of house it is. [RF]
2.07 [--] Thriller: THE LAST OF THE SOMMERVILLES
06-Nov-61 NBC Mon
Written by Ida Lupino and R.M.H. Lupino
Directed by Ida Lupino
director of photography John F. Warren, A.S.C.
guest stars
Phyllis Thaxter .......... Ursula Sommerville
Boris Karloff ............ Doctor Farnham
with
Martita Hunt ............. Celia Sommerville
Peter Walker ............. Rutherford Sommerville
Chet Stratton ............ Harvey Parchester
*
art director ...... Howard E. Johnson
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danford B. Greene
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... Ben Bishop
sound ...... David H. Moriarty
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
2.08 [--] Thriller: LETTER TO A LOVER
13-Nov-61 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford; Story by Sheridan Gibney
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Ann Todd ................. Sylvia Lawrence
Murray Matheson .......... Andrew Lawrence
with
Felix Deebank ............ Donald Carver
Avis Scott ............... Estelle Webber
Jack Greening ............ Inspector Rogers
Brendon Dillon ........ Coggins
Richard Peel ........ Sergeant Lathrop
*
art director ...... Howard E. Johnson
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danford B. Greene
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... James H. Brown
sound ...... John W. Rixey
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
2.09 [--] Thriller: A THIRD FOR PINOCHLE
20-Nov-61 NBC Mon
Written by Mark Hanna and Boris Sobelman
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest stars
Edward Andrews ........... Maynard Thispin
Doro Merande ............. Melba Pennaroyd
Ann Shoemaker ............ Mrs. Thispin
with
June Walker .............. Diedre Pennaroyd
Burt Mustin .............. The Redcap
Tommy Farrell ............ Messenger
Ken Lynch ................ Lieutenant
Barbara Perry ............ Babs
2.10 [--] Thriller: THE CLOSED CABINET
27-Nov-61 NBC Mon
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol
Directed by Ida Lupino
guest stars
Olive Sturgess ........... Evie Bishop
David Frankham ........... Alan Mervyn
Jennifer Raine ........... Lucy Mervyn
Peter Forster ............ George Mervyn
with
Doris Lloyd ..... Dame Alice
Patricia Manning ......... Lady Beatrice
Isobel Elsom ............. Mrs. Purdy
Myra Carter ....... Maid
Kendrick Huxham ...... Andrews
Molly Glessing ...... Agnes
*
art director ...... Howard E. Johnson
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danford B. Greene
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... John Clarke Bowman
sound ...... John W. Rixey
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
Synopsis:
American Evie Bishop is traveling across England to visit her cousin Lucy.
On the train, Evie tells a woman passenger about cousin Lucy, Lucy's husband
George and their family mansion, Mervyn Castle. [RF]
2.11 [--] Thriller: DIALOGUES WITH DEATH
04-Dec-61 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Arthur; Story by Robert Arthur
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
director of photography Bud Thackery, A.S.C.
guest stars
Boris Karloff ....... Pop Jenkins/Colonel Jackson Beauregard LeJean
Norma Crane ........ Nell LeJean
Ed Nelson ........ Tom Ellison/Daniel LeJean
with
Estelle Winwood ....... Aunt Emily LeJean
William Schallert ....... Professor MacFarland
Ben Hammer ........... Dan
George Kane ....... Harry Jarvis
Jimmy Joyce ........ Ambulance Attendant
*
art director ...... Howard E. Johnson
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danny B. Landres, A.C.E.
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... Ronnie Rondell
sound ...... Earl Crain, Sr.
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
2.12 [--] Thriller: THE RETURN OF ANDREW BENTLEY
11-Dec-61 NBC Mon
Written by Richard Matheson; Story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer
Directed by John Newland
guest stars
John Newland ............. Ellis Corbett
Antoinette Bower ......... Sheila Corbett
with
Philip Bourneuf .......... Dr. Weatherbee
Terence de Marney ........ Amos Wilder
Reggie Nalder ............ Andrew Bentley
Ken Renard ............... Jacob
Tom Hennesey ............. Familiar
Oscar Beregi, Jr. ........ Father Burkhardt
2.13 [--] Thriller: THE REMARKABLE MRS. HAWK
18-Dec-61 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford; Story by Margaret St. Clair
Directed by John Brahm
guest stars
Jo Van Fleet ............ Mrs. Hawk
John Carradine .......... Jason Longfellow
with
Paul Newlan ............. Tom Willetts
Hal Baylor .............. Pete Grogan
Bruce Dern .............. Johnny
James Parnell ........... Al
Martin Eric ............. Larkin
Donald Elson ............ Clemins
Raymond Cavaleri ........ Billy
Synopsis:
Mrs. Hawk has a remarkable talent for raising prize hogs,
but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine. [RF]
2.14 [--] Thriller: PORTRAIT WITHOUT A FACE
25-Dec-61 NBC Mon
Written by Jason Wingreen
Directed by John Newland
guest stars
Jane Greer .............. Ann Moffat
John Newland ............ Robertson Moffat
John Banner ............. Professor Martin Vander Hoven
with
Robert Webber ........... Arthur Henshaw
Katherine Squire ........ Agatha Moffat
George Mitchell ......... Sheriff Pete Browning
Brian Gaffikin .......... Nat Fairchild
Gage Clarke ............. Dr. Josiah Grant
Alberta Nelson .......... Marie Browning
Synopsis:
Artist Robertson Moffat met his death when someone using a medieval crossbow fired
at him through the skylight of his studio. [RF]
2.15 [--] Thriller: AN ATTRACTIVE FAMILY
01-Jan-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Arthur; Story by Robert Arthur
Directed by John Brahm
guest stars
Joyce Bulifant .......... Virginia 'Jinny' Wells
Richard Long ............ Dick Farrington
with
Joan Tetzel ............. Marian Farrington
Otto Kruger ............. Bert Farrington
Leo G. Carroll .......... Major Downey
Will Wright ............. Constable Walker
William Mims ............ George Drake
Paul Barselow ........... Mr. Lamb
2.16 [--] Thriller: WAXWORKS
08-Jan-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Bloch; Story by Robert Bloch
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest stars
Oscar Homolka ........... Pierre Jacquelin
Antoinette Bower ........ Annette Jacquelin
with
Ron Ely ................. Detective Hudson
Alan Baxter ............. Sergeant Dane
Booth Colman ............ Lieutenant Bailey
Martin Kosleck .......... Colonel Bertroux
Amy Fields .............. Irene
J. Pat O'Malley ......... Morgue Attendant
June Kenney ............. Girl
George Spicer ........... Young Man
2.17 [--] Thriller: LA STREGA
15-Jan-62 NBC Mon
Written by Alan Caillou
Directed by Ida Lupino
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Ursula Andress .......... Luana
Alejandro Rey ........... Tonio Bellini
Jeanette Nolan .......... La Strega
with
Ramon Novarro ........... Maestro Giuliano
Frank DeKova ............ Lieutenant Vincoli
Ernest Sarracino ........ Padre Lupari
Rita Conde .............. Woman
*
art director ...... Howard E. Johnson
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danny B. Landres, A.C.E.
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... Donald Barr
sound ...... Earl Crain, Jr.
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
2.18 [--] Thriller: THE STORM
22-Jan-62 NBC Mon
Written by William D. Gordon; Story by McKnight Malmar
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
director of photography John F. Warren, A.S.C.
guest stars
Nancy Kelly ............. Janet Willsom
David McLean ............ Ben Willsom
James Griffith .......... Ed Brandies
David Janssen ........... Man
Jean Carroll ............ Woman
*
art director ...... Frank Arrigo
editorial dept. head ...... David J. O'Connell
film editor ..... Danny B. Landres, A.C.E.
musical supervision ..... Stanley Wilson
set decorators ...... John McCarthy and Julia Heron
graphic arts ...... Jerome Gould
associate producer ..... Doug Benton
assistant director ...... Edward K. Dodds
sound ...... William Russell
costume supervisor ..... Vincent Dee
makeup ........ Jack Barron
hair stylist ...... Florence Bush
2.19 [--] Thriller: A WIG FOR MISS DEVORE
29-Jan-62 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford, August Derleth; Story by August Derleth
Directed by John Brahm
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Patricia Barry .......... Sheila Devore
John Baragrey ........... George Machik
John Fiedler ............ Herbert Bleake
Herbert Rudley .......... Max Quinke
Linda Watkins ........... Arabella Foote
with
Ina Victor .............. Betty
Bernard Fein ............ Lester Clyne
Pamela Searle ........... Meg Peyton
William O'Connell ....... Chester #2
Maurice Dallimore ....... Baker #1
Barry Bernard ........... Chester #1
Kendrick Huxham ......... Bishop
Jonathan Morris ......... Baker #2
2.20 [--] Thriller: THE HOLLOW WATCHER
12-Feb-62 NBC Mon
Written by William F. Claxton
Directed by Jan Sims
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
music score by Sidney Fine & William Lava
guest stars
Audrey Dalton ........... Meg O'Danagh Wheeler
Sean McClory ............ Sean O'Danagh
Warren Oates ............ Hugo Wheeler
Walter Burke ............ Croxton
with
Denver Pyle ............. Ortho Wheeler
Mary Grace Canfield ..... Ally Rose
Norman Leavit ........... Hendricks
Lane Bradford ........... Boles
Eve McVeagh ............. Mrs. Curtis
2.21 [--] Thriller: COUSIN TUNDIFER
19-Feb-62 NBC Mon
Written by Boris Sobelman
Directed by John Brahm
director of photography Bud Thackery, A.S.C.
guest stars
Edward Andrews .......... Miles Tundifer
Sue Ane Langdon ......... Queenie De Lyte
Vaughn Taylor ........... Pontifex Tundifer
with
Howard McNear ........... Jack Passasstroy
Dayton Lummis ........... Millard Braystone
Chet Stratton ........... Alfred Marvin
Jim Bannon .............. Lieutenant
Cyril Delevanti ......... Old Man
Hallene Hill ............ Old Woman
Bart Patton ............. Young Workman
Clem Bevans ............. Old Gaffer
Edgar Dearing ........... Police Sergeant
2.22 [--] Thriller: THE INCREDIBLE DOKTOR MARKESAN
26-Feb-62 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford
Story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer
Directed by Robert Florey
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
music Morton Stevens
guest stars
Dick York ............... Fred Bancroft
Carolyn Kearney ......... Molly Bancroft
Boris Karloff ........... Doktor Konrad Markesan
with
Henry Hunter ............ Professor Angus Holden
Richard Hale ............ Professor Latimer
Basil Howes ............. Professor Charing
Billy Beck .............. Grant
2.23 [--] Thriller: FLOWERS OF EVIL
05-Mar-62 NBC Mon
Written by Barre Lyndon; Story by Hugh Walpole
Directed by John Brahm
guest stars
Luciana Paluzzi ......... Madalena
Kevin Hagen ............. Arno Lunt
Jack Weston ............. Maruice Reynard
with
Vladimir Sokoloff ....... The Janitor
Gregory Gaye ............ President
David Garcia ............ 1st Student
David Whorf ............. 2nd Student
2.24 [--] Thriller: 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
12-Mar-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Bloch; Story by Robert Bloch
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest stars
Henry Jones ............. Carl Somers
Reta Shaw ............... Celia Hooper
Edgar Buchanan .......... Dr. 'Doc' O'Connor
Frances Morris ................ Abbie
with
Philip Ober ............. Elmer Hooper
Jocelyn Brando .......... Myrtle Hooper
Jim Davis ............... The Marshal
Eve McVeagh ................... Bonnie
Phil Arnold ............. Curly
Walker Edmiston ......... Jerry
Delores Wells ........... Flo
Synopsis:
Undertaker Carl Somers' wife Abbie discovers that her husband has been
carrying on an amorous mail correspondence with another woman. When she threatens
to make his life miserable because of it, Carl decides to put in a little overtime. [RF]
2.25 [--] Thriller: THE BRIDE WHO DIED TWICE
19-Mar-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews
Directed by Ida Lupino
director of photography Benjamin H. Kline, A.S.C.
guest stars
Mala Powers ............. Consuelo
Joe De Santis ........... Colonel Sangriento
Eduardo Cianelli ........ General De La Varra
with
Robert Colbert .......... Captain Antonio Fernandez
Carl Don ................ Sergeant Vibora
Peter Brocco ............ Padre Herrera
Alex Montoya ............ Custodian of the Cemetery
Pepe Hern ............... Lt. Contreras
Marya Stevens ........... Proprietor's Wife
Franco Corsaro .......... Monsignor
Natividad Vacio ......... Cantina Proprietor
Alberto Monte ........... 1st Guerilla
Robert Contreras ........ 2nd Guerilla
Synopsis:
Consuelo and Antonio are madly in love and want to marry, against her father's
wishes Consuelo plans to elope when she is captured by the cruel Colonel
who has his own designs on the lovely Consuelo prompting her to fake her death. [RF]
2.26 [--] Thriller: KILL MY LOVE
26-Mar-62 NBC Mon
Written by Donald S. Sanford; Story by Kyle Hunt
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest stars
Richard Carlson ......... Guy Guthrie
K.T. Stevens ............ Olive Guthrie
with
Patricia Breslan ........ Dinah Duffay
Kasey Rogers ............ Anthea Jason
David Kent .............. Julian Guthrie
Amy Douglass ............. Mrs. Carson
Raymond Greenleaf ....... Harold Carson
Larry J. Blake .......... Bartender
Synopsis:
Anthea Jason thinks she has been the "other woman" in Guy Guthrie's
life long enough, and she demands that he tell his wife he wants a divorce. [RF]
2.27 [--] Thriller: MAN OF MYSTERY
02-Apr-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Bloch; Story by Robert Bloch
Directed by John Newland
guest stars
Mary Tyler Moore ........ Sherry Smith
John van Dreelen ........ Joel Stone
William Windom .......... Lou Waters
with
Walter Burke ............ Lucas
Robert Sampson .......... Reporter
Mercedes Shirley ........ Jill Naylor
William Phillips ........ Harry Laxer
Ken Lynch ............... Rudolph
Ralph Clanton ........... Dr. Grail
Willis Bouchey .......... Police Lt. Farnham
Robert Sampson .......... Reporter
Yuki Shimoda ............ Aide
2.28 [--] Thriller: THE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
09-Apr-62 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews
Directed by John English
guest stars
John Anderson ........... Jacob Grant
George Kennedy .......... John Paterson
Jean Engstrom ........... Anne Grant
with
Janet Lake .............. Elsie Evans
Steve Terrell ........... Bruce Evans
Gale Robbins ............ Mary Jerold
Carl Benton Reid ........ Dr. Marcus Graham
Than Wyenn .............. Vane
Clancy Cooper ........... Chief Constable
Clegg Hoyt .............. Kyle
Anthony Jochim .......... Beggar
Diki Lerner ............. Little Jamie
2.29 [--] Thriller: THE LETHAL LADIES
16-Apr-62 NBC Mon
Written by Boris Sobelman; Story by Joseph Payne Brennan
Directed by Ida Lupino
guest stars
Howard Morris ........... Myron Sills/Doctor Bliss
Rosemary Murphy ......... Lavinia Sills/Alice Quimby
with
Pamela Curran ........... Gloria
Ralph Moody ............. Mr. Jacobson
Marjorie Bennett ........ Mercedes
Chet Stratton ........... Mr. Delevant
Jackie Joseph ........... Miss Martin
Jackie Russell .......... Martha Foster
Henry Brandt ............ Mr. Sutter
William Remick .......... Dick Grant
2.30 [--] Thriller: THE SPECIALISTS [Final Episode]
30-Apr-62 NBC Mon
Written by John Kneubuhl; Story by Gordon Ash
Directed by Ted Post
guest stars
Lin McCarthy ............ Peter Duncan
Suzanne Lloyd ........... Helen Coleman
with
Ronald Howard ........... Martin Gresham
Sean McClory ............ Galt
David Frankham .......... Carter
Robert Douglas .......... Mr. Swinburne
Doris Lloyd ............. Landlady
Alan Caillou ............ Police Superintendent
Lauren Gilbert .......... Tracy
Alan Baxter ............. Sheriff Archer
Paddy Edwards ........... Nurse
Jack Greening ........... Specialist
Hedley Mattingly ........ Canadian Man
Richard Peel ............ London Bobby
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