The Web (1950-54)

THE WEB (1950)

CBS

Produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman  

Jul 04 1950 to Sep 1954.

Hosted by Jonathan Blake (1950-54)

*All of the plays were adaptations of stories written by members of the Mystery Writers of America.

Live New York based Mystery anthology.

Note: First television series to receive the "Edgar Allan Poe Award" for excellence.

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CBS Wednesdays 9:30-10:00pm Eastern
 

1.01 The Web: THE TWELFTH JUROR

04Jul1950

Hosted by Jonathan Blake

guest cast:

Robert Pastene

John Shay

1.02 The Web: THE ORDERLY MR. APPLEBY

11Jul1950

Hosted by Jonathan Blake

guest cast:

Jonathan Harris

Howard Wierum

Selena Royle

1.03 The Web: THE MEMORY OF MURDER

18Jul1950

Hosted by Jonathan Blake

guest cast:

Warren Stevens

1.04 The Web: SOLO TO SINGAPORE

25Jul1950

Hosted by Jonathan Blake

guest cast:

Berry Kroeger

Guy Spaull

1.05 The Web: HELP WANTED

01Aug1950

guest cast:

Peggy French

Howard Wierum

1.06 The Web: HEAVEN RAN LAST

08Aug1950

Hosted by Jonathan Blake

guest cast:

John McQuade

1.07 The Web: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

15Aug1950

guest cast:

George Reeves

Leslie Nielsen

1.08 The Web: MAN IN THE VELVET HAT

22Aug1950

guest cast:

Vinton Hayworth

Rudolph Justice Watson

Morton Stevens

1.09 The Web: KEY WITNESS

30Aug1950

guest cast:

Diana Douglas

1.10 The Web: DARK CROSS ROADS

06Sep1950

guest cast:

Colin Keith-Johnston

Richard Fraser

1.11 The Web: TALK OF THE TOWN

13Sep1950

guest cast:

George Reeves

Don Hanmer

1.12 The Web: MURDER'S CHALLENGE

20Sep1950

guest cast:

E.G. Marshall

Ralph Bell

1.13 The Web: THE WITNESS

27Sep1950

guest cast:

Richard Kollmar

1.14 The Web: BLESSED ARE THE MEEK

04Oct1950

guest cast:

Peter Capell

Jonathan Harris

Robert Harris

Adelaide Klein

Morton Stevens

1.15 The Web: THE DARK CURTAIN

11Oct1950

guest cast:

John Newland

Haila Stoddard

1.16 The Web: NEVER SAY DIE

18Oct1950

guest cast:

Richard Carlyle

1.17 The Web: JOURNEY BY NIGHT

25Oct1950

guest cast:

Richard Kiley

Marlyn Monk

Richard Webb

1.18 The Web: MIRROR OF DELUSION

01Nov1950

guest cast:

Hugh Franklin

Grace Kelly

Anna Lee

Mary Stuart

1.19 The Web: FIT TO KILL

08Nov1950

guest cast:

Conrad Janis

1.20 The Web: THE BOY

15Nov1950

guest cast:

Jane Seymour

Joey Walsh

1.21 The Web: THE AMATEUR

22Nov1950

guest cast:

Murvyn Vye

1.22 The Web: THE CREEPER

29Nov1950

guest cast:

Gene Lyons

Robert Nelson

Natalie Priest

Mary K. Wells

1.23 The Web: THE DEADLY FRIEND

06Dec1950

guest cast:

Raymond Bramley

E.G. Marshall

Richard Purdy

Jimmy Sommer

1.24 The Web: FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD

13Dec1950

guest cast:

Jean Gillespie

Dennis Harrison

1.25 The Web: THE FRIENDLY HEARTS

20Dec1950

guest cast:

Mildred Dunnock

1.26 The Web: STONE COLD DEAD

27Dec1950

guest cast:

John Carradine

Catherine McLeod

Richard Webb

1.27 The Web: DARK LEGACY

03Jan1951

guest cast:

Kathleen Comegys

Charles Korvin

Audra Lindley

1.28 The Web: THE MAN WHO HAD NO FRIENDS

10Jan1951

guest cast:

Haila Stoddard

1.29 The Web: ESSENCE OF STRAWBERRY

17Jan1951

guest cast:

Sally Gracie

Michael O'Halloran

1.30 The Web: YOU KILLED ELIZABETH

24Jan1951

guest cast:

Leslie Nielsen

Jerome Thor

1.31 The Web: THE CRISIS OF DIRK DIAMOND

31Jan1951

guest cast:

Robert Emhardt

Alfred Ryder

1.32 The Web: THE WALLET

07Feb1951

guest cast:

John Marley

Joey Walsh

1.33 The Web: THREAD OF LIFE

14Feb1951

guest cast:

Meg Mundy

Herbert Rudley

1.34 The Web: FOR LAURA

21Feb1951

guest cast:

Barbara Joyce

Don Briggs

Will Hare

1.35 The Web: STAR WITNESS

28Feb1951

guest cast:

Katharine Bard

Clark Gordon

1.36 The Web: THE SHADOWY MEN

07Mar1951

guest cast:

Audra Lindley

E.G. Marshall

14Mar1951 no details

1.37 The Web: INCIDENT IN A BLIZZARD

21Mar1951

guest cast:

Lynn Loring

Robert Pastene

1.38 The Web: THE GREAT DIAMOND DISCOVERY

28Mar1951

guest cast:

Robert Allen

Guy Sorel

1.39 The Web: GUARDIAN ANGEL

04Apr1951

guest cast:

Edith King

Jerome Thor

1.40 The Web: MR. FISH

11Apr1951

guest cast:

Bert Conway

Preston Hanson

Roland Winters

1.41 The Web: THE DREAM

18Apr1951

guest cast:

Wesley Addy

Lawrence Fletcher

Judith Parrish

1.42 The Web: THE KID'S LAST FIGHT

25Apr1951

guest cast:

Cliff Hall

Russell Hardie

Howard Smith

1.43 The Web: SOLID GOLD

02May1951

guest cast:

Clay Clement

Polly Rowles

1.44 The Web: TROJAN HORSE

09May1951

guest cast:

Joseph Anthony

Jerome Thor

1.45 The Web: THE JUDAS BULLET

16May1951

guest cast:

Mark Daniels

Lawrence Fletcher

Mary Sinclair

1.46 The Web: A SWITCH IN TIME

23May1951

guest cast:

Audrey Christie

Henry Jones

Herbert Rudley

1.47 The Web: COPS MUST BE TOUGH

30May1951

guest cast:

Jack Lemmon

1.48 The Web: ALL THE WAY HOME

06Jun1951

guest cast:

John Randolph

Jane Seymour

1.49 The Web: CHECKMATE

13Jun1951

guest cast:

Jerome Cowan

John Newland

Neva Patterson

1.50 The Web: WANTED, SOMEONE INNOCENT

20Jun1951

guest cast:

Anna Lee

Peter Pagan

1.51 The Web: NO ESCAPE

27Jun1951

guest cast:

Richard Kiley

Judith Parrish

04Jul1951 no details

11Jul1951 no details

1.52 The Web: BREAKUP

18Jul1951

guest cast:

Billy Green

Jim Nolan

25Jul1951 no details

01Aug1951 no details

08Aug1951 no details

1.53 The Web: THE EDGE OF ERROR

15Aug1951

guest cast:

Robert Emhardt

Paul Langton

Beverly Whitney

1.54 The Web: THE DISHONORABLE THIEF

22Aug1951

guest cast:

Eileen Heckart

Henry Jones

1.55 The Web: TOO LATE TO RUN

29Aug1951

guest cast:

Russell Hardie

Judith Parrish

1.56 The Web: THE PRATICAL JOKE

05Sep1951

guest cast:

Maria Riva

Anthony Ross

1.57 The Web: HAND IN GLOVE

12Sep1951

guest cast:

Bertha Belmore

Donald Buka

1.58 The Web: THE CONTRADICTORY CASE

19Sep1951

guest cast:

Donald Curtis

Jack Grimes

Rita Lynn

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CBS Wednesdays 9:30-10:00pm Eastern

2.01 The Web: THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY

26Sep1951

guest cast:

Joseph Anthony

Peter Cookson

Gene Gross

2.02 The Web: ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON

03Oct1951

guest cast:

James Gregory

Henry Jones

Eleanor Wilson

2.03 The Web: VOLCANO

10Oct1951

guest cast:

Russell Hardie

Alfred Ryder

Oliver Thorndike

Lois Wheeler

2.04 The Web: THE HOUSE GUESTS

17Oct1951

guest cast:

Marc Cramer

Lenka Peterson

2.05 The Web: BEYOND THE SEA OF DEATH

24Oct1951

guest cast:

Katharine Bard

Richard Purdy

Ann Shoemaker

2.06 The Web: A MAN DIES

31Oct1951

guest cast:

Jerome Cowan

Reba Tassell

2.07 The Web: HE WAS ASKING FOR YOU

07Nov1951

guest cast:

Patricia Wheel

2.08 The Web: GOLDEN SECRET

14Nov1951

guest cast:

John Carradine

Tamara Geva

21Nov1951 no details

28Nov1951 no details

2.09 The Web: ST. PETERSBURG DILEMMA

05Dec1951

guest cast:

Jerome Cowan

12Dec1951 no details

2.10 The Web: THE MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS RIGHT

19Dec1951

guest cast:

Joseph Anthony

Jack Diamond

2.11 The Web: MODEL MURDER

26Dec1951

guest cast:

John Baragrey

Whit Bissell

02Jan1952 no details

2.12 The Web: AFTER THE FACT

09Jan1952

guest cast:

Leslie Nielsen

2.13 The Web: INDIAN SIGN

16Jan1952

guest cast:

Flora Campbell

Alfred De Leo

Lawrence Fletcher

2.14 The Web: SECOND CHANCE

23Jan1952

guest cast:

Ray Boyle

Christine White

2.15 The Web: HONEYMOON AT THE GRAND

30Jan1952

guest cast:

Rusty Lane

William Redfield

Haila Stoddard

2.16 The Web: WITNESS TO MURDER

06Feb1952

guest cast:

Don Hanmer

Lois Wheeler

2.17 The Web: THE BRASS RING

13Feb1952

guest cast:

Peter Hobbs

Judy Parrish

Edgar Stehli

Perry Wilson

2.18 The Web: SLEEPING DOGS

20Feb1952

guest cast:

James Dean

Anne Jackson

E.G. Marshall

2.19 The Web: FRIENDS OF THE DEVIL

27Feb1952

guest cast:

Frances Helm

2.20 The Web: HEAR FOOTSTEPS

05Mar1952

guest cast:

Peter Cookson

Beatrice Straight

2.21 The Web: THE PHANTOM OF THE BRIDGE

12Mar1952

guest cast:

Bobby Santon

2.22 The Web: DEATH MASK

19Mar1952

guest cast:

Betty Field

Luella Gear

Tom Helmore

2.23 The Web: NEMESIS

26Mar1952

guest cast:

Edmon Ryan

2.24 The Web: THE TERRIBLE TRUTH

02Apr1952

guest cast:

Patricia Crowley

09Apr1952 no details

2.25 The Web: RX DEATH

16Apr1952

guest cast:

Edward Binns

Peter Hobbs

2.26 The Web: PRELUDE TO MURDER

23Apr1952

guest cast:

Paul Langton

2.27 The Web: BROKEN DATE

30Apr1952

guest cast:

Ian Martin

William Redfield

2.28 The Web: THE HANDCUFF

07May1952

guest cast:

Joseph Anthony

Mildred Dunnock

2.29 The Web: KILL WITH KINDNESS

14May1952

guest cast:

Sidney Blackmer

Charles Dingle

2.30 The Web: THE PERFECT OUT

21May1952

guest cast:

Whit Bissell

Virginia Vincent

Richard Webb

2.31 The Web: THE VANISHED HOURS

28May1952

guest cast:

James Daly

Anne Jackson

Anne Seymour

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CBS Sundays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern

3.01 The Web: DEADLOCK
28Sep1952
guest cast:
Eli Wallach
Dennis Patrick (as Dennis Harrison)
Synopsis:
A reckless man is caught in a mesh of circumstances beyond his control. [RF]

3.02 The Web: HOMECOMING
05Oct1952
starring
Robert Sterling
Richard Webb
Lois Wheeler

3.03 The Web: TIGER IN THE CLOSET
12Oct1952
starring
Hurd Hatfield
Malcolm Keene
Kathleen Comegys

3.04 The Web: SHADOW ON THE SUN
19Oct1952
starring
Joseph Anthony
Perry Wilson
Jimmy Sommer
Synopsis:
The story of an ambitious haberdashery clerk whose greed almost destroys his family. [RF]

3.05 The Web: THE KEYHOLE
26Oct1952
starring
Audra Lindley
James Gregory
Luella Gear
Susan Halloran
Joseph Roland (aka Joseph Barbera)
Lloyd Richards

3.06 The Web: K FOR KILLER
02Nov1952
starring
Carmen Mathews
Mark Rydell
Synopsis:
The story of a high school hero innocently trapped in a maze of circumstances that turn his popularity
into shameful notoriety.

3.07 The Web: TURN BACK
09Nov1952
starring
Darren McGavin
Joan Copeland

3.08 The Web: THE SWITCH
16Nov1952
starring
Jerome Cowan
Flora Campbell
Paul Potter
Synopsis:
A case of mistaken identity leads to murder and intrigue. [RF]

3.09 The Web: THE UNAFRAID
23Nov1952
starring
Joey Walsh
Robert F. Simon
Clifford Guest

3.10 The Web: BEST OF EVERYTHING
30Nov1952
starring
Dean Harens
Bill Berrian
Connie Clausen

3.11 The Web: BACKFIRE
07Dec1952
starring
James Daly
Raimonda Orselli
William Sharon

3.12 The Web: NIGHT ALONE
14Dec1952
starring
Carol Wheeler
Howard St. John
Russell Collins

3.13 The Web: FATAL ALIBI
21Dec1952
starring
Byron Sterling
Bramwell Fletcher
Patricia Wheel

3.14 The Web: THE TOWER
28Dec1952
starring
Sidney Blackmer
Joan Loring
John Hudson

3.15 The Web: STRANGER IN THE PARK
04Jan1953

3.16 The Web: THE BEAST
11Jan1953
written by A.J. Russell
directed by Herb Hirschman
guest cast:
Ed Binns
Ben Cooper
Dick Webb
Dodie Heath
Stuart Germain
John Boyd
Alexander Lockwood
Stephen Ellis

3.17 The Web: MIDNIGHT GUEST
18Jan1953
starring
Patricia Collinge

3.18 The Web: DARK MEETING
25Jan1953
written by Paul Monash
guest cast:
Alan Bunce
Edwin Cooper
Harry Townes
John Shellie
Arthur Batanades
Norma Burton
Donnie Dilworth
Helen Marcy
Synopsis:
A dark past returns to haunt a business man caught in a gangster's web of revenge and greed. [RF]

3.19 The Web: LONG SHOT
01Feb1953
written by A.J. Russell
guest cast:
Joan Loring
Eli Mintz
Joe Maross
Robert Dryden
Harry Bellaver
Donald Harris
Anne Gerard
Rusty Lane
Synopsis:
A young housewife whose devotion to gambling on horse races threatens her husband's career. [RF]

3.20 The Web: TIME FOR THE PIPER
08Feb1953
written by James Costigan
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Michael Higgins
John McLiam
Adrienne Corri
John Hamilton

3.21 The Web: THE PATSY
15Feb1953
starring
Warren Stevens
Constance Ford

3.22 The Web: THE LAST CHANCE
22Feb1953
Narrated by William Bryant
guest cast:
Jack Palance
Eva Marie Saint
Synopsis:
After a robbery, Pete Boran contacts a waterfront hoodlum to help him arrange passage on a boat going to South America.
While waiting for the ship, Pete hides out at a boarding house and there meets a young girl who changes his life. [RF]

3.23 The Web: THE REAL THING
01Mar1953
adapted by Helene Hanff
story by Will Jenkins
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Brandon de Wilde
Russell Hardie
William Zuckert
Alfred Hopson
Susan Hallaran
Frederick de Wilde
Charles Rae King
Jim Zernecke
Synopsis:
A 10-year-old boy is instrumental in the capture of two bank robbers. [RF]

3.24 The Web: A TIME FOR DYING
08Mar1953
written by Ben Rudin
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Joseph Schildkraut
Ray Walston
Martin Kosleck
Natalie Thompson
Peter Gumeny
Wesley Lau
John Boyd
John Shay

3.25 The Web: THE JOKE
15Mar1953
guest cast:
Mary Sinclair
Wesley Addy
Berry Kroeger
Synopsis:
The story tells of a jilted suitor who seeks revenge through a practical joke which backfires. [RF]

3.26 The Web: THE CURVE
22Mar1953
written by A.J. Russell
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Michael Higgins
Stephen Elliott
Rosemary Pettit
Frank Campanella
Beppy de Vries
Jerry Rockwood
Linda Joyce

3.27 The Web: PASSPORT TO PERIL
29Mar1953

3.28 The Web: A CRY OF TRUMPETS
05Apr1953
starring
Ray Danton

3.29 The Web: THE BOY IN THE FRONT ROW
12Apr1953
starring
Mildred Dunnock
James Lipton
Jane Seymour
Synopsis:
A young fugitive from the police seeks sanctuary in the hunting lodge of a former teacher. [RF]

3.30 The Web: FAIR WARNING
19Apr1953
starring
Virginia Gilmore
James Gregory
Synopsis:
A jewel robbery leads police on a merry investigation. [RF]

3.31 The Web: A TIME FOR HATE
26Apr1953
written by Art Wallace
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Jessie Royce Landis
John Baragrey
Marian Russell
Haskell Coffin
Raymond Bailey
Synopsis:
A man returns from the grave to upset the lives of a domineering woman and her daughter. [RF]

3.32 The Web: SOMEWHERE IN KOREA
03May1953
Synopsis:
The story of a group of UN soldiers in a North Korean prison camp who attempt to escape. [RF]

3.33 The Web: THE THIRTY-SECOND FLOOR
10May1953
guest cast:
James Daly
Synopsis:
The story of a district attorney and his ambitious assistant and how they take sides in a struggle
between crime and order. [RF]

3.34 The Web: A FAIR EXCHANGE
17May1953
guest cast:
John Newland
Eva Marie Saint
Augusta Dabney
Synopsis:
A man is repaid by the law of retribution when his worship of a beautiful face destroys his home,
happiness and future. [RF]

3.35 The Web: TROUBLE AT SAN RIVERA
24May1953
Synopsis:
A hi-jacked car, a killing in a freight car and a boy trying to runaway, all contribute to a girl's trouble. [RF]

3.36 The Web: A MATTER OF VENGEANCE
31May1953
written by Ben Radin
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
John Raby
Alan Webb
Guy Spaull
Mercer McLeod
Basil Howes
Synopsis:
The search for revenge goes from Rangoon to London where a supposed suicide ends the quest for justice. [RF]

3.37 The Web: A PERFECT IMITATION
07Jun1953
guest cast:
Ed Begley
John Kerr
Luis Van Rooten
Synopsis:
What happens when a young millionaire who is looking for his father meets an old derelict looking
for his fortune? [RF]

3.38 The Web: DEAR SISTER
14Jun1953
Synopsis:
A wealthy woman is imprisoned in her own home by a man who comes back from the grave. [RF]

3.39 The Web: THE UNSEEN
21Jun1953
written by Helene Hanff
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Bert Remsen
Marion Russell
Julienne Hendricks
Logan Ramsey
Elmer Lehr
Richard France
William Zuckert
Frank Corsaro
Synopsis:
Story of two young television performers and their frightening persecution by an unseen assailant. [RF]

3.40 The Web: ENCORE
28Jun1953
written by Nelson Gidding
guest cast:
Jerome Cowan
Felicia Montealegre
Robert Emmett
Olive Blakeney
Jane Rose
Synopsis:
In a desperate move to save his career, an impresario takes a girl from jail to prepare her for a career
as concert pianist. [RF]

3.41 The Web: A CASE OF ESCAPE
05Jul1953
guest cast:
Ben Gazzara
Leora Dana
Augusta Merighi
Synopsis:
A young man running from the law discovers that his father faced the same problem thirty years earlier. [RF]

3.42 The Web: THE LINE OF DUTY
12Jul1953
guest cast:
Richard Kiley
Synopsis:
A detective is assigned to track down a murderer and gets a surprise when he finds him. [RF]

3.43 The Web: THE BELLS OF DAMON
19Jul1953
guest cast:
James Costigan
Paul Newman
Synopsis:
The son of a college dean teaches his father the meaning of the word "integrity" when his friend is
murdered on the campus. [RF]

3.44 The Web: THE BADGER GAME
26Jul1953
guest cast:
John Raitt
Harry Townes
Synopsis:
A meek professor meets a brassy blonde in a run-down hotel and murder follows. [RF]

3.45 The Web: LIKE FATHER
02Aug1953
written by Art Wallace
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Mildred Dunnock
George Mathews
David Winters
Alan Devitt
Tony Brande

3.46 The Web: DEATH SENTENCE
09Aug1953
guest cast:
Eric Dressler
Beverly Whitney

3.47 The Web: END OF THE LINE
16Aug1953
guest cast:
Jayne Meadows
Rick Jason
Harold J. Stone
Synopsis:
The story of racketeers who get caught in the toils of the law, doublecross each other. [RF]

3.48 The Web: RAINY DAY
23Aug1953
guest cast:
Susan Hallaran
Synopsis:
Two youngsters playing a telephone game learn all about murder. [RF]

3.49 The Web: SPEAK NO EVIL
30Aug1953
written by Eileen Pollock & Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Mildred Dunnock
Ted Osborne
Bartlett Robinson
William Sharon
Joe Maross
Douglas Rutherford
Synopsis:
A nearly fatal accident brings to light a strange secret which is known only by a man who cannot speak. [RF]

3.50 The Web: THE LAKE
06Sep1953
guest cast:
Henry Jones

3.51 The Web: YOU'VE GOT TO STOP SOMETIME
13Sep1953
guest cast:
Terry Becker
Jennie Goldstein
Synopsis:
Jennie Goldstein, beloved star of the Yiddish Theatre plays the mother of a young man who alters his voice
and identity but finds he cannot change himself. [RF]
 

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CBS Sundays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern

4.01 The Web: ONE FOR THE ROAD

20Sep1953

guest cast:

Wally Brown

Paul Newman

Grace Raynor

4.02 The Web: COMBINATION FOR MURDER

27Sep1953

adapted by Helene Hanff

story by Patrick Quentin

directed by Lela Swift

guest cast:

Evelyn Varden

Ray Walston

Eric Fleming

Patricia Smith

Ann Thomas

Simon Oakland

Ted Erwin

4.03 The Web: A DESIGN OF EXECUTION

04Oct1953

guest cast:

Marjorie Gateson

Gene Lyons

J. Pat O'Malley

4.04 The Web: KIND STRANGER

11Oct1953

guest cast:

Joan Copeland

Richard Kiley

4.05 The Web: CAVE OF CHAMBEREY

18Oct1953

guest cast:

Hildy Parks

4.06 The Web: STRANGE SANCTUARY

25Oct1953

guest cast:

E.G. Marshall

4.07 The Web: THE WINNER

01Nov1953

written by Art Wallace

directed by Herbert Hirschman

guest cast:

Frank McHugh

Jerome Kilty

Marilyn Monk

Henry Lascoe

John Shay

Roy Johnson

Royal Beal

4.08 The Web: THE PERFECT WIFE

08Nov1953

guest cast:

June Dayton

Joe Maross

4.09 The Web: THE LEECH

15Nov1953

guest cast:

Wesley Addy

4.10 The Web: THE WORLD MY CAGE

22Nov1953

guest cast:

James Costigan

Maureen Hurley

Mildred Natwick

4.11 The Web: THE SCRAP

29Nov1953

guest cast:

Dino Di Luca

4.13 The Web: FIGURINE

13Dec1953

written by Richard Wendley

directed by Herbert Hirschman

guest cast:

Eric Dressler

Dorothy Donahue

Frank Albertson

Henry Hull

Synopsis:

A pampered wife proves her worth when her husband is confronted by

 bankruptcy and a seemingly open and shut case of arson. [RF]

4.14 The Web: THE CLOSING NET

20Dec1953

guest cast:

Phyllis Kirk

4.15 The Web: THE BLUE BOTTLE

27Dec1953

guest cast:

Catherine McLeod

4.16 The Web: ENOUGH ROPE

03Jan1954

guest cast:

Louise Allbritton

Synopsis:

A stage star's conniving understudy finds a plot which is a perfect set-up

 for carrying out scheme to further her own ambitions. [RF]

FIGURINE (rebroadcast from 13Dec53)

10Jan1954

4.18 The Web: THE HUNTED

17Jan1954

written by Sidney Edelstein

directed by Lela Swift

guest cast:

Ross Martin

Mary Alice Moore

Guy Raymond

Howard St. John

Synopsis:

An unfaithful wife lures her husband into a death trap on a hunting trip. [RF]

4.19 The Web: THE BARRIER

24Jan1954

guest cast:

Royal Dano

Bill Zuckert

31Jan1954 no details

4.20 The Web: A HANDFUL OF STARS

07Feb1954

guest cast:

Arthur Franz

Cloris Leachman

Patty McCormack

Stephen Chase

Synopsis:

A disillusioned young widow turns to a Broadway gangster in her grief. [RF]

4.21 The Web: ROCK-BOUND

14Feb1954

guest cast:

Chester Morris

Howard St. John

Mike Wallace

4.22 The Web: PAPER DOLL

21Feb1954

written by Art Wallace

directed by Herb Hirschman

guest cast:

Wynne Gibson

Pat Harrington

Marian Russell

Tony Brande

James Bender

Hal Burdick

Morton L. Stevens

Myrtle Hebard

4.23 The Web: THE CIRCLE CLOSES

28Feb1954

guest cast:

Rosalind Ivan

Ann Dere

Synopsis:

An unexpected visitor unmasks the perpetrator of a double crime. [RF]

4.24 The Web: SHEEP'S CLOTHING

07Mar1954

guest cast:

Christopher Plummer

4.25 The Web: A PIECE OF GRAY CLOTH

14Mar1954

guest cast:

James Dunn

Synopsis:

A young parolee is unjustly convicted for an auto fatality. [RF]

4.26 The Web: NIGHT FARE

21Mar1954

written by Everard W. Meade

guest cast:

Ray Walston

Robert Emhardt

Rudy Bond

Michael Ingram

Daniel Keyes

Arthur Batanides

Tom Gorman

Synopsis 1:

A taxi cab driver with an intoxicated fare finds himself involved in an international plot. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Taxi-driver with an intoxicated fare becomes involved in an international plot. [RF]

28Mar1954 no details

4.27 The Web: STOPOVER

04Apr1954

written by Von Stuart

guest cast:

Kay Medford

Grant Richards

Ann Shoemaker

Grace Raynor

Louise Miley

Michael Tolan

Synopsis:

Desperados terrorize the inhabitants of a home for girls. [RF]

4.28 The Web: SCAPEGOAT

11Apr1954

written by John McGreevey

guest cast:

Ben Astar

Jennifer Howard

Lawrence Weber

Grant Williams

Phil Sterling

Miriam Wolfe

Joseph Leon

18Apr1954 no details

4.29 The Web: SNOW

25Apr1954

written by Art Wallace

guest cast:

Pat McVey

Eddie Firestone

Audra Lindley

Bernard Grant

Synopsis:

Three men with violently conflicting interests are trapped in

 an isolated cabin during an Alaskan blizzard. [RF]

4.30 The Web: GRAND FINALE

02May1954

written by Art Wallace

guest cast:

Lisa Ferraday

Henry Lascoe

Jack Lord

Jet MacDonald

Rudolf Weiss

James Bender

Ronald Dawson

Synopsis:

A dejected and aging opera star becomes involved in a tragic backstage drama. [RF]

4.31 The Web: BLINDMAN'S BLUFF

09May1954

written by Sandy Sanderson

guest cast

Pat Englund

Harold J. Stone

James Nolan

O.Z. Whitehead

Jeff Harris

4.32 The Web: THE BRUSH-OFF

16May1954

written by John McGreevey

guest cast:

Paul Langton

Audra Lindley

Buzzy Martin

Janet Fox

William Post Jr.

William Sharon

Synopsis:

A boy idolizes his father who is in prison. He tries to aid him in a prison break. [RF]

 4.33 The Web: THE PRIMITIVE TOUCH
23May1954
Synopsis:
A very bad young painter is puzzled because his paintings are in great demand. [RF]

4.34 The Web: DEATH HAS NINE LIVES

30May1954

written by Hal Hackady

guest cast:

Robert Webber

Haila Stoddard

June Dayton

Katherine Raht

Lynne Rogers

Ted Chapman

Synopsis:

The entire community believes the evil rumors it hears about a new couple in town.

 When the couple's goodwill housekeeping party turns to disaster, the town is sure it was right. [RF]

4.35 The Web: TOP GUN

06Jun1954

guest cast:

Dickie Moore
Alfred Hopson
Carl Albertson
Synopsis:
The story of an aging gunfighter who must prove to himself and to his wife

 that he has not lost his courage and skill for which he was once famous. [RF]
 

4.36 The Web: HURRICANE COMING

13Jun1954

guest cast:

Kurt Kasznar

Maria Riva

4.37 The Web: LOOK AT THE CLOWN

20Jun1954

written by James P. O'Neill

directed by Hirschman

guest cast:

Henry Lascoe

Paul Lipson

Betty McCormack

Patty McCormack

Sarah Fussell

Tani Seitz

William Berrian

William Sharon

4.38 The Web: MISSING PERSON

27Jun1954

guest cast:

James Daly

4.39 The Web: MY SISTER'S KEEPER

04Jul1954

written by Marjorie Duhan Adler

directed by Lela Swift

guest cast:

Joan Diener

Phyllis Hill

Douglas Odney

Grace Valentine

Synopsis:

One sister insists on borrowing everything that belongs to the other, finally including her boyfriend.

 This time she's carried things a bit too far. [RF]

4.40 The Web: THE TREADMILL

11Jul1954

guest cast:

Carroll Baker

Phyllis Love

Mark Roberts

4.41 The Web: THE TROUBLE WITH DIAMONDS

18Jul1954

guest cast:

Joseph Buloff

Harry Townes

4.42 The Web: A NAME FOR DEATH

25Jul1954

written by Sigmund A. Stoler

directed by Lela Swift

guest cast:

Leora Dana

Frederic Worlock

Charles Nolte

Mary Alice Moore

Russell Hicks

Lee Bergere

Merrill E. Joels

Myrtle Hebard

Gwilym Williams

Synopsis:

A secretary who forges the name of her blind employer in order to steal small

amounts of money discovers that she could have had far more had she been less clever. [RF]

4.43 The Web: I'LL BUY A DREAM

01Aug1954

guest cast:

Patricia Breslin

Biff McGuire

Cameron Prud'Homme

4.44 The Web: MATTER OF DEGREE

08Aug1954

written by Norman Daniels

directed by Lela Swift

guest cast:

Joe Maross

Bert Freed

Georgann Johnson

Synopsis:

A young man confesses to self-defense homicide, but police produce three

witnesses who claim he wasn't even on the scene at the time of the crime.  [RF]

15Aug1954 no details

4.45 The Web: THE BAIT

22Aug1954

guest cast:

Betsy Palmer

Alan Bunce

Patrick O'Neal

Henry Lascoe

Synopsis:

The young wife of an elderly western rancher finds herself in a cruel predicament

 when she seeks romance through a drifter who stops at their home. The drifter

wants to smuggle 'wetbacks' across the border. [RF]

4.46 The Web: THE HOUSE

29Aug1954

written by Art Wallace

directed by Herb Hirschman

guest cast:

Charles Dingle ..... Walt
Joanna Roos ........ Elizabeth
Marian Russell ..... Louise
Jamie Smith ........ Joe
Nelson Olmsted
George Eveling
Synopsis 1:
An elderly woman refuses to leave the memory-filled ramshackle house

 in which she's spent the past 25 years. She comes face-to-face with the

 past when an old wanderer returns to pay her a visit. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A woman who has kept a secret for 25 years receives a shock

on the eve of her daughter's marriage. [RF]
 

4.47 The Web: CRACKPOT

05Sep1954

Guest cast:

Phyllis Kirk ....... Meg Loomis
Charles Aidman ..... Ray
Paul Lipson ........ Mr. Moon
Rudulph Justice Watson .... Glenn
Jack Diamond ....... Max
Synopsis:
An ice cream stain on the suit of a stranger develops into a murder

threat that disrupts a young couple's honeymoon. [RF]
 

4.48 The Web: A SENSE OF HONOR

12Sep1954

written by Sigmund A. Stoler

guest cast:

Lori March

Bart Burns

Synopsis:

A young married woman whose husband assumes her responsibility for a hit and run

 accident finds that she can make him answerable for even graver charges. [RF]

4.49 The Web: THE FACE ON THE SHADOW

19Sep1954

guest cast:

Fay Bainter

4.50 The Web: WELCOME HOME

26Sep1954

guest cast:

Jim Backus

Biff McGuire

Joanne Woodward

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