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Starring Patrick McVey (as Steve Wilson) 
Season 3 (CBS) (1952-53) (Filmed)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox,  Heikocleef
references:
TV Guide/  Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

################## Big Town ##################
############## season 3 1952-53 ##############
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CBS Thursdays 9:30pm EST (Film)
Starring:
Patrick McVey (as Steve Wilson #1)
Jane Nigh (as Lorelei Kilbourne #3) 

3.xx [--] Big Town: MOTHER'S DAY   [UCLA]
(c)1952 Lever Brothers Co. Gross-Krasne production. Film Show no. 52.
04Jun53 CBS Thur
producers, Jack J. Gross, Philip N. Krasne ;
director, Duke Goldstone ; writers, E.A. Dupont, David Chantler.
Director of Photography, Harold Stine / Film Editor, Sherman A. Rose;
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson); Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne);
Guest Cast:
Elizabeth Fraser, Ellen Corby, Lynn Stalmaster.
Synopsis:
The woman who sells flowers outside the Illustrated Press office is worried
about her son, who is often engaged in criminal activities, and is spurred
on to crime by his girlfriend. One night, the couple plans to rob a man
riding in the son's taxicab, but the girlfriend shoots and kills a policeman
after the robbery. The son is imprisoned, but everyone feels that since he
is not a bad boy at heart, and that he is learning a trade in prison, that
he will be totally rehabilitated when he gets out of jail.
Commercials: Lifebuoy soap -- Surf detergent with Laraine Day stocking
offer -- Shadow Wave home permanent with Cathy Downs.  [UCLA]

3.xx [--] Big Town: unknown title
18Jun53 CBS Thur
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson); Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne);
Synopsis:
Steve and Lorelei tangle with a notorious undesirable alien who has been
terrorizing influential citizens and their families with threats of violence
and death. [RF]

3.xx [--] Big Town: unknown title
25Jun53 CBS Thur
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson); Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne);
Synopsis:
Steve Wilson delves into the case of a slum youngster who is accused of
theft and assault. [RF]

3.xx [--] Big Town: unknown title
09Jul53 CBS Thur
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson); Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne);
Synopsis:
An eerie voice on a mysterious dictaphone record brings Steve and Lorelei
to a close brush with death. [RF]

3.xx [--] Big Town: unknown title
16Jul53 CBS Thur
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson); Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne);
Synopsis:
Steve and Lorelei engage in a frantic race against time to save a delirious
man from the gas chamber. [RF]

3.xx [--] Big town: THE STORY OF JERRY BAXTER   [UCLA]
(c) 1952. Lever Brothers Co. Gross-Krasne production.
CBS (airdate unknown) (season 1952-53)
producers, Jack J. Gross, Philip N. Krasne ;
director, E.A. Dupont ;
writers, Bertram Millhauser, E.A. Dupont, David Chantler.
Editor, Jack Bacham; photography, John Boyle.
Starring:
Patrick McVey (Steve Wilson), Jane Nigh (Lorelei Kilbourne #3)
Guest Cast:
Michael Miller, Egar Dearing, Crane Whitley, Monica Keating, Jimmy Dodd,
Jack Hagan, Gene Collins, Bill Kimbley, Bruce Marks.
Synopsis:
Reform school lad disappears after being let out on his own recognisance
to go to his mother's funeral.
Commercials: Rinso Soap -- Pepsodent -- Lifebuoy.  [UCLA]

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