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aka "Award Theatre"
Season
3 (NBC) (1959-60)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti,
Jim Brent, Rina Fox, Mark Young
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
############ Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre ##########
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Screen Gems, Inc.
(most eps)
Briskin Productions, Inc. (1 carry over ep from previous season)
Half-hour format
NBC Mondays 9:30-10:00 pm
"Alcoa Theatre" alternated with "Goodyear Theatre"
under the umbrella title "Award Theatre"
3.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: STORY WITHOUT A MORAL
14Sep1959 NBC Mon
Briskin Productions (carry over episode from previous season)
guest stars
Brian Aherne ........ James Rupert/James Spencer
Kurt Kasznar
Celia Lovsky
Synopsis:
Artist James Rupert, adept at copying masterpieces, is starving and facing
eviction in Vienna at the time of Nazi Terror. When a wealthy woman asks him
to copy one of her famous paintings so that she can secretly keep the original.
Then the woman can no longer tell which is the copy. [JB]
3.02 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR
(aka How's Business)
21Sep1959 NBC Mon
Producer William Sackheim
Teleplay by Howard Rodman
Story by Nate Monaster
Directed by Walter Grauman
guest stars
Jack Carson ........ Augie Adams
Jesse White ........ John Burke
Jean Gillespie ..... Joyce Adams
Flip Mark .......... Robbie Adams
Dorothy Crider
Lester Dorr
Jeane Wood
Ralph Gamble
3.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HELLO CHARLIE
Screen Gems production
28Sep1959 NBC Mon
Producer Anthony Wilson
Teleplay by Ben Hecht
Based on a book by Ben Hecht
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Director of photography Wilfred M. Cline
Editor Richard Brockway
Narrator Ben Hecht
guest stars
Tony Randall ...... Charlie MacArthur
John Dehner ...... Walter Howey
Walter Burke
Joe E. Ross
Stanley Adams
Jon Lormer
Sara Taft
Jason Johnson
Nesdon Booth
Wendy Winkelman
Synopsis:
Charlie gets two safe-crackers temporarily released from jail. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Reporter Charlie MacArthur gets two safe-crackers temporarily released from
jail.
3.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OPERATION SPARK
05Oct1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
David Wayne ........ Major General Von Tresckow
John Larch ....... Colonel Brand
John Hoyt ....... Field Marshal von Kluge
Lamont Johnson ....... Von Schlabrendorff
Grandon Rhodes ....... General Beck
Synopsis:
Major General Von Tresckow masterminds a plot to assassinate Hitler with a bomb. [RF]
3.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE INCORRIGIBLES
12Oct1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
Paul Douglas ........ Harvey Otis
Danny Richards Jr. ....... Steve Komak
Francis DeSales ....... Judge Leon Alda
Synopsis:
Con man Harvey Otis and juvenile delinquent Steve Komak are paroled in
each other's custody and told that if one breaks the law both will be held responsible.
Al old acquaintance of Harvey's attempts to involve him in a robbery. [RF]
3.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ANY FRIEND OF JULIE'S
19Oct1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
Leslie Nielsen ........ Ray Stuart
Vanessa Brown ....... Paula King
Regis Toomey ....... Finn Curran
Robert F. Simon ....... Julian Webb
Synopsis:
After the death of playwright Julian Webb, Ray Stuart tries to prove he
has ghost-written all of Webb's plays. [RF]
3.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TOM, DICK, AND HARRY
26Oct1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
Gene Nelson ........ Tom
Joe Mantell ....... Dick
Howard McNear ...... Harry
Marvin Kaplan ....... Sid
Shirley Mitchell ....... Hazel
3.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DAY THE
DEVIL HID
02Nov1959 NBC Mon
guest stars
Peter Lind Hayes ....... J. Dunkin Wynn
Robert Gist ............ Walter Parker
Philip Ahn ............. Chun Boo Soon
Dub Taylor ............. Barney Place
Synopsis:
J. Dunkin Wynn's letters to his foster daughter, a Korean orphan, have told her
that he's in the Navy. Just before the girl arrives in San Francisco to meet him.
Wynn is jailed because of his real occupation - he is a bookmaker. [RF]
3.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GOLDEN SHANTY
09Nov1959 NBC Mon (rerun 06Jun60)
Executive producer William Sackheim
Producer Winston O’Keefe
Written by Jameson Brewer
Story by Edward G. Dyson
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Director of photography Henry Freulich
Editor Richard K. Brockway
Music by Irving Friedman
guest stars
Errol Flynn ....... Doc Boatwright
Patricia Barry ........ Adie
Peter Hansen ........ Mike Walker
James McCallion ....... Hermie Schneider
Fred E. Sherman .... Petey
Juney Ellis ........ Myra
Synopsis 1:
Dr. Boatwright is a snake oil salesman in the old west who likes to con people
until he gets challenged. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
On his return to Nuggett City, a traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright is
spotted
by Adie Walker, who'd been conned into buying Boatwright's un-prosperous saloon. [RF]
3.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SMALL BOUQUET
16Nov1959
guest stars
Howard Duff ........ Joe Kane
Barbara Bain ....... Judy Coyne
Betsy Jones-Moreland ... Harriet MacLore
Joey Forman ........ Dick Ravenna
Bibi Osterwald ..... Sarah Ponmair
Bill Quinn ......... Gene MacNeill
Miiko Taka ......... Nika Shioya
Jack Orrison ....... Caretaker
3.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: POINT OF IMPACT
23Nov1959
guest stars
Peter Lawford ......... Major John Marshall
Dennis Patrick ........ Captain Fred Henry
Warren Stevens ........ Major Gorman
Judson Pratt ........ Colonel Holt
Synopsis:
Major John Marshall abandons his damaged plane,
which crashes into a house and kills two children. [RF]
3.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SHADOW OF EVIL
30Nov1959
guest stars
Cliff Robertson ....... Parker Sefton
David Brian ....... Bard Kanger
3.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: 333 MONTGOMERY STREET
07Dec1959 (rerun 13Jun1960)
guest stars
DeForest Kelley ........ Jake Brittin
Tol Avery ....... Judge
Joanna Barnes ........ Eve Fremont
Joanne Davis ........ Liz
Tom Greenway ........ Captain Quincy
Doug DeCosta .......... Officer Collins
Steve Peck ......... Frank Piper
Richard Shannon ......... Prosecutor
Synopsis 1:
Eve Fremont picks up hoodlum Frank Piper. Then she accuses him of making advances. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Jake Brittin (Kelley) is a San Francisco defense attorney opposed to the death penalty.
He agrees to defend Frank Piper, a defendant charged with murdering society
lady Eve Fremont's husband. Piper's story is that she had been carrying on a
relationship with him, and after a quarrel she promised to "fix him good." Later
she invited him to her place, and when he came in, she screamed. Her angry
husband came at him, he fired a warning shot into the floor, the husband kept
coming, and Piper fired three more shots into the husband before he finally was
able to run away. The warning shot would make it manslaughter, not murder.
At the trial, Eve's story is that Piper had been stalking her, broke into her house
and murdered her husband. She testifies that only three shots were fired. Quincy
confirms that no fourth bullet was found. Jake obtains a recess, giving him time to
sneak over to the crime scene. By re-enacting the shooting he discovers that there
was indeed a fourth bullet, which has been deliberately hidden. He gets Quincy to
come over and discover the bullet himself by making snide comments about him
withholding evidence. There's a final court scene of Jake wrapping up his argument,
waxing eloquent about reasonable doubt... especially reasonable doubt about an
upper class woman flirting with a working class man. The jury return a verdict of
manslaughter. At this point there's an odd little bit that makes Jake a rather less
likeable character -- he refuses to shake his client's hand, giving him a disgusted look,
and goes off to chum it up with the prosecutor. [RF]
*Note: This was the pilot episode of an unsold series written by Gene Roddenberry.
It was based on the book Never Plead Guilty by San Francisco criminal lawyer Jake Ehrlich.
The series Sam Benedict, based on Ehrlich, was eventually produced and aired for one year, 1962-63.
3.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LONG HOUSE ON AVENUE A
14Dec1959
guest stars
Henry Silva ............ Tom Longman
Susan Oliver ........... Bernice Davis
Eugene Iglesias ........ Joey
Richard Hale ........... Old John
Henry Amargo ........... Construction Worker [MY]
Synopsis:
Tom Longman is a Mohawk Indian working with other tribesmen on the construction
of a skyscrapper. Tom reports a fellow worker, an Indian, for drinking on the job and
receives a promotion. His tribesmen, however, take Tom
to task for breaking a tribal custom. [RF]
3.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LADY BUG
21Dec1959
guest stars
Thomas Mitchell ........ Sarge
Michel Petit ........... Benny
Charles Lane ........... Adam
Synopsis:
Sarge, an elderly checkers champ, can be beaten by only one person - Benny,
a seven year old boy. When a local story offers a large sum of money to anyone
who can beat a robot at checkers, Sarge decides to
match Benny against the machine. [RF]
3.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE HAND
28Dec1959
guest stars
Robert Loggia ....... Tom Grant
Miriam Colon ....... Alma
Joe Sullivan ....... Detective Harmon
Pete Candoli ....... Johnny
3.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OMAHA BEACH --
PLUS 15
04Jan1960
guest stars
Cameron Mitchell ... Larry Morris
Jacqueline Scott ... Helen Morris
Joe Mantell ........ Joe Gardella
Willard Sage ....... Major Ralph Phillips
3.18 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ACTION OFF SCREEN
11Jan1960
guest stars
George Maharis ..... Johnny Cesare
Patricia Owens ..... Kay Armory White
Henry Lascoe ....... Nicky Pasta
3.19 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: BIRTHRIGHT
18Jan1960 (rerun 20Jun60)
guest stars
Eli Wallach ....... Joseph Lanowski
Martin Balsam ............ Joe Lane
Kay Stewart ....... Catherine
Frank Maxwell ....... Paul Firko
Sam Flint ........ Father Belice
Synopsis:
Czech-born Mr. and Mrs. Lanowski and their American-born son Joseph left
the United States during the Depression. After the war, a Joseph Lanowski comes to
the States, marries and changes his name to Lane. Later, another Joseph Lanowski
tries to enter the country. [RF]
3.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LAST FLIGHT OUT
25Jan1960
guest stars
Dorothy Malone ..... Ann St. Martin
Edward Binns ....... Major Robert Fielding
Robert Vaughn ...... Lt. Dave Hutchins
Paul Bryar ......... Corporal
Suey Chan .......... Mork
Allen Jung ......... Mr. Wong
Sam Buffington ..... Shabby American
3.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CAPITAL GAINS
01Feb1960
guest stars
Joanne Dru ....... Kate Ballister
Rod Taylor ...... Alan Ballister
Dan Tobin ....... Van Loeffler
John Graham ...... Carleton Pike
Harvey Johnson ....... Harold Combs
Peggy Moffitt ....... Dodie Charles
Charles E. Fredericks ....... Harry Ruysdael
Lillian Culver ....... Mrs. Spaulding
Maida Severn ....... Miss Cope
Synopsis:
A TV writer who's left penniless, courtesy of taxes and alimony. He's talked into
forming a corporation and selling stock -- in himself -- to raise money. He makes
himself and his stockholders wealthy while he churns out TV fare. Writer's block
sends him back into dire financial straits. But his ex-wife has played the stock
market shrewdly, to the good fortune of them both. [RF]
3.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MINISTER ACCUSED
08Feb1960
guest stars
Steve Forrest ...... Minister Mark Fordham
Julie Adams ........ Betty Fordham
Olive Deering ...... Mrs. Stacey
3.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MORNING BOAT TO AFRICA
15Feb1960
guest stars
Peter Adams
George Sanders
Valerie French
3.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: FACE TO FACE
22Feb1960
guest stars
James Gregory ...... Charlie Hanes
Rebecca Welles ..... Phoebe Hanes
Raymond Greenleaf .. Sheriff Tyson
Synopsis:
Phoebe Hanes tells her husband Charlie that she has decided to leave him
and run off with their young farm hand. Charlie, by nature, a quiet man, pleads with
Phoebe to stay, but his pleas don't seem to have
any effect on Phoebe's decision. [RF]
3.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SHOW WAGON
29Feb1960
guest stars
Jack Albertson ..... Pop Kimberly
Connie Hines ....... Phoebe Malloy
Toby Michaels ...... Sue
Luke Anthony ....... Steve Emerson
3.26 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CHINESE FINALE
07Mar1960
guest stars
Jan Sterling ....... Dr. Mary Cartwright
Hilda Plowright ...... Miss Andrews
3.27 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SQUEEZE PLAY
14Mar1960
guest stars
Dick Shannon ....... Mike Brandon
William Campbell ... Frank Grenner
Frank Gerstle ...... Pat Harris
Ted Thorpe ......... Blake
Joan Anson ......... Waitress
3.28 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TWEED HAT
21Mar1960
guest stars
Don Taylor ....... Roger Gifford
Hazel Court ....... Holly
Grandon Rhodes ....... Dad
3.29 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ALL IN THE FAMILY
28Mar1960
guest stars
Patricia Crowley ... Maggie
Lurene Tuttle ...... Caroline
Henry Hull ......... Ansel Pryor
Sue Ane Langdon .... Kitty
Edward Malloy ...... Eric
Adam West .......... David
Alma Murphy ........ Bertha
Helene Heigh ....... Woman
3.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
04Apr1960
guest stars
Dick York ....... Corporal James Sloan
Piper Laurie
Robert Beneveds ........ Martin Buell
Ray Daley ....... Jack Reardon
Anthony Teague ........ Jonah Welch
Synopsis:
The Civil War is close to its end and both sides are war-weary and hungry. [RF]
3.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: AUTHOR AT WORK
11Apr1960
Based on Playwright Friedrich Duerrenmatt's play.
guest stars
Ernie Kovacs .......... Maximillian Frederick Krob
Henry Jones ...... Honore St. Etienne
Chet Stratton ....... Secretary
Synopsis:
A mystery writer is accused of the crimes he has written about.
3.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBSERVER
18Apr1960
guest stars
Werner Klemperer ........ Colonel Hanning
Maximilian Schell ........ Sarrail
Michael Fox ......... Father Holze
Rex Holman ........ Lt. Hilger
George Macready ........ General Thirion
Sal Ponti ........ Crouzet
Synopsis:
French peasant Sarrail poses as a saint in order to learn German war secrets. [RF]
3.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MARKED DOWN FOR CONNIE
25Apr1960
Produced by Edward Buzzell
Directed by Harry Ackerman
guest stars
Elinor Donihue ........ Connie Peters
Tony Travis ........ Eddie Rockwell
Alan Hewitt ........ Mr. Vosburgh (manager)
Shirley O'Neal ....... Stella (salesgirl)
Beverly Allyson ....... Ann (salesgirl)
Ann Robinson ....... Billie (salesgirl)
Howard McNear ....... Mr. Cramer
Alice Backes ....... Miss Williams
Synopsis:
The romantic adventures of Connie Peters, a salesgirl in the
Gracious Living department of "Cooksins Department Store", and
Eddie Rockwell her secret lover, the floor manager of Gracious
Living. Store police forbids employees dating each other. [SC]
3.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK
[--] Award theatre: Geritol Adventure Showcase:
(aka Forced Landing)
02May1960 (copyright date 27Mar59)
<unsold pilot for a proposed series to be called "JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK" (1959)
BRISKIN PRODUCTION IN
ASSOCIATION WITH COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION
Produced by Joseph Hoffman
Written by Tony Barrett
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Assistant Director Irving Moore
Production Assistant Seymour Friedman
Supervising Editor Richard Fantl
Director of photography Wilfrid M. Cline
guest stars
Scott Brady ....... Johnny Nighthawk
Richard Erdman ....... Matt Brent
Valerie French ....... Paula Crowley
Maggie Mahoney
Joe De Santis
SERIES PREMISE:
TWO FORMER KOREAN WAR VETERANS OPERATE A CHARTED
FLYING SERVICE.
SYNOPSIS:
JOHNNY NIGHTHAWK AND HIS PARTNER MATT BRENT ARE HIRED
BY AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN TO FLY HER AND A PACKAGE CONTAINING
BADLY NEEDED SERUM TO A HOSPITAL IN RURAL ENGLAND. THE PACKAGE
REALLY CONTAINS NITROGLYCERIN. [SC]
3.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SITTER'S BABY
09May1960
guest stars
Spring Byington ........ Melinda Gray
Charles Ruggles ....... Grandpa
Roberta Shore ....... Judy Saunders
Alice Backes ....... Pauline
Synopsis:
Professional babysitter Melinda Gray agrees to spend the weekend with teenager
Judy Saunders, while the rest of the family is off to a wedding. To ease her charge's
embarrassment, Melinda poses as Judy's grandmother. But she has to tell a few tall tales. [RF]
3.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: YOU SHOULD MEET MY SISTER
16May1960 NBC Mon
Screen Gems, Inc.
(pilot for the series "My Sister Eileen")
Story by Ruth McKenney
guest stars
Elaine Stritch ....... Ruth Sherwood
Anne Helm ......... Eileen Sherwood (Shirley Bonne in the series)
Henry Corden ....... Mr. Spivak
Tom Reese ....... Wreck
Pattie Chapman ....... Helen
Synopsis:
The story of two pretty sisters who leave Ohio and head for New York to further
their careers; Ruth as a writer, and Eileen as an actress. [DM]
3.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE PROUD EARTH [Final Episode]
23May1960
guest stars
John Larch ........ Isiah Macabee
Vivi Janiss ........ Rebecca Macabee
Joseph Gallison ........ Adam Macabee
Pamela Grey ........ Catherine Lovett
Karin Dicker ....... Gwen Macabee
Paul Genge ........ Sheriff Jimson
Jay Strong ....... Roan March
William Meras ........ Mr. March
Synopsis:
It isn't easy to move a family into the Idaho Territory. Homesteader
Isaiah Macabee expected the natural hardships, but not the opposition of
a powerful rancher who wants his land. [RF]
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