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The Best in Mystery (Summer 1954)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated Feb 2017
-RF #1]
references:
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THE BEST IN MYSTERY
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NBC
US Mystery Anthology series Summer 1954 8 episodes x 30 min
Aired originally on
"Chevron Theatre".
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NBC Fridays 9-9:30pm (16Jul1954-03Sep1954)
[01] The Best in Mystery: LULLABYE [Premiere]
16-Jul-1954 NBC Fri
Teleplay by Steve Fisher / Story by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by Felix E. Feist
starring
Agnes Moorehead ...... Martha Adams
Tom Drake ............ Ben Adams
Betty Lynne .......... Mary
Lee Marvin ........... Red Johnson
Jack Shea ............ Detective
Allan Ray ............ Detective
Synopsis:
A tense drama of a life-and-death struggle between a mother and her gangster
son.
Synopsis 2:
A blind woman victimized by some escaping bank robbers, one of them her son,
is determined to outwit them even though she knows her life is in danger.
*Originally aired on "The Revlon Mirror Theater 03Oct53.
[02] The Best in Mystery: LOST KID
23Jul1954 NBC Fri
starring
Elizabeth Patterson
Harry Harvey Jr.
Ross Elliott
Mary Field
Ross Ford
Dean Cromer
Synopsis:
A woman saves her grandson from a murder charge. [RF]
[03] The Best in Mystery: DEATH MAKES A PASS
30Jul1954 NBC Fri
starring
Lloyd Corrigan
Jay Novello
Marcia Dean
Synopsis:
The story of two business partners who lose their company's money by gambling. [RF]
[04] The Best in Mystery: ACCOUNT CLOSED
06Aug1954 NBC Fri
starring
George Nader
Carolyn Jones
[05] The Best in Mystery: THE WATCHERS AND THE WATCHED
13Aug1954 NBC Fri
starring
Fay Roope
Lynne Roberts
[06] The Best in Mystery: FROZEN ESCAPE
20Aug1954 NBC Fri
starring
Jorja Cartwright
Morris Ankrum
[07] The Best in Mystery: DEATH HAS NO SYSTEM
27Aug1954 NBC Fri
starring
Kim Spaulding
Alex Talton
[08] The Best in Mystery: VICTIM ANN NORVILLE [Final episode of the series]
03Sep1954 NBC Fri
starring
James Milliken
Marilyn Erskine
"The Big Story" premieres next week.
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