The Chevy Mystery Show (1960-61)
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THE CHEVY MYSTERY SHOW
aka Mystery Show / aka Sunday Mystery Hour
NBC
May 29, 1960 to Sep 17, 1961
May 1960-Sep 1960 NBC Sun 9:00-10:00
Jul 1961-Sep 1961 NBC Sun 9:00-10:00 (no episode details)
Hosts: Walter Slezak (1960)
Vincent Price (1961) (no episode details)
Aired as a summer replacement for the The Dinah Shore Chevy Show for two seasons.
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NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00pm (29May60-25Sep60)
1.01 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE MACHINE CALLS IT MURDER
29-May-1960 NBC Sun
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Larry Blyden ...... Peter Meineke
Everett Sloane ....... Lieutenant Malote
Betsy Von Furstenberg ...... Susan Jerome
Lee Patrick ...... Mrs. Endicott
David White ...... Endicott
Peg La Centra ..... Mrs. Denton
Peter Walker ..... Jerome
Synopsis:
An insurance man, fiddling with his computer, discovers a pattern between
the murders of five models, as well as the identity of the next victim. [RF]
1.02 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THUNDER OF SILENCE (Live, color)
05-Jun-1960 NBC Sun
written by Adrian Spies
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
James Whitmore ...... Philip Selby
John Hoyt ...... Arnold Bellson
Sandy Kenyon ..... Eddie
Jean Carson ...... Donna
Synopsis:
Flames break out in a state school for deaf children, and only quick action by
firemen saves the terrified youngsters. The school superintendent swears he
was at his post when the fire occurred but an anonymous woman phones the
attorney general with a drastically different account of his activities. [RF]
1.03 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE SUMMER HERO
12-Jun-1960 NBC Sun
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Bobby Driscoll ....... Fred Forbes
Patty McCormack ...... Dotty Halsey
Fred Beir ...... Bob Field
Paul Langton ...... Dr. Walter Halsey
Florida Friebus ..... Lois Halsey
Zachary Scott ...... Damian Shea
Ruth Ford ........ Julie McCormick
1.04 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: DARK POSSESSION (Live, color)
19-Jun-1960 NBC Sun
written by Gore Vidal
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Diana Lynn ....... Charlotte Bell Wheeler
Anne Seymour ...... Emily Bell
Marion Ross ..... Ann Bell
Berry Kroeger ...... General Bell
W.H. Bassett ...... Dr. Roger Waring
Synopsis:
For the past year Charlotte Bell Wheeler has been the victim of a series of
poison-pen letters. But the latest is the most incriminating - it accuses Charlotte
of murdering her husband. [RF]
Note: This is a revision by Vidal of his own drama, seen previously on "Studio One" in 1954.
1.05 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: FEAR IS THE PARENT
26-Jun-1960 NBC Sun
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Arthur Franz ...... Simon Dow
Mona Freeman ...... Avery Dow
Barbara Stuart .... Claire
Ross Elliott ...... Dr. Reinecke
Chet Stratton ..... Whitman
Tracey Roberts .... Buff
Nancy Rennick ..... Louise
Britt Osmond ...... Paul
Fay Roope ......... Mr. Dow
1.06 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: MURDER ME NICELY
03-Jul-1960 NBC Sun
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Everett Sloane .... Alfred Emerson
Yvonne Craig ...... Carolyn
Mark Goddard ...... Peter Montopolis
Doreen Lang ....... Marge Montopolis
Hugh Sanders ...... Lt. Hallaran
Sylvia Field ...... Mrs. Emerson
Henry Bernard ..... Sanford
Jack Stratton ..... First Boy
Jerry Mobley ...... Second Boy
1.07 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: DEAD MAN'S WALK (live)
10-Jul-1960 NBC Sun (rebroadcast 23Jul61)
written by Stephen Kandel
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Robert Culp ....... Abel
Abby Dalton ....... Karen Prescott
Bruce Gordon ...... Lt. Spear
Arthur Batanides .. Manny
Ellen Corby ....... Maria
Paul Mazursky ..... Danny
Barbara Stuart .... Florence
James O'Rear ...... Vatsek
Judy Morris ....... Annabel Davis
William Kruse ..... Intern
Lyle Latell ....... Hannegan
William Boyett .... Policeman
Sandra White ...... Nurse
Synopsis:
A man wakes up in a hospital emergency ward to learn he's been fished out of the river.
He's got no idea how he got there or who he is, but police suspect he's the victim
of foul play and may be involved with the racketeers who control the city. [RF]
1.08 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE LAST SIX BLOCKS
17-Jul-1960 NBC Sun (rebroadcast 30Jul61)
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
Dane Clark ........ Dr. Joseph Teague
Margarita Cordova ........ Esperanza
Jerome Cowan ...... Harry Holmes
Berry Kroeger ..... Bermudez
John Hackett ...... Andrew Glenn
Howard Ledig ...... Greyson
Pepe Hern ......... Mercado
Helen LeBerthon ... Carla
Tony Maxwell ...... Felipe
Synopsis:
Joseph Teague is an American doctor who lives in Guatemala and has a somewhat
tarnished reputation. Then U.S. consul Greyson gives Teague an important job - find
Andrew Glenn, an American youth who's on a bender somewhere in the city. [RF]
1.09 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: I KNOW WHAT I'D HAVE DONE
24-Jul-1960 NBC Sun
written by Charles Larson
Hosted by Walter Slezak
Guest cast:
George Brent ...... Fred Girard
Maggie Hayes ...... Muriel Girard
Nancy Rennick ..... Nadine Girard
Peter Walker ...... Lt. Phillips
Anne Seymour ...... Hazel
Charles Meredith .. Gentry
Susan Davis ....... Jerry
Paul Mazursky ..... Reporter
Synopsis 1:
A teacher refuses to help a woman who claims she's been assaulted.
Synopsis 2:
A distraught woman appears at the Girards' front door at a very late hour,
pleading
piteously to be allowed inside. She babbles that she's fleeing two hoodlums who
have threatened to kill her. Before Fred Girard can fully grasp the situation,
his caller has lurched off again into the night. [RF]
1.10 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: ENOUGH ROPE
31-Jul-1960 NBC Sun
Written by William Link and Richard Levinson
Directed by Don Richardson
Guest cast:
Richard Carlson ...... Dr. Roy Flemming
Barbara Stuart ....... Claire Flemming
Bert Freed ........... Lt. Columbo
Joan O'Brien ......... Susan
Duncan MacLeod ....... Dave
Frank Gehrens ........ Harry
Mimi Walters ......... Miss Petrie
Thomas Nello ......... Tommy
Synopsis:
Dr. Flemming has a secret life, his shrew of a wife leads him into the
arms of Susan a vulnerable and easily manipulated young woman.
Together the plot is staged for the demise of Mrs.
Flemming.
*Note: This was the first television appearance of the character of Lieutenant
Columbo. [RF]
1.11 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: TRIAL BY FURY
07-Aug-1960 NBC Sun
Guest cast:
Agnes Moorehead ... Elizabeth Marshall
John Alderman ..... Randolph Marshall
Laurie Carroll .... Joanne Marshall
Warren Stevens .... Jim Powell
Hugh Sanders ...... Edward Bennett
Charles Meredith .. Judge Bascomb
Wesley Lau ........ Lt. Crane
Vinton Hayworth ... Madigan
Donald Foster ..... Judge Trask
1.12 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: RUN-AROUND
14-Aug-1960 NBC Sun
Teleplay by Norman Lessing
Story by A.E. Hotchner
Guest cast:
Vincent Price ..... Michael Seemes
Everett Sloane .... Francis Rushmore
Nelson Holmes ..... Felix McMahon
Tommy Nello ....... Dan
Dehl Berti ........ Jerry
John Milford
1.13 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE INSPECTOR VANISHES
21-Aug-1960 NBC Sun
Guest cast:
Walter Slezak ..... Inspector Pierre Dumourier
Barbara Stuart .... Alice Chatillon
June Blair ........ Colette Dufour
Doris Dowling ..... Genevieve Benoit
Berry Kroeger ..... Police Commissioner
Erin O'Brien-Moore ... Mme. Petit
Chet Stratton ..... Arnold Beschamps
1.14 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: FEMME FATALE (live)
28-Aug-1960 NBC Sun
written by John McGreevey
Guest cast:
Janet Blair ....... Lisa Townsend
Tracey Roberts .... Claire Bradford
Joe De Santis ..... Paul Otis
Doris Lloyd ....... Nora Fleming
Jack Cassidy ...... David Townsend
Synopsis:
There have bee a lot of men in the life of Lisa Townsend, a former movie
actress.
Boyfriends and husbands alike had something in common, they all met with violent deaths.
When husband No. 3 has a near-fatal accident, it's another unusual coincidence. Or is it? [RF]
1.15 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: MURDER BY THE BOOK
04-Sep-1960 NBC Sun
Guest cast:
Vanessa Brown ..... Carol Penn
Jeff Morrow ....... John Clayton
Nelson Olmsted .... Arthur Chandler
Hugh Sanders ...... Lieutenant Burdick
Carol Ohmart ...... Diane
Tommy Nello ....... Manny
Betty Garde ....... Mrs. Andrews
Robin Blake ....... Receptionist
1.16 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
11-Sep-1960 NBC Sun
Written by Alan A. Armer
Directed by Walter Grauman
Guest cast:
Jerome Cowan ...... Mr. Vandiver
Joan Evans ........ Blanche
John Ericson ...... Ray
1.17 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE SUICIDE CLUB
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18Sep1960 NBC Sun
Producer Hi Brown
Teleplay by Norman Lessing; Story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Richard Dunlap
Host Vincent Price
Guest cast:
Cesar Romero ...... Prince Florizel
Everett Sloane .... Bartholomew Malthus
Dan Tobin ......... Club President
Doris Dowling ..... Madame
Berry Kroeger ..... Colonel Geraldine
Chet Stratton ..... Joe
John Alderman ..... Edson
Synopsis:
A club president has no intention of dying, the club dues give him much too nice
a living. A game of cards decides
who will die and who will do the killing, making each deal an exciting game. [RF]
1.18 [--] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE PERFECT ALIBI
25Sep1960 NBC Sun
Producer Hi Brown
Teleplay by Norman Lessing
Based on a story by A.A. Milne
Directed by Richard Dunlap
Host Vincent Price
Guest cast:
Janet Blair
Richard Ney
Synopsis:
Two prisoners given life by an English judge in Kenya vow to murder the judge if
they ever get out. When the judge
is found sitting at his desk, dead the search is on for the culprits. [RF]
*NOTE: Janet Blair is the only American in an all English cast.
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NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00pm (Jul 1961-17Sep 1961)
Host: Vincent Price (1961) (no episode details)
Aired as a summer replacement for the The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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