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Season
4 (NBC) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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######### Robert Montgomery Presents #########
############## season 4 1952-53 ##############
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NBC Mondays 9:30 pm (Hour Long)
4.01 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: UNCLOUDED SUMMER
01-Sep-1952 Original airdate
starring
Signe Hasso
Richard Kiley
Synopsis:
An American falls in love with a married British noblewoman.
4.02 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE LAW-ABIDING
08-Sep-1952 Original airdate
starring
Chester Morris
4.03 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: FAIRFIELD LADY
15-Sep-1952 Original airdate
starring
June Havoc
Hugh Reilly
Donald Buka
Heywood Hale Broun
4.04 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THERE ONCE WAS A DIAMOND RING
22-Sep-1952 Original airdate
Written by Adrian Spies
starring
Joan Wetmore
Robert Pastene
Reinhold Schunzel
Tamara Daykarhanova
Marcel Hillaire
4.05 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: PRECINCT
29-Sep-1952 Original airdate
starring
Paul Kelly
4.06 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: SENORA ISABEL
06-Oct-1952 Original airdate
starring
Edmon Ryan
Constance Bennett
Synopsis:
Her husbands pursuit in politics has jeopardized their marriage.
4.07 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE FALL GUY
13-Oct-1952 Original airdate
starring
Jackie Cooper
Geraldine Page
4.08 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: KEANE VS. KEANE
20-Oct-1952 Original airdate
Written by Elaine Carrington
starring
Wanda Hendrix
Barbara Baxley
4.09 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE SHEFFIELD STORY
27-Oct-1952 Original airdate
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Herbert Swope, Jr.
Writer: Paul Manning & Joe Graham
starring
David Niven ....... Sheffield
Frederic Worlock ........ Sir Oliver
Irja Jensen ........ The Baroness
Francis Bethencourt ....... Lt. Keyes
Kurt Katch ....... Capt. Blucher
Martin Kosleck ........ Capt. Krueger
H.H.V. Twardowski ....... General Von Gruber
Naomi Campbell ....... Madge Sheffield
Valerie Cardew ....... Pamela
Michael McAloney ....... Captain Farnsworth
Peter Pagan ....... The Sentry
Cullen Desmond ....... The Radio Operator
Synopsis:
During World War II a German general was a actually
a secret agent for the British.
4.10 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE BENCH IN THE PARK
03-Nov-1952 Original airdate
starring
Walter Hampden
Margaret Hayes
Henry Jones
4.11 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE BIARRITZ SCANDAL
10-Nov-1952 Original airdate
starring
Gene Lockhart
June Lockhart
Synopsis:
An American tycoon and his lovely daughter are almost taken
in by the international set which preys on tourists.
4.12 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE DAVIDIAN REPORT
17-Nov-1952 Original airdate
starring
Maria Riva
Robert Sterling
Notes: Adapted from the book by Dorothy B. Hughes.
4.13 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE VALERI SPECIAL
24-Nov-1952 Original airdate
starring
Enzo Pinza ....... Tony Valeri
Synopsis:
An Italian racer is distraught upon learning that he has been replaced.
The race team went with someone younger, his own son. His mechanic
still has faith in "old" man Valeri and builds another car for him to race.
Contents: Commercials: Johnson's Wax Products -- Lucky Strike. [UCLA]
4.14 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE POST ROAD
01-Dec-1952 Original airdate
starring
Dorothy Gish
....... Emily Madison
Dennis Green
Synopsis:
Emily owns and runs a Connecticut Boarding House.
4.15 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE INWARD EYE
08-Dec-1952 Original airdate
starring
Jane Wyatt
Synopsis:
In a case of mistaken identity, a seven year old is kidnapped from his mother.
4.16 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: VICTORY
15-Dec-1952 Original airdate
starring
Sidney Blackmer
Margaret Phillips
Synopsis:
A girl is rescued from her job in a hotel by a baron who falls for the girl.
4.17 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE CHRISTMAS CARDS
22-Dec-1952 Original airdate
starring
John Newland
Lydia Reed
Synopsis:
A lonely man buys three Christmas cards and mails
each one to a person he has randomly selected.
4.18 [--] Robert Montgomery presents. THE CLOSED DOOR
29-Dec-1952 Original airdate
a Robert Montgomery production ; producer, Robert Montgomery
director, Norman Felton
writer, Jerome Ross.
Source: From a novel by Paul Conant.
starring
Charlton Heston
Joan Chandler
Jan Miner
Boris Aplon
James Gregory
Dennis Harrison
Edward Cullen
Dorothy Elder
Ed Prentiss
Helen Ray
Gerald Milton
Hosted by Robert Montgomery.
Summary:
Peter Handley, a detective, is in the hospital for treatment
of a memory block after his girlfriend is found murdered.
Montgomery talks to Heston after the drama concludes.
Contents: Commercials: Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Broadcast on NBC. [UCLA]
4.19 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MR. PUTNAM
05-Jan-1953 Original airdate
starring
Robert Sterling ...... Peter Putnam
Synopsis:
A young man's experiences at the Seeing Eye School in
Morristown, New Jersey after losing his sight while a student
at Princeton University.
*Adapted from the 1952 autobiographical novel by Peter Putnam.
4.20 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: RICOCHET
12-Jan-1953 Original airdate
starring
Edmond O'Brien
Patricia Benoit
Dorothy Hart
Herbert Rudley
Ernest Graves
Synopsis:
A shady reporter makes a name for himself by
exposing skeletons in other people's closets.
4.21 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: MAGGIE, PACK YOUR BAGS
19-Jan-1953 Original airdate
starring
Margaret Hayes
Robert Preston
Synopsis:
An ex-Army officer retired in Mexico with his second wife receive
an unexpected visit from his son and a general.
4.22 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE OUTER LIMIT
26-Jan-1953 Original airdate
starring
Jackie Cooper
Robert H. Harris
Synopsis:
A spaceship becomes lost in space.
4.23 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: ELEMENT OF RISK
02-Feb-1953 Original airdate
starring
Brian Aherne
Diana Douglas
Isobel Elsom
Synopsis:
A burnt out actor on a relaxing vacation encounters anything but relaxation.
4.24 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE SHADOW LINE
09-Feb-1953 Original airdate
starring
Skip Homier
Leslie Barrie
4.25 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE BURTONS
16-Feb-1953 Original airdate
starring
Gene Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart
June Lockhart
Synopsis:
A family in 1910 New England are informed that their business
stands in the way of a proposed highway.
4.26 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: DINAH, KIP AND MR. BARLOW
22-Feb-1953 Original airdate
starring
Jack Lemmon
Diana Lynn
Synopsis:
Two people applying for the same job at an advertising agency find more than
they bargained for.
4.27 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: BETRAYED
02-Mar-1953 Original airdate
Guest Host Patric Knowles
starring
Jane Wyatt
Joanne Dru
Synopsis:
A widow is informed that her husband may not be dead
but is being held by Communists.
4.28 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE CENTRIFUGE
09-Mar-1953 Original airdate
starring
Lisa Ferraday
James Hanley
Synopsis:
An unsuspecting research scientist is led into espionage.
4.29 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: TOMORROW WILL SING
16-Mar-1953 Original airdate
starring
Robert Alda
4.30 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE BIG NIGHT
23-Mar-1953 Original airdate
starring
Chester Morris
Joan Lorring
Scott McKay
Katharine Bard
Synopsis:
A former Air Force pilot is finding it difficult to adjust to civilian life.
4.31 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: BURDEN OF PROOF
30-Mar-1953 Original airdate
written by Gerald Savory
starring
Boris Karloff
Synopsis:
The murder of a wealthy British aristocrat and the subsequent trial of
his son for the crime, devastates the rest of the family.
4.32 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: SECOND-HAND SOFA
06-Apr-1953 Original airdate
starring
Leslie Nielsen
Ann Rutherford
Synopsis:
A couple renting a furnished apartment and blame
the sofa for causing all their troubles.
4.33 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE GLASS CAGE
13-Apr-1953 Original airdate
starring
Lee Bowman
Marilyn Erskine
Synopsis:
An employee accused of embezzling company funds
believes one of the women in the office set him up.
4.34 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: WORLD BY THE TAIL
20-Apr-1953 Original airdate
written by Thomas W. Phipps
starring
Phyllis Kirk
Diana Lynn
Hildy Parks
Roger Moore
.... French Diplomat
4.35 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: SUMMER TEMPEST
27-Apr-1953 Original airdate
written by Dennis Green
starring
Geraldine Fitzgerald
4.36 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: LINDA
04-May-1953 Original airdate
starring
Maria Riva
John Newland
4.37 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
11-May-1953 Original airdate
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: Herbert Swope, Jr.
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
prod #53-1908
starring
Robert Montgomery ....... Julian English
Margaret Hayes
Edward Binns
William Post, Jr.
Richard Carlson
Jack Harvey
Notes: Adapted from John O'Hara novel; death speech
from Sheppey by W. Somerset Maugham; subject - suicide.
4.38 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE WIND CANNOT READ
18-May-1953 Original airdate
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Therese Lewis
starring
prod #53-2013
Donald Woods
Betty Bendyk
Guy Staul
Roger Moore
Notes: Adapted from the novel by Richard Mason;
subject - World War II.
4.39 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: ALL THINGS GLAD AND BEAUTIFUL
25-May-1953 Original airdate
starring
Fay Bainter
Marshall Thompson
Synopsis:
A devoted mother awaits the return of her GI son.
[--] Robert Montgomery presents: STORM
01-Jun-53 - Larry Gianakos has this date
UCLA has 25Feb52 possible rerun
4.40 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: NO HEAD FOR MOONLIGHT
08-Jun-1953 Original airdate
written by Thomas W. Phipps
starring
Dennis O'Keefe
Mary Sinclair
Synopsis:
Two attractive girls and the romance of moonlight present
a dilemma to a handsome young man.
15Jun53 Preempted for Ford 50th Anniversary Show
with Ethel Merman, Oscar Hammerstein, Marian Anderson, Howard Lindsay,
Dorothy Stickney, Mary Martin, Edward R. Murrow. Produced by Leland Hayward
4.41 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE WOMAN WHO HATED CHILDREN
22-Jun-1953 Original airdate
written by A.H. Bailey
starring
Leora Dana
Jeffrey Lynn
Kent Smith
Andrew Duggan
Clifford Tatum Jr.
Maxine Stuart
Sally Gracie
Synopsis 1:
After her small son dies, a woman refuses to have anything to do
with any other children.
Synopsis 2:
The transformation of a woman's life is brought about by a small boy.
4.42 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: HALF A KINGDOM
29-Jun-1953 Original airdate
written by Theodore & Mathilda Ferro
starring
Wendell Corey
Lynn Loring
Morton L. Stevens
Loring Smith
Lillian Schaaf
Abby Lewis
4.43 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: THE HALF MILLIONAIRE
06-Jul-1953 Original airdate
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Vaughn Taylor
Synopsis:
A man who has been unsuccessful all his life comes into
a half a million dollars by chance.
*Note: This episode is listed as "The Vise" in the TVGuide,
with the same cast of characters.
4.44 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: TWO OF A KIND
13-Jul-1953 Original airdate
written by Theodore & Mathilda Ferro
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
4.45 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: A SUMMER LOVE
20-Jul-1953 Original airdate
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
John Newland
Vaughn Taylor
Margaret Hayes
Melville Cooper
Gregory Morton
Marshall Thompson
4.46 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: ANNE'S STORY
27-Jul-1953 Original airdate
written by Gail Ingram
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Vaughn Taylor
Judy Parrish
Synopsis:
A young woman who is overshadowed by her more
vivacious younger sister goes away to a summer art colony
and unexpected romance.
4.47 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: DUET FOR TWO HANDS
03-Aug-1953 Original airdate
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Vaughn Taylor
Notes: Adapted from the play by Mary Hayley Bell.
4.48 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: RED ROBIN RIDES AGAIN
10-Aug-1953 Original airdate
written by Robert J. Shaw
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
Marshall Thompson
Vaughn Taylor
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Synopsis:
Two unemployed actors get involved with a flighty Westchester
club woman.
4.49 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: PIERCE 3098
17-Aug-1953 Original airdate
written by Richard Garland
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Vaughn Taylor
Synopsis:
A husband plots his wife's demise, she won't grant him a divorce.
*Notes: This episode was also known
as "Whom Death Has Joined Together."
4.50 [--] Robert Montgomery presents: GRASS ROOTS
24-Aug-1953 Original airdate
written by Jerome Ross
starring
John Newland
Margaret Hayes
Elizabeth Montgomery
Vaughn Taylor
Synopsis:
A young man from a rural area, who is running for congress,
plans an unusual campaign.
######### Robert Montgomery Presents
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############## end of season 4 ###############
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