Suspicion (1957-58)
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SUSPICION
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Shamley Productions
Filmed at Revue Studios in Hollywood
in association with MCA-TV Exclusive Distributors
NBC (Mondays 10:00pm EST)
Executive Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Associate Producer, Joan Harrison (verified on #24)
(Hitchcock had little involvement in this series other than as Exec Producer)
US Suspense Anthology series 1957-58 40 episodes x 60 min bw
(30Sep57-21Jul58)
Summer 1959 reruns on NBC
Hosts:
Dennis O'Keefe
(1957) (eps. 1-2)
Walter
Abel (1959)(reruns)
Premise:
The show consisted of 41 episodes hour-long, half were live and half were on film.
The shows, often involving murder, were designed to confuse and mystify
the audience and dealt with their fears and suspicions.
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NBC Mondays 10:0 pm Eastern
1.01 Suspicion: FOUR O'CLOCK (filmed) (premiere episode)
Revue/Shamley Productions prod. no. TP 551A
30Sep57 NBC Mon (2Aug57 copyright date)
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Associate producer, Joan Harrison
Teleplay by Francis Cockrell.
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Director of photography John L. Russell
Editor, Edward W. Williams
Art Directors John J. Lloyd & Martin Obzina
Music by Melvyn Lenard, Bob Russell and Dave Cahn
Hosted by Dennis O'Keefe
Guest Cast:
Nancy Kelly ......... Fran Steppe
E.G. Marshall ............. Paul Steppe
Richard Long .............. Dave
Tom Pittman ............. Joe
Dean Stanton ............ Bill
Charles Seel ........... Male Customer
Vernon Rich .......... Doctor
David Armstrong ....... Policeman
Juney Ellis ........... Mother
Jesslyn Fax ...... Wife
Brian Corcoran .......... Boy
Chuck Webster ......... Boy
Synopsis:
"Dennis O'Keefe is host of this new hour-long series of suspense dramas.
The stories are by well-known writers and well-known TV and movie
personalities appear in the leading roles.
Paul Steppe, a successful watchmaker, begins to suspect that his wife
Fran is seeing another man. Consumed with jealousy, Steppe decides to
murder her. His plan, he feels is ingenious. Painstakingly Steppe
applies all of his watchmaking skills to the construction of a time
bomb. He plans to slip into his house in the afternoon without his
wife's knowledge, leave the bomb and then return to his jewelry store
unnoticed and unsuspected"--TV guide. [UCLA/RF]
Contents: Commercials: Tide detergent -- Lilt home permanent -- Zest soap.
Ep 1.02 Suspicion: MURDER ME GENTLY (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
07Oct1957 NBC Mon
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Jessica Tandy
Kurt Kasznar
Ep 1.03 Suspicion: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURTAIN (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 503A
14Oct1957 NBC Mon (Network rerun 11Aug58)
Produced by William Frye
Screenplay by James P. Cavanaugh
From the mystery novel by Helen McCloy
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Editor Michael R. McAdam
Art Director Frank Arrigo
Music Supervisor Stanley Wilson
Hosted by Dennis O'Keefe
starring
Donna Reed ......... Letty Jason
Herbert Anderson ........ Dr. Edwards
Harold Stone ........ Crane
Jeff Richards ........... Ralph Jason
Ainslie Pryor ......... John Gault
Simon Scott ......... District Attorney
David Hoffman ....... Mather
Ruth Lee ............ Hannah
Barbara Townsend
Kay Stewart
Juney Ellis
Lewis Martin
Anthony Jochim
Jack Albertson
Kevin Hagen
Nora Marlowe
Clark Howat
Synopsis:
Letty Jason is troubled by a recurring dream about a dark hallway and a
curtain at the end of it. Finally she seeks counsel from a psychiatrist.
Together she and the doctor try to discover what lies beyond the curtain.
But in so doing, they arouse suspicions as to the mysterious death of her
husband's first wife. [RF]
Ep 1.04 Suspicion: HAND IN GLOVE (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
21Oct1957 NBC Mon
Directed by Jack Smight
starring
Burgess Meredith
Ep 1.05 Suspicion: THE STORY OF MARJORIE REARDON (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 507A
28Oct1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Richard Lewis
Screenplay by John Kneubuhl
Based on a story by Susan Seavy
Directed by John Brahm
Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Editor Danny Landres
starring
Margaret O'Brien ....... Marjorie Reardon
Rod Taylor ......... Jim
Henry Silva ......... Dick
Sara Haden ...... Mrs. Reardon
Ruta Lee
............ Betty
Michael Landon ...... Howard
Don Durant .......... Billy
Anne Loos
Elmore Vincent
Danny Richards Jr.
Synopsis:
A young woman who's attacked by a psychopath, leaving her in shame and with
a fear of men -- until sweet, strong, understanding man comes along. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In 1910, a girl has a harrowing reunion with the man who criminally assaulted
her.
Ep 1.06 Suspicion: DIARY FOR DEATH (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
04Nov1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Perry Lafferty
starring
MacDonald Carey ....... Jeremiah Taylor
Ep 1.07 Suspicion: HEARTBEAT (film)
Revue/Shamley Productions (no copyright details)
11Nov1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Ernest Kinoy
Based on a story by Terence John
Directed by Robert Stevens
Director of photography Don Malkames
Editor Edward W. Williams
Production consultant Robert Altman
starring
David Wayne ....... James Mennick
Pat Hingle ........ Dr. Kalman
Barbara Turner .... Emily
Barbara Barrie .... Ethel
Warren Beatty
Raymond Bramley
Frank Campanella
John McQuade
Robert Dryden
Sidney Armus
Eric Fleming
Joseph Helgesen
Kenneth Konopka
Joseph Sullivan
Gene Sultan
Mary Boyd Thurston
Ward Costello
Synopsis 1:
When a heart patient is misdiagnosed, he believes that he is
cured of his heart problems. He decides to have a day full of excitement,
not knowing that even the slightest shock could kill
him.
Synopsis 2:
The medical record of a man with serious heart trouble is switched by mistake
with the record of a healthy man. The doctor discharges the cardiac case,
thinking he is cured, and the man dangerously indulges in
strenuous activities he has had to forego. [RF]
Ep 1.08 Suspicion: THE SPARKLE OF DIAMONDS (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
18Nov1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by James Parish
Directed by Jack Smight
starring
Margaret Leighton
...... Miss Perry
Ralph Bellamy .......... Detective Thorpe
Synopsis:
A blind woman is accused of murder. The sightless Miss Perry protests
her guilt to Detective Thorpe, telling him of a stranger she encountered
on the narrow stairway on the night of the murder. She briefly touched
the man's face with her fingertips, and Thorpe attempts to find
the real murderer by applying Miss Perry's description. [RF]
Ep 1.09 Suspicion: THE FLIGHT (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 552
25Nov1957 NBC Mon (Summer Rerun 05Jul59 airdate)
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon ('Star Trek') & Halsted Welles
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Ernest Haller
Editor Lee Huntington
starring
Audie Murphy
....... Steve Murray
Jack Warden ........ Haight
Susan Kohner ....... Gina
Everett Sloane ..... Del Sequiras
Henry Brandon ....... Colonel Palidano
Vladimir Sokoloff
Joseph Perry
Harold Goodwin
Freddie Roberto
Suzanne Ridgeway
Albert Carrier
Louis Zito
Alan Lee
Synopsis:
An ex-navy flyer who is hired to transport a mysterious passenger. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Hired to fly a cargo to Bermuda, pilot Steve Murray finds that the cargo's
human and the destination has been changed.
Ep 1.10 Suspicion: RAINY DAY (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 556A
02Dec1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Michael Pertwee
Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Ellsworth J. Fredricks
Editor Edward W. Williams
starring
Robert Flemyng
..... Crossley
George Cole ........ Willis
John Williams ...... Selby
Tom Conway ......... Featherstone
Martin Wilkins ..... Samba
A.E. Gould-Porter .. Marty
George Pelling
Ted Stanhope
Dick Winslow
Walter Kingsford
Barry Harvey
Larry Conroy
Synopsis:
Two men in an isolated African outpost begin to squabble after one of the
men reads a letter addressed to the other and refuses to reveal its content. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The relationship of two Englishmen at a West African outpost reaches a breaking
point over the contents of a letter.
Ep 1.11 Suspicion: THE DEADLY GAME (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
09Dec1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Script by James Yaffe
from a story by Friedrich Duerren-matt
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Gary Merrill
Boris Karloff
............. Judge Winthrop Gelsey
Joseph Wiseman
Harry Townes
Synopsis:
A sales executive stumbles out of a New England blizzard to
find shelter in an old-fashioned mansion where four retired men
in dinner jackets almost seemed to be waiting for him. They plied him
with food and brandy, and he amiably agreed after dinner to join them in
the parlor game that enabled them to practice once more their former
professions as judge, prosecutor and defense attorney. [RF]
Ep 1.12 Suspicion: DOOMSDAY (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 508A
16Dec1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Sy Bartlett
Directed by Bernard Girard
Director of photography Bud Thackery
Editor Bill Mosher
starring
Dan Duryea ............. McDillard
Robert Middleton ....... Banton
Edward Binns ...... Slavins
Bing Russell ........ Mechanic
Ken Hooker ....... Cab Driver
Charles Bronson ..... Cal
Mike Ragan .......... Angy
Paul Birch .......... Big George
William Phipps ...... Vavick
Robert Whitney
Lomax Study
Martin Balk
Howard Wendell
Naomi Perry
Gregg Barton
George Byrnes
Ray Gordon
George Dockstader
Synopsis 1:
McDillard, hardened criminal, has eluded the police for years with his clever
disguises.
Synopsis 2:
McDillard has eluded police for years with his clever disguises and carefully
planned robberies. Now he is setting up a $300,000 payroll theft, taking on two partners,
who are the only men who know his true identity. [RF]
Ep 1.13 Suspicion: THE DARK STAIRWAY (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
23Dec1957 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Phyllis Thaxter
Ep 1.14 Suspicion: SOMEONE IS AFTER ME (filmed)
(no copyright details)
06Jan1958 NBC Mon
Written by Robert Soderberg
Directed by David Greene
Director of photography John L. Russell A.S.C.
Music Dave Kahn
starring
Patricia Neal ....... Paula Elgin
Lee Bowman .......... Guy Elgin
Edward Andrews ...... Carl
Joanne Linville ..... Lois
Mary James .......... Miss Fenwick
Cec Linder .......... Lieutenant Green
Synopsis:
A paranoid woman frightened since she witnessed a violent crime fears for her
life.
Ep 1.15 Suspicion: LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 555A
13Jan1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Francis Cockrell
Based on a story by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Robert Stevens
Director of photography Lionel Lindon
Editor Edward W. Williams
Art Director John J. Lloyd
Costume Supervisor Vincent Dee
starring
Ronald Howard ....... Lord Arthur Savile
Gladys Cooper ....... Lady Windemere
Rosemary Harris ..... Sybil Merton
Sebastian Cabot ..... Mr. Podgers
Lily Kemble-Cooper .. Duchess of Paisley
Tita Purdom ......... Lady Flora
Kendrick Huxham ..... Sir Thomas
Hilda Plowright ..... Lady Marvel
Doris Lloyd ......... Lady Clementina
Alex Davion ......... Count Rouvaloff
Frederic Worlock .... Chemist
Fred Essler ......... Herr Vinkelkopf
Mary Forbes ......... Mrs. Merton
Melville Cooper ..... Mr. Merton
George Pelling
Cyril Delevanti
Sally Newton
Molly Roden
Selmer Jackson
Synopsis:
A fortune teller informs Lord Arthur Savile that he is about to commit a
murder. Lord Arthur decides to postpone his marriage so that he can confront
his fate without troubling his wife-to-be. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Lord Arthur Savile is told by a palmist that he is destined to commit a murder.
He postpones his wedding and begins devising a plan to fulfill the prophecy. [RF]
Ep 1.16 Suspicion: END IN VIOLENCE (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
20Jan1958 NBC Mon
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Paul Bogart
starring
John Ireland
Ep 1.17 Suspicion: COMFORT FOR THE GRAVE (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 504A
27Jan1958 NBC Mon
Producer Jules Bricken
Script by Halsey Melone & Virginia E. Spies
Based on a story by Richard Deming
Directed by Jules Bricken
Director of photography Lionel Lindon
Editor Edward Haire
Art Director George Patrick
starring
Paul
Douglas ....... Vince Polito
Jan Sterling .......... Georgiana
Anthony Caruso ........ Renzo
Herbert Rudley .......... Schreiber
Lyle Talbot .......... Sid Cummings
Herschel Bernardi ........ Father Salvadore
James Gavin
Lisa Pons
Frank Allocca
Tommy Moore
Robert J. Stevenson
William O'Neal
Synopsis:
When his gangster-brother is killed, Vince Polito joins forces with his
brother's
attractive widow to find out who the killer was. But the "grieving" widow begins
to practice her charms on him, and Vince grows suspicious. [RF]
Ep 1.18 Suspicion: MEETING IN PARIS (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 557A
10Feb1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Stirling Silliphant & Elliot West
Based on a story by Elliott West
Directed by James Neilson
Director of photography Reggie Lanning
Editor Edward Williams
Art Director John J. Lloyd
starring
Rory Calhoun ....... Peter Lockwood
Jane Greer
.......... Clare
Walter Abel ......... Denbrow
Maurice Marsac ...... La Fange
Roger Til ........... Jacques
John Zaremba
Robert Moechel
Duane Cress
Jennifer Howard
Gordon Wynn
Marcel De La Brosse
Edward Coch
Peg LaCentra
Jacques Gallo
Synopsis:
Peter Lockwood gets tied up in a case of European espionage when his ex-wife
and her new husband ask him for help in dealing with a gang of black
marketeers. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
In Paris, businessman Peter Lockwood agrees to protect his ex-wife's enigmatic
husband from racketeers.
Ep 1.19 Suspicion: A TOUCH OF EVIL (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 505A
17Feb1958 NBC Mon (rerun 16Aug59)
Producer Frank P. Rosenberg
Screenplay by Halsted Welles
Directed by John Brahm
Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Editor Bill Mosher
Art Director John Meehan
Sound Dick Tyler
starring
Harry Guardino .... Larry
Audrey Totter ..... Mrs. Marie Merrill
John Carradine .... Raphael
Bethel Leslie ..... Marguerite
Jacqueline Mayo ... Yvonne
Luis Van Rooten ... Rossi
Iphigenie Castiglioni
David Armstrong
Jim Johnson
Gene Roth
Al Freeman Jr.
Synopsis:
Larry is married to a sickly woman, and enlists the aid of a former
flame and her brother in a scheme to do away with his wife. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Murder seems to be the only solution for a young man torn between an ailing
wife and a sexy waitress.
Ep 1.20 Suspicion: IF I DIE BEFORE I LIVE (filmed)
(no copyright details)
24Feb1958 NBC Mon
Written by James P. Davis
Directed by Frank P. Rosenberg
starring
Edith Adams ....... Gloria Chrystie
James Gregory ..... Morton Noble
James Congdon ..... Jim
Joseph Sweeney .... Bellboy
Synopsis:
A trusted bank manager absconds with a large sum of money and hides out in
a hotel in New York City. He intends to transfer some of the money to his younger
brother but the strain of waiting brings on a heart attack. Unable to reach his medicine,
the man is in danger of dying when he is saved by his neighbor,
a girl who is out of work and hungry. [RF]
Ep 1.21 Suspicion: THE HOLLOW MAN (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
03Mar1958 NBC Mon
Written by George Lefferts
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
starring
Dane Clark
Ross Martin
Ep 1.22 Suspicion: A WORLD FULL OF STRANGERS (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
10Mar1958 NBC Mon
Adapted by James Yaffe
Based on a story by William Wise
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Janice Rule
Ep 1.23 Suspicion: THE EYE OF TRUTH (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 559A
17Mar1958 NBC Mon
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Teleplay by Eric Ambler
Directed by Robert Stevens
Director of photography Ellsworth J. Fredricks
Editor Edward W. Williams
Art Director John J. Lloyd
Sound Earl Crain Sr.
starring
Joseph Cotton ..... Gregg Carey
George Peppard .... Lee
Leora Dana ........ Sue Carey
Philip Van Zandt .. Holby
Louise Larabee .... Mrs. Holby
Edmon Ryan .......... Lubin
Thayer David ........ Turko
Ken Clark
Byron Foulger
Sondra Rogers
Mike Ragan
Dorothea Lord
Herbert Lytton
Elvira Corona
Fred Robbins
Carol Stone
Synopsis 1:
Gregg Carey is a successful lawyer whose son is involved
in a fatal hit-and-run accident. In order to get his son off,
however, Carey must risk his career and reputation
in a dangerous blackmail scheme. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A lawyer buys documents absolving his son of responsibility in a hit-and-run
accident.
Later the lawyer picks up a hitchhiker who knocks him unconscious and steals
his belongings, including the documents. The lawyer is afraid to report the theft to the
police because discovery of the documents could mean his disbarment. [RF]
Ep 1.24 Suspicion: VOICE IN THE NIGHT (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 553A
24Mar1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Based on a Story by William Hope Hodgson
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Director of Photography, John F. Warren, A.S.C.
Editor Marston Fay
Art Director John J. Lloyd
Sound Stephen J. Bass
starring
James Donald ........ Thomason
Barbara Rush ........ Eleanor
Patrick Macnee ...... Biersdorf
James Coburn ........ Carson
Synopsis:
The survivors of a shipwreck escape to an island where a strange fungus
grows on everything and begins to grow on everyone. [RF]
*Note: This episode is based on the short story "The Voice in the Night"
by William Hope Hodgson. This story was first published in Bluebook
(November, 1907).
Ep 1.25 Suspicion: DIAGNOSIS: DEATH (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
31Mar1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Larry Parks
Nancy Wickwire
Anne Meacham
Synopsis:
A young woman believes that she has caused her wealthy
mother's death by giving her an overdose of pills. The doctor
who has attended the patient agrees to sign a death certificate
stating that death was from natural causes, if the young woman
will marry him. [RF]
Ep 1.26 Suspicion: THE BULL SKINNER (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 558A
07Apr1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Script by Ernest Kinoy
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Director of photography Ellsworth J. Fredricks
Editor Edward W. Williams
starring
Rod Steiger ....... Frank Marre
John Beal ............ Foreman
Harold J. Stone ...... Sam
Sallie Brophy ........ Doris
Ike Jones ............ Charlie
Perry Lopez .......... Dominic
Mike Ragan ........... Kiley
Synopsis:
Frank Marre is an ambitious tractor driver who becomes angry
when he passed over for a promotion. A deeply bitter
Frank decides to take out his anger on
the man that beat him out for the job. [RF]
Ep 1.27 Suspicion: THE GIRL UPSTAIRS (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
14Apr1958 NBC Mon
Written by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Denholm Elliott
Ep 1.28 Suspicion: FRACTION OF A SECOND (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 501A
21Apr1958 NBC Mon (rerun 26Jul59)
Producer William Frye
Script by Kathleen Hite
Based on a story by Daphne DuMaurier
Directed by John Brahm
Director of photography Ernest Haller
Editor Michael R. McAdam
Art Director George Patrick
Sound Earl Crain Jr.
starring
Bette Davis ....... Mrs. Ellis
Tita Purdom ....... Susan (as an Adult)
Wendy Winkelman ....... Susan (as a child)
Barry Atwater ....... Police Lieutenant
Marian Seldes ........ Matron
Judson Pratt ......... Sergeant
Whit Bissell ......... Bolton
Linda Watkins ........ Mrs. Bolton
Marjorie Bennett ..... Billie
Dorothy Adams ........ Grace
J. Pat O'Malley
Ben Wright
Jo Gilbert
Paul Newlan
Mike Ragan
Gina Gillespie
Maury Hill
Alan Reynolds
Synopsis:
After a happy holiday weekend with her daughter Susan, Mrs. Ellis accompanies
Susan to the bus that will take her back to school. When she returns to her home,
Mrs. Ellis finds everything in the house mysteriously changed. She is confronted by
three strangers who claim that the house belongs to
them and Mrs. Ellis is an intruder. [RF]
Ep 1.29 Suspicion: THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 560A
12May58 copyright date
28Apr1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Script by
Marion Cockrell
Based on a story by Roald Dahl
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Director of photography Ellsworth J. Fredricks
Editor Daniel A. Nathan
Art Director Frank Arrigo
Sound B.F. Ryan
starring
Sebastian Cabot ......... Mr. Foster
Marion Lorne ....... Mrs. Foster
Patricia Smith
....... Ellen
Tony Maxwell ......... Robert
Albert Carrier ....... Pierre
Kathryn Givney ....... Jane
Selmer Jackson ....... Walker
Nancy DeCarl ......... Celeste
Dorothea Lord
Allen Kramer
Warren Frost
Joseph Holland
Synopsis:
Mr. Foster is a mean and domineering husband who has the misfortune of
getting stuck in the elevator of his apartment. Instead of helping him, his
wife takes the opportunity to be rid of him by heading out to visit her
relatives for six weeks. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Fate plays a strange trick on a man who tries to prevent his wife from visiting
their daughter in Paris.
Ep 1.30 Suspicion: THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
05May1958 NBC Mon
Directed by William A. Graham
starring
Roddy McDowall
Dennis O'Keefe
Ep 1.31 Suspicion: THE PROTEGE (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 506A
12May1958 NBC Mon
(rerun 02Aug59)
Producer Jules Bricken
Script by Richard 'Dick' Berg
Directed by Jules Bricken
Director of photography Benjamin Kline
Editor Gene Palmer
Art Director John Meehan
Sound William Lynch
Hosted by Walter Abel
starring
Agnes Moorehead ....... Katherine Searles
William Shatner ....... Eli
Jack Klugman .......... Jason
Phyllis Love .......... Pamela
David Garcia
Joyce Taylor
Peter Damon
Mark Henry
Synopsis:
Katherine Searles was once a great Broadway star, but because of a long fight
with alcoholism, she has been running a dramatic school for the past several years.
Now after all these years, Katherine decides that she wants to return to the stage. [RF]
Ep 1.32 Suspicion: THE VELVET VAULT (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
19May1958 NBC Mon
written by William M. Altman
directed by David Greene
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
....... Ellen
Carmen Mathews ....... Alexandra
James Congdon ....... Christopher Van Houten
Synopsis:
A nurse marries a member of a wealthy and respected family.
She finds that her life is threatened by the family's uncompromising
traditions. [RF]
Ep 1.33 Suspicion: THE SLAYER AND THE SLAIN (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
26May1958 NBC Mon
written by Sarett Rudley
starring
John Baragrey
Ep 1.34 Suspicion: DEATH WATCH (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 509A
02Jun1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Ray Milland
starring
Edmond O'Brien ........ Sgt. Miles Odeen
Janice Rule ........... Kelly Pomeroy
Horace McMahon ........ Captain Grogan
Edward Binns .......... Ben Silcox
Dayton Lummis ......... Clyde Pickens
Clark Howat ........... Vern Lister
Rusty Lane ............ Glen Squires
Mary Gregory .......... Alice Bline
Jeanne Bates .......... Ruby Lina
Karl Lukas ............ Max Proudfoot
Gloria Akins .......... Iris Atkinson
Roy Engle ............. Lewis Barber
Florence Marly ........ Maria Nevada
Phil Donati ........... Alex Martan
Herb Ellis ............ Jack Nevada
Robert Carricart ...... Frankie Peters
Ken Hooker ............ Window Washer
Synopsis:
Detective Sgt. Miles Odeen has been assigned to protect a witness in a murder
case.
The witness is lovely Kelly Pomeroy, who knows too much about the case for
her own safety. Odeen's assignment is suddenly made even more difficult when
he realizes that his own life is in danger. [RF]
Ep 1.35 Suspicion: THE MAN WITH THE GUN (possibly live)
Shamley Productions (no copyright details)
09Jun1958 NBC Mon
Producer Alfred Hitchcock
Teleplay by Arthur Arent
Based on a story by W.E.C. Fairchild
Directed by Jack Smight
starring
Anthony Quayle
........ Graham
Alfred Ryder ....... Moffat
Maureen Hurley ....... Martha
Carlos Montalban ....... Rico
Synopsis:
An escapee from a Communist prison camp returns home to his wife.
He seems to be the same man, but his wife and friends have doubts
about his identity because of subtle changes in his mannerisms.
They begin to suspect that the escapee is a Communist agent. [RF]
Ep 1.36 Suspicion: THE WOMAN WHO TURNED TO SALT (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no. TP 554A
16Jun1958 NBC Mon
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Based on a story by Jesse F. Tennyson
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Pamela Brown ....... Solange Rogers
Michael Rennie ....... Angus Martin
Susan Oliver
.......... Rosemary Russell
Jane rose ............. Mrs. Russell
Heather Angel ......... Mrs. Martin
Doris Lloyd ........... Mrs. Smythe
Pat Hitchcock ......... Secretary
Synopsis 1:
Solange Rogers is a lawyer who helps a man named
Angus Martin get a divorce from his wife. Unfortunately,
she doesn't known that Angus killed his wife
and hid her body in a pillar inside of their home. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Miss Solange Rogers, a British divorce lawyer, is on vacation at the Italian
Riviera.
She meets Mrs. Russell who asks Solange to help prevent the up-coming marriage
of Mrs. Russell's daughter to wealthy Angus Martin. Solange is convinced that the couple
is very much in love, but she has a feeling that something is wrong with the match. [RF]
Ep 1.37 Suspicion: EYE FOR AN EYE (filmed)
Revue/Shamley prod. no, TP 510A
(pilot episode for the "Markham" series 1959-60 starring Ray Milland)
23Jun1958 NBC Mon
Producer Richard Lewis
Teleplay by John Kneubuhl & Jameson Brewer
Based on an original work by Leigh Brackett
Directed by Jules Bricken
Director of photography Ray Rennahan
Editor Bill Mosher
Art Director Frank Arrigo
Sound Stephen J. Bass
starring
Ray Milland ....... Roy Markham
MacDonald Carey ....... John Riggs
Kathleen Crowley ....... Lorene
Andrew Duggan ....... Guthrie
with
Peter Hansen
Amy Douglass
David Armstrong
Mary Ann Hokanson
Ned Wever
Mickey Simpson
Howard Wendell
Cris Roberts
Ben Pollock
Synopsis:
A young girl runs away from her cruel husband. In a ruthless
attempt to get his wife back, the man kidnaps the wife of
a lawyer friend. He then goes to a private detective and threatens
the life of the kidnapped girl, unless the detective can persuade
the runaway wife to return to her husband. [RF]
Ep 1.38 Suspicion: RETURN FROM DARKNESS (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
30Jun1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Herbert Kenwith
starring
Lorne Greene
Ep 1.39 Suspicion: THE DEVIL MAKES THREE (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
07Jul1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Donald Petrie
starring
Dennis O'Keefe
Ep 1.40 Suspicion: THE IMPOSTER (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
14Jul1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Don Medford
starring
Roddy McDowall
Kent Smith
Ep 1.41 Suspicion: THE DEATH OF PAUL DANE
(final episode) (possibly live)
(no copyright details)
21Jul1958 NBC Mon
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
starring
Eli Wallach
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[--] 10Aug58 rerun of "The Other Side of the Curtain" (first aired 14Oct57)
[--] 05Jul59 NBC rerun of "The Flight" (first aired 25Nov57)
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