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Season
5 (CBS) (1957-58)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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################ U.S. Steel Hour #############
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CBS
Wednesdays 10:00-11:00pm
- alternating with
Armstrong
Circle Theatre
Ep 5.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WINDFALL ("Live" from New York)
11-Sep-1957 CBS Wed
starring
Ed Begley ......... Daniel Arnold
Burt Brinckerhoff ......... Jamie Arnold
Andrew Duggan ......... Dave Arnold
Louise Platt ......... Alice Davis
Synopsis:
With his family gathered around him, Daniel announces that his newly inherited
farm will go to his youngest son Jamie to cultivate. Daniel's son-in-law Bert insists
that to be fair, Daniel should sell the farm and divide the money among the children.
This gives rise to growing tension in the family. [RF]
Ep 5.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HAUNTED HARBOR
25-Sep-1957 CBS Wed
written by Henry Misrock
starring
Burgess Meredith ......... Alec Sherwood
Joseph Campanella ......... Jacques
Frank Overton ......... Matt Preston
Gaby Rodgers ......... Annette O'Hara
Guy Raymond ......... M. O'Hara
Ep 5.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHO'S EARNEST?
09-Oct-1957 CBS Wed
(aka The Importance of Being Ernest)
written by Lee Pockries & Anne Croswell
story by Oscar Wilde
starring
Edward Mulhare ......... Algernon
Dorothy Collins ......... Cecily
David Atkinson ......... Jack Worthing
Rex O'Malley ......... Lane
Louise Troy ......... Gwendolyn
Martyn Green ......... Chasuble
Edith King ......... Lady Bracknell
Gordon Peters ......... Merriman
Nydia Westman ......... Miss Prism
Ep 5.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: CRISIS IN CORONNA
23-Oct-1957 CBS Wed
written by Elliott Baker
starring
Charles Ruggles ......... Justice Jarvis Boone
Elliott Nugent ......... Dr. Ralph Bennett
Betty Lou Keim ......... Theodosia Bennett
Melville Ruick ......... John Castle
Gale Page ......... Mrs. Bennett
John McGovern ......... Michael Lockhart
Ep 5.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LOCKED DOOR
06-Nov-1957 CBS Wed
written by Gertrude Schweitzer
starring
June Lockhart ........ Margaret
Ralph Bellamy ........ Walt
Brandon De Wilde ........ David
Bennye Gatteys ........ Susan
Philip Coolidge ........ Mr. Clements
Ep 5.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HUCK FINN ("Live" from New York)
20-Nov-1957 CBS Wed
Script by Anne Croswell and Lee Pockriss
Based on Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
Music by Frank Luther
starring
Basil Rathbone ..... The Duke
Jack Carson ........ The King
Jimmy Boyd ......... Huckleberry Finn
Florence Henderson ... Mary Jane
Earle Hyman ........ Jim
Karin Wolfe ........ Joanna
Synopsis:
Huck Finn is a musical version of an episode in Mark Twain's
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Young Huck and his friend Jim,
a runaway slave, are heading down the Mississippi on a raft when they meet
two scoundrels who are always ready to make a quick dollar. These gentlemen
pass themselves off as a King and a Duke, and get agreeable Huck to treat
them accordingly. One day they learn of the death of one Peter Wilks,
who has left a fortune in property and cash. Since Wilks has two brothers
in England who are not known locally, they decide to pose as these brothers
and with Huck's help, claim the brothers' portion of
the inheritance. [RF]
*
Highlights
*
"Loafin' on the Water" .... Hyman
"My Friend Huckleberry Finn ............... Chorus
"The Boasting Song" ...... Carson, Rathbone
"The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye" ........ Chorus
"We All Shout Together In the Morning" .... Chorus
"Storm Come A-rising in the Night" ........ Chorus
"Funny But Likable" ....... Henderson
"Too Wonderful For Me" .... Boyd
"You Are One to Wonder .... Henderson [RF]
Ep 5.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: YOU CAN'T WIN
04-Dec-1957 CBS Wed
written by Robert Emmett
starring
Bert Lahr ........ Frank Mooner
Margaret Hamilton ........ Sybil Mooner
Raymond Bramley ........ Radcliffe
John Fielder ........ Boris
Doro Merande ..... Felice
Ep 5.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LITTLE CHARLIE DON'T WANT A SADDLE
18-Dec-1957 CBS Wed
written by Juarez Roberts
starring
John Beal ....... Mr. Hare
June Lockhart ....... Martha Ann
Andrew Prine ....... Elmo
J. Pat O'Malley ....... Curley
Barnard Hughes ....... Leo
Dennis Kohler ...... Charlie
Katherine Squire ...... Jo Ellen
Synopsis:
A mute spinster who becomes a mail-order bride to a widower Mr. Hare is taken by
surprise.
Martha Ann arrives at his farm and he discovers that she is a mute, though both he and his
younger son Charlie are won over by Martha Ann, his older son, Elmo feels his father
is not being true to memory of the boy's mother. [RF]
Ep 5.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CHARMER
01-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
written by Douglas Taylor
starring
Gypsy Rose Lee ....... Lorraine Anderson
Rip Torn ....... Will Dare
Martin E. Brooks ....... Martin Mandow
Edmon Ryan ....... Charlie Harrison
Ross Martin
Ep 5.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BROMLEY TOUCH (Live from New York)
15-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted for TV by Kay Arthur
From a story by Edward Newhouse
starring
Cameron Mitchell ... Don Bromley
Biff McGuire ....... John Madeira
Leora Dana ......... Abby Hill
Synopsis:
Don Bromley and John Maderia were friends during their college days.
Bromley let nothing stand in the way of getting what he wanted. With his slick
charm he won the governor's daughter as his wife, a woman Madeira also loved,
and has continued to use the same underhanded tactics in his career.
Madeira, now the director of admissions at their alma mater, finds he
is in a position to thwart Bromley's unscrupulous
aims. [RF]
Ep 5.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NEVER KNOW THE END
29-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
starring
Andy Griffith ...... Harry Emsen
Nehemiah Persoff ... Ralph Tugwell
Larry Blyden ....... Doc Randolph
Patricia Benoit .... Cary Sawyer
Sue Ellen Blake .... Midge Turner
Edgar Stehli ....... Sam Cleaver
Jim Boles .......... Matty Coombs
Synopsis:
In the small town of Emsen's Ford, tension rises between two men.
One is Harry Emsen, usually an easygoing fellow. Though folks know he seldom
finishes anything he starts to do, they respect him just the same. The other man
is Ralph Tugwell, a young attorney. Tugwell always resented Harry's status as a
member of the town's oldest family. A trageday causes the conflict. Harry's fiancee
goes for a ride in Tugwell's flashy new car. There's an accident, and the girl is killed.
The town waits to see what Harry will do. [RF]
Ep 5.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE REWARD
12-Feb-1958 CBS Wed
written by Mort Thaw
starring
Patty Duke
Nancy Coleman
Cathleen Nesbitt
Ep 5.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WALK WITH A STRANGER
26-Feb-1958 CBS Wed
written by H.N. Clauss
starring
Ed Begley ............. Walter Kincaid
William Shatner ....... Fred Corry
Leona Powers .......... Mrs. Corry
Mae Munro ............. Pat Corry
Tom Hatcher ........... Rich Corry
Synopsis:
Young Fred Corry is embittered because he has lost the use of his legs
as the result of an accident. The young man takes out his unhappiness on
his family, dimming their enjoyment of life by causing them to feel guilty.
Then a stranger comes to the Corry farm. Fred suspects the man is a convict
who recently escaped, and plans to blackmail the wise and patient man,
thinking money will bring back his own lost happiness.
[RF]
Ep 5.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GIVE ME MY SON
12-Mar-1958 CBS Wed
written by Abby Mann
starring
Richard Kiley
Betsy Palmer
Ep 5.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TOP SECRET MISSION
26-Mar-1958 CBS Wed
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
adapted from the book by Madelaine Duke
starring
Beatrice Straight ..... Katherine Grant
Robert Wright ......... Amadeo
Joseph Yadin .......... Hans von Hasler
John Sutton ........... Colonel Resnor
Synopsis:
Just after World War 2, an English woman physicist is traveling to Venice with
her fiance to be married. But an American Intelligence officer detains them in Vienna,
asking that they aid in locating an escaped German atomic scientist, wanted by both the
American and Russian governments. Although weary of the strife of war, they
reluctantly agree to travel to the small Adriatic island where the scientist is hiding. [RF]
Ep 5.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BEAVER PATROL
09-Apr-1958 CBS Wed
Written by John Vlahos
starring
Walter Slezak
Dick York
Loretta Leversee
Irene Dailey
Melville Ruick
Paul Tremaine
Mae Munro
John C. Becher
Matt Crowley
Peter Brandon
Synopsis:
An old retired furrier retires to California to move in with
his daughter and volunteers as boy scout leader.
Ep 5.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
23-Apr-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Theodore Apstein
Story by Fritz Hock Walders
starring
John Baragrey
Walter Slezak
Dolores del Rio
Synopsis:
A ruthless prosecutor conducts his inquisitions with a reign
of terror, following the French Revolution.
Ep 5.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A MAN IN HIDING
07-May-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Leonard Moran
starring
William Shatner
Michael Higgins
Synopsis:
A British priest is assigned to a parish that is in conflict between Britain and
Ireland.
Ep 5.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HOUR OF THE RAT
21-May-1958 CBS Wed
adapted by Arthur Hailey
story by Jon Manchip White
starring
Dan Duryea ........ John Woodruffe
Joan Wetmore ....... Teresa Woodruffe
Nakamura ....... Tojuro
Kaie Deei ........ Sakamura (Takahashi) (aka Khigh Dheigh)
Guy Spaull ....... Arthur Hassell
Ronald Long ....... Captain Peter Raine
Louis Hector ....... Sir Robert Manchester
John McLiam ....... Sgt. Major Jack Pollard
Arthur Malet ....... Lt. Grahame Saunders
Synopsis:
John Woodruffe is tormented by memories of the horrors he suffered in a Japanese
prison camp during World War II. He recalls his vow to avenge the death of a chaplain
executed by Sakamura, the brutal camp adjutant. Years later, Woodruffe finds himself
face to face with the object of his bitter hate, Sakamura. [RF]
Ep 5.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A FAMILY ALLIANCE (live from New York)
04-Jun-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Kay Arthur
Based on a story by Dorothy Canfield
starring
Florence Henderson.. Gladys Pratt
Bill Hayes ......... Spike Hunter
Roberta Haynes ..... Dorie Schaeffer
Doreen Lang ........ Mrs. Pratt
Carl Frank ......... Fred Pratt
Ellen Lowe ......... Mrs. Hunter
Melville Ruick ..... Mr. Hunter
Lee Bergere ........ Curt Watson
Yale Wexler ........ Whiffy McDonald
Synopsis:
A girl falls in love with a sophisticated New Yorker. Afraid to tell him her
father is a farmer, she gives him the idea that they have a country estate
and that her piano-teaching mother is a concert
performer. [RF]
Ep 5.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LITTLEST ENEMY (Live from New York)
18-Jun-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Lois Jacoby
Based on the play by Nigel Kneale
starring
Mary Astor ......... Mrs. Wickens
Frank Conroy ....... Mr. Wickens
Lili Darvas ........ Mme. Chargot
Miko Oscard ........ Francois
Synopsis:
An American woman becomes ill in Europe and she and her husband stay at a
French Inn while she recuperates. They notice a small boy at the inn and learn
that he is the grandson of the woman who owns the establishment. When they
see that the child is ill-treated they try to
help the youngster. [RF]
Ep 5.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HIDDEN RIVER
02-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Theodore Apstein
Story by Storm Jameson, Ruth & Augustus Goetz
starring
Farley Granger
Richard Kiley
Lois Nettleton
George Voskovec
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Synopsis:
Two brothers are implicated in the disappearance of a
Resistance fighter in post-war France.
Ep 5.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FLINT AND FIRE
16-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Dorothy Canfield
starring
Robert Culp ......... Niram
Gloria Vanderbilt ... Evleen
Una Merkel
Edward Andrews
Synopsis:
A young man wishes to marry but because of his obligations to
his invalid mother he is unable to do so.
Ep 5.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CLIMATE OF MARRIAGE
30-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
written by Helen Cotton
starring
James Daly
Leora Dana
Larry Hagman
Betsy Palmer
Synopsis:
A man has grown restless and bored with his marriage
and begins an affair with his secretary.
Ep 5.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OLD MARSHALS NEVER DIE (Live from New York)
13-Aug-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by John Vlahos
Based on a story by John H. Holland
starring
Cameron Prud'Homme ..... Bat Bethune
William Shatner .... Con Purvis
Joanne Linville .... Martha Purvis
Kevin Coughlin ..... Tommy
Robert Emhardt ..... Sylvester
Len Doyle .......... Senator
Synopsis:
Bat Bethune, former marshal of a New Mexico town, has become a legendary
figure as a result of his boldness during the wild early days of the town's history. But in
his old age he is given to shooting at imaginary badmen, endangering the inhabitants.
Finally the mayor decides Bethune must leave town. [RF]
Ep 5.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BE MY GUEST (live from New York)
27-Aug-1958 CBS Wed
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Alex Segal
starring
Elliott Nugent ..... Harvey Kent
Larry Blyden ....... Stewart Potter
Augusta Dabney ..... Jeannie Kent
Joanna Moore ....... Mary Potter
Happy Felton ....... Dave
Raymond Walburn .... S. Crowther Gebhart
Robby Hayes ........ Doma
Synopsis:
At a party one evening New York businessman Harvey Kent meets Stewart Potter
and his wife Mary, who have just arrived in the city. Potter tells Kent that they are
looking for a place to live and Kent expansively invites them to stay in the guest house
on his Connecticut estate while they house-hunt. The Potters take over the Kent guest
house, the Kent car, the telephone and Kent's friends! Desperate to reclaim all these,
Kent leaves home to develop a suitable scheme. [RF]
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