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Season
6 (CBS) (1958-59)
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 6.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WOUND WITHIN
10-Sep-1958 CBS Wed
written by Henry Denker
starring
Farley Granger ........... Dr. Sigmund Freud
Mary Sinclair ........... Martha
John F. Hamilton ........... Hansi
Astrid Wilsrud ...... Elizabeth
Frank Conroy ........... Dr. Grebe
Frederick Rolf ........... Dr. Breuer
Betty Miller ........... Mrs. Trost
Joan Croydon ........... Nurse
Synopsis:
A young Dr. Freud tries to convince his colleagues that not all illnesses are
physical.
Ep 6.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DEATH MINUS ONE
24-Sep-1958 CBS Wed
starring
Meg Mundy ........... Rita Falmouth
Donald Moffat ........... Captain Stolner
Carson Woods ........... Bud
Beverly Lunsford ........... Sylvia
Alexander Scourby ........... Sergeant
Bryan Herbert ........... News Vendor
Ep 6.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MID-SUMMER
08-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Arthur Heinemann
Story by Vina Delmar
starring
Barbara Bel Geddes ........... Lily Barton
Jackie Cooper ........... Val Barton
Synopsis:
A couple disagree over his chosen career, he wants to be a
vaudeville performer, she wants him to accept a teaching job.
Ep 6.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SECRET IN THE FAMILY (live from New York)
22-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Louis Pelletier
From the novel by Helen Hull
starring
Faye Emerson ..... Hazel Curtis
Edward Andrews
Marjorie Gateson
Synopsis:
Hazel Curtis is the wife of a small-town dentist and the mother of two
teenage children. Secretly, she writes a novel which is accepted
by a New York publisher. This makes her something of a celebrity
and off to New York she goes for a gay round of parties and press
interviews, while her husband is left at home to take care of their
house and the children. [RF]
Ep 6.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SECOND CHANCE
05-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
written by Steven Gethers
starring
Melvyn Douglas ........... Dr. Victor Payson
Nancy Olson ........... Joyce Richmond
Henderson Forsythe ........... Dr. Bill Ward
Meg Mundy ........... Edith Collins
Martin Rudy ........... Roger Collins
Kimetha Laurie ........... Janice Payson
Frances Heflin ........... Grace Ward
Marjorie Gateson ........... Millie
Synopsis:
Dr. Victor Payson, a widower for just six months and father of a teenage
daughter,
is slated for the post of Chief of Surgeons of Collins General Hospital. But his romance
with a young divorcee causes doubt among Payson's colleagues as to his suitability
for the job. The doubt is planted by the wife of the hospital's director. [RF]
Ep 6.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THIS DAY IN FEAR
19-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
adapted by Arthur Heinemann
from the play by Malcolm A. Hulke and Eric Paice
starring
Barry Sullivan ....... James Coogan
Geraldine Brooks ..... Betty Coogan
Philip Bourneuf ...... Inspector Dougherty
William Harrigan ..... Father Magner
Barry Morse .......... Older Detective
Donald Moffat ........ Younger Detective
Synopsis:
Living in London with his wife, James Coogan, a veteran of the Irish rebellion,
gets a call one day from Scotland Yard's Inspector Dougherty. Dougherty
tells Coogan he's been informed that two Irishmen, still active in the Irish
Republican Army, are in London to kill Coogan because he betrayed
a great hero of the rebellion before leaving the
country. [RF]
Ep 6.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE ENEMIES
03-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Stephen Vincent Benet
starring
Ed Begley ........... Judge McCord
Bramwell Fletcher ........... Putnam Bayne
Arthur Hill ........... Putnam Bayne Jr.
Betsy Palmer ........... Honoria McCord
Chris Gampel ........... Ned Delahanty
Synopsis:
A father tries to bribe a judge to save his son from disgrace.
Ep 6.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ONE RED ROSE FOR CHRISTMAS
17-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
written by Leonard Moran
story by Paul Horgan
starring
Patty Duke ........... Kathy
Helen Hayes ........... Mother Seraphim
Ruth McDevitt ........... Sister Augustine
Ruth White ........... Sister St. Anne
Joseph Sweeney ........... Priest
Martine Bartlett ........... Miss Fraser
Clarice Blackburn ........... Miss Tedder
Synopsis:
Mother Seraphim is looking forward to spending Christmas with her sister.
A young orphan girl starts a fire at the orphanage burning it down.
As a result, Mother Seraphim's sister catches pneumonia and dies.
Ep 6.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GOODBYE...BUT IT DOESN'T GO AWAY
31-Dec-1958 CBS Wed (restaged)
written by Raphael Hayes
starring
Neville Brand ........... Harry Steuben
Inga Swenson ........... Vera Steuben
George Voskovec ..... Mr. Brankovic
Jeff Donnell
Synopsis:
A hapless salesman pretends to be a success and full of self-confidence
but his ruse nearly tears his family apart.
Ep 6.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DANGEROUS INTERLUDE
14-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Viveca Lindfors .......... Mary Lawrence
Peter Donat ......... Dr. Charles Selby
Patrick Macnee ......... Gilbert Farleigh
Norah Howard ......... Harriet Johnson
Torin Thatcher ......... Nicholas Carter
Synopsis:
A woman is trying to keep her past a secret from her future husband.
She was acquitted for the murder of her first husband.
Ep 6.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WALL OF SILENCE
28-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
written by Alfred Brenner
Ep 6.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAMILY HAPPINESS
11-Feb-1959 CBS Wed
written by Morton Wishengrad
story by Leo Tolstoy
starring
Jean-Pierre Aumont ......... Sergey Mikhaylich
Patty Duke ......... Sonya Alexandrovna
Frieda Altman ......... Tatanya Semenovna
Doreen Lang ......... Katya Ivanovna
Gloria Vanderbilt ......... Marya Alexandrovna
Jane Lillig ......... Tatanya's friend
Florence Anglin ......... Tatanya's friend
Dorothy Sands ......... Tatanya's friend
Marcel Hillaire ......... Hairdresser
Ep 6.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TRAP FOR A STRANGER
25-Feb-1959 CBS Wed
Written by Betty Ulius
Directed by Alex Segal
starring
George C. Scott ......... Marshal Gulliver
Dick Van Dyke .......... Justin Grey
Teresa Wright .......... Allie Gulliver
Clint Kimbrough .......... Elroy Hubbard
Synopsis:
A small town marshal arrests a television star to pin a hit-and-run rap on him.
The Marshal's wife realizes that it's a ploy for
re-election and publicity.
6.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SQUARE EGGHEAD
11Mar1959 CBS Wed
Produced by The Theatre Guild
Executive-produced by George Kondolf
Written by Louis Pelletier
Directed by Paul Bogart
starring
Tom Ewell ............ Barney Henderson
June Lockhart ........ Edith Sealey
Robert Lansing ....... Norman Goodhue
Fred J. Scollay ...... Carl Bower
Roxanne Arlen ........ Gladys Grey
Heywood Hale Broun ... Joe Pilver
Norman Shelly ........ Sam Forbes
Truman Smith ......... Professor Tillinghast
Synopsis:
A jaded salesman finds that love and education can go together. [RF]
Ep 6.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NIGHT OF BETRAYAL (Tape)
25-Mar-1959 CBS Wed
written by James Lipton
starring
Roddy McDowall ........... Michel
Victor Jory ........... Fernand
Melville Cooper ........... Father Gustave
Carol Lawrence ........... Gabrielle
Vincent Gardenia ........... Jacques
Paul Stevens ........... Albert
Synopsis:
The son of a wealthy French collaborator is secretly a member of the
underground.
He falls in love and marries a young girl who is hiding from the Gestapo. [RF]
Ep 6.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TROUBLE-IN-LAW (tape)
08-Apr-1959 CBS Wed
written by Danny Simon
starring
Gertrude Berg ........... May Golden
Al Lewis ........... Paul Golden
Betsy Von Furstenberg ........... Mimi
Frank Aletter ........... Hal
John McGiver ........... Mr. Arnold
Betty Garde ........... Mrs. Flynn
Rossana San Marco ........... Mrs. Donato
Ben Yaffee ........... Mr. Corey
Al Hodge ........... Customer
Peggy Allenby ........... Customer
Synopsis:
For years May Golden has ended every argument with her husband
by threatening to get a job. When Mimi, her youngest married daughter,
becomes exasperated with her mother's daily visits and free advice,
May decides it's time to prove her value by making good her threat. [RF]
Ep 6.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LITTLE TIN GOD
22-Apr-1959 CBS Wed
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Tom Donovan
written by Joe Palmer Jr.
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Richard Boone ........... Stan Koski
Gene Hackman ........... Joey Carlton
Jeff Donnell ........... Sadie Merrick
Paul McGrath ........... Dr. O'Neill
Sid Raymond ........... Isidore Feldman
Fritz Weaver ........... Carl Schard
William Deprato
Jim Dolan
Laurens Moore
Synopsis:
Stan Koski, a patient in a tuberculosis sanitarium, is chiefly responsible for
the
high morale of his fellow patients and the hospital staff. Only one patient remains
aloof and contemptuous of Koski’s efforts to divert his fellow patients. [RF]
6.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WAYWARD WIDOW
06May1959 CBS Wed
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Written by Michael Dyne
Based on the story "Wessex Tales" by Thomas Hardy
Directed by Paul Bogart
starring
Richard Greene ..... Reverend Stockdale
Betsy Palmer ....... Mrs. Lizzie Newberry
Barry Morse ........ Latimore
Ruth McDevitt ...... Mrs. Simpkins
Roy Poole .......... Owlett
Helena de Crespo ... Martha
with
Jim Harkins
Lucky Kargo
Synopsis:
Set in a small English seacoast village in the mid-19th century a beautiful
widow gets involved with
a virtuous preacher and a ring of brandy smugglers. [RF]
*NOTE: One of the highlights of this production is a last-act simulated wind and
rain storm which takes
place in an interior studio setting that boasts jagged cliffs, a sandy beach,
pounding surf and rock
caves and tunnels.
The settings were designed by Marvin Chomsky and decorated by Wes Laws.
Ep 6.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: CALL IT A DAY
20-May-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Edward Andrews ..... Roger Hilton
Faye Emerson ...... Dorothy Hilton
Augusta Dabney ...... Muriel Weston
Barbara Lord ..... Catherine Hilton
Nancy Kovack ..... Julie Gwynne
Elliott Reid ..... Frank Haines
Zina Bethune ..... Ann Hilton
Ep 6.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHISPER OF EVIL
03-Jun-1959 CBS Wed
written by Morton Wishengrad
starring
John Beal ...... Steven Barlow
Nina Foch ...... Grace Barlow
Chester Morris ...... Henry Vining
Ruth White ...... Mrs. Vining
Barbara Dana ...... Laura Vining
Jada Rowland ...... Sally
Tom Gorman ...... Policeman
Ep 6.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NO LEAVE FOR THE CAPTAIN
17-Jun-1959 CBS Wed
written by Robert Van Scoyk
starring
Geraldine Brooks ......... Gillian Harrison
Maurice Evans ......... Captain George Kingston
Donald Moffat ......... Lt. Jack Harrison
Diana Van der Vlis ......... June Kingston
James Kenny ......... Sgt. Dartie
Guy Spaull ......... Colonel Samuel
Nicolas Coster ......... Sergeant
Ep 6.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: APPLE OF HIS EYE
01-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Eddie Albert ......... Sam Stover
Carol Lawrence ......... Lily Tobin
Arlene Golonka ......... Nina Stover
Frank McHugh ......... Tude Bowers
Polly Rowles ......... Stella Ames
Arnold Merritt ......... Glen Stover
Ruth White ......... Nettie Bowers
Ep 6.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PINK BURRO
15-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
Written by Kay Arthur
Based on a play by Jean Riley
starring
June Havoc ......... Lil Anders
Edward Andrews ..... Charlie Anders
Jane Withers ....... Aunt Jan
Elizabeth Wilson ... Grace Ferguson
Jan Norris ......... Susie Anders
Marc Sullivan ...... Buff
Camilo Carrau ...... Pedro
Gene Hackman ....... Steve
Synopsis:
Former vaudeville singer Lil Andrews ambitiously makes preparations for her
daughter's professional singing debut. She is unaware that the girl, who is living
out of town with an aunt while taking singing lessons, has secretly married
and given up plans for a singing career. [RF]
Ep 6.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WISH ON THE MOON (Live)
29-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
directed by Johnny Desmond (better known as a
singer/actor)
starring
Peggy Ann Garner ... Frances Barclay
William Gaxton ..... Barney Goodwyn
Biff McGuire ....... Gil Wayne
Erin O'Brien ....... Olivia Beech
Peter Brandon ...... Hal Peterson
Peggy Conklin ...... Miss Boyce
Joe De Santis ...... Mr. Albright
Gerald Hiken ....... David Thorn
Shirley Grayson .... Secretary
Emily Kimbrough .... Radio Commentator
Barclay Trigg ...... Train Porter
Synopsis:
On their way to New York City, two girls meet on a train and agree to share
an apartment. Olivia Beech is a carefree art student, while ambitious Frances Barclay
is determined to become a great actress. But life in the big city produces a change
in their aspirations and even in their personalities.
[RF}
*Note: An earlier version of this one-hour play by Sumner Locke Elliott was
telecast
in 1953 with Eva Marie Saint and Phyllis Kirk in the roles played by
Peggy Ann Garner and Erin O'Brien in this episode.
Ep 6.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SEED OF GUILT
12-Aug-1959 CBS Wed
written by Barbara Chain
starring
Patty Duke ......... Robin Kent
Lois Nettleton ......... Jan Livingston
Peggy Wood ......... Lillian Granet
Herbert Nelson ......... Jim Kent
Betty Sinclair ......... Mary Jones
Gloria Vanderbilt ......... Myra Kent
Katherine Meskill ......... Mrs. Palmer
Ep 6.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE
26-Aug-1959 CBS Wed (rerun 29May63)
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Allan Seager
starring
Hans Conried ......... Bert Hay
Scott McKay ......... Jerry Frazer
Alice Ghostley ......... Ida Routzeng
Monique van Vooren ......... Simone Durrell
John McGovern ......... Henry Powers
Diana Millay ......... Airline Stewardess
Synopsis:
An honest bookkeeper is daydreaming about snatching
the company payroll and setting himself up in Paris with
a reasonable facsimile of Brigitte Bardot. [RF]
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