CTVA US Crime - "The Line-Up" (Desilu/CBS) Season 3 (1956-57)

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Starring Warner Anderson & Tom Tully
Season 3 (CBS) (1956-57) (30 min)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger, Rina Fox , Bob Manfredi , Jeannette Sloniowski, Bob Medina

references:
TV Guide /   Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive


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CBS Fridays 10:00 pm Eastern
35 episodes x 30 min
Episodes listed in Copyright Date Order,
except where Original Network Airdate is known.

3.01 [079] The Line-Up: The Adams Case
Copyright Date 25Sep56

 
3.02 [080] The Line-Up: THE FISHERMAN'S WHARF CASE
Copyright Date 28Sep56
03Oct56 CBS Fri WNAC-TV Boston, Ma (rebroadcast 28Jun57)
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A traveling salesman makes the mistake of flashing a roll of
bills in a waterfront night club. [RF]

3.03 [081] The Line-Up: THE RINGING BELLS CASE
12Oct56 CBS Fri (Copyright Date 9Oct56)
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Guest Cast:
Gary Gray ...... Bell Boy
Synopsis:
A psychopathic blackmailer with a liking for church bells victimizes
a young comedian headed for a Hollywood career. [RF]

3.04 [082] The Line-Up: THE SORENSON CASE
Desilu (Copyright Date 15Oct56)
19Oct56 CBS Fri
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
The motive for the beating of a finance-company official becomes clear when
a loan applicant demands a huge sum and threatens murder. [RF]

3.05 [083] The Line-Up: THE MOTORCYCLE CASE
26Oct56 CBS Fri (Copyright Date 22Oct56)
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A leather glove clutched by a man shot in a grocery store robbery
leads to a girl greedy for money and a boy who steals it for her. [RF]

3.06 [084] The Line-Up: THE JULIUS CAESAR CASE
Copyright Date 29Oct56 CBS
An ancient coin jammed in a jukebox leads to a gunhappy thug. [TA]
(Local broadcast 14Nov56  WSFA-12, Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday 7:30pm)

3.07 [085] The Line-Up: THE COSMOPOLITAN BUNCO CASE
16Nov56 CBS Fri (Copyright Date 12Nov56)
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
The finest restaurants of San Francisco are the setting for the pursuit
of a swindler with a gourmet's taste. [RF]

3.08 [086] The Line-Up: The Crazy Killer case
Copyright Date 14Nov56

3.09 [087] The Line-Up: The Madcap McGee case
Copyright Date 19Nov56


3.10 [088] The Line-Up: THE PAPER MILLIONAIRE CASE (verified on film -Bob Manfredi)
30Nov56 CBS Fri (Copyright Date 26Nov56) (c) 1956 Copyright Year (on film)
Produced by Jaime Del Valle
Written by Fred Eggers
Directed by Hollingsworth Morse
Starring: Warner Anderson (as Det. Lt. Guthrie)
with: Marshall Reed (as Insp. Fred Asher)
Guest Cast:
Reginald Sheffield .......as Col. R Fitzhugh-Martin
Jay Jostyn ...............as Charles Corvidian
Peter Votrian ............as Harrigan
Norma Varden .............as Mrs. Gordon
Synopsis 1:
Col. R Fitzhugh-Martin deposits a phony letter of credit from a
Canadian bank into a San Francisco bank and proceeds to bounce
several checks against it before being apprehended. [BM]
Synopsis 2:
A bad-check artist finds that a soft heart leads to his downfall when
he buys a bicycle for a young boy. [RF]

3.11 [089] The Line-Up: THE RANCHO CORDOVA CASE
Copyright Date 30Nov56
07Dec1956 CBS Fri
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A hoodlum wants to be thought of as a big wheel by his old friends. [RF]

3.12 [090] The Line-Up: THE JAMES SUNDAY CASE
Copyright Date 07Dec56
(14Dec1956 WFBG-TV Altoona, PA., ABC, CBS, NBC, affiliate 10pm Friday)
Guest cast:
Kenneth Patterson ..... James Sunday
Jil Jarmyn ............ Adele Thomas
Synopsis:
A pickpocket with a special interest in diamonds is linked to
a tourist who is a robbery victim. [RF]

3.13 [091] The Line-Up: The Adam Condon case
Copyright Date 21Dec56

3.14 [092] The Line-Up: THE CHINESE TEAPOT CASE
04Jan57 CBS Fri (Copyright Date 01Jan57)
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A 3000 year old clue confronts Lt. Guthrie and Insp. Greb as they trail
a holdup man. [RF]

3.15 [093] The Line-Up: THE TOY TIGER CASE
Copyright Date 04Jan57
starring Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A beautiful girl is the lure when a banker's son gambles on a rigged roulette wheel.[RF]
(Syndicated on "San Francisco Beat"  23Apr61 NBC Sun WBZ-TV Boston, MA 11:15pm)

3.16 [094] The Line-Up: The Ellis Garden case
Copyright Date 11Jan57


3.17 [095] The Line-Up: THE MISSING LIMOUSINE CASE
Desilu (Copyright Date 18Jan57)
25Jan57 CBS Fri
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
Four people witness the theft of a limousine and each one has a
different story. [RF]

3.18 [096] The Line-Up: The Juke Box Bandit case
Copyright Date 25Jan57

3.19 [097] The Line-Up: The Armored Car case
Copyright Date 01Feb57

3.20 [098] The Line-Up: The Robert Ericson case
Copyright Date 07Feb57

3.21 [099] The Line-Up: The Bay Meadows case
Copyright Date 14Feb57

 
3.22 [100] The Line-Up: THE WALKING DEAD MAN CASE
Copyright Date 25Feb57
01Mar57 CBS Fri WNAC-TV Boston, Ma
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Guest cast:
Aline Towne
Bob Wehling
Synopsis:
Several armed robberies are reported at about the same time that a man
disappears from his home. He has just learned he has only four months
to live. [RF]

3.23 [101] The Line-Up: THE HEINRICH MENZEL CASE
Copyright Date 05Mar57
Guest Cast:
Leon Askin

3.24 [102] The Line-Up: THE CHARLENE BLEAK MURDER CASE
Copyright Date 08Mar57
15Mar57 CBS Fri WNAC-TV Boston, Ma
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Synopsis:
A man who lends his car and a missing calendar page leads to the
death of a woman. [RF]

3.25 [103] The Line-Up: The Cherokee Rose case
Copyright Date 19Mar57

3.26 [104] The Line-Up: The Question Mark case
Copyright Date 28Mar57


 3.27 [105] The Line-Up: THE SAILOR'S WIFE CASE (film)
05Apr57 CBS Fri 10:00 NYC (Copyright Date 01Apr57)
Synopsis:
A seaman's wife plots a phony holdup, but her scheme backfires [RF]

3.28 [106] The Line-Up: The Georgie Gillette case
Copyright Date 08Apr57

3.29 [107] The Line-Up: THE ROBERT AVERY CASE
Copyright Date 24Apr57
26Apr57 CBS Fri WNAC-TV Boston, Ma
starring Tom Tully & Warner Anderson
Guest cast:
Russ Conway
John Close
Synopsis:
Lt. Guthrie and Insp. Greb are assigned to an explosive case.
The clues add up to several anonymous phone calls, several sticks
of dynamite and a hidden time-bomb set to go off at 12 noon. [RF]

3.30 [108] The Line-Up: The Transom Burglar case
Copyright Date 30Apr57
(delayed broadcast 24May57)
Synopsis:
A pair of safecrackers believe they have a foolproof
....... (incomplete)

3.31 [109] The Line-Up: The Goode case.
Copyright Date 15May57

3.32 [110] The Line-Up: THE STANLEY DEVLIN CASE [verified -BM]
Copyright Date 21May57
24May57 ABC Fri
Written by ?
Directed by ?
Guest Cast:
Robert Hutton ......... Stanley Devlin
Eve Miller ............ Jane Carstaris
Lillian Bronsan ....... Mrs. Gresham
Greg Norman ........... Sidney Carstairs
Synopis 1
A man tries to extort money from his ex-employer. [BM]
Synopsis 2:
A San Francisco advertising executive is threatened with blackmail
and is tempted to pay the price.

3.33 [111] The Line-Up: The Unwelcome Visitor case
Copyright Date 30May57

3.34 [112] The Line-Up: THE AMBITIOUS PEDDLER CASE
(Copyright Date 6Jun57)
03May57 CBS Fri (local delayed broadcast 07Jun57)
Synopsis:
A worried mother helps Insp. Greb and Lt. Guthrie
get information about her heroin addicted daughter [TA]

3.35 [113] The Line-Up: The Alfred Morgan case
Copyright Date 20Jun57

[--] 28Jun57 rerun of 3.02 "The Fisherman's Wharf Case" (first aired 03Oct56)

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