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Flight (1958-59)  
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive [Updated August 2015]
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

California National Presentation
Filmed by McCadden Productions
Airborne Productions, Inc (except eps. #32, #33 #38)
Executive Producer Al Simon (except eps. #32, #33 #38)
Produced by Robert Stillman (except eps. #32, #38)
Produced in cooperation with the
United States Air Force and Dept. of Defense
for
First-Run Syndication

US Airforce Anthology series 1958-59  38 episodes x 30 min

Hosted by General George C. Kenney
Premise:
The Story of the United States Airforce.

Background:
Al Simon also produced the 1957-58 anthology series "Panic!"
"The Beverly Hillbillies/Petticoat Junction/Green Acres" "Mr. Ed"
Robert Stillman was also associate producer of  "The Adventures of Hiram Holiday" (1956-57)

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Syndicated Program

[01] Flight (anthology): PARACHUTE JUMP (series pilot)
(c) 1958,   04Nov58 NBC NYC Tue 7pm
director, Maury Geraghty
writer, Douglas Morrow.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Richard Jaeckle, Alan Dexter, Richard Dial, Major Richard Saxe,
Captain Carl Sidders, William Forrest, Bruce Underhill, Dick Elmore,
Guy Way, Staff Sgt. Carl Brian.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
A soldier is bailing out of an airplane during a maneuver when his
parachute tangles, leaving him dangling from the plane. [RF] (film)

1.02 [--] Flight (anthology): TYPHOON CHASERS
(c) 1958 Show no. 2
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R.
Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
William Phipps, Wesley Lau, Tom Brown, Joe Flynn, Bobs
Watson.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
It is the summer of 1950. A typhoon is heading for Okinawa where B-29's are
preparing for a bombing mission. [RF/TA]
(Aired 13Sep59 on WTVY-9, Dothan, Alabama, Sun. 9pm)

[--] Flight (anthology): EXPERIMENT OXYGEN
(c) 1958 Show no. 71244 (might be show no. 14/or no.03 ??)
director, Jean Yarbrough ;
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Barry Atwater, Cathy Downs, Michael Miller, Jim Bridges, Jimmy Baird,
John Bryant, Robert Wark, Henry Hunter, Lee Warren.
 Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
A young Air Force doctor tries to determine whether or not an overdose
of oxygen is causing jet pilots to lose control of their planes. [RF]

1.04 [--] Flight (anthology): FLIGHT SURGEON -aka  - BUILD UP [verified on film -RF]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLWBnnhBgJc
(c) 1958 Show no. 4
Executive Producer Al Simon / Produced by Robert Stillman
Written by John Meredyth Lucas
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Director of photography Arch R. Dalzell
Film Editor Bruce Pierce, A.C.E.
Sound Editor George Eppich
Assistant Director Jack Voglin
*
Host: General George C. Kenney
Cast/performers:
Peter Hansen .... Kovacs
Robert Chapman ... Wright
Barry Cahill ..... Hines
Simon Scott ... Mitchner
Buck Young .... Davidson
Myrna Fahey .... W.A.F. Operator
Bing Russell ...... Pilot
Richard Davies ... Anderson

1.05 [--] Flight (anthology): ESCAPE
McCadden (c)1958 Show no. 5.
25Jul59 NBC Sat WCSH-TV Portland Maine
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Douglas Morrow.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Paul Burke
Armand Alzamora
Bert Kaiser
Ed Platt
Dick Crane
Joel Marston
Ken Wales
Host: General George C. Kenney
Synopsis:
An American jet pilot is show down and lands on an island. [RF]

[06] Flight (anthology): SKY HOOK
McCadden (c)1958 Show no. 6.
(15Nov58 NBC Sat WCSH-TV Portland Maine, 6:30pm) [RF]
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Robert Dennis.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Douglas Dick, Paul Picerni, Sydney Smith, Louis Jean Heydt,
Robert Carricart, Gene Coogan, Rube Schaffer.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis 1:
Air Force Intelligence, needing information in the possession of a German
general works out a scheme to capture him. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
A special trained team of intelligence experts is dropped into occupied Europe. [RF]

 [07] Flight (anthology): RED CHINA RESCUE
McCadden (c) 1958 Show no. 7.
(17Sep59 ABC Thurs)
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Frank Baldridge; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Steve Brodie, Fred Eisley, Robert McQueeney, Harlan Warde,
Louise Fletcher, Robert Dix, George Pelling, Lance Howard.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
When a Dutch cargo plane disappears off the coast of Southern China,
Air Rescue Service comes to its aid. [RF]

[08] Flight (anthology): BOMBS IN THE BELFRY
(c) 1958 Show no. 8.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, John Kneubuhl, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Dick Jones, Robert Knapp, Brett Halsey, Alan Wells, Walter Reed,
Luis Alvarez, Anna Navarro.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

1.09 [--] Flight (anthology): THE HARD WAY
McCadden production (c) 1958 Show no. 9.
(15Aug1959 NBC Sat WCSH-TV Portland Maine, 6:30pm)
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Tony Barrett.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Tom Laughlin, Joel Ashley, Robert Nichols, Brad Trumbell, Ron Foster,
Lee Roberts.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
A fighter pilot sent out to photograph enemy territory is not satisfied with his assignment. [RF]

[10] Flight (anthology): THE DART
(c) 1958 Show no. 10.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Harold Swanton.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Herbert Rudley, Mike Road, Wesley Lau, Charles Carpenter, Bob Anderson,
Jim Smith, Bek Nelson.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[11] Flight (anthology): WINDOW IN THE SKY
(c) 1958 by Airborne Productions, Inc. Show no. 11.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Fenton Earnshaw.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
James Drury, Robert Ellis, Toni Gerry, Joe Flynn, Alan Dexter,
William Pullen, John Close, Michael Hemingway, Lorence Kerr,
L.Q. Jones.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[12] Flight (anthology): THE DERELICT
(c) 1958 Show no. 12.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Arthur Brown, Jr.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert Christopher, Patrick Waltz, Christopher Dark, Ray Montgomery,
Ed Perry, William Cassidy, Steve Ihnat.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[13] Flight (anthology): THE MINEFIELD
(c) 1958 Show no. 13.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Ellis Marcus.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Russell Johnson, Dan Barton, William Phipps, Chris Warfield.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
Captain John Budlong's B-25 is hit by flak while over enemy territory
in Korea. [RF]

[14] Show No. 14 - no details

[15] Flight (anthology): CRASH INVESTIGATION
(c) 1958 Show no. 15.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, John Meredyth Lucas.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert Gist, Arthur Hanson, John Eldredge, Robert Karnes, Grant Withers,
Sue England, James Parnell, Earl Parker.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[16] Flight (anthology): HAVANA RUN
(c) 1958 Show no. 16.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writers, Les Farber, Mary Fay.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
William Joyce, Anna-Lisa, Than Wyenn, Tom Coley, John Close,
Lewis Martin, James Parnell, Pat Michon.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

1.17 [--] Flight (anthology): FINAL APPROACH
McCadden prod. (c) 1958 Show no. 17.
06Nov59 CBS Fri
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, John Meredyth Lucas.
film editor, Frank Baldridge; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Cast/perfomers:
Ross Elliott, Terry Frost, David R. Ross, Don Nagel, Jimmy Murphy,
William Erwin, Max Mellinger, Irene Vernon, Anne Anderson, Ed Nelson,
Norman Alden, James Parnell.
Synopsis:
Three crew members of a B-47 find their lives endangered when their landing
gear refuses to operate as they return from a practice run. [RF]

[18] Flight (anthology): TEXAS FLIERS
(c) 1958 Show no. 18.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Burt Sims.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Scott Marlowe, Richard Carlyle, Claudia Barrett, William Swan,
James Douglas, Charles Tannen, Gates Brown.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[19] Flight (anthology): JAPANESE CODE
(c) 1958 Show no. 19.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Frank Baldridge; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Simon Scott, James Seay, Ben Morris, Richard Crane, Joseph Holland,
Mort Thompson.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[20] Flight (anthology): FLIGHT PLAN
(c) 1958 Show no. 20.
director, Jean Yarbrough;
writer, Richard M. Powell.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Liam Sullivan, Ray Montgomery, Walter Kelley, William Hudson,
Brad Trumbull, Leon Tyler, Leonard Graves, Frank Ray, Robert Sherman,
Jack Wagner.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[21] Flight (anthology): MASTER SERGEANT
(c) 1958 Show no. 21.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Douglas Morrow.
film editor, Frank Baldridge; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Patrick McVey, Eric Fleming, Burt Reynolds, Tom Irish,
Amzie Strickland, Bobs Watson, Ken Wales, Don Etner.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[22] Flight (anthology): THE SNARK
(c) 1958 Show no. 22.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert Gist, Clark Howat, Christian Drake, Robert Richards,
William Lundmark, William Bryant, Warner Jones.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

1.23 [--] Flight (anthology): BORDER INCIDENT
McCadden (c) 1958 Show no. 23.
(07Aug59 CBS Fri WPRO-TV Providence RI)
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Tony Barrett.
film editor, Frank Baldridge; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert Cabal, Edward Kemmer, Clark Howat, Eugene Iglesias,
George Sawaya, Conrado Maga, Kimo Mahi.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Synopsis:
After participating in an American jet-pilot training program, a young native
of Vietnam vanishes with a T-33 carrying a load of high explosives. [RF]

[24] Flight (anthology): OPERATION ANGEL
(c) 1958 Show no. 24.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Tony Barrett.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Nancy Hadley, Robert Brubaker, James Bannon, John Pickard,
Stanley Clements, James Callahan.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[25] Flight (anthology): SUBMARINE PATROL
(c) 1958 Show no. 25.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Lyle Talbot, Norman Leavitt, Olan Soule, Larry Blake, Kay Stewart,
Francis DeSales, Jess Kirkpatrick.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[26] Flight (anthology): DECISION
(c) 1958 Show no. 26.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Jack Laird.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Herbert Rudley, Nelson Leigh, Alvy Moore, Robin Hughes, James Hong,
Ashley Cowan, Joseph Sargent.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[27] Flight (anthology): DESTINATION NORMANDY
(c) 1958 Show no. 27.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, John Hawkins.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
William Phipps, Wesley Lau, Tom Brown, Joe Flynn, Bobs Watson.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[28] Flight (anthology): STORY OF A GENERAL (documentary)
(c) 1959 Show no. 28.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Thomson Burtis.
film editor, Willard Nico; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Host: General George C. Kenney.
Summary:
In a departure from the usual dramatic stories presented on Flight,
this program is a documentary which takes a look at the men and the planes of the past.

[29] Flight (anthology): EYE FOR VICTORY
(c)1959 Airborne Productions, Inc. Show no. 29.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Fenton Earnshaw.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Burt Reynolds, Robert Anderson, Larry Thor, Rollin Moriyima, Al Toigo,
Clifford Kawada, Bob Kino, Johnny Western.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[30] Flight (anthology): ENEMY AGENT
(c) 1958 Show no. 30.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Douglas Morrow.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Douglas Kennedy, Arthur Hanson, Barney Phillips, John Hubbard,
Walter Reed, Peggy Taylor, Gene Coogan, Roy Lennart.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[31] Flight (anthology): SHOW OF FORCE
(c) 1958 Show no. 31.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Douglas Kennedy, Ron Haggerty, Chris Dark, Addison Richards,
Robert Karnes, Norm Alden, Mike Miller, Sally Todd, Gene Roth.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[32] Flight (anthology): VERTIJET
(c) 1959 Robert Hinkle Productions. Show no. 32.
producer, Robert Hinkle
director, Gerry Morton
writer, Vance Skarstedt.
film editor, Warren Adams; photography, Larry Raimond.
Cast/perfomers:
John Agar, Dub Taylor, Barne Williams, Maureen Arthur, Vance Skarstedt,
Robert Hinkle, Adoree Evans, Whitney Hughes, Alan Thomason.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[33] Flight (anthology): CHOPPER FOUR
(c) 1959 Raylock Productions, inc. Show no. 33.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Jack Laird.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert Knapp, William Lundmark, Pat Waltz, Hugh Sanders, Joe Conley,
Wally Cassell, Edward Faulkner, Forrest Compton, Joseph Breen,
Robert Nash, Renny McEvoy.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[34] Flight (anthology): THREE MEN
(c) 1959 Show no. 34.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Leonard Heideman.
film editor, Henry DeMond; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
John Pickard, Forrest Compton, Mason Alan Dinehart, Carol Leigh,
John Conwell, Ingrid Goude, Peter Bourne, Ron Foster, Robert Fallon,
Jimmy Hayes.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[35] Flight (anthology): MERCY COMMANDO
(c) 1959 Show no. 35.
director, Jean Yarbrough
writer, Jack Laird.
film editor, Bruce Pierce; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Lynn Bernay, Brian Kelly, Larry Thor, Jacqueline Scott, Scott Peters,
Sid Bowe.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[36] Flight (anthology): THE CHAPLIN STORY
(c) 1959 Airborne Productions, Inc. Show no. 36.
executive producer, Al Simon
producer, Edward Cullen
director, Jules Bricken ;
writers, Russell S. Hughes, Leonard Heideman.
film editors, Victor C. Lewis, Jr., Bruce Pierce;
photography, Arch R. Dalzell, Lloyd Ahern.
Cast/perfomers:
Marshall Thompson, Carol Leigh, John Pickard, Forrest Compton,
Harvey Stephens, Rollin Moriyama, Mason Alan Dinehart, John Dennis,
Danny Chang, Chester Gan.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

[37] Flight (anthology): SURVIVAL
(c) 1959 Show no. 37.
director, Val Raset
writer, Leonard Heideman
film editor, Willard Nico; photography, Arch R. Dalzell.
Cast/perfomers:
Marshall Thompson, John Pickard, Mason Alan Dinehart, Robert Fallon,
Forrest Compton, Ron Foster, Jimmy Hayes.
Host: General George C. Kenney

[38] Flight (anthology): OUTPOST IN SPACE
(c) 1959 by Raylock Productions, inc. Show no. 38.
producers, Jack Rabin, Irving Block ;
director, Boris Sagal
writer, Anthony Ellis.
film ditor, William H. Webb; photography, William Snyder.
Cast/perfomers:
Robert McQueeney, Theodore Marcusse, Robert Gist, Robert Fuller,
Ron Hagerthy, James Callahan, Robert Sherman, Lisa Britton, Frank Ray.
Host: General George C. Kenney.

 [--] Flight (anthology): (unidentified episode)
Synopsis:
The paths of three men cross in a fateful encounter over Germany
during the big push just before V-E Day. (Victory in Europe) [TA]

[--] Flight (anthology): (unidentified episode) (possibly #25)
(25Mar59 NBC Wed 10:30pm ET Columbus)
Synopsis:
A pilot attempts to convince government officials that CAP planes
should be used against German U-Boats. [RF]

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