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Producer Bernard J. Prockter/ Narrated by Bob Sloane
Season
5 (NBC) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger
[Updated Jan 2021 RF]
references:
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NBC Fridays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (Weekly)
San Francisco airdates two weeks behind New
York City,
Los Angeles airdates three weeks behind New York City,
5.01
[--] The Big Story: THE CAT
Reporter: WALTER WINCHELL
28Aug1953 NBC Fri 9pm (rerun 02Nov57)
Producer Stuart Rosenberg / Director Will Jason
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
starring
George Petrie ......... Walter Winchell
Russell Hardie ........ J. Edgar Hoover
Robert Middleton ....... "The Cat"
Synopsis 1:
"The Big Story," returns to NBC-TV, tonight at 9, with Walter Wlnchell’s big
story, the surrender of
racketeer Louis (Lepke) Buchalter. [Long Island City NY Star Journal]
Synopsis 2:
Walter Winchell drives alone to a remote area to meet with a dangerous
mobster
and negotiate for the man's surrender.
Synopsis 3:
The story of the surrender of a public enemy to newsman Walter Winchell.
Singled out to be the go-between in the surrender of one of gangland's most
dangerous
criminals, Winchell set out to go to a remote spot to meet his man. [RF]
5.02 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: CHARLES MANNING OF THE GREENSBORO (N.C.) DAILY NEWS
04Sep1953 NBC Fri (delayed LA broadcast 25Sep53 NBC Fri)
Cast:
Walter Brooke ... Charlie Manning
Synopsis 1:
Charlie Manning, of the Greensboro (N.C.) Daily News. [Philadelphia PA
Inquirer]
Synopsis 2:
Walter Brooke stars as reporter Charlie Manning. [Rochester NY Democrat and
Chronicle]
Synopsis 3:
CRIME CLUES — "Big Story" tells how a reporter's courageous public
admission of misjudgment
brought a fair trial and new life to a young man. [Long Beach CA
Independent]
Synopsis 4:
Story of a reporter who admits error and wins a fair trial for a desperate
boy. [Tarrytown NY Daily News]
5.03 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: REX NEWMAN: REPORTER OF THE GLOBE AND NEWS
11Sep1953 NBC Fri (original version) / 4Jan57 NBC (revised version)
Produced by Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Star:
James Dean ......... Rex Newman
John Kerr
Wendy Drew
Carl Frank
Donald McKee
Ken Walken
Bobby Nick
Susan Harris
Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Rex Newman of the Joplin (Mo.) Globe and News-Herald helped
authorities
uncover a trail of robbery and murder crimes by a trio of reckless
teenagers. [RF]
5.04 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: RALPH CROPPER OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
18Sep53 NBC Fri
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Crime reporter Ralph Cropper of the Philadelphia Inquirer helped police
solve a murder. Cropper made
use of his extensive contacts in the underworld to get information on the
trip-state mob which had terrorized
the northeastern seaboard for four months. After the body of the mob’s last
victim was found in the
Neshaminy Creek, Cropper’s clues led to the gang’s capture. [Syracuse NY
Herald Journal][RF]
5.05 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: WILLIAM GRAVES: THE SPRINGFIELD LEADER AND PRESS OF MISSOURI
25Sep53 NBC Fri
Executive producer, Everett Rosenthal/ Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Director, Richard Schneider / Script by Gail Ingram
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Wallace Rooney ..... William Graves
James Holden
Bart Burns
Dortha Duckworth
Humphrey Davis
Tom Gorman
Helen Warnow
Synopsis:
William Graves takes an interest in three youths who are accused of the
brutal slaying of a man and wife in Birch Tree,
Missouri. His thorough investigation proves their innocence and leads to the
conviction of the murdered couple's son. [RF]
5.06 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: BERT MURRAY OF THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
02Oct1953 NBC Fri
Executive producer, Everett Rosenthal/ Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Directed by Richard Schneider / Written by Norman Lessing
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Leslie Nielsen ..... Bert Murray
Dan Morgan ......... Sam Petrie
Perry Wilson ....... Jean Wilson
Addison Richards ... Bainbridge
Synopsis:
Bert Murray believes that a man who has a murder rap against him is
innocent. Sam Petrie comes to the attention of the police
in an car accident. On investigating, they find that Petrie had been in
trouble many years before, although during past years, he
has been a good citizen. Murray learns that Petrie was a victim of
circumstances in a stabbing and was not actually guilty. He
works on the case with Petrie's many friends in the community until all
charges against him are removed. [RF]
5.07 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: WILLIAM B. MOORHEAD OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR
09Oct1953 NBC Fri
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
William B. Moorhead of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star interviewed witnesses of a
bank robbery to such good effort that he helped find the robbers and
murderer. [RF]
5.08 [--] The Big Story: CRIME SCHOOL
Reporter: DON KELLERMAN OF THE GARDEN CITY NEWSDAY
16Oct1953 NBC Fri (rerun 30Nov57)
Producer Stuart Rosenberg / Directed by Lawrence Doheny
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
cast:
James Broderick ........ Don Kellerman
Robert Yuro ............ Steve
Albert Lewis ........... Willie
Harry Bergman .......... Finch
Synopsis:
Reporter Don Kellerman's expose of shocking prison conditions was revealed
in the Garden City Newsday. Don Kellerman
staged a tavern holdup, then spent seven weeks in jail. His subsequent
report on prison conditions resulted in appointment of
a bipartisan commission to work with the New York State Department of
Correction in making recommendations for reform. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Crusading reporter Don Kellerman poses as a hoodlum to get the inside story
on Long Island prisons. [RF]
*Note: In order to get the inside story on conditions in Long Island
prisons, reporter
Don Kellerman of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. poses as a teenage delinquent.
5.09 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: MARVIN SLEEPER OF THE NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN
23Oct1953 NBC Fri
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
starring
Robert Pastene ........ Marvin Sleeper
Synopsis:
Reporter Marvin Sleeper of the New York Journal-American is assigned to make
the life of a 10-year-old boy a little
happier, following the diagnosis that the boy has but 80 days to live.
Sleeper offered assistance and encouragement to
the boy and arranged a series of tests by specialists which showed that the
child's life might be saved. [RF]
5.10 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
News Editor: ROBERT L. CHASE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS OF DENVER,
COLORADO
30Oct53 NBC Fri
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
starring
Les Damon ......... Robert L. Chase
Synopsis:
News editor Robert L. Chase of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colorado
persuaded a woman to reveal the details
of a murder committed 21 years earlier. A Denver woman sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of her 10-year-old
stepdaughter in 1930 and she finally spoke out in her defense after being
persuaded by Chase in 1951. [RF]
5.11 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Cub Reporter: THAYNE SMITH , 22, OF THE NEWTON KANSAN
06Nov1953 NBC Fri
Synopsis:
An idealistic cub reporter helps police handle a criminal he understands
better than they do. Thayne Smith, 22, of the Newton Kansan,
tried to help a man his own age who had a long record of petty crimes. But
the man seemed determined to repeat his pattern over and
over again until it came to a gun battle with the police. Then Smith proved
his value as a friend. [Rome NY Daily Sentinel]
5.12 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: JACK SETTERS OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN NEWSPAPER
13Nov1953 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Peter Hobbs ........ Jack Setters
Synopsis:
The brutal murder of Miss Emily Abernathy, Bryan Libraian on a September
evening in 1946 where she was slain by a army veteran
(21 years old) who stabbed her repeatedly with a pen knife. Story
contributed by Jack Setters of Nashville Tennessean Newspaper.
*This episode info supplied by: Ken Wortkoetter, 125 S Lebanon St, Bryan,
Ohio 43506
phone 419-636-5881 / fax 419-636-8338 / email <kenwrtkr@cityofbryan.net>
October 2002
5.13 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: ROBERT BILLETER OF THE PENDLETON TIMES OF FRANKLIN, WEST
VIRGINIA
20Nov53 NBC Fri (delayed LA broadcast 11Dec53 NBC Fri)
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter/ Director, Richard Schneider/ Script by Gail
Ingram
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Joe Maross ......... Robert Billeter
Anthony Perkins .... Ralph Darrow
Larry Robinson ..... Les
Mac McLeod ......... Reporter
Viola Frayne ....... Mrs. Darrow
Melville Ruick ..... Washington Times Reporter
Norman MacKaye ..... Police Officer
Paul Larson ........ Police Officer
Synopsis 1:
When an old car with its doors locked is reported to have been in front of a
cave entrance for a couple of days, Billeter
is concerned and persuades the news editor to run a piece in the newspaper
with the headline "Washington boy
believed trapped in cave." After this news item is run, a search of the cave
with a guide is instituted and two teenage
boys are found lost in the cave in a state of collapse from cold and hunger.
[RF]
Synopsis 2:
An abandoned car near the entrance to a cave sent an alert reporter on his
"Big Story."
[Long Beach CA Independent] [TA]
5.14 [156] The Big Story:
Reporter: GENE LOWALL OF THE DENVER POST
27Nov1953 NBC Fri [Times Dispatch]
18Dec1953 [Long Beach Independent]
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Announcer Ernest Chappell
Narrator Robert Sloane
starring
Lawrence Fletcher ....... Gene Lowall
Synopsis:
Gene Lowall of the Denver Post aides in the search for a strangler.
Synopsis 2:
Discovery of the body of a coed who had been strangled near Boulder, Colo.,
sets
off one of the most intensive manhunts in the history of the State.
5.15 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: DOUGLAS WILDEY OF THE YONKERS HERALD STATESMAN OF NEW YORK
04Dec1953 NBC
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Director, Richard Schneider/ Script by Gail
Ingram
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Frank Overton ...... Douglas Wildey
John Lehne ......... Nick Kyles
Joy Geffen ......... Sue Kyles
Charles Mendrick ... Laundry Owner
John Gibson ........ Editor Parker
Synopsis:
Douglas Wildey pursues a former laundry night guard after the laundry is
robbed three times.
The former guard believes that he is too slick for the police. He watches
for articles
on robbery in the newspaper. When he finds nothing, he calls the newspaper
each time
and asks why they did not print the story. They look for a former laundry
employee who has an
infant at home, having heard a baby during the calls. They find their man,
Nick Kyles.
5.16 [158] The Big Story:
Reporter: THOMAS C. GALLAGHER OF THE LOWELL SUN
11Dec1953 NBC Fri [Syracuse Herald]
25Dec1953 [Valley Times, Calif]
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Robert Sloane
starring
Philip Abbot ........... Thomas C. Gallagher
Synopsis:
Reporter Thomas C. Gallagher of the Lowell, Mass. Sun investigates the case
of
a jobless young man who held up a bank, and then surrendered to police.
Synopsis 2:
Thomas C. Gallagher of the Lowell (Mass.) Sun investigated the case of a
jobless young man
who held up a bank and escaped detection, then voluntarily surrended to
police. Gallagher's
coverage of the case helped the contrite thief rehabilitate himself. A
reporter's humanitarian
intervention saved a man from a long prison term during the Christmas season
of 1950.
5.17 [159] The Big Story:
Reporter: SAM JAFFE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO INS
BUREAU
18Dec1953 NBC Fri [Post-Standard]
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Announcer Ernest Chappell
Narrator Robert Sloane
starring
James Costigan ....... Sam Jaffe
Synopsis:
Reporter Sam Jaffe was on night beat duty with the San Francisco Chronicle
bureau,
he received word of a shooting and later found a witness vital to the
solution of the murder.
Synopsis 2:
INS Reporter Sam Jaffe has his Big Story dramatized at 9 p.m. today on WSYR-TV.
When Jaffe was on night beat duty with the San Francisco bureau, he received
word
of a shooting and later found a witness vital to the solution of the murder
of the shopkeeper.
5.18 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: J. HAROLD BRESLIN
25Dec53 NBC Fri
Announcer Ernest Chappell / Narrator Bob Sloane
5.19 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: PATRICIA LEEDS OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
01Jan1954 NBC Fri
Produced by Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Patricia Leeds solves the mystery of why a dying man
claimed suicide when the facts pointed to murder. [RF]
5.20 [--] The Big Story: HIT AND RUN
Reporter: NYE BEAMAN OF THE WATERBURY CONNECTICUT AMERICAN
08Jan1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Nye Beaman of the Waterbury American, sought and found a hit-and-run driver.
[RF]
5.21 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: LEE FUHRMAN OF THE ATLANTA GEORGIA CONSTITUTION
15Jan1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest cast:
Paul Trip ............... Lee Fuhrman
Synopsis:
Lee Fuhrman of the Atlanta Constitution traced a murderer with a small
sample of rope as his only clue. [RF]
5.22 [--] The Big Story: BURGLAR’S CAREER
Reporter: ALFRED E. CLARK OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
22Jan1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Sponsored by Pall Mall
Guest cast:
Nelson Olmstead .......... Alfred E. Clark
Synopsis:
Alfred E. Clark of the New York Times helped trap a diamond thief after a
pretty model dumped a bag of diamonds on his desk. [RF]
5.23 [--] The Big Story: AMNESIA CASE
Editor: ED ENGLEDOW OF THE LAMESA (TEXAS) DAILY REPORTER
29Jan54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Sponsored by Pall Mall
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Ed Engledow, editor of the Lamesa (Texas) Daily Reporter helped solve an
amnesia case. [RF]
5.24 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: FRED WEINBERG OF THE DULUTH, MINNESOTA NEWS TRIBUNE
05Feb54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Sponsored by Pall Mall
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Fred Weinberg of the Duluth, Minn Tribune who helped identify and
capture a murderer will be honored when his experience is dramatized. [RF]
5.25 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: LINSEY WHITTEN OF THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION OKLAHOMA
12Feb1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
The story of reporter Linsey Whitten of the Lawton (Oklahoma) Constitution
who investigated
the claim of an old man that he was Jesse James, and over 100 years old. [RF]
5.26 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: PAUL QUICK OF THE COLUMBUS OHIO CITIZEN
19Feb1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Sponsor Pall Mall
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest cast:
John Harvey ............ Paul Quick
Synopsis:
Reporter Paul Quick exposes a suspicious rest home for alcoholics. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A reporter from the Columbus (Ohio) Citizen exposes malpractice and worse in
an alleged rest home for alcoholics. [RF]
5.27 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Woman's Editor: TRUDY PROKOP OF THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
26Feb1954 NBC
Synopsis:
“The Big Story” will present the story of Trudy Prokop, woman's editor of
the Philadelphia Daily News.
Miss Prokop learned that more than $1 billion worth of merchandise is lost
each year in thefts from stores over the nation.
She decided to make a thorough study of the methods used by successful
operatives of the racket, and thus helped capture
several criminals. She posed as a shoplifter to get her authentic Big Story.
[Syracuse NY Post Standard]
5.28 [--] The Big Story: SUSPICIOUS DEATH
Reporter: VERN LECHLITER OF THE WYOMING EAGLE
05Mar54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
A reporter's persistent suspicion that a death attributed to natural causes
was actually murder leads to a crime solution. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Reporter Vern Lechliter of the Wyoming Eagle in Cheyenne was convinced that
a woman found dead in a
hotel room had been murdered. The coroner said no but the reporter's theory
was eventually proven. [RF]
5.29 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter|: SIDNEY CAVANAUGH OF THE BINGHAMTON PRESS
12Mar1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Sidney Cavanaugh exposes swindlers. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
New York reporter Cavanaugh heard a lot about the operations of a pair of
stock swindlers, but none of their
victims would file a suit, for various personal reasons. The reporter
decided to make his own case and although
he took a beating from the criminals, he produced the evidence that
convicted them. [RF]
5.30 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: MISS EDNA WRIGHT OF THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
19Mar54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Edna Wright of the Chicago Daily News reunited a mother and
daughter, separated for 22 years thru her efforts. [RF]
5.31 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: WALLACE BEENE OF THE ALEXANDRIA, LA. TOWN TALK
26Mar54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Wallace Beene of the Alexandria (Louisiana) Town Talk had only a
meager description of
one of the forgers and he was able to identify both and aided authorities in
apprehending them. [RF]
5.32 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: CHARLES G. CLAYTON OF THE ST. LOUIS, MO. GLOBE-DEMOCRAT
02Apr1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest cast:
Royal Dano
Synopsis:
A reporter tries to make a dying man's wishes come true. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A dying man wishes to leave his estate to a woman who had befriended him 25
years earlier.
Reporter Charles G. Clayton of the St. Louis, Missouri Globe-Democrat traces
the missing woman. [RF]
5.33 [--] The Big Story: NEW ANGLE
Reporter: GRADY BENNETT OF THE BLOOMINGTON HERALD-TELEPHONE OF INDIANA
09Apr1954 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Directed by Richard Schneider / Written by
Norman Lessing
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /Narrator, Bob Sloane
starring
Richard Carlyle .... Grady Bennett
Russell Hardie ..... Chief Drago
Philip Foster ...... Mr. Truesdale
Perry Wilson ....... Mrs. Rausch
Joseph Sweeney ..... Burnsie
Tony Brande ........ Sikora
Winifred Cushing ... Woman in the Crowd
Synopsis:
Mr. Truesdale, the husband of a woman who is found dead along with her
married secret
lover, is thought to be guilty of the crime. Grady Bennett presses for a
fair trial, uncovers
evidence--a plaster cast of an unknown footprint at the scene of the
crime--and prints it in
his newspaper. A woman spots it and phones in that she saw a man with that
type of
marking on the heel of his boot. The police are able to trap the killer,
Sikora.
5.34 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: JEAN BARRETT OF THE PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN
16Apr54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Jean Barrett of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin saved a woman from
imprisonment by probing the facts of a knifing. [RF]
5.35 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: ROBERT COUR OF THE DENVER, COLORADO POST
23Apr54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Robert Cour of the Denver, Co. Post covered the story of the murder
of a restaurant owner and the
disappearance of his two employees, one a weakling and the other a braggart.
Because Cour knew both suspects
by sight, he was able to help police identify and capture them. [RF]
5.36 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: WALLACE B. MCCOLLUM OF THE ALBUQUERQUE N.M. TRIBUNE
30Apr54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Wallace B. McCollum of the Albuquerque, N.M. Tribune suspects
something
is wrong when a farmer tells him that his wife and his eight step-children
have left for
Oklahoma where he will join them later. The reporter persuades local
authorities to investigate. [RF]
5.37 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: CHET HOLCOMBE OF THE SANTA BARBARA (CALIF.) NEWS-PRESS
07May54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Chet Holcombe of the Santa Barbara News-Press learned of a
Chinese-American couple whose infant
son was barred from this country because of immigration law technicalities.
The new law, which he was
instrumental in getting passed after two years of effort, grants Orient born
minor children of American citizens
the same immigration status as those of any other race. [RF]
5.38 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: C.E. ROUSE OF THE LAS CRUCES (N.M.) SUN-NEWS
14May54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Rouse not only helped authorities in tracking down the murderer
of a deputy sheriff but also testified for the prosecution. [RF]
5.39 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: HAL WILSON OF THE MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR
21May54 NBC Fri
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Hal Wilson, of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, seeks a feminine
hitchhiker in order to obtain clues about the slaying of a truck driver. [RF]
5.40 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: VIRGIL PIERSON OF THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD OF ALABAMA
28May54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter / Director, Richard Schneider / Script by Max
Ehrlich
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Cast:
Murray Hamilton .... Virgil Pierson
Joseph Leon ........ Ed Burroughs
Gale Page .......... Mrs. Kane
Maurice Wells ...... J.C. Whitney
Virginia Vincent ... Luella
Barbara Townsend ... Doctor's Assistant
Scott Moore ........ Police Sergeant
John J. Martin ..... Alex Kirby
Hank Gillen ........ Police Officer
Synopsis:
An anonymous letter causes Virgil Pierson to investigate a case of allegedly
accidental death
which proves to be murder. A woman dies in a Birmingham hospital after
having slipped in a
bathtub, or so her husband claims. Pierson receives a tip that it is murder.
He explores
the case, which is then reopened. As a result of this case, autopsies become
required
following any accidental death. [RF]
5.41 [--] The Big Story: MYSTERY GUNMAN
Reporter: JEROME L. SMITH OF THE KNICKERBOCKER NEWS OF ALBANY
04Jun54 NBC Fri
Producer, Bernard J. Prockter
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Residents of Albany, N.Y. are terrorized by a series of apparently
unmotivated shootings.
Reporter Jerome L. Smith of the "Knickerbocker News" of Albany is assigned
to the case. [RF]
5.42 [--] The Big Story: TEEN-AGE GANG
Reporter: STUART McCLURE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
11June1954 NBC Fri
Cast includes
Lee Bergere as Stuart McClure
Synopsis 1:
Reporter Stuart McClure of San Francisco Examiner helps break up teenage
gang warfare. [Long Island City NY Star Journal][TA]
Synopsis 2:
San Francisco Examiner Reporter Stuart McClure Is portrayed by Lee Bergere
in campaign against teen-age gang warfare.
5.43 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
Reporter: ARTHUR PETACQUE
18June1954 NBC Fri
Cast includes
Robert Elenstein
Synopsis:
Reporter Arthur Petacque finds a motive for murder in what had appeared an
accidental death. [New York Times][TA]
5.44 [--] The Big Story: MURDER SUSPECT
Reporter: JAMES BURR MILLER OF THE SALEM OREGON STATESMAN
25June1954 NBC Fri
Synopsis:
How reporter James Burr Miller, of the Salem (Oregon) Statesman, helped a
murder suspect clear himself. [Long Beach CA Independent]
5.45 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
(Reporter: DON MORRISEY OF THE ELKHORN,WIS, INDEPENDENT
02July1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
The Big Story of Don Morrisey of the Elkhorn, Wis., Independent will be
dramatized. Morrissey, now on
the staff of the Muncie Ind. Star, was covering the police beat when traffic
violators were brought into court. The reporter's discovery of
weapons in their auto led to identification of the men as fugitive
criminals. [Syracuse NY Post Standard]
Synopsis 2:
Reporter Don Morrisey finds weapons in car of several self-styled fisherman.
[Long Island City NY Star Journal]
5.46 [--] The Big Story: [Episode Title Not Known]
[Final Episode of Season 5]
Reporter: SHANDY HILL OF THE POTTSDOWNS (PA) MERCURY
09July1954 NBC Fri
Synopsis 1:
Editor Shandy Hill of the Pottstown. Pa. Mercury helps save an innocent man
from a long jail sentence. [Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle]
Synopsis 2:
The way editor Shandy Hill of the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury helped save an
innocent man from a long jail sentence will be dramatized on
Big Story. Hill produced proof that the circumstantial evidence by which a
man had been found guilty of the strangling of a beautiful woman
was misleading. [Elyria Ohio Chronicle Telegram][TA]
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