The Alfred Hitchcock Hour season 9
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, known as Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1962, aired 32 episodes during its ninth season from 1963 to 1964.
Episodes
[edit]No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Original air date | |
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301 | 1 | "A Home Away from Home" | Herschel Daugherty | Robert Bloch | Ray Milland as Dr. Howard Fenwick | September 27, 1963 | |
A patient at a mental institution does a role reversal by imprisoning the doctors. At Norton Sanatorium, patient Sarah Sanders (Kay) entertains Dr. Howard Fenwick (Milland) with her past life in entertainment when attendant Andrew (Leeds) mentions the arrival of Howard's wife Ruth (LaRoche), who is surprised at the role that patient Howard is playing at the institution. Ruth meets with Dr. Norton (Wright) to discuss whether Howard can be released anytime soon, as he is desperate to leave. After Norton says no and she leaves, Howard takes Norton's eyeglasses and breaks them before strangling Norton. Howard then pretends to be Norton when Norton's niece, Natalie Rivers (Griswold), calls about a visitation. The next day, Major Hart (Long) and Miss Gibson (Gregg) surprise Sarah with the revelation that Norton has left the institution and Howard is now in charge. Martha (Gilchrist) fixes the meal while Howard welcomes Natalie, and they discuss psychotherapy. When Natalie starts to look for Sarah's food in the dumbwaiter, as Andrew has failed to bring it, she hears a man yell for help upstairs. Upon looking upstairs, she is surprised by Andrew (Leeds), who is being locked up by Howard and Gibson, and who begs for her help. Gibson then takes Natalie downstairs for dinner, claiming that he is a dangerous patient. After dinner, Howard and Natalie speak when Major and Donald (Brooks) enter. Nicky Long (Searl) then comes in the study, as Donald has stolen his watch and wine decanter. Sarah, who claims to have been pregnant for the past five years, again inquires with Natalie about her dinner, so Sarah pulls up the dumbwaiter, only to discover Norton's body. Inspector Roberts (Dillon) is called to investigate, but Norton's body is missing. Natalie returns to her room, but she finds that the key fails to lock the door. She goes to Norton's office to talk to Howard and finds Norton's body inside his desk instead. Roberts and Howard then enter, with the two informing Natalie that Roberts is only pretending to be an inspector, as the others are only pretending to do their roles as well. After they leave, Major tells Natalie that Howard is a longtime patient who murdered his wife. After finding a telephone that has been disconnected, Natalie goes to speak with Andrew, who recommends that she find Sarah for help. She goes to Sarah's room to find that Donald has stolen the keys from Norton's study, and Sarah convinces Donald to give Natalie the keys. Howard goes to look for Natalie, finding her upstairs, and he attacks her. Just then, the real police (Peel) burst into the room, as Roberts had called them. Howard had told him to act as a real inspector, after all. Supporting Cast: Mary LaRoche as Ruth Fenwick, Beatrice Kay as Sarah Sanders, Ben Wright as Dr. Jerry Norton, Virginia Gregg as Miss Gibson, Ronald Long as Major Hart, Peter Leeds as Andrew, Connie Gilchrist as Martha, Jackie Searl as Nicky Long, Claire Griswold as Natalie Rivers, Peter Brooks as Donald, Brendan Dillon as "Inspector" Roberts, Richard Peel as First Officer Interesting Note: Ray Milland (March 10), Virginia Gregg (September 15), Ronald Long (October 23), and Beatrice Kay (November 8) all died in 1986; Milland (January 3) and Kay (April 21) were both born in 1907, respectively. | |||||||
302 | 2 | "A Nice Touch" | Joseph Pevney | Mann Rubin | Anne Baxter as Janice Brandt, George Segal as Larry Duke | October 4, 1963 | |
A woman, Janice Brandt (Baxter), is caught between her drunken husband, Ed (Townes), and her determined lover, actor Larry Duke (Segal). Janice, a casting edit in New York City, calls Larry, out in Los Angeles, after her estranged husband shows up at her home and attacks her, though he soon passes out. While talking, they flash back to when they met at a casting audition, after the receptionist (Dillard) takes a call from Ed. After another actor (Stuart) is chosen to audition first, determined Larry forces his way into a doomed audition with executive Mr. Roberts (King), which greatly entertains Janice. His horrid audition is even interrupted by Roberts' secretary (Stewart), so Roberts cuts it short. After his rejection, he follows Janice and asks her out, as well as picking her up after she stumbles and hurts her ankle. Back in their present conversation, Larry suggests that Janice kills Ed while he lies unconscious. They flash back again to revisit how Larry seduced Janice at her home after the failed audition and her ankle injury; the two of them promised each other that there was no turning back. Janice begs Larry not to make her kill Ed, and she even tries to wake up Ed, but Larry presses her to either smother Ed with a gifted pillow (from Larry to Janice) or forget about their relationship altogether. Janice had received the pillow after being fired for sabotaging a casting performance for Larry. Janice smothers Ed, and Larry instructs her how to wrap the body in a blanket and dump it discreetly. After they hang up the phone, Larry calls the Los Angeles Police Department and tells them about Janice murdering Ed. Ed then goes back to bed, where his new wife Darlene (Holt) is waiting. Supporting Cast: Harry Townes as Ed Brandt, Charlene Holt as Darlene Vance, Walter Woolf King as Mr. Roberts the Executive, Mimi Dillard as Mimi the Receptionist, Martha Stewart as Secretary, Gilchrist Stuart as Actor | |||||||
303 | 3 | "Terror at Northfield" | Harvey Hart | Leigh Brackett (teleplay) Ellery Queen (story) | Dick York as Sheriff Will Pearce, Jacqueline Scott as Susan Marsh, R.G. Armstrong as John Cooley | October 11, 1963 | |
The residents of a small town, Northfield, demand the investigation of a boy's death. Sheriff Will Pearce (York) and Susan Marsh (Scott) arrive at the home of John Cooley (Armstrong) to speak with John's son Tommy, but John reports that Tommy has left the area without any word. Susan believes that Tommy fled because of his mother, who is presumed dead but who Susan believes is still alive. Back in town, Susan speaks with librarian Flora Sloan (Flynn), who sold her a rundown car, and they discuss the Cooleys. Meanwhile, a body is found outside of town, with resident Frenchy La Font (Patrick) trying to handle the prying townsfolk. John Cooley finds a piece of glass and pretends to find his son's button while Dr. Buxton (Conway) reviews the body. The mayor, Sanford Brown (Harvey), demands answers from Sheriff Pearce, while John sneaks away to match the piece of broken glass to Susan's car's headlight. The next day, Frenchy stops by John's to discuss buying the Cooley family farm, but John attacks and knocks out Frenchy, dumping his body near the spot where Tommy's body was found. A councilman (Antrim) excitedly informs Susan of the body's discovery the next day, while multiple townspeople (Carroll, Pope, Bokar) react fearfully and with paranoia. Sheriff Pearce interviews Mrs. La Font (Squire) about Frenchy's whereabouts the day of his murder. John visits the grocer (Boles) before skulking around the town at night. At the library, Flora discusses her fears with Susan about being out at night, and Flora leaves Susan alone when Bib Hadley (Whitney), the custodian, uses his spare key to enter, scaring Susan with both his arrival and his talk of enjoying killing animals while working in a slaughterhouse. She flees outside only to run into Sheriff Pearce, who confronts Bib at gunpoint and detains him for questioning. Meanwhile, John stops by Flora's home to ask her about Tommy, and she passes out when he mentions killing Frenchy; Flora is later found dead. Mayor Brown calls a town meeting to discuss the situation, with residents Mr. Smith (O'Byrne), Mr. Jones (Newell), Mr. Brown (Reiner), and Mrs. Hayes (Bonney) relating their shared fear. As some residents want to form a citizens' patrol, such as Sam Hughes (Guth) and Fred (Raven), Mrs. La Font reveals a letter determining that Frenchy killed Tommy in a car accident. Deputy Ben (Bancroft) and Sheriff Pearce run to find Susan and John, while John lures Susan to the spot where Tommy was found. When she arrives, John attacks Susan just as the Sheriff Pearce and Ben arrive to save her. Sheriff Pearce reveals to Susan that Frenchy killed Tommy with her car before he had sold it to Flora, who had then sold it to Susan. Supporting Cast: Peter Whitney as Bib Hadley, Dennis Patrick as Frenchy La Font, Gertrude Flynn as Flora Sloan, Curt Conway as Dr. Buxton, Harry Harvey Sr. as Mayor Sanford Brown, Raymond Guth as Sam Hughes, Katherine Squire as Mrs. La Font, Bryan O'Byrne as Mr. Smith, William Newell as Mr. Jones, Gail Bonney as Mrs. Hayes, Robert Reiner as Mr. Brown, Harry Antrim as Councilman, Jim Boles as Grocer, Dee Carroll as Woman, Hinton Pope as Man, Hal Bokar as Man, Benje Bancroft as Deputy Ben (uncredited), Harry Raven as Townsman Fred (uncredited) | |||||||
304 | 4 | "You'll Be the Death of Me" | Robert Douglas | William D. Gordon (teleplay) Anthony Gilbert (story) | Robert Loggia as 'Driver' Arthur | October 18, 1963 | |
A newlywed bride becomes suspicious of her husband when she finds a button belonging to a young woman who died not far from their mountain cabin. Korean War veteran 'Driver' Arthur (Loggia) stops by the Blackbird tavern to have a drink, while locals Tompy Dill (Smith), Kyle Sawyer (Leavitt), Bette Rose Calder (Phillips), and the bartender (Edwards) shoot the breeze. He is followed and watched by mute Ruby McCleod (Blake), who Bette Rose tries to run off. When Driver leaves, Bette Rose follows him to the nearby creek, where they argue about her not waiting while he served in uniform and threatening to inform his wife of their relationship. Driver strangles Bette Rose before he realizes what he is doing. At his mountain cabin, Driver's wife Mickey (Seurat) worries when a thunderstorm hits and Driver returns home late. That night, while putting away his jacket, she finds a button from Bette Rose's clothing. The next day, policeman Garfield Newton (Atwater) visits Mickey to ask about Bette Rose, who was found near the cabin, and anyone who she might have seen nearby. After he leaves, Mickey and dog Rex take a walk, with the two running into Ruby, who loves Rex, and they travel to McCleod's store for milk. Ruby's mother (Freeman) operates the family farm business, and she reveals that Ruby found Bette Rose, who writes that Bette Rose was pretty but evil, and they mention a missing button, which panics Mickey. Mickey returns home to find Driver waiting, who confronts her with the button. Driver states that he found the button and is very sensitive to her about it, but he agrees to talk to Gar Newton about it. The two of them take Rex for a walk to see Gar, but Driver backtracks and throws the button on the ground. Mickey confronts Driver with her suspicion that he killed Bette Rose, and he tells her that he had no other choice but to kill Bette Rose for Mickey. He pleads with her to stay with him, as he will otherwise be hanged. Driver strangles Mickey to quieten her before returning to the cabin. Just as he arrives, Gar Newton shows up, and after Driver claims that Mickey has not come home, the two go to the McCleod's to look for Mickey. Gar calls for a search party, and they find Mickey's body. Doctor Chalmont (Seel) offers to handle Mickey's arrangements for Driver. Ruby notices that Driver possesses Rex's chain that Mickey had earlier, so Gar questions how Driver has the chain if he had not seen Mickey. Ruby hurriedly writes that he, Driver, must have killed her, and Driver defeatedly drops the chain to the floor. Supporting Cast: Pilar Seurat as Mickey Arthur, Hal Smith as Tompy Dill, Norman Leavitt as Kyle Sawyer, Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. McCleod, Charles Seel as Doctor Chalmont, Barry Atwater (credited as G.B. Atwater) as Policeman Garfield 'Gar' Newton, Carmen Phillips as Bette Rose Calder, Sondra Blake (credited as Sondra Kerr) as Ruby McCleod, Sam Edwards as Bartender | |||||||
305 | 5 | "Blood Bargain" | Bernard Girard | Henry Slesar | Richard Kiley as Jim Derry, Richard Long as Eddie Breech, Anne Francis as Connie Breech | October 25, 1963 | |
A contract assassin meets his target's handicapped wife. Earl (Call) and assassin Jim Derry (Kiley) visit Rupert Harney (Martin), who wants bookie Eddie Breech (Long) killed for stealing from his crime business. They follow Eddie, who takes his handicapped wife Connie (Francis) out to eat. She catches Derry's eye, especially after he finds out that Eddie crippled his wife by knocking her down a flight of stairs in a rage. When the cocktail waitress (Holliday) informs Eddie of a phone call for him, Derry leaves the bartender (Bellin) to take the opportunity to talk to Connie. Days later, Derry waits in Eddie's car, putting a gun in Eddie's face and demanding what Eddie is doing to help Connie. Derry forces Eddie to take him to see Connie, and Derry admits the truth of the situation to Connie. Connie convinces Derry to try to resolve the situation somehow, so Derry calls Figaro (Brocco), who runs a mortuary, in order to purchase a corpse. When Derry goes to see Eddie again, he has left the apartment, so Derry and Connie speak of her accident and depressive state. When Eddie returns, Derry takes his jewelry, car, and $1000 to stage Eddie's death and thereby fool Harney, but Derry leaves his revolver with Eddie for protection. Derry goes home and is met by Earl, who mentions Harney's annoyance at the deed not yet being done, and Derry assaults Earl to put him in his place. Derry then collects the corpse and stages an explosive car accident before collecting the $3000 bounty from Harney. After leaving, Derry is arrested by a detective (Duncan) and questioned by Lieutenant Geer (Elliott) at the police station. Geer plays a recording of Earl, who had just been arrested for an old charge, informing on him and Harney. Derry confesses everything to Geer, including his pity for Connie. Geer tells Derry that Eddie has been cheating on Connie for a considerable amount of time, which is why they fought. Geer reveals that Eddie has been shot and killed with Derry's gun before bringing in Connie, who tells Geer that Derry killed Eddie, leaving Derry astonished and frozen. Supporting Cast: Barney Martin as Rupert Harney, Peter Brocco as Figaro, Ross Elliott as Lieutenant Geer, Anthony Call as Earl, Craig Duncan as Detective, Thomas Bellin as Bartender, Beverly Holliday as Cocktail Waitress | |||||||
306 | 6 | "Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale" | Herschel Daugherty | Richard Levinson, William Link | Gary Merrill as Harry Jarvis, Phyllis Thaxter as Mrs. Logan, Fess Parker as Sheriff Ben Wister | November 8, 1963 | |
A widow tries to convince a police officer that her neighbor has murdered his wife. While Harry Jarvis drinks beer in his backyard, a child (Roter) comes looking for his lost cat, and Jarvis angrily orders the child away by accusing him of trespassing. Neighbor Mrs. Logan (Thaxter) calls Charlie (Furth) at the police station, desiring Sheriff Ben Wister (Parker) to go see her. Charlie finds Wister at Henry's (Reese) barbershop, and Wister sets off for Mrs. Logan's house. There, Mrs. Logan confides to the sheriff that she believes that Jarvis has done something nefarious, as he has done nothing but drink beer for three days, and Jarvis used to always argue with his wife (Marjorie), who has disappeared with her dog. Wister decides to set up an appointment with Jarvis under an assumed identity at Jarvis' business, but Deputy Charlie knows Jarvis and provides basic details to the sheriff. Sheriff Wister goes to see Dr. Wyatt (Lieb), who is a longtime friend of Jarvis, and who has noticed a change in behavior regarding Jarvis. Wister waits with the receptionist (Merchant) for Jarvis' wife, but Jarvis called to cancel her appointment with Dr. Lieb. The sheriff then travels to a bridge game at Mrs. Bergen's (Bartlett) house to ask her about Jarvis' wife, but Bergen hasn't been able to reach her. Mrs. Logan calls Wister to report that Jarvis is digging a large hole in his backyard. When Wister goes to watch with her, Jarvis sees Mrs. Logan looking at him, and he angrily confronts her about spying on him. Wister visits Jarvis to inquire about his wife, but Jarvis says that she went upstate with her dog. However, when Wister leaves, he runs into the neighbor boy, who says that he saw the dog that day. Mrs. Bergen stopped by to offer a recipe to Mrs. Jarvis, but he told her that the wife was unwell. Just then, Charlie calls in to report that he is following Jarvis, who just picked up a package. Wister visits the store to talk with proprietor Mr. Bell (Mustin), who reports that Jarvis bought fertilizer and rat poison. That night, Wister, Charlie, and local Al (Arvan) surveil Jarvis digging in his yard from Mrs. Logan's house. They confront Jarvis with shovels of their own, and they dig to find the wife's dead dog buried. When he realizes that the sheriff believes something sinister has occurred, Jarvis admits to Wister that his wife left him four days prior, after fifteen years of marriage, and he lets the sheriff search the home. Wister visits Mrs. Logan, who still believes that Jarvis has harmed his wife. After Wister leaves, Jarvis climbs into Mrs. Logan's yard with a shovel and sneaks into her home. When she sees him, they embrace romantically and discuss their statements to the sheriff. Jarvis then digs another hole before retrieving his wife's body from Logan's yard, where it had been hidden. Just then, the sheriff stops by again in order to retrieve the dog, and Logan, not knowing of the sheriff's presence, throws the shovel back over the fence while referring to Jarvis as "darling" before realizing with horror what has just transpired. Supporting Cast: George Furth as Deputy Charlie, Burt Mustin as Mr. Bell, Sam Reese as Henry the Barber, Martine Bartlett as Mrs. Bergen, Robert P. Lieb as Dr. Wyatt, Jan Arvan as Al, Cathie Merchant as Receptionist, Robert Roter as Boy | |||||||
307 | 7 | "Starring the Defense" | Joseph Pevney | Henry Slesar | Richard Basehart as Miles Crawford | November 15, 1963 | |
A former actor defends his son on murder charges. Miles Crawford (Basehart) is awoken by his maid Jenny (Halop) as his friend Sam Brody (Collins) has stopped by to play gin rummy. Miles's son Tod (Pollick) arrives home early and snaps at Miles before stomping upstairs to his room, but Sam notices blood spots on the carpet. When Miles goes to confront Tod, Tod claims that it was a minor car accident before saying that it was a fight. Just then, Sam tells Miles that the police (Zuckert) have arrived, and officer Sam (Tarkington) shows Miles a warrant for Tod's arrest, as the person with whom Tod fought has died. Miles blames himself, as he was too busy acting and attending school to raise Tod. Miles visits the office of notable criminal attorney Ed Rutherford (Launer) (to represent Tod in court for the count of first-degree murder of his friend Jules), where he is greeted by Rutherford's daughter Ruthie (Diane), who serves as the secretary for her father. Miles and Ed argue about the merits of the case and whether Miles would be better representation for Tod, as he firmly believes that Tod did not intend to commit murder. Miles then visits Tod to gauge whether he would approve of Miles co-representing him with Ed, and Tod accepts his father's desired involvement. Ed faces off against prosecutor Hanley (Phillips), who firstly calls Rudy Trask (Connelly) to testify about the night's doings with Tod and the knife fight after an argument about Tod wanting to drink and drive. Miles gets Rudy to admit that Tod was cut first in questioning. Next, Tod's friend Babs Riordan (Hales) testifies that Tod and Jules ('Julie') hated each other, and that Tod threatened to kill Jules on multiple occasions. After the judge (Zaremba) calls for the day's recess, Tod admits to Miles that Babs is telling the truth, even as Miles seeks to destroy her testimony. Tod testifies that he didn't hate Jules, that he thought it would be a fistfight, and that Babs desired Jules, but on cross-examination he admits happiness that Jules is dead. Miles gives an impassioned performance in his closing argument in order to convince the jury, and many of those in the courtroom applaud. The next day, the judge recesses the court upon receiving new evidence from the prosecutor. The judge, the court bailiff (Williams), the prosecutor, and Miles watch one of Miles's films in which he gave the same speech in front of a similar judge (Leary), foreman (West), and defendant, Frankie (Allen), over thirty years prior. After the movie speech, the movie prison warden (Fredericks) and movie chaplain (Jackson) try to comfort condemned Frankie as he is led to the electrocution chamber. Tod is ultimately found guilty by the jury and is sentenced by the kind-hearted judge to life imprisonment, with the possibility of parole. Supporting Cast: Russell Collins as Sam Brody, S. John Launer as Defense Attorney Edwin C. 'Ed' Rutherford, Barney Phillips as Prosecutor Hanley, Christopher Connelly as Rudy Trask, Jean Hale as Babs Riordan, Rockne Tarkington as Pete the Police Officer, Teno Pollick as Tod Alexander Crawford, Diane Mountford as Ruthie Rutherford, Will Allen as Frankie the Movie Boy, Selmer Jackson as Movie Chaplain, Nolan Leary as Movie Judge, Charles Fredericks as Movie Warden, Buster West as Movie Foreman, Vince Williams as Court Bailiff, Florence Halop as Jenny the Maid (uncredited), Bill Zuckert as Lieutenant Raphael (uncredited) | |||||||
308 | 8 | "The Cadaver" | Alf Kjellin | James Bridges | Michael Parks as Skip Baxter, Joby Baker as Doc Carroll | November 29, 1963 | |
A medical undergraduate tries to get his roommate to stop drinking by convincing him that he killed a girl. Professor Dawson (Blaine) lectures to his class concerning dissections before Charlie Pitts (Matthews) brings in the cadaver, which is fellow graduate student Doc Carroll (Baker) playing a practical joke to scare the class's students (Bernard). Later, female student Barbara Simms (Hayward) is forcibly carried to the men's dorm showers by drunken Skip Baxter (Parks) before Doc and other male students stop the assault. Skip drank over thirty beers and blacked out before his assault on Barbara, who was his love interest until the episode. At the Halloween carnival the next night, Skip gets a pie from student Ruby (West) to throw in Doc's face, and then he drinks forty-two beers before passing out and getting thrown out by the bartender Sam (Sharon). While talking with friend Pete (Cooper)and carrying Skip out of the event, Doc gets the idea to play a practical joke on Skip in order to get him to stop drinking alcohol. Doc tells Skip that he found "Ruby" strangled when Skip wakes up the next day. Doc goes to work for Professor Dawson while Skip sobers up with coffee and speaks with Barbara on the telephone. Skip panics when Tom Jackson (Marshall) comes by to check the dorms, and Skip convinces him not to check his room. Ed Blair (Johnson) comes, by as the football coach wants to know why Ship missed practice, and Ed helps Skip make his bed with clean sheets. Meanwhile, Professor Dawson discovers that a cadaver is missing from storage, and Doc admits the truth to him, with the professor ordering Doc to return the body at once. When Doc goes to get the body, he finds that Skip has taken it away. Doc goes to see Ed about Skip, and Ed reports that the coach is about to kick Skip off the team for absences. Skip drives around with the cadaver until he almost runs over talkative sixty-seven-year-old Mrs. Fister (McDevitt), who is taking out her garbage for the collector (Dockstader). She invites Skip in for a drink of gin, and he parks his car in her garage, concealing the body that he wrapped in a rug. She gives him the entire story of the neighborhood while they enjoy their drinks. When she calls the new young couple to tell them of trash collection procedure, Skip gets the idea of disposing of the body by grinding into pulp where the trash is destroyed. After Mrs. Fister temporarily passes out from drinking, Skip goes to her garage to saw up the body, he cuts up the body and wraps it for the trash, and the collector takes it the next morning, to Skip's relief. Skip returns to campus only to find Ed collecting his football gear, as the coach has kicked him off the team. Skip goes to get a drink from bartender Sam just as Ruby arrives, leaving Skip in shock by her appearance. Doc arrives just then and asks about the cadaver's location, and Skip leads Doc away. At Professor Dawson's next class, a female student (FitzSimons) finds Doc's body in the freezer, initially believing it to be another joke. Dawson grabs Doc's stiff body, realizing the truth, as Skip laughs maniacally in the corner. Supporting Cast: Don Marshall as Tom Jackson, Rafer Johnson as Ed Blair, Jeff Cooper as Pete Phillips, Brooke Hayward as Barbara Simms, Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. Fister, Martin Blaine as Professor Dawson, Eric Matthews as Charlie Pitts, Michael Beirne as Jim Thompson, Jennifer West as Ruby, William Sharon as Sam the Bartender, Bob Bernard as First Student, Bronwyn FitzSimons as Girl Student, George Dockstader as Garbage Collector | |||||||
309 | 9 | "The Dividing Wall" | Bernard Girard | Joel Murcott (teleplay) | James Gregory as Fred Kruger, Katharine Ross as Carol Brandt | December 6, 1963 | |
A break-in gang gets exposed to a radioactive capsule. A little boy (Corey) scares his sister with a mask while his sitter tries to calm the two down. Meanwhile, lead mechanic Fred Kruger (Gregory) tries to get fellow mechanics Terry (Robinson) and Al Norman (Fell) to work at Fred's tow service, though Terry is recently released from state prison and suffers from claustrophobia while attempting to work under the vehicle's engine. He goes outside to get some air and speaks with his love interest, Carol Brandt (Ross), who is hesitant to fully engage in dating. He admits his troubled past to her, and she speaks of her troubles with forming a relationship. Later, former convict Fred discusses a robbery plan to net $120,000 with fellow former convicts Terry and Al. They break into the industrial plant while disguised, tying up security, and attempt to grab the safe, which proves heavier than they thought. They then commandeer a forklift to load the safe into the stolen delicatessen vehicle they had grabbed for the job. While fleeing, they get pursued by the police, but they escape by timing when a train will pass by. Al torches into the safe, and they find $112,000 and a small, hardened container that contains a radiation warning label on the side for cobalt-60, which is used to scan steel beams. Government Custodian Frank Ludden (Kelljan) of the United States Atomic Energy Commission works with Larry Polson (Foster) and Durrell (Scott) to locate the stolen cobalt, while Al complains to Fred that he touched the element, and his fingers are now numb with burns on them. They close the towing shop while they plan what to do, as the opened container is in the shop. Terry goes next door to see Carol, but they are interrupted by customer Mrs. Callucci (Vanni), who needs to use the telephone. Terry collects the courage to tell Carol that he loves her before the two notice that her bird has died. Terry tries to convince Carol to come with him to Mexico, so Carol's father Otto (Lane) tells Carol to admit the truth about her past, and she confesses to formerly being married with a baby boy, whom she gave up for adoption. This angers Terry greatly, and he storms away. Later that night, Al is shot while standing at the entrance of a hospital. AEC radio operator (Boyett) gets a call for Ludden to say that a man (Al) was found dead due to exposure, and therefore the container is likely open, so a newscast is issued, which Terry and Fred watch. Fred admits to killing Terry, and when Terry says that Fred will have to do the same to him, Fred locks Terry in a small room, triggering Terry's claustrophobia. Terry escapes and goes to see Carol, who is looking after her now sick father, but Carol and her father rebuff Terry and order him to leave. Terry goes to the tow shop and loads the container into the stolen truck just as Fred arrives. Fred punches Terry and knocks him unconscious into the mechanic's bay, which he seals. Just as Fred attempts to leave with the money, the AEC officials arrive with the military and police, and Fred is shot after he ignores their orders and shoots at the officials. Terry is let out and apologizes to Carol, who sympathizes for him. Supporting Cast: Chris Robinson as Terry, Norman Fell as Al Norman, Rusty Lane as Otto Brandt, Simon Scott as Durrell, Renata Vanni as Mrs. Callucci, Robert Kelljan as Government Custodian Frank Ludden, Judd Foster as Larry Polson, William Boyett as the Radio Operator, Erik Corey as Little Boy | |||||||
310 | 10 | "Good-Bye, George" | Robert Stevens | William Fay | Robert Culp as Harry Lawrence, Stubby Kaye as George Cassidy | December 13, 1963 | |
A movie actress is visited by her ex-convict husband, who she had assumed was dead. A movie actress is visited by her ex-convict husband, who she had assumed was dead. Actress Lana Layne (Barry) films a scene, as a nun, with the director (Kopell) and receives acclaim from agent Harry Lawrence (Culp) before being interviewed by Haila French (Pearce) and her photographer Al (Joyce). She hallucinates and sees her dead ex-husband George Cassidy (Kaye), causing her to cancel the remainder of the interview. This greatly upsets head publicist Dave Dennis (Reid), and Harry promises to make things right with Haila, who writes for 300 newspapers. When Lana returns home, she is followed by George, who greets her as "Peaches" to her shock and dismay. Peaches had read in the paper that George was shot in Newark, but George had switched wallets with another man and then disappeared, before he was caught in St. Louis by police and forced to serve five years in prison. Peaches tries to pay off George then and there, but George wants to wait until after the Academy Awards, which Peaches is highly favored to win. After Peaches wins Best Actress, she enjoys an after-party with Harry and Dave as a bartender Ed (Ragan) happily serves drinks. Just before she begins to interview with Haila again, she spies George present, as he pretended to be with the press. Peaches shoves young starlet Sally Jackson (Carter-Ihnat) in front of the press while she privately attempts to determine George's motives, which he reveals to be community property after they discuss her marriage to him at age seventeen in Mexico. George details his fantasy for their life before attempting to force romance upon her, and she strikes and kills him with a statuette in her defense. Lana calls in Harry, who reacts without emotion about her choices before Dave bangs on the door to demand that Peaches meet with the press. They shove George's body in a closet while Lana meets with the waiting public, just in time as Haila was about to angrily leave. Harry announces to the assembled guests that he and Lana are to be married in Tijuana, which greatly upsets Haila as she wanted to be the first to be told of the engagement. Afterward, Harry and Lana plan on how to lose the press in Mexico and cross the border at Mexicali to bury George at Harry's cabin. Harry promises Dave that they will give a honeymoon report to Haila, who has angrily left. After getting married in Tijuana in front of a large crowd, they set off to get rid of the body. They easily pass through border customs but are soon pulled over by a police officer (Martin) for driving eighty-five miles per hour, but he lets them go with a gruff warning. When they enter the cabin (with Harry carrying George) and turn on the lights, friends, colleagues, and the press (including Haila) yell surprise before quickly snapping pictures of the trio. A newspaper details Lana and Harry being charged with murder, with it being revealed that Dave found their getaway map and staged the surprise at the cabin to appease Haila. Supporting Cast: Patricia Barry as Lana Layne / Rosemary 'Peaches' Cassidy, Elliott Reid as Dave Dennis, Alice Pearce as Haila French, Sally Carter-Ihnat (credited as Sally Carter) as Sally Jackson the Starlet, Jimmy Joyce as Ed the Photographer, Mike Ragan as Al the Bartender, Bernie Kopell as Director, Kreg Martin as Patrol Officer | |||||||
311 | 11 | "How to Get Rid of Your Wife" | Alf Kjellin | Robert Gould | Bob Newhart as Gerald Swinney, Jane Withers as Edith Swinney | December 20, 1963 | |
A gentleman and his wife each plot the other's murder. Gerald Swinney (Newhart) visits a dancehall and talks with doorman Oscar (Hamilton) in order to speak with dancer Rosie Feather (Jameson), to whom he has brought carnations. He apologizes to her about having her testify in court, but she is excited by all the attention that she has received. He flashes back to when his relationship with his wife Edith (Withers) went wrong, as she became disappointed in him being a bank clerk for fifteen years and on them having to rely upon her mother, and he hated that she gave away his fishing gear. He asked her for a divorce, but she refused, so he worked on a plan to get rid of her. He purposefully stages a public performance in front of neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Penny (Quinn and Winston), and Mrs. Penny gossips on the matter with Mrs. Harris (Bonney). Gerald cooks breakfast and insinuates that he put weed killer in his wife's coffee and food. Edith then calls friend Laura (Scott) and tries to convince her of Gerald's intentions, but Laura doesn't believe her. Gerald successfully portrays Edith as an angry tyrant and himself, as Mr. Quinn states, as "some kind of saint." Edith invites Laura and husband Henry (Petrie) over to state her case to them about Gerald, but they tell Edith that they want her to see a doctor. When they are eating dinner, a delivery man (Wellman Jr.) arrives with fish tanks for the fishpond Gerald is digging in the backyard. Laura is afraid for Gerald instead of Edith, as she is panicky and paranoid while he is calm and convivial. After they leave, Gerald goads Edith into kicking him out of the house and off the property, which is noticed by the neighbors. When Gerald leaves on Sunday morning, so that he will receive maximum exposure for the church-going neighbors, Edith finds a picture of Rosie under his pillow. Edith visits Rosie to argue about Gerald being hers and yell at Rosie, but Rosie claims that she doesn't know Gerald and calls for help from doorman Oscar. After Edith orders Gerald home, he goes to a pet shop and purchases two rats from the proprietress (Guilbert). He puts the rats under the sink for Edith to find, so she purchases poison to exterminate them. That night, she poisons his hot chocolate with rat poison. She finds him the next morning and calls Henry to say that Gerald poisoned himself. The police sergeant (Karnes) arrives and Gerald suddenly awakes to state that the note he left was about him leaving her. The district attorney (Gould) prosecutes Edith, noting that the photo of Rosie was left in a library book. Laura testifies that Edith spoke often of death and poison, and Mrs. Harris testifies that Edith spoke of suicide. A salesman (Hines) testifies that she bought the rat poison used, and Mrs. Penny states that Edith kept her house spotless and clean, meaning that she would never need the poison. The jury found Edith guilty, and she was sentenced to five years in prison. Gerald successfully asks Rosie out for a date, but he is confronted outside the dancehall by the pet shop proprietress, who has been following the case and demands that they date in order to keep quiet about the purchase of the rats. Supporting Cast: Joyce Jameson as Rosie Feather, George Petrie as Henry, Bill Quinn as Mr. Penny, Mary Scott as Laura, Joseph Hamilton as Oscar the Stage Doorman, Helene Winston as Mrs. Penny, Gail Bonney as Mrs. Harris, Robert Karnes as Sergeant, Harold Gould as District Attorney, Ann Morgan Guilbert as Pet Shop Proprietress, William Wellman Jr. as Delivery Man, Harry Hines as Rat Poison Salesman | |||||||
312 | 12 | "Three Wives Too Many" | Joseph M. Newman | Kenneth Fearing (short story) Arthur A. Ross (teleplay) | Teresa Wright as Marion Brown, Dan Duryea as Raymond Brown | January 3, 1964 | |
A woman learns that her husband has at least three other wives. Marion Brown (Wright) takes a taxi to the Newark home of Bernice Brown (Hale), to whom Marion emotionlessly reveals that she is also married to Bernice's husband, Raymond (Duryea). Marion then asks for a drink and poisons Bernice in order to keep Raymond for herself. She then flies back home to Baltimore to arrive before Raymond returns from a business trip. After spending some time together and Raymond "accidentally" falling and almost being crushed by a fuel tank in the basement, Raymond talks with Mr. Bleeker (Cronthwaite) about marriage for love versus marriage for money. Raymond then travels to Newark just as Bernice's body has been found by police, and he is greatly devastated. Lieutenant Storber (Gravers) questions him about whether Bernice was suicidal, and Storber unknowingly stops Raymond from drinking the poisoned scotch that killed Bernice. After Bernice's funeral, Raymond argues with her sister (Thompson) and brother-in-law (Fresco) about the relationship and Bernice's belongings. Raymond then calls another wife, Lucille (Lawson), who lives in Boston. Just as they hang up, Marion arrives at Lucille's home with a pistol, but Marion realizes that Raymond has been married to Lucille for five years, versus only three to Marion, meaning Marion is the other woman. They figure out that Raymond marries exclusively for money, as Marion is the oldest and richest of his wives, and they plan on how to get revenge. However, Marion poisons Lucille and Raymond arrives, once again, just as police and paramedics are taking her body. Police Detective Lanning (Brown) believes it was suicide and questions an astonished Raymond. Raymond calls Marion, and she gets him to let her meet him in Boston for some fun together for a night. Later that night, Raymond goes to meet Bleeker about his racetrack operation, as he has lost multiple financial backers. Raymond then visits another wife's (Helen) apartment, only to discover Police Detective Mallard (Grey) looking over her dead body. Raymond returns to Baltimore and finds Marion lying still on the couch, causing him to yell out as he believed her dead. She offers to make him a drink, as she has been practicing, which makes him fearful due to recent circumstances and as she never drinks. Marion cheerfully tells Raymond to inform his company that he must stay local from now on to be with her. Raymond accuses her directly of murdering the women, and Marion outlines how Raymond has committed bigamy and would be the primary suspect, due to motive. After reluctantly agreeing to give in to her demands, he asks about what if he changes his mind. She replies that other than the police, there is always the hole in the cellar. Supporting Cast: Jean Hale as Bernice Brown, Linda Lawson as Lucille Brown, Robert Cornthwaite as Mr. Bleeker, Steve Gravers as Lieutenant Storber, Duane Grey as Detective Mallard, Lew Brown as Detective Lanning, David Fresco as Brother-in-Law, Dee J. Thompson as Sister-in-Law | |||||||
313 | 13 | "The Magic Shop" | Robert Stevens | H. G. Wells (story) John Collier (teleplay) | Leslie Nielsen as Steven Grainger, Peggy McCay as Mrs. Grainger | January 10, 1964 | |
A boy gains the power of mind over matter. Steven Grainger (Nielsen) narrates the change for young son Tony (Megna) as Steven and his wife (McCay) celebrate Tony's birthday. They get a visit from Mr. Adams (Hartman), who brings Tony a gift of a filled piggy bank and roses for Mrs. Grainger. Tony wants to use his birthday money to visit the local magic shop, which Steven and the wife have looked for and failed to find. When they leave the house, Tony almost gets run over, drawing the ire of a police officer (Sanders), before Tony finds the magic shop in question. The proprietor, Mr. Dulong (Opatoshu), makes himself known and shows the Graingers some magical items and tricks, but Dulong knows that Tony wants to see and know real magic. A boy, Eric (Corcoran), and his mother (Swanson) arrive at the front door, but the mother can only see and empty building while Eric sees the people inside. Dulong gives Tony a policeman doll and a pin, and he instructs Tony to stab the doll with the pin. In the background, sounds of pain and agony can be heard after Tony stabs the doll. Dulong then makes Tony disappear in a magical box trick in front of Steven, with only Tony's laughter to be heard. When Steven gets angry and tries to attack Dulong, Steven passes out and awakens in the middle of the street, where he is almost hit by an old man (Sedan) as onlookers (Rich, Richards) watch. A medical intern (Reiner) tries to calm Steven as he rants about Tony and the magic shop, which other see as a travel agency. Steven is brought to speak with Police Lieutenant Herlie (de Corsia), who challenges Steven's assertions before sending him home. The next day, Tony suddenly appears at the top of the stairs and wants breakfast. Tony claims to have been gone for weeks, even though it was just the previous day. When no one is watching, Tony performs a series of hand motions and makes the flowers given by Mr. Adams suddenly die. The Graingers take Tony to see a clinical psychologist, Dr. James Stone (Sargent), who tries to get information from Tony, but fails. Stone reveals that a Dulong Apothecary was destroyed by Cotton Mather in 1692 and another existed in the early 1900s. Stone recommends that the Graingers let Tony adopt a dog from the nearby pound, which leads Tony to adopt a shepherd mix he names Dulong. The shepherd bites Mr. Adams, and Tony panics his parents when he says that not only will he teach the dog tricks, but that he will do everything the dog says as well. Tony makes a little girl's balloon pop, which angers an older girl named Susan (Ferdin). After she threatens to clobber Tony, he makes the water sprinklers turn on and soak her dress. The next day, Dulong attacks Mr. Adams again, so Adams kills Dulong with a garden hoe, claiming that the dog rotted away into little pieces almost immediately. Tony overhears this and becomes angry, so that night he makes Adams' house catch on fire, and Adams dies. When the Graingers confront Tony, he stabs a picture of his father with a knife, which makes Steven's face bleed in the exact spot featured in the picture. Steven then narrates that this is how he and the Mrs. have become slaves to Tony's desires as they share a quiet meal together. Supporting Cast: John Megna as Richard Anthony 'Tony' Grainger, David Opatoshu as Mr. Dulong, Ted de Corsia as Lieutenant Herlie, Paul Hartman as Mr. Adams, William Sargent as Dr. James Stone, Brian Corcoran as Eric, Hugh Sanders as 1st Cop, Rolfe Sedan as Old Man, Audrey Swanson as Eric's Mother, Robert Reiner as Intern, Wendy Ferdin as Susan (uncredited), Ron Rich as Onlooker (uncredited), Leoda Richards as Onlooker (uncredited) Note: Multiple characters, including firemen, policeman, and onlookers, are uncredited and currently unknown. | |||||||
314 | 14 | "Beyond the Sea of Death" | Alf Kjellin | Miriam Allen DeFord (short story) William D. Gordon and Alfred Hayes (teleplay) | Mildred Dunnock as Minnie Briggs, Diana Hyland as Grace Renford | January 24, 1964 | |
A San Francisco heiress ends her marriage to a fortune hunter. Minnie Briggs (Dunnock) attempts to help her despondent friend Grace Renford (Hyland), who is suicidal following the breakup of her one-year relationship with Keith Holloway (Slate). She flashes back to when mining engineer Keith, a Boston native living in Bolivia, checked into Hotel Croydon with the clerk (Williams) and quickly received a phone call from Grace. Grace gets butler Charles (Sherman) to call a car for her and show great excitement that Keith desires to see her for herself and not because of her notable deceased father. Grace explains to Minnie that she has been a pin-pal with Keith, but Minnie believes that Keith only wants Grace's wealth. Grace attempts to cook the perfect meal for Keith, but she burns the steak and forgets to put coffee in the water. He regales her with his poetry and his exploits from around the world and they go watch a football game. Keith proposes marriage to Grace in a local park before Grace reveals her real identity as a wealthy divorced heiress who is careful about being swindled for her money. She accepts his proposal, and they decide to live in Potosí. He leaves to find a house in Bolivia, and they renew their correspondence via letters. After a while, she receives a letter stating that Keith has died. While languishing over his death, she receives an advertisement for a lecture by Bombay medium Dr. R.D. Shankara (Sofaer) about the Rossetti poem Keith recited to Grace, "Beyond the Sea of Death". She visits Dr. Shankara in his hotel to discuss Keith and attempt to contact him, and "Keith" says that he wants Grace to be closer to him. Grace offers to become a worker at Shankara's temple to help others, and she wants to donate all her money to him to build a shrine. Minnie tries to reason with Grace but fails to reach her, so she goes to visit Shankara and runs into Lucy Barrington (Ayars), whom she questions as a supposed client of Shankara. Lucy had a similar background and similar experiences as Grace, following in love with a Bolivian pen-pal, Herbert, found in a magazine who died in an explosion. Herbert's picture matches that of Keith, so Minnie confronts Grace, who fails to believe her. Minnie reveals that the police have arrested Shankara and are looking for Keith, and Police Lieutenant Farrell (DeSales) reveals Keith's real identity to be Harold Drummond. Grace runs crying upstairs, with Minnie following and offering sympathies. Grace draws a revolver from the study and shoots Minnie, blaming her for taking Keith away. Supporting Cast: Jeremy Slate as Keith Holloway, Abraham Sofaer as Dr. R.D. Shankara, Ann Ayars as Lucy Barrington, Francis DeSales as Lieutenant Farrell, Orville Sherman as Charles, Ollie O'Toole as Second Hotel Clerk, Vince Williams as First Hotel Clerk, Jim Barringer as Messenger Boy | |||||||
315 | 15 | "Night Caller" | Alf Kjellin | Robert Westerby (teleplay) | Bruce Dern as Roy Bullock, Felicia Farr as Marcia Fowler | January 31, 1964 | |
A woman is driven to madness by a young man and a series of intimidating phone calls. Marcia Fowler (Farr), home alone while her husband Jack (D. White) is away on business in Chicago, receives a call from her lover as she is spied upon by Roy Bullock (Dern). She catches him and angrily orders him away, but he refuses to leave, so she calls the police. Officers (W. White) question her and take down details of the incident. The police officers leave and question a woman shopper (Morris) leaving the store, and she sends them to the Masters' house. Mrs. Masters (Harrower) identifies the man as her nephew, Roy, and the police officer questions him about being a peeping Tom. When Jack arrives home, he is told by neighbor Lucy Phillips (Greene) about the incident, as Lucy has brought cookies to the Fowlers with the intent of spreading some gossip about Marcia. Jack's son Stevey (Barringer) soon arrives and receives a gift mechanized toy plane from Jack. When Marcia gets home, she and Jack argue about the incident and Marcia not preparing for his return. Marcia then receives an anonymous phone call, which puzzles Jack. That night, Jack visits Roy, who is having fun listening to music with his girlfriend Nancy Willis (Sayer) and friends. Roy apologizes and Jack accepts before leaving amicably. The next day, Roy goes to the local park and helps Stevey with his toy plane before inquiring about Stevey's schedule and activities. Jack comes by to give Stevey a ride home but allows Roy to look after Stevey and walk him home. Jack goes home and fights with Marcia about him playing cards with friends and Marcia wanting to go out more. When Roy drops off Stevey, Marcia gets angry and Jack storms out just before Marcia sees Roy staring at her through the kitchen window. That night, Marcia receives another phone call, with the caller discussing her being alone and her looks. She calls Jack's friend Ken just as Jack arrives home, and Jack agrees to go see Roy in order to calm Marcia. Roy says that he didn't call Marcia and claims that he was on a date with Nancy, convincing Jack that Marcia just wants attention from Jack himself. Before Jack gets back home, Marcia gets another call, this time about her nightgown. The next day, Roy plays basketball with Stevey in the park, angering Nancy for not spending time with her. Meanwhile, Jack attempts to talk Marcia into going with him on a driving trip for business to San Francisco, but she talks him into taking Stevey instead on a plane trip, which delights Stevey. When Marcia goes out the next day, she is greeted with another phone call upon returning home. Just afterward, Roy knocks on the door with a toy plane for Stevey and demands to speak with Marcia. Roy compares Marcia's treatment of Stevey to his stepmother's treatment of him and his father, calling her vain, selfish, and conceited. When he tells her that he smells death on her and threatens to tell Jack, she pulls out a gun and shoots him multiple times. Just then she receives another phone call from the serial harasser, and her nightmare continues. Supporting Cast: David White as Jack Fowler, Angela Greene as Lucy Phillips, Elizabeth Harrower as Mrs. Masters, Leslie Barringer as Stevey Fowler, Diane Sayer as Nancy Willis, Frances Morris as Woman Shopper, Will J. White as Policeman Casting Note: The second policeman is uncredited and currently unknown. | |||||||
316 | 16 | "The Evil of Adelaide Winters" | Laslo Benedek | Arthur A. Ross | Kim Hunter as Adelaide Winters, John Larkin as Edward Porter | February 7, 1964 | |
June 1944. A convicted artist claims that she can make contact with the dead. Adelaide Winters (Hunter) promises Mr. and Mrs. Thompson (Robinson and Bromley) that she can contact their son, Private Harry Thompson, who has recently disappeared and is presumed to have died in the Normandy invasion of World War II. She plays a record containing sounds of war before attempting to speak to him. Afterward, the Thompson's pay money to her associate and teacher Robert McBain (Lyons). Adelaide and Robert then argue about her disgust of people she considers weak for seeking such comfort and her greed over seeking out relatives of men missing in action. They read the name of a missing lieutenant, John F. Porter, and then contact his father, Edward Porter (Larkin), claiming to be the War Department with a declaration of death for John. Adelaide visits Edward three times to solicit his involvement. She conducts her seance and has Robert speak through a speaker system as John's spirit dead at sea, but in peace. With Edward convinced, he continues to seek Adelaide's services, eventually demanding that she only serve his interests and see no other clients. He demands that she and Robert live and stay at his residence and continue to help him communicate with his son. Adelaide and Robert agree to put several radio transmitters throughout the house to use for manipulating Edward as they cannot install their speaker system. Robert begins collecting mail in order to seize letters from the War Department warning people of scammers like Adelaide, and Robert wants to two of them to flee. Adelaide wants to stay, saying that she will marry Edward, who has become obsessed with her. At night, Edward wakes Adelaide and proposes marriage, but he believes that they were actually with John in that moment. As Robert notices the next day, even Adelaide has become frightened of Edward's increasingly erratic behavior and further lack of connection to reality. That night, Edward wakes Adelaide, and after asking what exactly his wealth and John mean to her, declares that they should join John and leave this world behind. When he produces a gun, she flees the house looking for Robert, but he has left. Edward then finds her in the guesthouse formerly inhabited by Robert, and while she proclaims that it was all a lie, he shoots her and then himself. Supporting Cast: Gene Lyons as Robert McBain, Bartlett Robinson as Mr. Thompson, Sheila Bromley as Mrs. Thompson | |||||||
317 | 17 | "The Jar" | Norman Lloyd | Ray Bradbury (short story) James Bridges (teleplay) | Pat Buttram as Charlie Hill, Collin Wilcox as Thedy Sue Hill, George Lindsey Juke Marmer, Slim Pickens as Clem Carter | February 14, 1964 | |
A gentleman buys a jar with something strange inside it. Fed up with having nothing interesting to display for the town and no way to impress his philandering wife Thedy Sue (Wilcox), Charlie Hill (Buttram) purchases a strange jar filled with unidentified things from a carnival barker (Barty). Supporting Cast: James Best as Tom Carmody, William Marshall as Jahdoo, Jane Darwell as Granny Carnation, Jocelyn Brando as Emma Jane, Billy Barty as The Barker, Carl Benton Reid as Gramps Medknowe, Alice Backes as Mrs. Tridden, Sam Reese as Milt Marshall, Marlene De Lamater as Eva Ann, Joe Ploski as Townsman (uncredited), Herman Hack as Townsman (uncredited) | |||||||
318 | 18 | "Final Escape" | William Witney | Thomas H. Cannan, Jr., Randall Hood (story) John Resko (teleplay) | Stephen McNally as Captain, Robert Keith as Doc, Edd Byrnes as Paul Perry | February 21, 1964 | |
A prisoner matches wits with his custodian in his efforts to escape from a maximum-security prison. Supporting Cast: Betsy Hale as Elissa, Nicholas Colasanto as Work Partner, Stacy Harris as Lawyer, Bernie Hamilton as Second Convict, John Kellogg as First Guard, John Alderson as Third Guard, Ray Kellogg as Convict Blacksmith, Hinton Pope as Guard, Greg Morris as Burial Detail Inmate (uncredited) | |||||||
319 | 19 | "Murder Case" | John Brahm | James Bridges | John Cassavetes as Lee Griffin, Gena Rowlands as Diana Justin | March 6, 1964 | |
An American actress and her former lover plan the murder of her wealthy British husband. Supporting Cast: Murray Matheson as Charles Justin, Ben Wright as Tony Niles, David Frankham as Peter, Hedley Mattingly as Blackie, Richard Peel as Detective Sergeant Elliott, Brendan Dillon as Collins, John Banner as Dutch Customs Inspector, Richard Lupino as Author, Noel Drayton as Bar Steward, Ina Victor as Young Ingenue, Arthur Tovey as Servant (uncredited) | |||||||
320 | 20 | "Anyone for Murder?" | Leo Penn | Jack Ritchie (short story) | Barry Nelson as Dr. James Parkerson, Patricia Breslin as Doris Parkerson, Richard Dawson as Robert Johnson | March 13, 1964 | |
A psychologist plans an assassination in order to get out of his miserable marriage. Supporting Cast: Edward Andrews as Bingham, Richard X. Slattery as Detective Barker, Robert Jacquin as Mr. Conelley (Editor), David Fresco as Waiter, Grant Woods as Man at Bar, George DeNormand as Man at Exchange (uncredited) | |||||||
321 | 21 | "Beast in View" | Joseph M. Newman | Margaret Millar (novel) James Bridges (teleplay) | Joan Hackett as Helen Clarvoe, Kevin McCarthy as Paul Blackshear | March 20, 1964 | |
A woman thinks that her brother's ex-fiancëe is trying to kill her. Supporting Cast: George Furth as Jack Terola, Kathleen Nolan as Dorothy Johnson, Curt Conway as Lieutenant Bromley, Brenda Forbes as Verna Clarvoe, Peggy Moffitt as Robin Rath, Anthony McBride as Tommy Thompson, Len Hendry as Mr. Horner, Jimmy Joyce as Cab Driver, Bruce Andersen as Father, William Boyett as Young Policeman, George DeNormand as Man on Street (uncredited), Arthur Tovey as Man at Hotel Desk (uncredited) | |||||||
322 | 22 | "Behind the Locked Door" | Robert Douglas | Joel Murcott (teleplay) | Gloria Swanson as Mrs. Daniels, James MacArthur as Dave Snowden | March 27, 1964 | |
A woman is told by her mother that she will be cut off from her inheritance if she does not divorce her husband, whom the mother claims is a gold digger. Supporting Cast: Whit Bissell as Adam Driscoll, Lynn Loring as Bonnie Daniels | |||||||
323 | 23 | "A Matter of Murder" | David Lowell Rich | Boris Sobelman | Darren McGavin as Sheridan Westcott, Patricia Crowley as Enid Bentley, Telly Savalas as Philadelphia Harry | April 3, 1964 | |
A carjacker steals a Rolls-Royce with a dead body inside it. Supporting Cast: Tyler McVey as Chief of Police Captain J.X. Doran, Adam Roarke as Al, Howard Wendell as Mr. Flagstone, Lewis Charles as Lopez, Cal Bartlett as Harv, Paul Potash as Vinnie, Marc Rambeau as Weldon, Patrick McVey as Police Lieutenant, Than Wyenn as General Delivery | |||||||
324 | 24 | "The Gentleman Caller" | Joseph M. Newman | James Bridges | Roddy McDowall as Gerald Musgrove, Ruth McDevitt as Miss Emmy Wright | April 10, 1964 | |
A couple hide their stolen money in an old woman's high-rise apartment and their plan to have her committed backfires when the police are called. Supporting Cast: Juanita Moore as Mrs. Jones, Frank Maxwell as Officer Petrie, Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Goldy, Diane Sayer as Milly Musgrove, Norman Leavitt as Gas Company Man, Marjorie Bennett as Plump Lady, William Fawcett as Junk Collector, John A. Alonzo as Intern, Len Hendry as Night Watchman, Lew Brown as Policeman, Joe DeAngelo as Pedestrian, Walter Bacon as Citizen in Park (uncredited) | |||||||
325 | 25 | "The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow" | Robert Stevens | Alvin Sargent | Patricia Collinge as Adelaide Snow, Jessica Walter as Lorna Richmond | April 17, 1964 | |
A man hatches a plot to keep his wife's rich aunt from exposing him. Supporting Cast: Don Chastain as Bruce Richmond, George Macready as Hillary Prine, June Vincent as Ruth Prine, Bartlett Robinson as Harvey Crane, Pamela Curran as Sally Wilson, Cal Bartlett as John Wilson, Edit Angold as Frieda, Danny Gardino as Mr. Arthur, Bert L. Stevens as Carl the Butler (uncredited) | |||||||
326 | 26 | "Ten Minutes from Now" | Alf Kjellin | Arthur A. Ross (teleplay) Jack Ritchie (short story) | Donnelly Rhodes, Lou Jacobi as Dr. Glover | May 1, 1964 | |
A performer is suspected of making bomb threats against an official. Supporting Cast: Neile Adams as Sergeant Louise Marklen, Jess Kirkpatrick as Thomas Grindley, Betty Harford as Museum Patron, Hinton Pope as Bomb Squad Officer, Syl Lamont as Museum Guide, Vince Williams as Newscaster | |||||||
327 | 27 | "The Sign of Satan" | Robert Douglas | Barre Lyndon (teleplay) Robert Bloch (Return to the Sabbath short story) | Christopher Lee, Gia Scala as Kitty Frazier | May 8, 1964 | |
The lead actor in a horror movie thinks that a cult of devil worshipers are out to kill him. Supporting Cast: Myron Healey as Dave Connor, George DeNormand as Police Inspector (uncredited), William Meader as Photographer (uncredited) | |||||||
328 | 28 | "Who Needs an Enemy?" | Harry Morgan | Arthur A. Ross | Richard Anderson, Steven Hill as Charlie Osgood, Joanna Moore as Danielle | May 15, 1964 | |
A dishonest man finds a way to avoid prosecution. Supporting Cast: Barney Phillips as First Detective, Paul Bradley as Funeral Usher (uncredited) | |||||||
329 | 29 | "Bed of Roses" | Philip Leacock | James Bridges | Patrick O'Neal, Kathie Browne | May 22, 1964 | |
A newlywed man has a date with his girlfriend that turns nightmarish. Supporting Cast: George Lindsey as Sam Kirby, Torin Thatcher as Alva Hardwicke, Alice Frost as Eda Faye Hardwicke, Alice Backes as Martha Hinchley, Robert Reiner as Pedro the Bartender | |||||||
330 | 30 | "The Second Verdict" | Lewis Teague | Alfred Hayes (teleplay) Henry Slesar (story) | Martin Landau, Frank Gorshin as Lew Rydell, Nancy Kovack | May 29, 1964 | |
A lawyer discovers that his acquitted client was really guilty of murder and may try to kill again. Supporting Cast: John Marley as Tony Hardeman, Harold J. Stone as Mr. Osterman, Richard Hale as Judge Arthur, Sharon Ferrell as Melanie Rydell, Michael Beirne as Tom Bailey | |||||||
331 | 31 | "Isabel" | Alf Kjellin | William Fay (teleplay) S.B. Hough (novel) Henry Slesar (teleplay) | Bradford Dillman as Howard Clements, Barbara Barrie | June 5, 1964 | |
An ex-convict marries the woman who had him sent to jail. Supporting Cast: Dabney Coleman as Sergeant Lou Snyder, Edmon Ryan as Lieutenant John Huntley, Doris Lloyd as Martha, Les Tremayne as Mr. Selby, Don Marshall as Officer Healy, Walter Woolf King as Judge, Kenneth Patterson as Warden | |||||||
332 | 32 | "Body in the Barn" | Joseph M. Newman | Harold Swanton | Lillian Gish, Maggie McNamara | July 3, 1964 | |
An old woman tracks down her husband's murderer. Supporting Cast: Josie Lloyd as Nora, Patricia Cutts as Samantha Wilkins, Kent Smith as Dr. Sam Adamson, Bruce Andersen as Huckaby, James Maloney as Ed the Storekeeper Originally scheduled for November 22, 1963; the episode was delayed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that occurred that day.[1] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Previews by TV Scout". The Cincinnati Post. November 22, 1963.