The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

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 ALCOA-GOODYEAR AWARD THEATRE

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Episode Guide
version 26.0 March 2007

(Ep 2.19, 2.32, 3.9)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:

Sal Crisanti

Des Martin

Jim Brent
Rina Fox

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

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ALCOA-GOODYEAR THEATRE

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Four Star production

for

ABC

Produced by Robert Fellows

Half-hour format

NBC Mon 9:30-10:00

US anthology series 1957 38  episodes x 30 min bw

Won EMMY as Best Dramatic Series in 1958

THE ALCOA THEATRE (Syndicated as THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION):

Season 1 only

TURN OF FATE (UK title) (US title - Alcoa Theatre 57-58)

David Niven 57-58

Robert Ryan 57-58

Jane Powell 57-58

Jack Lemmon 57-58

Charles Boyer 57-58

Season 2 & 3: Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (58-60)

Syndication rerun title: Goodyear TV Playhouse

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###### Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre #######

######### season 1 1957-58 ##########

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1.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SILHOUETTE OF A KILLER

30Sep1957

written by Palmer Thompson and T.E. Brooks

directed by Alvin Ganzer

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Stranger

Beverly Garland ....... Ellen

Robert Brubaker ....... Sheriff

Forrest Lewis ....... Nate

Anna Navarro ....... Maria

Irving Bacon ....... Pop

1.02 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CIRCUMSTANTIAL

07Oct1957 (rerun 11Aug58)

written by Leonard Freeman and Alex Coppel

directed by Andrew McCullough

guest stars

David Niven ........ Mark Garron

Angie Dickinson ......... Mrs. Garron

Whit Bissell .......... Chris

Jon Shepodd ....... Paul

James Nolan ....... O'Brien

Jess Kirkpatrick  ...... Murphy
Bud Slater ............ Officer
Sam Flint ............. Judge

Synopsis:

A man tried for murder is convicted on purely circumstantial evidence.

His attorney, determined to prove that circumstantial evidence can lead to the

conviction of an innocent man, gets himself arrested on a murder charge,

 and pleads his own case. [RF]

1.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LOST AND FOUND

14Oct1957

guest stars

Edward Binns ....... Stranger (as Ed Binns)

Joanna Moore ....... Alice

Jack Lemmon ....... Charles Dickens
Howard Clark ....... Howard

1.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ENCOUNTER ON A SECOND CLASS COACH

21Oct1957

Producer Robert Fellows

Written by Robert G. Dennis

Directed by Tay Garnett

Director of photography George E. Diskant
guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Julie Kingston/Hilde Frenz

Stuart Whitman ....... Captain Sam McCurdy

Kort Falkenberg ....... Paul Harbach

Steven Geray

Paul Busch
John Stephenson

1.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DANGER BY NIGHT

28Oct1957

written by Frederic Brady

directed by Peter Godfrey

guest star

David Niven ....... Alan Kevin

Katharine Bard

Patricia Donahue

1.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GUESTS FOR DINNER

04Nov1957

written by Eric Copple

directed by Robert Sinclair

guest star

Charles Boyer ....... Dr. Jacques Roland

Richard Hale ........ Dr. Alex Farget

Judith Braun ....... Gallia

Nestor Paiva ....... Aubert

Paul E. Burns ....... Papa Saintene

1.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: VOICES IN THE FOG

11Nov1957

Written by Robert Bloomfield

Directed by Tay Garnett

guest star

Jack Lemmon ....... Dr. Cameron

Joan Banks ...... Cynthia Roland

Charles Watts ...... Weaver

Jay Novello ......Stranger

John Rogers ...... Conductor

Richard Reeves ..... Man

1.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: ON EDGE

18Nov1957

Written by Frederic Brady and Pat Frank

Directed by Tom Gries

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... William Trilbridge

Edward Binns ....... Captain Posen

Gail Kobe ........ Martha

Fredd Wayne ........ Lt. Brackett
James Nolan

Synopsis:
Although William Trilbridge is now a highly respected professor of

philosophy at a California College, he was formerly a confidence man

and his past now threatens his new life. [RF]

1.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HURRICANE

25Nov1957

written by Harold Swanton

directed by Tay Garnett

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Harriet Kennedy

Douglas Dick ....... Gordon Kennedy

Virginia Gregg ....... Judith Kennedy

John Eldredge ....... Martin Kennedy

1.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SOUVENIR

02Dec1957

guest cast:

Douglass Dumbrille ....... Captain Beagle

Gloria Talbot ....... Bitsy King

Jack Lemmon ....... Edward King

1.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CROWD PLEASER

09Dec1957

written by Frederic Brady and William R. Cox

directed by Louis King

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Frank Berry

Stuart Whitman ....... Bill Johnson

Jean Willes ....... Mary Whitman

Stacy Harris ....... Vandy Vance

John Berardino ....... Mick Terrill

1.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CUPID WORE A BADGE

16Dec1957

Producer Robert Fellows
Directed by Byron Haskin
Teleplay by Leon Ware
Director of photography Guy Roe, A.S.C.
Editor Samuel Beetley

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Kathy Dorn

David Janssen ....... Mike Harper

James Flavin ....... Gavin Marshall

Craig Duncan ....... Chief

Marjorie Bennett
John Cliff

Synopsis:
Kathy Dorn is a policewoman who is not afraid of taking risks.

Her boyfriend Mike Harper disapproves of her job.

But he becomes involved in one of her assignments. [RF]

1.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TINHORN

23Dec1957

Written by Frederic Brady and Floyd Beaver

Directed by Lewis Allen

guest stars

David Niven ....... Jeff Carleton

Michael Pate ....... Witcher

Kasey Rogers ....... Wilma

Frank Ferguson ....... Milbanks

Willis Bouchey ....... Marshal

1.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FACE OF TRUTH

30Dec1957

Written by John Q. Copeland

Directed by Alvin Ganzer

guest stars

Robert Ryan ........... Mike Ripetti

Catherine McLeod ....... Mrs. Ripetti

John Morley ....... Father Boniface

Paul E. Burns ....... Bartender

Malcolm Atterbury
Sidney Clute

1.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE VICTIM (film)

06Jan1958

Written by Marc Brandel

Directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jack Lemmon

Doe Avedon

Peter Trent

Ross Elliott
John Gallaudet
Lana Wood
John Eldridge

Synopsis:

A series of deaths in Rome puts an American Doctor on the trail of the only living victim. [RF]

1.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: IN THE DARK

13Jan58

written by Bob Barbash

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ....... Paul Evans

Barbara Lawrence ....... Ruth

Richard Long ....... Allan Bishop

Keye Luke ....... Mike

Synopsis:
Paul Evans, successful blind author, depends upon his friend Allan Bishop

 to transcribe his novels. He is shocked to learn his wife and Bishop are in

love with each other and plan to murder him. [RF]

1.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FATAL CHARM (film)

20Jan1958 NBC Mon

Written by George Slavin and Paul Franklin

Directed by Thomas Carr

guest stars

David Niven

Nita Talbot

Synopsis:
  A PLANE CRASHES ON THE GROUNDS OF A CITY PRISON, AND
ONE OF THE PRISONERS,  A CONVICTED CONFIDENCE MAN HELPING IN

THE RESCUE OPERATIONS, DISCOVERS THAT  ONE OF THE CRASH VICTIMS IS

A DEAD RINGER FOR HIM AND SEES HIS CHANCE FOR ESCAPE. [SC]

1.18 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HIDDEN WITNESS (film)

27Jan1958

written by Bob Barbash

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Jeff Banner

Barbara Eiler ....... Ann Palmer

Michael Pate ....... Eddie

Lawrence Dobkin ....... Joe Frazier

Ned Wever ....... Walter

Dale Van Sickel ....... Marty

Synopsis:

A detective is hired to protect the life of a girl whose testimony is expected to convict a racketeer.

 He hides the girl in a secluded mountain cabin, where she believes she is safe.

 But the detective is working with the gang determined to kill her. [RF]

1.19 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT

03Feb1958

Written by Frederic Brady, Peggy and Lou Shaw

Directed by Tay Garnett

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Joan Lindsey

Peter Hanson ....... Dick

Margaret Field ...... Elaine

Russ Conway ....... Harrigan

Peter Leeds ....... Harry Tucker
Harry Tyler ....... Mr. Gilbert
Arthur Hanson ....... Dan Underhill
Vance Skarstedt ....... Simpson
Synopsis:
A secretary begins to receive a series of mysterious phone calls late at night.

A masculine voice taunts her and in the background she hears

the music of Ravel's "Bolero". [RF]

1.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: NIGHT CALLER

10Feb1958

written by Philip Saltzman

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ....... Paul Martel

Henry Daniell ....... Edward Judson

Kathryn Card ....... Mrs. Gilroy

Whitney Blake ....... Carrie

1.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE WHITE FLAG (film)

17Feb1958

written by Frederic Brady

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Dr. Robert Ross

Whit Bissell ....... Doc

Charles Quinlivan ....... Larsen

Synopsis:

A well known heart specialist faces a difficult decision when he learns that a gang 

has successfully substituted its ailing leader for another patient. The gang leader

needs an extremely delicate operation performed to save his life. [RF]

1.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DAYS OF NOVEMBER

24Feb1958

written by Fredric Brady and Mark Rogers

directed by Alvin Ganzer

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Lt. Troy Crawford

Richard Jaeckel .......  Spencer

Adam Williams ....... Wohlman

Nick Dennis ....... Sergeant Martinez

Frank Gerstle  ...... Johnson

Synopsis:

A young, inexperience Marine lieutenant is assigned to a veteran

combat company on the front lines in Korea. The lieutenant

learns that each of his three predecessors was killed within

30 days of his arrival at the front. [RF]

1.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

03Mar1958

written by Bob Barbash

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Steve Tyler

King Donovan ....... Frank Mitchell

Howard Petrie ....... Lt. Gifford

June Dayton ....... Mrs. Tyler

John Damler ....... Sergeant Wexler

Wally Richard ....... Clerk

James Turley ....... Assistant Director

1.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: EVEN A THIEF CAN DREAM

10Mar1958

written by Laszlo Gorog

directed by Robert Florey

guest star

Charles Boyer ....... Lemerrier

Ross Elliott ....... Mr. Stevens

Bonnie Bolding ....... Mrs. Evelyn Stevens

John Harmon ....... Thief

Ken Mayer .......... Detective
Willard Sage ....... Policeman

1.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SEVENTH LETTER

17Mar1958

written by Charles B. Smith

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Lt. Joe Carter

Virginia Gregg ....... Louise Ryan

Eugene Martin ....... Bobby

Lynne Allen ....... Margaret Richards

Willard Sage ....... Sol

1.26 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TAPS FOR JEFFREY (film)

31Mar1958

guest stars

David Niven ........ Jeffrey Collins

John Doucette ........ Ed Wilson

Virginia Grey ........ Audrey Crane

Synopsis:

A vagrant, trying to escape from the watchman of a building, falls and is severely injured.

 Police find a water faucet clutched in the man's hand and are puzzled that he should have

 attempted such an insignificant theft. Near death, the vagrant recalls

the events leading to his accident. [RF]

1.27 [--] Alcoa Theatre: THE LOUDMOUTH

07Apr1958 (rerun 25Aug58)

written by Christopher Knopf (Emmy Nomination)

directed by Donald McDougall

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ........ Wally Mall
Harold J. Stone .... Lt. Nelson
Dean Harens ........ Hal Loeffler
Melinda Markey ..... Marian
Gayle Kellogg ...... Roger
Penny Edwards ...... Anne
Joseph Mell ........ Bertelli
Harlan Warde ....... Sgt. Hurley
Synopsis:
Wally Mail is known as a practical joker and prides himself on the fact that he

 is always the life of the party. He decides to play a joke on the police department

and is shocked when he winds up as the prime suspect in a murder case. [RF]
 

1.28 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A FRAME FOR MOURNING (film)

14Apr1958 NBC Mon

Written by T.E. Brooks

Directed by Thomas Carr

guest stars

Jane Powell ......... Laura Cabot

John Baragrey .......... Jeff Crafton

Kevin Hagen ........ Sheriff Mallory

Rory Mallinson ......... Coroner

Vivi Janiss ......... Mrs. March

Dodie Wright .......... Secretary

SYNOPSIS:
 A YOUNG WIDOW RECEIVES A SERIES OF LETTERS THREATENING
THE LIFE OF HER HUSBAND, WHO'S BEEN DEAD FOR A YEAR. AT FIRST

SHE BELIEVES THE LETTERS ARE A CRUEL HOAX BUT THEN SHE

BECOMES FRIGHTENED AND TURNS FOR HELP TO A LOCAL ATTORNEY. [SC]

1.29 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MY WIFE'S NEXT HUSBAND (film)

21Apr1958

written by George F. Slavin

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ....... Robert Medhill

James Daly ....... Ed Barton

Synopsis:

Reporter Ed Barton learns that he has only a short time to live. Trying to provide

 for his wife after his death, he finds a man on Skid Row who resembles him, and

persuades him to take an examination for a life insurance policy in his name. [RF]

1.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE GIANT STEP

28Apr1958

written by Leonard Freeman and Floyd Beaver

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Gunner's Mate Smith

Michael Landon

Norman Alden ....... Joe

Harold J. Stone ....... Captain Stemson

Peter Leeds ....... Willie

John Cliff ....... Nick

1.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TICKET

05May1958

guest stars

Franchot Tone ...... Martin Galt

Jeanette Nolan ....... Elinor Galt

Murray Hamilton ....... Irwin Forman

Howard Caine ....... Willi Kass

Synopsis:
Ex-district attorney Martin Galt confronts his successor in the

courtroom as he defends a racketeer. [RF]

1.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE LADY TAKES A STAND

12May1958

written by Irving Elman and Philip Saltzman

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jane Powell ....... Marian Evers

Keith Andes ....... David Cramer

John Doucette ....... Vladek

Frank Wilcox ....... Attorney

Dayton Lummis ....... Prosecutor

1.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE PERFECTIONIST

19May1958

written by George F. Slavin

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Robert Ryan ....... Ken Morton

Frances Rafferty ....... Mrs. Morton

Synopsis:

For the past 15 years Ken Morton has worked as a teller in a small-town bank.

He has devised what he thinks is a foolproof scheme for robbing the bank. [RF]

1.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DECISION BY TERROR

26May1958 (rerun 01Sep58)

written by George F. Slavin

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

David Niven ........ Charles Enright

John McIntire ........ Dr. Edwards

Barbara Eiler ....... Edna Enright

George Baxter ....... Frank Scanlon

Peter Leeds ....... Ed Stocker

Amzie Strickland ....... Claire Lane
Peggy Maley ....... Nancy Carter
Synopsis:
During a murder trial, Charles Enright, the jury foreman, is convinced that

 the accused man is guilty. But just before the jury retires to consider the verdict,

Enright receives a phone call telling him that his family is being held hostage

and will be killed unless he holds out for an acquittal. [RF]

1.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE

02Jun1958

written by Leonard Freeman and Fred Freiberger

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Charles Boyer ...... Man
Marianne Stewart ... Wife
Larry Thor ......... Detective
Kasey Rogers ....... Girl
John Alvin ......... Coroner
Nestor Paiva ....... Bartender
Vic Perrin ......... Thief
Jack Lambert ....... Thief
John Daimler ....... Detective
Joseph Mell ........ Cook
Synopsis:
After a murder is committed, a man tries desperately to report the crime.

But he is in a state of shock and can't make himself understood. In his dazed condition,

he wanders from place to place and repeatedly asks people what time it is. [RF]
 

1.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DISAPPEARANCE

09Jun1958

written by Christopher Knopf

directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Jack Lemmon ....... Henry Coyle

William Talman ....... Lt. Herman Brule

Joan Blackman ....... Woman

Gail Kobe ...... Mrs. Coyle

1.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: JOHNNY RISK

16Jun1958

Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Written by Fred Freiberger

Directed by Donald McDougall

guest stars

Michael Landon ....... Johnny Risk

Lew Ayres ....... Jed Risk

Alan Hale Jr ....... Sven

DeForest Kelley ....... Marshal

Robert Griffin ....... Judge

Forrest Lewis

Bonnie Holding

Synopsis:

The story, set in Alaska in 1896, relates the adventures of Johnny Risk,

a gambling boat entrepreneur. In the pilot episode, Risk battles a corrupt

new law designed to take gold mines away from aliens when a friend loses his mine. [JB]

Synopsis 2:

During the Alaskan gold rush of 1896, Johnny Risk and his partner

run a gambling ship and own a gold mine. They are shocked when

the town judge and the marshal declare their claim on the mine

invalid. After beginning an investigation, Johnny learns that his

older brother is behind the attempt to seize the mine. [RF]

1.38 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THREE YEARS DARK

23Jun1958

Written by Fred Freiberger

Directed by Robert Florey

guest stars

Barbara Stanwyck ....... Midge Varney

Gerald Mohr

Russ Conway

Synopsis:

After spending three years in prison on a conspiracy charge, Midge Varney is released.

 She goes to New York to seek the attorney responsible for involving her and her

husband in the conspiracy. The attorney killed Midge's husband, but pleading

self-defense, he was freed by the court. [RF]

1.39 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: DECOY DUCK

30Jun1958

Producer Vincent Fennelly
Directed by Robert Florey
Teleplay by John Robinson & Frederic Brady
Story by Robert Standish
Director of photography George Diskant
Editor Chandler House
guest stars
Jane Powell ........ Susan Martin
David Janssen ...... Jim McCandless
Norman Alden ....... Mike
Berry Kroeger ...... Reginald Kittering
Michael Pate ....... Bert Landon
Laurie Mitchell .... Millie
Thom Conroy ........ Man
John O'Malley ...... Official
Synopsis:
Arrested while trying to smuggle diamonds Susan Martin is given a choice,

 either go to jail or become a decoy to set up a gang of jewel thieves. [RF]
 

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Briskin Productions
Half-hour format
NBC Mondays 9:30 pm
"Alcoa Theatre" alternated with "Goodyear Theatre"
under the umbrella title "Award Theatre"

2.01 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE CHAIN AND THE RIVER

22Sep1958

guest stars

Paul Douglas ....... Sam

Patty McCormack ....... Gussie

Maurine McCormack ....... Mary

2.02  [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE TOWN BUDGET

29Sep1958  (rerun 27Jul59)
guest stars
James Whitmore ...... Earl Sherwood
Marilyn Erskine ..... Fran Sherwood
O.Z. Whitehead ...... Andy
Arthur Batanides .... Frankie
Timothy Carey ....... Jonas
Synopsis:
Two fleeing criminals stop in a small town to have their car repaired. The townspeople,

 however, are unprotected. Their policeman has just sent in his letter of resignation. [RF]
 

2.03 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT ROKESAY

06Oct1958

guest stars

John Kerr ....... Flight Lt. Upton

Tom Helmore ....... Commanding Officer

Patrick Macnee ....... Sgt. Shaw

Synopsis:
A British Royal Air Force officer assigned to the control tower at

an important military airfield in England. [RF]

2.04 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: LAZARUS WALKS AGAIN

Screen Gems Prod. no. 3045

13Oct1958

written by David Swift

guest stars

Eddie Albert ....... Calvin Lazarus

Parley Baer ...... Roger Blake

Barbara Darrow ....... Oma Jean

Staats Cotsworth ........ Franklin Staimes

James McCallion ....... Barber

Gil Rankin ....... Marshal

2.05 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COAST TO COAST

20Oct1958

guest stars

Cornel Wilde ....... Damon Phillips

Whitney Blake ....... Liza Perry

Kay Stewart ....... Lillian

Synopsis:

The day before his marriage to actress Liza Perry, Hollywood director Damon Phillips

learns that his ex-wife Lillian is in town. Panic-stricken, Damon is convinced

that Lillian intends to blackmail him because he stole some money from her. [RF]

2.06 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OFFICE PARTY

27Oct1958

written by Adrian Spies

guest stars

Paul Richards ....... Paul Dolan

Nancy Kelly ....... Martha Dolan

Joseph Mell ....... Mr. Gordon

Christine White ....... Mae

Synopsis:
Martha Dolan, an extremely efficient office manager of a large company,

has held her position for many years. Though she has told her co-workers that

her husband is also a business success, the opposite is true. [RF]

2.07 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SPY

Screen Gems Prod. no. 3057

03Nov1958

written by David Swift

story by Irving Schiffer

directed by Boris Sagal

guest stars

Gig Young ....... Herman Worth

Everett Sloane ...... Peter Fenton

Joan Tompkins ....... Sarah

Walter Coy ....... Dr. Basehart

Theodore Marcuse ....... Rence

Ralph Clanton

Helen Wallace

Edwin Jerome

Synopsis:

Peter Fenton is a Communist agent working in this country as a civil engineer.

 He is convinced he will be promoted to a position that will give him access to

 important secret documents. Then Fenton learns that a younger man has been

appointed to the post and he schemes to have the other man branded as a spy. [RF]

2.08 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GUY IN WARD 4 

10Nov1958

Written by Paul Monash

guest stars

Richard Kiley ..... Captain Josiah Newman

Charles Aidman ..... Alvarado

Eddie Ryder ..... Jim Thompkins

Keith Vincent ..... Briscoe

Michael Vandever ..... Patient

Synopsis:
An overworked psychiatrist is treating airmen at a military hospital

 in England during World War II. [RF]

2.09 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: EDDIE

17Nov1958

Producer William Froug

Directed by Jack Smight (Emmy for directing)

Written by Alfred Brenner & Ken Hughes (Emmy for writing)

guest stars

Mickey Rooney ..... Eddie (Emmy nomination)

Synopsis:
Eddie is a small-time crook faced with a big problem. He owes $1000 to

hoodlum Joe Crowley and has only a few hours to come up with the money to repay

the debt or be killed. Now, cornered in his room, Eddie tries frantically to raise the money.

 He begins making call after call in an attempt to sell everything he can to get the

 money before six o'clock.
*Note: There were no other roles cast in this episode only Mickey Rooney.

2.10 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE FIRST STAR

24Nov1958

Script by Arnold Peyser & Lois Peyser
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Janet Blair ....... Lily Adair

Paul Stewart ....... Don Peters

John Cassavetes ...... Tony Benedetti

Irene Tedrow ....... Mrs. Peters

James Todd ....... Ed Connell

Gary Crutcher ....... Accident Witness

2.11 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE REWARD

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4469

31Nov1958

written by David Swift

(R. Donovan, N. Cowley, P. Chantley)
*no details

2.12 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: POINTS BEYOND

08Dec1958

Producer James Fonda
Teleplay by David Swift
Story by Jack Finney
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Sterling Hayden ....... Lt. Charley Ewell

Julie Adams ....... Marion Ewell

Raymond Greenleaf ...... Mr. Hoonrath

Joseph Holland ..... Visitor

Roy Engel
Jack Carol

2.13 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CURTAIN CALL

15Dec1958

guest stars

Jackie Cooper ...... Chris Shade

Barry Atwater ...... Dr. Aiken

Donald Randolph ...... Roscoe Hammond

2.14 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE DARK FILE

22Dec1958

guest stars

Patricia Breslin ...... June Dunlap

Lin McCarthy ...... Mark McGrath

Kim Hunter ...... Stephanie Heldman

Robert Burton ....... Sam Dunlap

Synopsis:
A psychiatrist's widow tries to win the affection of the fiance of her husband's former patient. [RF]

2.15 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: COOGAN'S REWARD

29Dec1958

guest stars

Tony Randall ........ Willie Coogan

Robert Gist ....... Ben Moore

Roxanne Berard ...... Jeannine

Alan Dexter ...... Dan Ferraghty

Chet Stratton ...... Sol Iverson

Jason Wingreen ....... Gene Vermeth

Jerry Barclay ....... Private Cully Washburn

Alan Carney ....... Corp. Konstanti

2.16 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: HIGH CLASS TYPE OF MONGREL

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4402

05Jan1959

written by David Swift

guest stars

Jack Carson ....... Bert Kennedy

Leora Dana ...... Janet Kennedy

Phil Tead ...... Jack MacRoberts

Stephen Wootton ....... Badger O'Bannion

James Bell ....... Judge Harrison

2.17 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: AFTERNOON OF THE BEAST

12Jan1959

Producer Winston O'Keefe
Teleplay by Paul Monash
Story by Charles Beaumont
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

guest stars

Keenan Wynn ....... Manuel Carrega

Nestor Paiva ...... Don Alfredo Ferrer

Rafael Campos ...... Rafael Jalisco

Miriam Colon ....... Maria Carrega
Robert Carricart
Howard Caine

2.18 [057] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LONDON AFFAIR
19Jan1959
guest stars
Ray Milland ........ Binyon
Gia Scala .......... Giovanna
Dayton Lummis ...... Lord Meredith
Jack Raine ......... Henry
Synopsis:
Giovanna, a woman from a gentle background, attempts to steal a wallet,

 but is not quite successful. She persuades her victim not to turn her in but,

instead, to grant her a few free days to visit the daughter she had deserted years before. [RF]

2.19 [058] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
Screen Gems Prod.
26Jan1959
Produced by James Fonda
Script Leo Lehman
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Script Contributor Howard Rodman
guest stars
Robert Ellenstein .... Weiss
Jo Van Fleet ....... Mrs. Weiss
George Voskovec .... Mr. Carapoco
Michael Fox ........ Mr. Hammeker
Miriam Goldina
Lee Kinsolving
Synopsis:
The German government offers money to a survivor of the concentration camps

and she finds out that her husband was a collaborator. [RF]
 

2.20 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GOODBYE JOHNNY

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4502

02Feb1959

Producer William Froug
Written by Leonard Freeman
Directed by David Swift
Director of photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars

Cliff Robertson ...... Johnny

Harold J. Stone ...... Tony Busso

Douglas Fowley ...... Pop

Sandy Kenyon
John Indrisano
Liz Slifer
Synopsis:
A boxer's last chance to finally hit the big time is short lived. [RF]

2.21 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: SUCCESS STORY

09Feb1959

guest stars

Jim Backus ....... Jim Cannaday

Virginia Gregg ....... Fay Lantry

Robert Sampson ...... Paul McDermott

Carolyn Kearney ...... Kitty Lantry

2.22 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CORPORAL HARDY

Screen Gems Prod.
16Feb1959 (rerun 29Jun59)
Producer James Fonda
Written by Stirling Silliphant
From a story by Richard Ely Danielson
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Director of Photography Fred Jackman Jr.
guest stars

Lew Ayres ...... Nathan Hardy

Tyler MacDuff  ...... Captain Armstrong

William Lundmark ...... Ezra Armstrong

James Anderson ...... Confederate Captain

Walter Coy ...... Confederate General

Synopsis:
An old soldier reminisces about his Civil War heroics.
*EMMY nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography

2.23 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A GOOD NAME

23Feb1959

guest stars

Edward G. Robinson ...... Harry Harper

Lee Philips ...... Vince Harper

Parley Baer ...... Walter Brodsky

Jacqueline Scott ...... Ann Harper

2.24 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MAN OF HIS HOUSE

02Mar1959

Written by Howard Rodman

Directed by Walter Grauman

guest stars

Agnes Moorehead ..... Mrs. Adams

Brandon de Wilde ...... George Adams

John Anderson ...... Virgil Merryman

Helen Conrad ...... Mrs. Merryman

Read Morgan ...... Ed

Eve McVeagh ...... Miss Bellows

William Fawcett ...... Cookie

Don Grady ...... Mason

2.25 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: OF MISSING PERSONS

Screen Gems Prod. no. 4443

09Mar1959

written by David Swift

 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF STORY

16Mar1959  postponed to 13Apr1959

 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: no details

23Mar1959

2.27 [066] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A SWORD FOR MARIUS
30Mar1959
guest stars
James Mason ........ Marius
Fabrizio Mioni ..... Ramon De Parma
Jacqueline Ravell .. Lenore Marius
Antony Eustrel ..... Mr. Granier
Synopsis:
Marius fled from his homeland years ago and has become an instructor of philosophy and fencing at a private school in Switzerland. One of his pupils is the son of the dictator of Marius's native land. [RF]

2.28 [067] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: TEN MILES TO DOOMSDAY 

06Apr1959

guest stars

Keith Andes ...... Major Linc Willet

Jeff Richards ....... Lt. Dave Hirsh

2.29 [068] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE OBERNAUF STORY
13Apr1959 (rerun 03Aug59)
guest stars
Kerwin Mathews ..... Lieutenant James Edward Obenauf
Herbert Anderson ... Major Joseph B. Maxwell
Douglas Odney ...... Major Jim Graves
Synopsis:
A B-47 once fell apart at 32,000 feet, and the men in it were moved to extraordinary action. [RF]
*Re-creation of the true story.

From TIME magazine article:
With admirable attention to the truth, the Goodyear Theater (NBC)

presented The Obenauf Story, the heroic accomplishment of Lieut. James Edward Obenauf,

 who saved himself, a fellow officer and a $2,000,000 airplane when he landed a crippled

six-jet B-47 at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas (TIME, May 12).

As Obie, the young father, Actor Kerwin Mathews was at first quietly convincing.

Later, when Obenauf found himself at 34,000 feet in command of a burning plane,

all the rest of the crew except a navigator bailed out—and the navigator dying

of hypoxia—Mathews was embarrassingly frightened. He was a phrenetic caricature

of the real-life lieutenant, the professional flyer who said when he got home,

 "You're so numb, I don't think there's any fear at all. You're just numb."
But the slipstream knifing through the battered B-47 cockpit was bitterly convincing.

 Obie's agony as he tried to open his eyes against the blinding force was

painfully evident. And if old airmen winced when the flight control officer

yammered and yelled into the tower microphone, broke in on the G.C.A. operator

in hammy confusion, the G.C.A. operator himself was superbly true to life. Calm,

 careful, his every tone reassuring and reliable, he was just the man to bring a pilot home.

* The true Lieut. Obenauf was surely willing to overlook the utterly silly last lines

 that the show put in his mouth: "Hey, I gotta pick up all that baby stuff from the Maxwells'."

In real life, temporarily blinded though he was, he had jumped from the plane

and run until someone tackled him. [TM]

2.30 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: GIRLS ABOUT TOWN

20Apr1959

guest stars

Mamie Van Doren ........ Maybelle Perkins
Gale Robbins ........... Lacey Sinclair
Virginia Field ......... Charlotte 'Jo' Dunning
Synopsis 1:
Jo and Lacey determine to save naive Maybelle Perkins from the wilds of big-city life. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
They're Maybelle "The Shape" Perkins, Lacey "The Face" Sinclair and Charlotte

"The Brain" Dunning. They've arrived in the big city in search of fame and fortune

and husbands. They encounter the usual problems and some unusual men. [RF]

*Note: Syndication airing on "Comedy Spot" 30Aug60, with syndicated title "Meet the Girls".

2.31 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: A LIGHT IN THE FRUIT CLOSET

27Apr1959 (rerun 17Aug59)
Based on the novel by Eric Hodgins
guest stars
Steve Dunne ............ Jim Blandings
Maggie Hayes ........... Muriel Blandings
Jacklyn O'Donnell ...... Betsy
Charles Seel ........... Eph
Trudi Ziskind .......... Joan
Synopsis:
Now that Jim Blandings has seen his dream house built, he is prepared to

spend his spare time keeping it in repair. When his wife Muriel wants a light

 in the cellar fruit closet, Jim, a determined do-it-yourself man, decides to tackle the project. [RF]
*Note: A sequel to the book and movie "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House".
 

2.32 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: THE SLIGHTLY FALLEN ANGEL

04May1959 (rerun 10Aug59)

guest stars

Walter Slezak ....... Finch

Lee Bergere ........ Stan Gorman

David White ........ Mills

Elizabeth Watts ....... Mrs. Edwards

Reynolds Evans ........ Mr. Edwards

Synopsis:

Young Johnny Gorman makes a wish on a star to be reunited with his father,

who is in jail. Johnny's wish is heard and Finch, an angel who entered

Heaven on a clerical error, is assigned the task of carrying it out. [RF]

2.33 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: I REMEMBER CAVIAR

11May1959 (rerun 31Aug59)

guest stars

Patricia Crowley ........ Maggie Barrett

Lurene Tuttle ....... Caroline Randall

Jack Mulhall ....... Lister

Elliott Reid ....... Eric Randall

Synopsis:
When the head of the household dies and leaves no money for food

and maintenance, the butler comes through like a blueblood. [RF]

2.34 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: BOYDEN VS. BUNTY

18May1959

guest stars

Bert Convy ...... Galen Lawrence

Robert Trumbull ....... Bunty Perkins

Kathy Reed ...... Amy Porter

Jimmy Bates ...... Bill Davidson

Raymond Bailey ....... the Dean

Madge Blake ...... Auntie

Helen Kleeb

2.35 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: WAIT TIL SPRING

25May1959

guest stars

Jeanne Crain ....... Lila Babrek Barnes

John Lupton ...... Dr. Johnny Bond

Harvey Stephens ...... Dr. Weiss

Alice Frost ...... Nurse Wheeler

2.36 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: MEDALS FOR HARRY

01Jun1959

Script by Gene Piller
Teleplay by Stirling Silliphant
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
guest stars

Eddie Ryder ...... Harry Russell

Ruta Lee ...... Emily Meadows

Alex Nicol ....... George Hadley

Guy Stockwell

Ron Foster

2.37 [--] Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: CRISTABEL

08Jun1959

Written by Mel Shavelson

Based on a story by James Thurber

Directed by James Sheldon

guest stars

Arthur O'Connell ....... John Monroe

Georgeann Johnson ...... Ellen Monroe

Susan Gordon ...... Lydia

Charles Herbert ...... Charlie

Dabbs Greer ....... Policeman

Synopsis:

Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog,