The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

###################################################

###########THE ALCOA HOUR#########

##################################################
 

Episode Guide
version 8.0 January 2008

(Ep 1.8, 2.6, 2.12)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

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

with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
 

_________________________

THE ALCOA HOUR

--------------------------------------------

NBC Sun 9:00-10:00

October 16, 1955 to September 22, 1957

The Alcoa Hour was telecast live from New York on alternate Sundays.

Although the majority of plays presented were dramas,

 there were some musicals as well.

(alternated weekly with Goodyear Playhouse from 55-57).
 

A Four Star Production.

Directors of The Alcoa Hour

Dan Petrie

Robert Mulligan

Sidney Lumet

Ralph Nelson
 

###############################

########### The Alcoa Hour ##########

########## season 1 1955-56 #########

###############################

1.01 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BLACK WINGS

16-Oct-1955 NBC Sun

produced by Herbert Brodkin

teleplay by Joseph Schull

directed by Norman Felton

guest stars

Wendell Corey  ....... David Adams
Robert Flemyng ...... Bennett
Ann Todd ............ Jane Cornish
John Williams ....... Frazer
Byron Russell ....... Tobin
Frances Tannehill ... Lucy
Beulah Garrick ...... Eve

Synopsis:

A German physician who had been a Luftwaffe pilot during WWII

secretly endows a clinic for the treatment of victims of a bombing

raid he led over England, then falls in love with an English girl who

was crippled by the bombing. [RF]

1.02 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE SMALL SERVANT

30-Oct-1955 NBC Sun

written by S.I. Abelow

guest stars

Laurence Harvey  ..... Dick Swiveller
Halliwell Hobbes .... Reverend Garland
John Laurie ......... Sampson Brass
Brenda Forbes ....... Sophie Wackles
Murray Matheson ..... Padgett
Mary Wickes ......... Sally Brass
Francis Compton ..... Wrasp
Diane Cilento ....... Servant

1.03 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A GIRL CAN TELL

13-Nov-1955 NBC Sun

adapted by William McCleery

from F. Hugh Herbert's Broadway play

starring

Diana Lynn  .......... Jennifer
Natalie Trundy ...... Nancy
Carleton Carpenter .. Artie
Dean Harens ......... George
Donald Symington .... Freddie
Jack Whiting ........ J.G.
William Redfield .... Bill
Paul McGrath ........ Father
Barbara Robbins ..... Mother
Elissa Zabor ........ Natasha

Synopsis:

Looking over the scrapbook containing pictures of all the men she ever kissed,

a mother tells her daughter of her hectic younger days and the beaus who made them so. [RF]

1.04 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THUNDER IN WASHINGTON

27-Nov-1955 NBC Sun

written by David Davidson

directed by Robert Mulligan

guest stars

Melvyn Douglas  ......... Charles Turner
Ed Begley .............. Rep. Kilter
Russell Collins ........ Joe Horton
James Gregory .......... Martin Hobbes
Philip Coolidge ........ Mr. Herbert
Howard St. John ........ Mr. Meadows
Audra Lindley .......... Laura
Luis Van Rooten ........ President of the United States
Susan Halloran ......... Janie

Synopsis 1:

Inspired by recent capital-city doings, this is the story of a successful businessman

who comes to work for the government. He tries to use his newfound influence

to benefit the private business in which he still has an interest. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Charles Turner a highly competent business executive

answers a call from the President of the United States to

come to Washington to introduce efficiency into numerous

sprawling government agencies. Soon Turner's efforts at

reform offend almost everyone and he finds himself

defending his actions before a House Appropriations Committee. [RF]

*

Note: Luis Van Rooten spent hours studying the voice and

mannerisms of the President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1.05 [--] The Alcoa Hour: UNDERTOW

11-Dec-1955 NBC Sun

written by Jack Kelsey

guest stars

Robert Preston  ........ Doug Hallock
Teresa Wright ......... Sylvia Hallock
John Kerr ............. Jamie Hallock
Thomas Mitchell ....... Cap'n Jarvis
Cathleen Nesbitt ...... Mother Hallock

1.06 [--] The Alcoa Hour: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS

25-Dec-1955

Gian Carlo Menotti's Opera

guest stars

Rosemary Kuhlman  ...... Amahl's Mother
David Aiken ........... King Melchior
Leon Lishner .......... King Balthasar
Andrew McKinley ....... King Caspar
Glen Tetley ........... Dancing Shepherd

Synopsis:
Amahl, a poor cripple boy, is visited by the Three Kings on their way

to pay homage to the Christ child. [RF]
 

1.07 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MAN ON A TIGER

08-Jan-1956 NBC Sun

written by Roger O. Hirson

adapted from a short story by Adman David Levy
guest stars
Melvyn Douglas ........ Jim Conway
Tony Randall .......... Bill Holmes
Polly Rowles .......... Susan
Keenan Wynn ........... Curley Ames
Virginia Kaye ......... Ruth Wilson
Frank Schofield ....... Kaplow
Jan Farrand ........... Lily
Jerome Kilty .......... Steve Morgan
Lisa Howard ........... Kitty
Mort Stephens ......... George
Synopsis:
The story of success and failure, where admen's accounts, TV comedians

 fight for prestige and the small fry of television fight for their very existence.
 

1.08 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A PATCH OF FAITH

22-Jan-1956  NBC Sun

Written by John Secondari,

author of the novel on which the movie "Three Coins in the Fountain" was based.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
guest stars
Lee J. Cobb ........ Zocco
Theodore Bikel ..... Il Vecchio
Robert Emhardt ..... Van Vlick
Lilia Skala ........ Mrs. Van Vlick
Will Kuluva ........ Oste
Miko Oscard ........ Peppino
Henry Lascoe ....... Bridagiere
Synopsis:
A schoolmaster in a small Italian town suffers when his pupils are taunted because

they are too poor to afford football uniforms. He tries to raise money by staging

a benefit concert starring a young Dutch pianist. [RF]
 

1.09 [--] The Alcoa Hour: LONG AFTER SUMMER

05-Feb-1956 NBC Sun

produced by Herbert Brodkin

written by Dale Wasserman

story by Robert Nathan

directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

Robert Preston ........ Tom Waycroff
Susan Kohner .......... Joanna
Cameron Prud'Homme .... Alben
Ben Astar ............. Manuel
Donald Harron ......... Jack
Simon Oakland ......... Bert
Augusta Merighi ....... Josie
Raymond Bramley ....... Minister

Ralph Camargo

Synopsis:

The scene is Cape Cod, New England. A cynical sculptor hires a young orphan

girl as a housekeeper. She falls in love with the son of his best friend, but an

ensuing tragedy arouses her employer's concern. [RF]

1.10 [--] The Alcoa Hour: TRAGEDY IN A TEMPORARY TOWN

19-Feb-1956 NBC Sun

written by Reginald Rose

directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

Ed Binns  .............. Anderson
Lloyd Bridges ......... Alec Beggs
Robert Emhardt ........ Matt Fisher
Donald Harron ......... Mickey Doran
Betty Lou Keim ........ Dotty Fisher
Will Kuluva ........... Julio Infante
Vivian Nathan ......... Grace Beggs
Milton Selzer ......... Pike
Clifford Tatum Jr. .... Buddy Beggs
Jack Warden ........... Frank Doran

Jane White

Robert Dryden

Synopsis:

A vigilante group is formed after a girl is assaulted at

a construction camp. The mob descends on an innocent

Puerto Rican victim and the hero opposes the mob. [RF]

* Note According to Jack Gould, "Mr. Rose's final scene--the mob descending

on an innocent Puerto Rican victim--did make the viewer's flesh creep. And

the raw vigor of the hero's denunciation of the mob--the man's language had

 uncommon pungency--was extraordinarily vivid video drama."
"Tragedy in a Temporary Town" won a Robert E. Sherwood Television Award

and a citation from the Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith as the best

dramatic program of the year dealing with intergroup relations.

1.11 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MAN ON FIRE

04-Mar-1956 NBC Sun

written by Malvin Wald & Jack Jacobs

guest stars

Tom Ewell  ............. Earl Carleton
Patricia Barry ........ Nina
Neva Patterson ........ Gwen
Jerome Thor ........... Shaw
Ed Begley ............. Sam
Lois Bolton ........... Mrs. Delaney
Russell Collins ....... Judge
Van Dyke Parks ........ Ted

Synopsis:

A successful business man agrees to a divorce but insists on retaining custody

of the couple's young boy. Later, after remarrying, his wife tries for and wins

custody of the child. This so disillusions and embitters the man that he turns

against his friends, associates and finally the law. [RF]

1.12 [--] The Alcoa Hour: DOLL FACE

18-Mar-1956 NBC Sun

written by Jerome Ross

guest stars

Gene Lyons  ............ Harry Banning
Nancy Malone .......... Grace Schroeder
Addison Powell ........ Arthur Jelliffe
Glenda Farrell ........ Eloise Schroeder
Frank McHugh .......... George Schroeder
Patricia Englund ...... The Manicurist
Jeff Harris ........... The Bellboy

1.13 [--] The Alcoa Hour: FINKLE'S COMET

01-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by Herman Raucher

Directed by Sidney Lumet

guest stars

David Opatoshu ........ Morris Finkle
Hans Conried .......... Schnobble
Norman Fell ........... Marvie
Donald Mayo ........... Professor Caswell
Lenka Peterson ........ Marilyn
Ned Wertimer .......... Terry
Henry Lascoe .......... Mirsky
Synopsis:
A candy store owner looks out his window

and finds he is the only one who saw the comet.

1.14 [--] The Alcoa Hour: EVEN THE WEARIEST RIVER

15-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Sapinsley

guest stars

Lee Grant  ............. Lennie Converse
Boris Karloff ......... Doc Dixon
Christopher Plummer.... Bruce Quealy
Jason Robards ......... Bridger
Franchot Tone ......... Sheriff Converse
Frank Marth ........... Crawford
Robert Dryden ......... Olan
Archie Smith .......... Matt
John Shellie .......... McAdam
Milton Selzer ......... Upton
Frank Overton ......... Barton Steinbach

1.15 [--] The Alcoa Hour: PARIS AND MRS. PERLMAN

29-Apr-1956 NBC Sun

written by John Vlahos

guest stars

Gertrude Berg  ......... Sophie Perlman
Claude Dauphin ........ Monsieur Aristide Duchamp
Sanford Meisner ....... Lew Stern
Joey Walsh ............ Leon
Janet Fox ............. Rose

1.16 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE PRESIDENT

13-May-1956 NBC Sun

written by David Davidson

guest stars

Claude Rains  .......... Paul Westman
Mildred Dunnock ....... Grace Westman
Everett Sloane ........ Bill Groody
Alfred Ryder .......... Harvey Wilson
Larry Gates ........... Fulton Wills
Luis Van Rooten ....... Foster
David White ........... Sully
Fred Clark ............ Governor Dan Cowlin

Allen Collins

Robert Dryden

Howard Wierum

John Boruff

1.17 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE CONFIDENCE MAN

27-May-1956 NBC Sun

written by Ernest Kinoy

guest stars

Hume Cronyn  .......... Sam Pickens
Jessica Tandy ........ Olivia Crummit

Dorothy Sands

1.18 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE MAGIC HORN

10-Jun-1956 NBC Sun

written by Herman Raucher

guest stars

Ralph Meeker  ......... Billy Hepburn
Sal Mineo ............ Tommy Angelo
Buzzy Drootin ........ Bide-o-wee Smith (famed Jazz Drummer)
Vic Dickenson ........ Stromberg Harris
Ruby Braff ........... Spencer Lee
Jimmy McPartland ..... Jambo Reader
Bert Freed ........... Manager
Milt Hinton .......... Woosh Johnson
Peanuts Hucko ........ the Greek

1.19 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ARCHANGEL HARRIGAN

24-Jun-1956 NBC Sun

written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.

guest stars

Frank Aletter as Tommy Sanford

Walter Burke as Sam Adams

Ann Dere as Mae Jenks

Pat Hingle as Red

Darren McGavin as Harrigan

Janice Rule as Rosie McLeod

Frank Tweddell as Charlie Jenks

John Shellie as Jud

1.20 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE PIPER OF ST. JAMES

08-Jul-1956 NBC Sun

written by Hugh Kemp

guest stars

Brenda Forbes as Jenkins

Barry Jones  as Hamish

Patrick O'Neal  as Jamie

Peggy Maurer as Julia

Patrick Macnee as Charlie

William Hansen as R.B. Angus

Pat Harrington as Bartender

1.21 [--] The Alcoa Hour: SISTER

22-Jul-1956 NBC Sun

written by Sidney Carroll

guest stars

Gladys Cooper as Aunt Pauline

Cathleen Nesbitt as Angelica

Vincent Price as Alvanley

1.22 [--] The Alcoa Hour: KISS AND TELL

05-Aug-1956 NBC Sun

written by F. Hugh Herbert

guest stars

Warren Berlinger as Dexter Franklin

John Connell as Lenny Archer

Jerome Cowan as Harry Archer

Florida Friebus as Mrs. Franklin

Robin Morgan as Corliss Archer

Polly Rowles as Janet Archer

Steven Chase as Uncle George

Howard St. John as Mr. Pringle

Marion Randall as Mildred Pringle

1.23 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG VOTE

19-Aug-1956 NBC Sun

written by David Karp

guest stars

Ed Begley as Michael Francis Dixon

Kathleen Maguire as Eileen Dixon

Walter Matthau as Bill Egan

Luis Van Rooten as Bernstein

Walter Burke as Devlin

Robert Emhardt as Teddy Harrison

William Harrigan as Emil Drucker

Jay Barney as Hofmeyer

1.24 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE GIRL IN CHAPTER ONE

02-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

written by Elihu Winer

guest stars

James Daly as Vernon Elder

Joanne Woodward as Margaret Spencer

Madge Evans as Agnes Spencer

Anne Seymour as Mary Elder

Warren Parker

Wallace Rooney

###############################

########### The Alcoa Hour ##########

######## season 2 1956-57 #######

###############################

2.01 [--] The Alcoa Hour: FLIGHT INTO DANGER

16-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

written by Arthur Hailey

guest stars

Patricia Barry as Stewardess

Macdonald Carey as George Spencer

Geoffrey Horne as Treleaven

Liam Redmond as Dr. Baird

John Drainie as Harry Burdick

Felix Deebank as Pilot

Robert Dryden as Co-Pilot

*Note: Hailey wrote this episode Pre "Airport".

2.02 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG WAVE

30-Sep-1956 NBC Sun

written by Pearl Buck

directed by Norman Felton

guest stars

Joseph Anthony as Farmer Father

Hume Cronyn as Wise Gentleman

Carol Lynley as Setsu

Vivian Nathan as Farmer Mother

Milton Selzer as Fisherman Father

Rip Torn as Kino

Robert Morse

2.03 [--] The Alcoa Hour: KEY LARGO

14-Oct-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by Alvin Sapinsley

story by Maxwell Anderson

guest stars

Anne Bancroft as Alegre

Alfred Drake as King

Lorne Greene as Sheriff Gash

Victor Jory as D'Alcala

John Marley as Corky

J. Carrol Naish as Murillo

2.04 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MORNING'S AT SEVEN

04-Nov-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by Robert Wallstens

based on a play by Paul Osborn

guest stars

Dorothy Gish as Arry Gibbs

Lillian Gish as Esther Crampton

David Wayne as Homer Bolton

June Lockhart

Dorothy Stickney

Evelyn Varden

2.05 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. BAXTER

02-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

adapted by William McCleery

based on a novel by Edward Streeter

guest stars

Patricia Benoit as Polly

Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Gillyard

Dennis King as George Baxter

John McGiver as Mr. Bernhard

Cornelia Otis Skinner as Susan Baxter

2.06 [--] The Alcoa Hour: ADVENTURE IN DIAMONDS

09-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

Adapted by Jerome Coopersmith

Based on the story by David E. Walker
guest stars
Gary Merrill ......... Walter Keyser
Viveca Lindfors ...... Anna
Robert Flemyng ....... Major
Cameron Prud'Homme ... Peter
Geoffrey Toone ....... Leeds
Maureen Hurley ....... Julia
John Mackwood ........ Captain
Fred Herrick ......... Fisherman
Synopsis:
During World War 2 it was imperative for England to get a supply of Dutch industrial

diamonds before they fell into Nazi hands. Walter Keyser, born Dutch but an

Englishman by choice, was chosen to go to Amsterdam and persuade the

Dutch diamond merchants to let him take their gems back to London. [RF]
 

2.07 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN

23-Dec-1956 NBC Sun

based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

guest stars

Basil Rathbone as Ebenezer Scrooge

Martyn Green as Bob Cratchit

Philippa Bevans as Mrs. Dilber

Vic Damone as Young Scrooge

Johnny Desmond as Fred

Alice Frost as Mrs. Cratchit

Bryan Herbert as Mr. Fezziwig

Dennis Kohler as Tiny Tim

Ian Martin as Ghost of Christmas Past

Patrice Munsel as Belle

Betty Madigan as Martha Cratchit

Robert Weede as Marley's Ghost

Robert Wright as Spirit of Christmas Present

The Four Lads (singing group)

2.08 [--] The Alcoa Hour: A DOUBLE LIFE

06-Jan-1957 NBC Sun

written by Maurice Valency

guest stars

Shelley Winters as Pat

Nina Foch as Brita

Eric Portman as Tony

Ross Martin

Hilda Haynes as Gladys

Ludwig Donath as Max

Henderson Forsythe as Victor

Luis Van Rooten as Vito

Wallace Rooney as Cooley

Synopsis:

A Shakespearean actor is portraying Othello on the stage. He comes to

believe that his wife is attracted to another man, and, like Othello, he

feels compelled to commit murder. [RF]

2.09 [--] The Alcoa Hour: RIDE THE WILD MARE

20-Jan-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alfred D. Gato

guest stars

Lloyd Bridges as Danny Mayo

Betty Field as Marge Mayo

Edward Andrews as George

Murvyn Vye as Gus

John Marley as Vic

Kevin Coughlin as Fred

2.10 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NO LICENSE TO KILL (I)

03-Feb-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Boretz

directed by Herbert Hirschman

Narrator: Victor Riesel

guest stars

Hume Cronyn as Ralph Grimes

Eileen Heckart as Vi Miller

Carl Betz as Howard Miller

Maureen Cassidy as Dorothy Grimes

Jack Klugman as Tyler

Edward Binns as Lt. Marchese

*Note: This episode was restaged with new actors 01Sep57.

2.11 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

17-Feb-1957 NBC Sun

adapted by Philip Barry Jr.

based on the play by Philip Barry Sr.

guest stars

Joanne Linville as Daisy Sage

Meg Mundy as Cecelia Henry

Robert Preston  as Tom Collier

Alan Hale Jr. as Red Regan

Paul McGrath as Rufus Collier

Mary Welch as Fran

2.12 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE LAST TRAIN TO PUSAN

03-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

adapted by Theodore Apstein

based on Vern Sneider's story
guest stars
Gary Merrill ........ Johnny Davis
Virginia Kaye ....... Sister Maria
Philip Ahn .......... Major Pak
Erlinda Cortes ...... Lee Su Im
Synopsis:
Johnny Davis, a World War 2 veteran, now an enterprising young businessman

 in Korea in 1950. Davis, an engineer discovers that his factory and shipping interests

are being sabotaged. Davis tries to enlist the help of a young secretary, Catherine,

 to spy on the suspected saboteurs. [RF]
 

2.13 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE ORIGINAL MISS CHASE

17-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

based on the play "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" by Frederick Lonsdale

guest stars

Nanette Fabray as Rosemary Chase

Darren McGavin as Arthur Bryan

Hiram Sherman as Elton Andrews

John Williams as Charles Gillis

Evelyn Varden as Mrs. Andrews

Henry Lascoe as Mr. Romaine

2.14 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE BIG BUILD-UP

31-Mar-1957 NBC Sun

written by Roger O. Hirson

guest stars

E.G. Marshall as Herman Magnus

George Peppard as Eddie Pierce

Jason Robards Jr. as Bert Palmer

Robert Simon as Mr. Price

Diane Gentner as Isabel

Leonard Stone as Longden

Sorrell Booke as Bartender

Synopsis:

A movie producer goes to great lengths to make his films box-office hits. Producer

Herman Magnus realizes that his new arty movie needs box office appeal. He decides

 to do a build-up campaign on Eddie Price, a modest but ambitious actor in the film,

as a wild rebellious youth similar to the character he plays in the film. [RF]

*Note: Mickey and Sylvia, song duo, make a special appearance in this dramatic episode.

2.15 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NOTHING TO LOSE

14-Apr-1957 NBC Sun

written by Jerome Ross

guest stars

Ralph Bellamy as Dutch Scranton

Robert Emhardt as Doc Jones

James Whitmore as Warden Lightfoot

Harry Bellaver as Williams

Mike Kellin as Ernest Chowder Waybel

Frank Sutton as Radcliffe

Edmon Ryan as Assitant Warden

Frank Blair as TV Reporter

George Ebeling as Chaplain

2.16 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MECHANICAL MANHUNT

28-Apr-1957 NBC Sun

written by Harold Swanton

guest stars

Sallie Brophy as Susan

Richard Kiley as Peter Melnecke

Robert Arden as Jerome

Lois Bolton as Agnes

Ward Costello as Charlie

Victor Thorley as Malotte

Parker McCormick as Landlady

[--] The Alcoa Hour: preempted for Bob Hope Comedy Special

05-May-1957

2.17 [--] The Alcoa Hour: PROTEGE

19-May-1957 NBC Sun

written by Philo Higley

guest stars

Skip Homeier as Dick Carr

Betsy Palmer as Ann Fenn

Evelyn Varden as Clara Carr

Ed Wynn as Billy Bishop

David White as Bixby

Lee Meriwether as Girl

William Shatner

Agnes Moorehead

2.19 [--] The Alcoa Hour: MRS. GILLING AND THE SKYSCRAPER

09-Jun-1957 NBC Sun

written by Sumner Locke Elliot

guest stars

Helen Hayes as Mrs. Gilling

Katherine Squire as Annie

Wilfrid Hyde-White as Gordon

Jack Klugman as George

Leueen MacGrath as Pauline

Joanna Roos as Francine

Kathleen Comegys as Mrs. Millie Roos

Halliwell Hobbes as Doorman

Synopsis:

An elderly lady who tries to save her apartment from the owners of her building

who intend to demolish it to make way for a skyscraper. [RF]

2.20 [--] The Alcoa Hour: AWAKE WITH FEAR

23-Jun-1957 NBC Sun

written by David Driscoll

guest stars

Eddie Bracken as Charlie Joyce

Henry Jones as Ed Krieber

Loïs Bolton as Bernice Schmidt

Virginia Kaye as Dorothy Parsons

Dennis Kohler as Buster Joyce

Synopsis:
Charlie Joyce, a white-collar worker, lives a quiet, almost humdrum life

 with his wife and two children. One morning Charlie receives a poison-pen

letter which he passes off as a practical joke sent by Ed Krieber, one

of his office buddies. But when he confronts Ed with the threatening
letter, Ed convinces him that he wasn't the one who sent it. [RF]

2.21 [--] The Alcoa Hour: HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE

07-Jul-1957 NBC Sun

written by John H. Secondari

guest stars

Anne Bancroft as Giselle

Charles Korvin as Von Zimmer

Rip Torn as Pierre

Joe De Santis as Dr. Hartman

Charles Cooper as Lt. Gerhardt

Harold Vermilyea as Grandfather

2.22 [--] The Alcoa Hour: HE'S FOR ME

21-Jul-1957 NBC Sun

written by Michael Dreyfus

music & lyrics by Michael Brown

guest stars

Roddy McDowall as Max

Joan Hovis as Pat

Larry Blyden as Ralph

Elaine Stritch as Laura

Synopsis:
The story of two boy who spy two pretty girls and naturally decide they must get acquainted.

The boys, Max and Ralph, share an apartment in the building where Laura and Pat have

their apartment. The boys don't know it, but the girls are as anxious to meet them as they

are to meet the girls. Max hatches a scheme to bring about an accidentally-on-purpose

meeting with Pat at the basement washing machine. Things go swimmingly in the basement,

but when Max gets back to the apartment, he realizes he still hasn't found out the girl's names.

Ralph comes up with the solution to this one and runs into Laura.

Alas, in this case things don't go well at all. [RF]
*
Songs
"Try a Little Love" .... Max, Ralph
"He's For Me".... Pat
"I Never Knew That I'd Find You" .... Pat, Max
"You're Cute, You're Sweet" .... Max
"No Good Man" .... Laura
"Love's Anything You Wish" .... Pat, Max, Laura, Ralph
"A Dollar and a Quarter and a Dime" .... Max, Ralph
"What Do They Know About Love? .... Ralph, Laura
"You're for Me" ..... Pat, Max

2.23 [--] The Alcoa Hour: WEEKEND IN VERMONT

04-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by Ernest Kinoy

guest stars

Patricia Barry as Grace Barre

William Traylor as Warren

Tony Randall as Stan Kasper

Aina Niemela as Jean

Dorothy Stickney as Mrs. Barre

Howard Lindsay as Mr. Barre

2.24 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN

11-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by John Whedon

guest stars

Audrey Christie as Marcia Barry

Walter Matthau as George Barry

Hiram Sherman as Porky

Jeff Harris as Artie

Shirley Standlee as Debbie

2.25 [--] The Alcoa Hour: THE LITTLEST LITTLE LEAGUER

25-Aug-1957 NBC Sun

written by Blanche Hanalis

guest stars

Jacob Kalich as Grandfather

Peter Lazer as Benjamin "Benjie" Hauptmann

Vivian Nathan as Marretta Hauptmann

Nehemiah Persoff as Willie Hauptmann

Sal Maglie as Himself

Tommy White as Neighbor Boy

2.26 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NO LICENSE TO KILL  II

01-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Alvin Boretz

directed by Herbert Hirschman

Narrator: Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut.

guest stars

Eddie Albert as Ralph Grimes

Maureen Stapleton as Vi Miller

Robert Strauss as Lt. Marchesse

Frank Overton as Tyler

Hugh Reilly as Howard Miller

Louis Badolati as Pollard

Stephen Chase as Burou

Cathleen Nesbitt as Mrs. Miller Sr.

Frederick Rolf as Dr. Lane

Michael Strong as Resident Doctor

Norman Twin as Kirkland

Eileen Heckart

2.27 [--] The Alcoa Hour: 15 OCTOBER 1864

15-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Louis Pelletier

guest stars

Alan Nixon as Lt. Bennett Young

James Pritchett as Philip Cullen

Paul Tripp as Roger Harrison

Clu Gulager as James Wesley

Olive Sturgess as Hannah

2.28 [--] The Alcoa Hour: NIGHT

22-Sep-1957 NBC Sun

written by Bill Barrett

guest stars

E.G. Marshall as Shorty

Virginia Vincent as Cleo

Jason Robards as Jayson

Franchot Tone as Prince

Addison Powell as Dr. Chula

Amy Freeman as Riga

Bill Zuckert as Brophy

William Hansen as Santa

*Last episode of The Alcoa Hour.

############### Alcoa Hour ###############
################# the end ##################
##############################################

Have you any comments, corrections, episode titles, air dates,
production numbers, directors, writers, story/synopsis,
guest stars, cast lists, etc?

Have you any old videos, or tv guides? Dust them off and let
me know if you have any information on this series or any other
tv series from the 1950's, 60's, 70's, or 80's , which is missing
from any episode guides on the web.

Perhaps a certain episode of a particular series coincided with
a key moment in your life, or in world events - and has left a vivid
memory of when it was shown. Let us know.

Would you like to see any other tv series guides on this site?