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Episode Guide
version 6.0 November 2007

(Ep 1.10)

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
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THE CHEVY MYSTERY SHOW

aka Mystery Show

aka Sunday Mystery Hour

May 29, 1960 to Sep 17, 1961

May 1960-Sep 1960 NBC Sun 9:00-10:00

Jul 1961-Sep 1961 NBC Sun 9:00-10:00

Hosts: Walter Slezak (1960)

          Vincent Price (1961)

Aired as a summer replacement for the Dinah Shore Chevy Show for two seasons.

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1.01 [01] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE MACHINE CALLS IT MURDER

29-May-1960 NBC Sun

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Larry Blyden as Peter Meineke

Everett Sloane as Lieutenant Malote

Betsy Von Furstenberg as Susan Jerome

Lee Patrick as Mrs. Endicott

David White as Endicott

Peg La Centra as Mrs. Denton

Peter Walker as Jerome

Synopsis:
An insurance man, fiddling with his computer, discovers a pattern between

the murders of five models, as well as the identity of the next victim. [RF]

1.02 [02] The Chevy Mystery Show: THUNDER OF SILENCE (Live, color)

05-Jun-1960 NBC Sun

written by Adrian Spies

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

James Whitmore as Philip Selby

John Hoyt as Arnold Bellson

Sandy Kenyon as Eddie

Jean Carson as Donna

Synopsis:
Flames break out in a state school for deaf children, and only quick action by

firemen saves the terrified youngsters. The school superintendent swears he

was at his post when the fire occurred but an anonymous woman phones the

attorney general with a drastically different account of his activities. [RF]

1.03 [03] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE SUMMER HERO

12-Jun-1960 NBC Sun

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Bobby Driscoll as Fred Forbes

Patty McCormack as Dotty Halsey

Fred Beir as Bob Field

Paul Langton as Dr. Walter Halsey

Florida Friebus as Lois Halsey

Zachary Scott as Damian Shea

Ruth Ford as Julie McCormick

1.04 [04] The Chevy Mystery Show: DARK POSSESSION (Live, color)

19-Jun-1960 NBC Sun

written by Gore Vidal

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Diana Lynn as Charlotte Bell Wheeler

Anne Seymour as Emily Bell

Marion Ross as Ann Bell

Berry Kroeger as General Bell

W.H. Bassett as Dr. Roger Waring

Synopsis:

For the past year Charlotte Bell Wheeler has been the victim of a series of

poison-pen letters. But the latest is the most incriminating - it accuses Charlotte

of murdering her husband. [RF]

Note: This is a revision by Vidal of his own drama, seen previously on "Studio One" in 1954.

1.05 [05] The Chevy Mystery Show: FEAR IS THE PARENT

26-Jun-1960 NBC Sun

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Arthur Franz as Simon Dow

Mona Freeman as Avery Dow

Barbara Stuart as Claire

Ross Elliott as Dr. Reinecke

Chet Stratton as Whitman

Tracey Roberts as Buff

Nancy Rennick as Louise

Britt Osmond as Paul

Fay Roope as Mr. Dow

1.06 [06] The Chevy Mystery Show: MURDER ME NICELY

03-Jul-1960 NBC Sun

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Everett Sloane as Alfred Emerson

Yvonne Craig as Carolyn

Mark Goddard as Peter Montopolis

Doreen Lang as Marge Montopolis

Hugh Sanders as Lt. Hallaran

Sylvia Field as Mrs. Emerson

Henry Bernard as Sanford

Jack Stratton as First Boy

Jerry Mobley as Second Boy

1.07 [07] The Chevy Mystery Show: DEAD MAN'S WALK (live)

10-Jul-1960 NBC Sun (rebroadcast 23Jul61)

written by Stephen Kandel

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Robert Culp as Abel

Abby Dalton as Karen Prescott

Bruce Gordon as Lt. Spear

Arthur Batanides as Manny

Ellen Corby as Maria

Paul Mazursky as Danny

Barbara Stuart as Florence

James O'Rear as Vatsek

Judy Morris as Annabel Davis

William Kruse as Intern

Lyle Latell as Hannegan

William Boyett as Policeman

Sandra White as Nurse

Synopsis:

A man wakes up in a hospital emergency ward to learn he's been fished out of the river.

He's got no idea how he got there or who he is, but police suspect he's the victim

of foul play and may be involved with the racketeers who control the city. [RF]

1.08 [08] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE LAST SIX BLOCKS

17-Jul-1960 NBC Sun (rebroadcast 30Jul61)

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

Dane Clark as Dr. Joseph Teague

Margarita Cordova as Esperanza

Jerome Cowan as Harry Holmes

Berry Kroeger as Bermudez

John Hackett as Andrew Glenn

Howard Ledig as Greyson

Pepe Hern as Mercado

Helen LeBerthon as Carla

Tony Maxwell as Felipe

Synopsis:
Joseph Teague is an American doctor who lives in Guatemala and has a somewhat

tarnished reputation. Then U.S. consul Greyson gives Teague an important job - find

Andrew Glenn, an American youth who's on a bender somewhere in the city. [RF]

1.09 [09] The Chevy Mystery Show: I KNOW WHAT I'D HAVE DONE

24-Jul-1960 NBC Sun

written by Charles Larson

Hosted by Walter Slezak

Guest cast:

George Brent as Fred Girard

Maggie Hayes as Muriel Girard

Nancy Rennick as Nadine Girard

Peter Walker as Lt. Phillips

Anne Seymour as Hazel

Charles Meredith as Gentry

Susan Davis as Jerry

Paul Mazursky as Reporter

Synopsis 1:
A teacher refuses to help a woman who claims she's been assaulted.

Synopsis 2:
A distraught woman appears at the Girards' front door at a very late hour, pleading

piteously to be allowed inside. She babbles that she's fleeing two hoodlums who

have threatened to kill her. Before Fred Girard can fully grasp the situation,

his caller has lurched off again into the night. [RF]

1.10 [10] The Chevy Mystery Show: ENOUGH ROPE

31-Jul-1960 NBC Sun

Written by William Link and Richard Levinson
Directed by Don Richardson
Guest cast:
Richard Carlson ...... Dr. Roy Flemming
Barbara Stuart ....... Claire Flemming
Bert Freed ........... Lt. Columbo
Joan O'Brien ......... Susan
Duncan MacLeod ....... Dave
Frank Gehrens ........ Harry
Mimi Walters ......... Miss Petrie
Thomas Nello ......... Tommy
Synopsis:
Dr. Flemming has a secret life, his shrew of a wife leads him into the

arms of Susan a vulnerable and easily manipulated young woman.

Together the plot is staged for the demise of Mrs. Flemming.
*Note: This was the first television appearance of the character of Lieutenant Columbo. [RF]
 

1.11 [11] The Chevy Mystery Show: TRIAL BY FURY

07-Aug-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Agnes Moorehead as Elizabeth Marshall

John Alderman as Randolph Marshall

Laurie Carroll as Joanne Marshall

Warren Stevens as Jim Powell

Hugh Sanders as Edward Bennett

Charles Meredith as Judge Bascomb

Wesley Lau as Lt. Crane

Vinton Hayworth as Madigan

Donald Foster as Judge Trask

1.12 [12] The Chevy Mystery Show: RUN-AROUND

14-Aug-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Vincent Price as Michael Seemes

Everett Sloane as Francis Rushmore
       Nelson Holmes as Felix McMahon

John Milford

Thomas Nello as Dan

Dehl Berti as Jerry

1.13 [13] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE INSPECTOR VANISHES

21-Aug-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Walter Slezak as Inspector Pierre Dumourier

Barbara Stuart as Alice Chatillon

Berry Kroeger as Commissioner of Police

Erin O'Brien-Moore as Mme. Petit

Doris Dowling as Genevieve Benoit

June Blair as Colette Dufour

Chet Stratton as Arnold Beschamps
 

1.14 [14] The Chevy Mystery Show: FEMME FATALE (live)

28-Aug-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Janet Blair as Lisa Townsend

Tracey Roberts as Claire Bradford

Joe De Santis as. Paul Otis

Doris Lloyd as Nora Fleming

Jack Cassidy as David Townsend

Synopsis:
There have bee a lot of men in the life of Lisa Townsend, a former movie actress.

Boyfriends and husbands alike had something in common, they all met with violent deaths.

When husband No. 3 has a near-fatal accident, it's another unusual coincidence. Or is it? [RF]

1.15 [15] The Chevy Mystery Show: MURDER BY THE BOOK

04-Sep-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Vanessa Brown as Carol Penn

Jeff Morrow as John Clayton

Nelson Olmsted as Arthur Chandler

Carol Ohmart as Diane

Hugh Sanders as Lt. Burdick

Betty Farde as Mrs. Andrews

Thomas Nello as Manny

Robin Blake as Receptionist

1.16 [16] The Chevy Mystery Show: BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
11-Sep-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

John Ericson as Ray

Joan Evans as Blanche

Jerome Cowan as Mr. Vandiver

1.17 [17] The Chevy Mystery Show: THE SUICIDE CLUB

18-Sep-1960 NBC Sun

Guest cast:

Cesar Romero

Everett Sloane

Dan Tobin

1.18 [18] The Chevy Mystery Show: PERFECT ALIBI

25-Sep-1960 NBC Sun

story by A.A. Milne

Guest cast:

Janet Blair

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