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Episode Guide

version 5.0  August 2009

(Ep 1.7, 1.8)

compiled by

The Classic TV Archive

http://ctva.biz/index.htm

with contributions by:

Rina Fox

 references:

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UCLA Film and Television Archive
 

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KRAFT MYSTERY THEATRE

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Summer 1961 episodes:

filmed in England

 (UK theatrical second features, edited for TV)

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Summer 1962 episodes:

filmed at Desilu Studios, Hollywood, USA

(some originals, others

   previously aired on "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" 1958-60)

*

Summer 1963 episodes:

filmed at Revue Studios, Hollywood, USA

(some previously aired on "Alcoa Playhouse" from 1961-63)

for

NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST))(14Jun61-27Sep61)

NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST)(13Jun62-26Sep62)

NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST)(19Jun63-11Sep63)

Producer Alex March

US anthology series  Summer 1961-1962-1963      ?eps x 60min       

Hosted by Frank Gallop

Directors Included:

 Paul Bogart, Michael Dreyfuss, Jack Klugman, David Greene

"Kraft Mystery Theatre" theme

  composed by  Johnny  Williams (for Revue Studios)

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  NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST))(14Jun61-27Sep61)

    Filmed in England

 (UK theatrical second features, edited for TV)

     Hosted by Frank Gallop 
 

1.01 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE PROFESSIONALS (filmed in the UK)

14Jun61 NBC Wed (filmed in 1959 for UK theatrical release) 

prod #61-1203

      (theatrical running time 61 min)     

Independent Artists Production [UK]

Produced by Norman Priggen

Written by Peter Barnes

Directed by Don Sharp

Cast: 

William Lucas ....  Philip Bowman

Andrew Faulds ....  Inspector Rankin

Colette Wilde ....  Ruth

Stratford Johns ....  Lawson

Vilma Ann Leslie ....  Mabel

Edward Cast ....  Clayton

Charles Vince ....  Holden

Jack May ..... Edwards

Laurence Taylor .... Cairns

Eric Corrie ...... Detective

Arthur Skinner ....... Plain-Clothes man

Douglas Suir ...... Beaumont

David Williams ...... Constable

Synopsis:

A team of detectives arrive to inspect the vault of a suburban bank and skip

out with the loot. [RF]

 

1.02 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: DEADLY RECORD (filmed in the UK)

21Jun61 NBC Wed  (filmed in 1959 for UK theatrical release)  

   (theatrical running time 58 min)  

       Hosted by Frank Gallup

International Artists production

Produced by Vivian A. Cox  

Screenplay by Vivian A. Cox & Lawrence Huntington   

>From a Novel by Nina Warner Hooks

Directed by Lawrence Huntington

Cinematography by Eric Cross    

Cast:  

Lee Patterson  ....  Trevor Hamilton

Barbara Shelley ....  Susan Webb

Jane Hylton ....  Ann Garfield

Peter Dyneley ....  Dr. Morrow

Geoffrey Keen ....  Supt. Ambrose

John Paul  ....  Phil Gamage

Everley Gregg ....  Mrs. Mac

Edward Cast ....  Constable Ryder

George Pastell ....  Angelo

Ferdy Mayne ....  Ramon Casadas

April Olrich ....  Carmela

rest of cast listed alphabetically

Doreen Dawn ....  (uncredited)

Peter Dolphin ....  (uncredited)

Percy Herbert ....  (uncredited)

Geoffrey Tyrrell ....  (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Pilot Trevor Hamilton returns and sees no sign of his estranged wife Jenny,

who lives in the studio adjoining his house. The next day he finds her

dead in the studio, finds her car with a dented fender, and finds himself

the no. 1 murder suspect

 

1.03 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: ACCOUNT RENDERED (filmed in the UK)

28Jun61 NBC Wed (filmed in 1957 for UK theatrical release)   

(theatrical running time 59 min)

Rank Organisation Production /J. Arthur Rank Films [UK]

Produced by Luigi Rovere, John Temple-Smith   

Screenplay by Barbara S. Harper  from a Novel by Pamela Barrington

Directed by Peter Graham Scott   

Cast:   

Griffith Jones ....  Robert Ainsworth 

Ursula Howells ....  Lucille Ainsworth 

Honor Blackman ....  Sarah Hayward 

Ewen Solon ....  Detective Inspector Marshall 

Robert Raikes ....  Detective Sergeant Berry 

John Van Eyssen ....  Clive Franklyn 

Philip Gilbert ....  John Langford 

Carl Bernard ....  Gilbert Morgan 

Doris Yorke ....  Landlady 

Harry Ross  ....  Bernard Goodman 

Edwin Richfield ....  Porter 

Gordon Phillott ....  Rigby 

Vernon Smythe ....  Colonel Jarvis 

Barry Steele ....  Barman 

rest of cast: 

Mary Jones ....  Nella Langford 

Gerda Larsen ....  Blondi 

Synopsis:

When Lucille Ainsworth is murdered, the police haul in four prime suspects

 - all of them with equally good reasons for wanting the woman dead. [TA]

 

1.04 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: BREAKOUT
05Jul1961 (Copyright: PUB 23Mar59)
(filmed in 1959 for UK theatrical release)
(theatrical running time 62 min)
Independent Artists Production [UK]
Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy present
Produced by Leslie Parkyn, Julian Wintle
Based on a story by Frederick Oughton
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
Hazel Court ....... Rita Arkwright
Lee Patterson ..... George Munro
Billie Whitelaw ... Rose Munro
John Paul ......... Arkwright
William Lucas ..... Chandler
Estelle Brody ..... Maureen O'Quinn
Dermot Kelly ...... O'Quinn
Terence Alexander.. Farrow
Synopsis:

A woman becomes entangled in another couple's martial woes.

1.05 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: DANGER TOMORROW
12Jul1961
Producer Jack Parsons
Written by Guy Deghy
Story by Frank Charles
Directed by Terry Bishop
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
Rupert Davies ..... Dr. Robert Campbell
Lisa Daniely ...... Marie
Annabel Maule ..... Helen
Robert Urquhart ... Bob Murray
Zena Walker ....... Ginny Murray
Russell Waters .... Steve
Synopsis:
A doctor's wife believes she's losing her mind, she has recurring visions of a murder.

1.06 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE HIDEOUT
19Jul1961
Hosted by Frank Gallop
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
starring
Ronald Howard ..... Robert Grant
Dermot Walsh ...... Steve Curry
Rona Anderson ..... Helen Grant
Sam Kydd .......... Tim Bowers
Synopsis:
An insurance salesman and a young woman are accidentally drawn

 together in a plot to smuggle contaminated furs.
 

1.07 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE WHITE TRAP
26Jul1961 NBC Wed
Cast:
Lee Patterson ...... Paul Langley
Felicity Young ..... Joan Langley
Conrad Phillip ..... Morrison
Yvette Wyatt ....... Ann Fisher
Synopsis:
Convict Paul Langley learns that his wife is desperately ill. He determines to

break out of prison and visit her in the hospital. [RF]

 

1.08 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: WITNESS IN THE DARK
02Aug61 NBC Wed
Cast:
Patricia Dainton .... Jane Pringle
Conrad Phillips ..... Inspector Coates
Madge Ryan .......... Mrs. Finch
Enid Lorimer ........ Mrs. Temple
Synopsis:
Though Jane Pringle is blind, she has made a good life for herself. She has a fine job,

a comfortable flat and many friends. But one day Jane discovers

that someone wants to kill her. [RF]
 

1.09 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: BREAKOUT (filmed in the UK)

          09Aug61 NBC (filmed in 1959 for UK theatrical release)

    (theatrical running time 62 min)

Independent Artists Production [UK]

Produced by Leslie Parkyn, Julian Wintle   

Directed by Peter Graham Scott  

Cast: 

Lee Patterson  ....  George Munro 

Hazel Court ....  Rita Arkwright 

Terence Alexander  ....  Farrow 

Dermot Kelly ....  O'Quinn 

John Paul  ....  Arkwright 

Billie Whitelaw ....  Rose Munro 

William Lucas ....  Chandler 

Estelle Brody ....  Maureen O'Quinn 

 

1.10 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: HOUSE OF MYSTERY
16Aug61 NBC Wed Copyright: PUB 29May61
a Julian Wintle & Leslie Parkyn Film
directed and written by Vernon Sewell
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
Jane Hylton ........ Stella
Peter Dyneley ...... Mark
Nanette Newman ..... Joan
Maurice Kaufmann ... Henry
Colin Gordon ....... Burdon
John Merivale ...... Clive
Molly Urquhart ..... Mrs. Bucknail
Ronald Hines ....... Man
Colette Wilde ...... Girl
George Selway ...... Constable
Freda Bamford ...... Constable's Wife
Roy Purcell ........ TV Engineer
Ken MacGregor ...... Milkman
William Dickie ..... C.I.D. Man
Synopsis:
A young couple interest in buying a house find what seems to be a bargain, that is until they learn the house has a very very strange history.

1.11 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE DESPERATE MEN
23Aug61 NBC Wed
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
Jill Ireland
Conrad Phillips
William Hartnell

1.12 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE HOUSE OF RUE RIVIERA
23Aug61 NBC Wed
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
John Ericson
Jayne Mansfield
Richard Anderson
Diana Trask

1.13 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: PORT OF REVENGE
30Aug61 NBC Wed
Hosted by Frank Gallop
starring
Dan O'Herlihy
Francoise Prevost
 

1.14 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: FLIGHT FROM TREASON (filmed in the UK)

          13Sep61 NBC Wed (filmed in 1959 for UK theatrical release) 

(theatrical running time 60 min)   

written by James Mitchell

directed by Dennis Vance

guest stars

Robert Brown

John Gregson

Ian Hendry

 

1.15 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THIRD ALIBI (filmed in the UK)

          20Sep61 NBC Wed  (filmed in 1961 for UK theatrical release) 

(theatrical running time 68 min)   

Produced by Maurice J. Wilson

Written by Maurice J. Wilson & Montgomery Tully

Directed by Montgomery Tully   

Cast (in credits order) 

Laurence Payne ....  Norman Martell

Patricia Dainton ....  Helen Martell

Jane Griffiths ....  Peggy Hill

Edward Underdown ....  Dr. Murdoch

John Arnatt ....  Supt. Ross

Humphrey Lestocq ....  Producer

Lucy Griffiths ....  Miss Potter

Cleo Laine ....  Singer

also:

Olive Milbourn ....  Mrs. Booth

Synopsis:

Norman wants a divorce from Helen because he has fallen in love with

her sister Peggy. Helen won't cooperate, and Norman decides murder

is the only way to break the triangle.

 

1.16 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: DEATH IN THE SKY ABOVE

          27Sep61 NBC Wed (end of season 1)

Cast:

Peter Williams .... Charles Hillary

Petra Davies .... Katherine Forester

Ursula Howles .... Mrs. Charles Hillary

Synopsis:

Charles Hillary is jailed for the murder of his wife, but insists that

he is innocent. He escapes from prison and sets out to find the real

murderer. (60 min)
 

*Note: Last show of the series, format changes Desilu Studios in Hollywood.

 

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  NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST)(13Jun62-26Sep62)

Desilu Studios, Hollywood

(some originals, others

   previously aired on "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" 1958-60)

 

2.01 [17] Kraft Mystery Theatre: IN CLOSE PURSUIT
13Jun1962
Producer Elliott Lewis
Teleplay by Norman Shields
Story by A.A. Roberts
Directed by Robert Altman
starring
Beverly Garland
William Windom
Jan Sterling
Dan Tobin
Maxine Stuart
Emile Meyer
John Milford
George Kennedy
Calvin Quillet

2.02 [18] Kraft Mystery Theatre: DEATH OF A DREAM
20Jun1962
Written by Paul Savage
Directed by Robert Altman
starring
Robert Vaughn
Dianne Foster
Sherwood Price

2.03 [19] Kraft Mystery Theatre: DEAD ON NINE
04Jul1962
Teleplay by William Templeton
Story by Jack Popplewell
Directed by William F. Claxton
starring
Audrey Dalton
Leo G. Carroll
Signe Hasso
Louis Hayward

2.04 [20] Kraft Mystery Theatre: TWO COUNTS OF MURDER
11Jul1962
Producer Devery Freeman
Written by Henry Keukel
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
starring
Raymond Massey .... Amos Claypool
David Janssen ..... Ross Ingraham
Whitney Blake ..... Amy Claypool
Robert Emhardt .... Ed Hoxey
William Allyn ..... Phillip Claypool
Lawrence Dobkin ... Dave Harris
James Bell ........ Alex
Irma Hurley ....... Sarah Vance
George Mitchell ... Charlie Vance
Cindy Robbins ..... Sally Ann Reed
Ray Teal .......... Sheriff Blaney
Synopsis:
A DA's political career is placed in jeopardy after the grandson of a wealthy influential Southern family is arrested and charged with murder. The DA's is being forced to suppress evidence and bribed with a future governship.

*First aired on Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse August 10, 1959.

2.05 [21] Kraft Mystery Theatre: NIGHT PANIC
18Jul1962
Written by A.A. Roberts
Directed by Richard Kinon
starring
John Ericson
Cloris Leachman
Gordon Jones
Marion Ross
S. John Launer

2.06 [22] Kraft Mystery Theatre: SOUND OF MURDER
01Aug1962
Written by William Templeton
Directed by Robert Altman
starring
Ronald Long
Antoinette Bower
Liam Redmond
Alexander Davion

2.07 [23] Kraft Mystery Theatre: CRY RUIN
15Aug1962
Written by John Kneubuhl & John Mantley
Directed by Paul Stanley
starring
Richard Anderson
Ellen Burstyn (as Ellen McRae)
Keir Dullea
Denver Pyle
Leonard Stone
Robert F. Simon
Larry Gates
 

 [--] 22Aug62 ?

 

2.08 [24] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE PROBLEM IN CELL BLOCK 13
29Aug1962
Written by Arthur A. Ross
Directed by Richard Kinon
starring
Everett Sloane
Claude Dauphin
Phillip Pine
Joseph Ruskin
June Walker
 

 [--] 05Sep62 ?

 

2.14  [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: CHANGE OF HEART (filmed in the USA)

prod #5147-8

12Sep62 NBC

written by David Z. Goodman

directed by Richard Kinon

guest stars

Robert Middleton

Donald May

Russ Conway

Evans Evans

Dick Sargent

Allison Hayes

 

2.15 [--] 19Sep62

 

2.16 [--] 26Sep62 NBC Wed (end of season 2)

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 NBC (Wednesdays 9:00pm EST)(19Jun63-11Sep63) 

       Revue Studios, Hollywood USA

 (some previously aired on "Alcoa Playhouse" (1961-63)
 

3.01 [--] Kraft Mystery Theatre: SHADOW OF A MAN

    Revue Studios, USA

   19Jun63  NBC  (copyright date: 19Jun63)

Written by Frank Fenton
Story by James Patrick
Directed by David Lowell Rich
starring
Ed Begley
Broderick Crawford
Jack Kelly
John Anderson
Michael Burns
Bradford Dillman
Beverley Owen
Berkeley Harris
 

3.02 [27] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE IMAGE MERCHANTS
26Jun1963
starring
Melvyn Douglas
Geraldine Brooks
Macdonald Carey
Dianne Foster
Ron Foster

 

3.03 [--] 03Jul63

 

3.04 [29] Kraft Mystery Theatre: CATCH FEAR BY THE THROAT
10Jul1963
starring
Bradford Dillman
Steve Forrest
Linden Chiles

 

3.05 [--] 17Jul63

 

3.06 [31] Kraft Mystery Theatre: THE FORTRESS
24Jul1963
starring
Lloyd Bridges .... Lt. Wallace Brown
James Shigeta .... Chinese Captain
Philip Ahn ....... Chinese Major
Amy Fields ....... Ruth Brown
Synopsis:
Lt. Wallace Brown is captured by the North Korean Communists and imprisoned in a barren cell with only an ever-burning light bulb to keep him company.

*First aired on Alcoa Premiere October 24, 1961.
 

3.07 [--] 31Jul63

3.08 [--] 07Aug63

3.09 [--] 14Aug63

3.10 [--] 21Aug63

 

3.11 [36] Kraft Mystery Theatre: TALK TO MY PARTNER
28Aug1963
starring
Ray Danton
Joanna Moore

3.12 [37] Kraft Mystery Theatre: ORDEAL IN DARKNESS
04Sep1963
starring
Keir Dullea ........ Tommy Miller
Richard Conte ...... John Miller
Dorothy Green ...... Nancy Miller
George Kennedy ..... Jake
Dan Frazer ......... Corby
Synopsis:
Temporarily blinded executive John Miller refuses to give up his business responsibilities.

*First aired on Alcoa Premiere November 15, 1962.

3.13 [38] Kraft Mystery Theatre: GO LOOK AT ROSES
11Sep1963
starring
John Forsythe
Cathleen Nesbitt
Norman Fell
John Albright
(final episode)
 

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