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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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Episode Guide
version 32.0 December 2008
(Ep 5.16)
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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U.S. STEEL HOUR
(AKA THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR)
October 27, 1953 to June 12, 1963
(Oct 53 to Jun 55 ABC Tue 9:30-10:30)
(Jul 55 to Jun 63 CBS Wed 10:00-11:00)
United States Steel's initial venture into broadcast drama had been on ABC Radio in 1945.
Under the title "The Theatre Guild on the Air".
US Steel Hour aired on alternate weeks with other dramatic series'.
Armstrong Circle, then Twentieth Century Fox Hour,
then
Executive Producer: Marshall Jamison (1956-1958)
Won the Emmy in 1953 for Best Dramatic Program
and an Emmy for Best New Program (a tie with Make Room
for Daddy)
Won the Emmy in 1954 for Best Dramatic Program
produced by Theater Guild Production
Theme song: Untitled Original music by Bernard Green.
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Ep 1.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: P.O.W.
27-Oct-1953 ABC Tue
Written by David Davidson
Directed by Alex Segal
starring
Brian Keith .......... Bonnell
Richard Kiley .......... Lucky
Gary Merrill .......... Major Mead
Phyllis Kirk .......... Betty Lou
Don Hammer .......... Fitch
Johnny Stewart .......... Freddie
Michael Dreyfuss .......... Danny
Mary Fickett .......... Lt. Harper
Lloyd Knight .......... Marty
Cameron Prud'homme .......... Father
Anne Seymour .......... Mother
Donald McHenry .......... Willis
Morley Chang .......... Comrade Chang
Russell Hardie .......... Major Blake
Sally Forrest .......... Nurse
Synopsis:
The psychological torment American G.I.'s faced when they returned to the U.S.
after being in communist prison camps are explored in a time when
brainwashing was a new phenomena. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Semi-documentary story of the problems faced by GI's returning
from Korean prison camps. [RF]
Ep 1.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HOPE FOR A HARVEST
10-Nov-1953 ABC Tue
Written by Norman Lessing
Based on the 1941 novel by Sophie Treadwell
starring
Robert Preston ....... Elliott Martin
Faye Emerson ........ Mathilda Martin
Sophie Treadwell .... Carlotta Thatcher
Dino Di Luca ........ Victor de Lucchi
Synopsis:
The descendants of pioneer California farmers have become effete,
impoverished and embittered, when a vigorous, high-spirited woman returns home,
after 20 years in Europe, to whip her tired kinfolk into action. [RF]
Ep 1.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TIN WEDDING
24-Nov-1953 ABC Tue
written by Hagar Wilde & Judson O'Donnell
starring
Eddie Albert
Phyllis Thaxter
Audrey Christie
Billie Worth
Ep 1.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MAN IN POSSESSION
08-Dec-1953 ABC Tue
Based on a story by H.M. Harwood
Directed by Alex Segal
Art Director James McNaughton
Designer Albert Heschong
starring
Rex Harrison .......... Raymond Dabney
Lilli Palmer .......... Mrs. Crystal Weatherby
Robert Coote .......... Claude Dabney
Brenda Forbes .......... Clara
Anthony Kemble-Cooper .......... Binkie Bellairs
Francis Compton .......... Paul Dabney
Jack Raine .......... Sir Charles Cartwright
Betty Sinclair .......... Mrs. Dabney
William Podmore .......... Baliff
Synopsis:
A man secures a job as bailiff's deputy and is assigned to guard
a house when he falls for the lady of the house. [RF]
Ep 1.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE VANISHING POINT
22-Dec-1953 ABC Tue
written by A.E. Hotchner & Norman Lessing
starring
Claude Dauphin
Peter Lorre
Viveca Lindfors
Synopsis:
Head of the Paris Missing Persons Bureau disappears and
his assistant searches for him hoping to be promoted. [RF]
Ep 1.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HEDDA GABLER
05-Jan-1954 ABC Tue
written by Erick Barnouw & Noel Langley
story by Henry Ibsen
starring
Tallulah Bankhead ......... Hedda Gabler
John Baragrey ....... Luvborg
Luther Adler ......... Judge Brock
Eugenia Rawls ....... Mrs. Elvsted
Alan Hewitt ........ George Tesman
Marie Corell ....... Aunt Julie
Synopsis:
This is the story of a jealous woman who brings about the death of her
former lover through her wish for power. [RF]
Ep 1.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE RISE OF CARTHAGE
19-Jan-1954 ABC Tue
starring
Paul Douglas
Nina Foch
George Macready
Mike Kellin
Jane Rose
William Kemp
John Gibson
Synopsis:
A power mad business man finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage. [RF]
Ep 1.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: PAPA IS ALL
02-Feb-1954 ABC Tue
written by Erick Barnouw
starring
Walter Slezak
Jessie Royce Landis
Johnny Stewart
Ep 1.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HIGHWAY
16-Feb-1954 ABC Tue
written by Earl Hamner Jr.
starring
Kevin McCarthy .......... Rich Monighan
Diana Lynn .......... Zepha Wilson
George Mathews .......... John Bigwell
Peg Hillias .......... Miss Clemm
Jerome Kilty .......... Mr. Wilson
Ep 1.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MORNING STAR
02-Mar-1954 ABC Tue
written by Arthur Arent
starring
Gertrude Berg
Jo Van Fleet
Marilyn Erskine
Oscar Karlweis
David Winters
Fred Sadoff
Ep 1.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WELCOME HOME
16-Mar-1954 ABC Tue
written by N. Richard Naish
starring
Shirley Booth ....... Jenny
Helen Hayes ....... Mrs. Austin
Charles Ruggles ....... Mr. Austin
Carmen Mathews
Synopsis 1:
Jenny has spent 25 years with the Austin family, cooking, cleaning, and being
more of a mother to the children than Mrs. Austin herself. With the children married,
the time had come for the Austins to dismiss Jenny, or at least provide for her.
But Jenny wanted to be needed not provided for. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A loyal and loved housekeeper faces dismissal when her employers decide to
close down the house now that the children have grown up. [RF]
*Prelude to the sitcom "Hazel".
Ep 1.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LAST NOTCH
30-Mar-1954 ABC Tue
written by Frank D. Gilroy
starring
Jeff Morrow .......... George Temple
Richard Jaeckel .......... Vinnie Harold
Louisa Horton .......... Dora Temple
Royal Dano
Harry Bellaver
Richard Long
John McQuade
George Mitchell
Ep 1.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LATE DATE
13-Apr-1954 ABC Tue
written by William Kendall Clarke
starring
Jessie Royce Landis .......... Johanna Wagner
Barbara Baxley .......... Helen Wagner
Walter Matthau .......... Gordon Wagner
Vaughn Taylor .......... Tod White
Howard St. John .......... Harry Pope
Patty McCormack ...... Girl
Synopsis:
A woman who looks younger than she is acts younger than she should.
Ep 1.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE RISE AND FALL OF SILAS LAPHAM
27-Apr-1954 ABC Tue
(aka The Laphams of Boston)
written by Robert Wallsten
story by William Dean Howells
starring
Dorothy Gish .......... Mrs. Lapham
Thomas Mitchell .......... Silas Lapham
Patricia Wheel .......... Penelope Lapham
Paul Newman .......... Tom Corey
Addison Richards .......... James Bellingham
Colin Keith-Johnston .......... Mr. Corey
Ep 1.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE END OF PAUL DANE
11-May-1954 ABC Tue
written by Morton Wishengrad & Virginia Mazer
starring
Robert Preston .......... Dr. Abbott
Teresa Wright .......... Margaret Swift
Warren Stevens .......... Paul Dane
Ep 1.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GREAT CHAIR
25-May-1954 ABC Tue
starring
Gary Merrill ......... Wakeman
Lori March ........... Mrs. Wakeman
Walter Hampden ....... the Old Dean
William Redfield ..... Cannon
Douglas McClain ...... Miles
Synopsis:
A young college president must prove his merit to a board of trustees that
compares his activities with those of his illustrious predecessor.
His fight for recognition reaches a climax when he refuses to
allow a group of engineering students a
re-examination. [RF]
Ep 1.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GOOD FOR YOU
08-Jun-1954
Written by Robert Emmett
starring
Diana Lynn ........... Felicia
Orson Bean ........... Lester
Jack Klugman ......... Beaver
Barbara Nichols ...... Birdie
Kenny Delmar ......... Dr. Krantz
Synopsis:
A boy and girl meet and fall in love at first sight. They consult a psychiatrist
on how to go about courting. The psychiatrist tells the boy to propose at once,
but he counsels the girl to play hard-to-get. The girl's attractive roommate decides
to make a play for the boy, and matters grow
zanier by the minute. [RF]
Ep 1.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FEARFUL DECISION
22-Jun-1954 ABC Tue (rebroadcast 10May55)
written by Cyril Hume & Richard Maibaum (Emmy nomination)
starring
Ralph Bellamy ....... David Durfee (emmy nomination)
Meg Mundy ....... Edith Durfee
Edward Binns ....... Charlie Ferber
Joey Fallon ....... Davie
Frank Overton ........ Al Durfee
George Mitchell ........ Chief of Police
Paul Bauersmith ....... Nurse
Frank Wilson ........ Chapman
John D. Seymour ....... Dr. Gorman
Leonard Patrick ......... Serecki
Sam Levene ........ Reporter McArdle
Synopsis:
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals.
Yet he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would insure the boy's safety. [RF]
Ep 1.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HAVEN'S END
06-Jul-1954 ABC Tue
written by David Davidson
story by J.P. Marquand
starring
Betsy Palmer .......... Sue Swales
Howard Lindsay .......... Dennis Swales
Royal Beal .......... Warren
Richard Hylton .......... Tom Swales
Jamie Smith .......... John Scarlet Jr.
Ep 1.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A GARDEN IN THE SEA
20-Jul-1954 ABC Tue
written by Michael Dyne
story by Henry James
starring
Mildred Natwick .......... Aunt Juliana
Dorothy McGuire .......... Tina
Anne Meacham .......... Marian Connor
Donald Murphy .......... David Noseby
Ep 1.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OBERSTRASSE FORTY-NINE
03-Aug-1954 ABC Tue
starring
Dan O'Herlihy ......... Tony
Margaret Phillips ......... Valerie
Tom Helmore ......... Max
Colin Keith-Johnston ......... George Braden
Ben Astar ......... Gregor
Murray Matheson ......... Colonel
Ep 1.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GRAND TOUR
17-Aug-1954 ABC Tue
written by Arthur Arent
starring
Zachary Scott ......... Ray Brinton
Julie Haydon ......... Nell Valentine
Ruth Ford ......... Adele Brinton
Addison Richards ......... Mr. Richman
Jon Richards ......... Professor Coogan
Ep 1.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TWO
31-Aug-1954 ABC Tue
written by Virginia Mazer
starring
Patricia Crowley ......... Lorna Smith
Jack Klugman ......... Frank
Charlotte Rae ......... Ramona
Jerome Courtland ......... Dave Gilbert
William Harrigan ......... Father
Doris Rich ......... Mother
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Ep 2.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE NOTEBOOK WARRIOR
14-Sep-1954 ABC Tue
written by Ira Levin
starring
Sidney Blackmer ......... Richard Elgin Sr.
Ben Gazzara ............. Richard Elgin Jr.
Richard Kiley ........... Captain Duggan
Robert Scheerer ......... Private Greenleaf
Synopsis:
A violinist who has devoted his life to his art is drafted into the Army.
His personal conflict with the rigors of army
life is a serious one. [RF]
Ep 2.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BASEBALL BLUES
28-Sep-1954 ABC Tue
written by Steven Gethers
starring
Frank Lovejoy ....... Mike Corridon
Billie Worth ........ Mae Corridon
Harry Bellaver ....... Pete
Edward Andrews ...... Eddie
House Jameson ....... Mr. Denham
Frankie Frisch ....... Himself
Synopsis:
The story of a 40-year-old pitcher facing his retirement from baseball. [RF]
Ep 2.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MAN WITH THE GUN
12-Oct-1954 ABC Tue
written by Arthur Arent
starring
Leueen MacGrath ......... Martha
Gary Merrill ......... Dennis
Dana Wynter ......... Diana Ryland
Edward Binns ......... George Moffat
Ralph Clanton ......... Corporal Talchine
Alexander Scourby ......... Aubrey Wilson
Frederic Worlock ......... Colonel Crane
Ep 2.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE FIFTH WHEEL
26-Oct-1954 ABC Tue
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
starring
Franchot Tone ......... Charles Bennett
Orson Bean ......... Eddie West
Faye Emerson ......... Marian Burnett
Margaret Hamilton ......... Mrs. Felton
Howard St. John ......... Jim O'Neal
Ep 2.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GOODBYE, BUT IT DOESN'T GO AWAY
09-Nov-1954 ABC Tue
starring
Geraldine Brooks ......... Vera
Jack Carson ......... Harry Steuben
June Lockhart ......... Sally
George Voskovec ......... Mr. Brankovic
Ep 2.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: KING'S PAWN
23-Nov-1954 ABC Tue
starring
Janet Blair ......... Peg St. Claire
John Forsythe ......... Professor Gilbert Jardine
Neil Hamilton ......... Colonel Costello
John C. Becher ......... Paul Conover
Anne Seymour ......... Agnes Jardine
Chester Stratton ......... Fosdick
Micheal Gorrin ......... Dr. Marcus Koening
Heywood Hale Broun ......... Spectator
Ep 2.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ONE FOR THE ROAD
07-Dec-1954 ABC Tue
written by Ellis St. Joseph
starring
Charles Coburn ......... Judge Purdy
Jeff Donnell ......... Virginia Purdy
Edward Andrews ......... Fred Purdy
John Wattstuder ......... Jonathan Purdy
John Alexander ......... Police Captain
Ep 2.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: PRESENTO
21-Dec-1954 ABC Tue
written by Joseph Julian
starring
Shirley Yamaguchi ......... Presento
Don Taylor ......... Dennis
Jack Klugman ......... Barney Ostertag
Hans Conried ......... Jean Pierre
Patricia Crowley ......... Evelyn
Steve Cheng ......... Sato
Yuskow Yashiwara ......... Mr. Nakagawa
Ep 2.9 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE THIEF
04-Jan-1955 ABC Tue
written by Arthur Arent
from the play by Henri Bernstein
directed by Vincent J. Donehue
starring
James Dean ....... Fernand Lagarde
Mary Astor ....... Isabelle Lagarde
Paul Lukas ....... Charles Lagarde
Diana Lynn ....... Marie-Louise Voyson
Nehemiah Persoff ....... Dr. Arnault
Patric Knowles ....... Richard Voyson
Synopsis:
A wealthy young man accused of robbing his family. [RF]
Ep 2.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BOGEYMAN
18-Jan-1955 ABC Tue
written by Francis Rosenwald
story by Don Siegel
directed by Alex Segal
starring
Robert Preston ....... Jack Roberts
Celeste Holm ....... Madge Collins
James Westerfield ........ Sam Moreno
Darryl Richard ..... Tony
Humphrey Davis ........ Mr. King
Ann Thomas ........ Miss Orchard
**Interesting note, according to the US Steel Corporation and
the Theater Guild which supervised the series.
There is no tape, film or script for this episode that exists.
Ep 2.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SIX O'CLOCK CALL
01-Feb-1955 ABC Tue
written by James Yaffe
starring
Gertrude Berg ......... Rose Snider
David Opatoshu ......... Simon Wechsler
Gloria Stroock ......... Ellen
Michael Wager ......... Harry
Janet Fox ......... Hortense
Louis Sorin
Ep 2.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FREIGHTER
15-Feb-1955 ABC Tue
written by George Lowther
starring
Thomas Mitchell ......... Scotty
Jocelyn Brando ....... Jane
James Daly ........ Clay
Henry Hull ........ Captain Lasher
Martin Balsam ........ Petty Officer
J. Pat O'Malley ....... Cookie
Jamie Smith ....... Connors
Karl Lukas ....... Stoker
Mitchell Argus ....... Radio Operator
Synopsis:
A captain with 25 years' service on the "Singapore" faces mental collapse as
he takes his freighter out on its last voyage. Tension among the crew members
mounts as the men battle one another and the elements on the fateful trip to Hong Kong. [RF]
*Note: Set-designer Albert Heschong made a special trip to Brooklyn's
Erie Basin before creating the sole set, the inside of a freighter. It is mounted
on 30 foot rockers which will be in continuous motion throughout the performance.
Ep 2.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MAN IN THE CORNER
01-Mar-1955 ABC Tue
written by Ernest Pendrell
starring
Jack Carson ......... Joey Miller
Phyllis Hill ......... Florence
Don Keefer ......... Bob
Claire Kirby ......... Ruby
P.J. Sidney ......... Peterson
Treva Frazee ......... Sister
Betty Garde ......... Mom
Harold Vermilyea ......... Pop
Cliff Norton ......... Nick
Ep 2.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS
15-Mar-1955 ABC Tue
Produced & Directed by Alex Segal (Emmy nomination)
Written by Ira Levin
Associate Producer John Haggott
Costume Designer Gene Coffin
Production Designer Albert Heschong
starring
Andy Griffith ....... Will Stockdale
Robert Emhardt ........ Major
Bob Hastings ....... Lucky
Eddie LeRoy ...... Ben Whitledge
Arthur Storch ....... Irvine
Joe Brown Jr. ........ Infantry Sergeant
Alexander Clark ....... Captain
Harry Clark ........ Sgt. King
Adnia Rice ....... WAF Captain
G. Albert Smith ....... Colonel
Thomas Voelkl ....... PFC
Synopsis:
The exploits of Georgia hayseed Will Stockdale,
after he is inducted into the army. Mayhem arises as he
tries to adjust to the sophisticated ways of military life. [RF]
*Note: This episode received an Emmy nomination but lost to
Producer's Showcase production of Peter Pan.
Ep 2.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SCANDAL AT PEPPERNUT
29-Mar-1955 ABC Tue
written by Kay Arthur
starring
Theodore Bikel ........ Fritz Gerhardt
Charles Korvin ......... Heinrich Bauer
Terry Moore ......... Caroline Schwendinger
Jack Mullaney ........ Martin Muller
Guy Raymond ........ Joe Duester
Barbara Robbins ...... Minnie Duester
Helen Shields ........... Ella Gerhardt
Ruth Gates ........... Grandma Bauer
Scotty Morrow .......... Boy
Ep 2.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE RACK
12-Apr-1955 ABC Tue
written by Rod Serling
directed by Alex Segal
starring
Wendell Corey ........ Captain Sam Moulton
Keenan Wynn ...... Lt Steve Wasnik
Marshall Thompson ...... Captain Ed Hall Jr.
Peggy McCay ....... Agatha
Melville Ruick ...... Colonel Hansen
Mitchell Argus ....... Lt. Anderson
Len Doyle ...... Colonel Fielder
Harrison Dowd ....... Colonel Smith
Nicholas Joy ....... Colonel Edward Hall Sr.
Haskell Coffin ....... President of the Court
Synopsis:
This is a drama of the tortures suffered by a young Army officer who faces
court-martial as a result of his collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war. [RF]
Ep 2.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE ROADS TO HOME
26-Apr-1955 ABC Tue
written by Horton Foote
starring
James Daly ....... Lloyd Jackson
Beatrice Straight ...... Daisy Jackson
Johnny Washbrook ....... Jimmy Sullivan
Frances Heflin ....... Emily
Joseph Warden ....... Tom
Katherine Squire ...... Mrs. Townsend
Synopsis:
A man in bankruptcy becomes a migrant oil worker to repay his debts.
Throughout their journeys he and his family dream of returning to the home they once owned. [RF]
[--] U.S. Steel Hour: FEARFUL DECISION
10-May-1955 (rebroadcast from 22Jun54)
written by Cyril Hume & Richard Maibaum (Emmy nomination)
starring
Ralph Bellamy ....... David Durfee (emmy nomination)
Meg Mundy ....... Mrs. Durfee
Edward Binns ....... Charlie Ferber
Joey Fallon ....... Davie
Frank Overton ....... Al Durfee
George Mitchell ....... Chief of Police
Paula Bauersmith ....... Nurse
Frank Wilson ....... Chapman
John D. Seymour ....... Dr. Gorman
Leonard Patrick ...... Serecki
Synopsis:
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals. Yet he refuses
to pay the ransom that the town feels would insure the boy's safety. [RF]
(This play first given last year, is repeated by popular demand.)
Ep 2.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BIG WINNER
24-May-1955 ABC Tue
written by Richard Bimonte
starring
Frank Puglia ....... Zi-Zi
Dolores Sutton ....... Teresa
Richard Morris ....... Michael
Marita Reed ....... Louisa
Joe De Santis ....... Papa
Augusta Merighi ....... Mrs. Molinari
George Ives ....... TV Emcee
Synopsis:
The tale of an Italian-American family. Life is continuously upset by Uncle Zi-Zi's
schemes to appear as a contestant on a TV quiz program. Optimistic Zi-Zi is certain
that, after one session, his fortune will be made. [RF]
Ep 2.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HUNG FOR A SHEEP
07-Jun-1955 ABC Tue
written by Frank Gilroy
starring
Hugh Marlowe .......... Vince Gabriel
Jerome Thor .......... Walter Tillman
Lori March .......... Billy
George Macready .......... Davidson
Lucille Benson .......... Benita
Royal Beal .......... Charlie
Heywood Hale Broun .......... Duffy
Edmon Ryan .......... Ralph
Chester Stratton .......... Harold Mott
Don Briggs .......... Truck Driver
Ep 2.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE RED GULCH
21-Jun-1955 ABC Tue
starring
Jayne Meadows .......... Cora
Franchot Tone .......... Sandy Morton
Teresa Wright .......... Miss Mary
Russell Collins .......... Dee Corcoran
Amy Douglass .......... Mrs. Stidgers
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Ep 3.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD
06-Jul-1955
written by Joseph Julian
starring
Betsy Palmer .......... Naomi
Wally Cox .......... George
Kenny Delmar .......... Lawyer
Richard Hylton .......... Michael
Parker Fennelly .......... Desk Clerk
Josephine Hull .......... Widow
Morley Soames .......... Man
Synopsis:
A kind young man with a mean old father demands that the mortgage be
foreclosed on a defenseless old widow and a deserted orphan on Christmas Eve.
The father teaches his son the first principles of meanness: "Nice guys don't
win ball games . . . The road to failure is paved with kind hearts . . .
The good die young . . . You've got to be mean, merciless
and mercenary to get ahead in the world." [RF]
Ep 3.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GAMBLER
20-Jul-1955
written by Irving Richin
starring
Jack Carson .......... Maxie
John McQuade .......... Kid Graff
Walter Burke .......... Shorty
Kay Medford .......... Helen
Bert Freed .......... Sears
Phil Carter .......... Bartender
Shaun Dooley .......... Man in Bar
Robert Ellenstein .......... Waiter
Lester Lonergan .......... Man in Hotel
Synopsis:
The gambler is never the end of his career, broke and willing to risk
whatever is dear to him for a bet on a sure thing, that's not so sure.
Ep 3.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SEVENTH VEIL
03-Aug-1955
written by Arthur Arent
starring
Dan O'Herlihy .......... Nicholas
Diana Lynn .......... Francesca
Conrad Janis .......... Peter
Ben Astar .......... Dr. Larsen
Richard Abbott .......... Parker
Cindy Cameron .......... Susan
Humphrey Davis .......... Dr. Irving
Peter Brandon .......... Max
Ep 3.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BRIDE CRIED
17-Aug-1955
written by Grace Klein & Mae Cooper
starring
Tammy Grimes .......... Hazel Corey
Barbara O'Neil .......... Gertrude Lindsey
Janice Rule .......... Marianne Lindsey
Allen Nourse .......... Ben Lindsey
Ruth Ford .......... Gloria
Stephen Chase .......... Stephen
Lee Philips .......... Red Richardson
Jayne Seymour .......... Henrietta Porter
Jamie Smith .......... Arnold Bannister
Ep 3.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: COUNTERFEIT
31-Aug-1955
Written by Ellen Violett
Based on the novel by J.B. Priestly "Laburnum Grove"
starring
Boris Karloff .......... George Redford
Edna Best .......... Dorothy
Terrence Rattigan .......... Harold
Sarah Marshall .......... Elsie
Jessie Royce Landis .......... Mary
Lucie Lancaster .......... Lucy
John McGiver
Synopsis:
A kindly English mediocrity wants nothing more in the world than to live a
quiet life in a London suburb, devoting his spare time to raising tomatoes. But since
he is incapable of earning an honest penny, he tries "the other thing." His business,
as he describes it, is inflation. To get more money in circulation, he manufactures it,
and is so expert that for years he baffles Scotland Yard. [RF]
Ep 3.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A WIND FROM THE SOUTH
14-Sept-1955
Producer David J. Eagle
Written by James Costigan
Directed by Cordella Stone
starring
Julie Harris .......... Shevawn (Emmy nomination)
Donald Woods .......... Robert
Michael Higgens .......... Liam
Lawrence Fletcher .......... Ned Kelly
James Congdon .......... Jack
Mary Michael .......... Lou
Alexander Clark .......... Bernard
Haila Stoddard .......... Jean
Farrell Pelly .......... Pat
Grania O'Malley .......... Biddy
Synopsis:
Story about an unmarried girl of 30, growing old with her unmarried
brother in modern Ireland. It found no simple answer to the barren
hopelessness of the young in a land where the old have forsaken their hope. [RF]
Ep 3.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ASHTON BUYS A HORSE
28-Sept-1955
written by Norman Lessing
starring
Conrad Janis ........ Tap-Out
Gena Rowlands ........ Lily
Bruce Gordon ...... Joe Strawberry
Menasha Skulnik ........ Ashton
Billy M. Greene ........ Whitey
Guy Raymond ........ Sandy
Roland Wood ........ Professor
Mort Marshall ........ Taxi
Ep 3.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OBSESSION
11-Oct-1955
written by Ernest Pendrell
starring
Neva Patterson ........ Helen
Phyllis Thaxter ........ Judith
Kathleen Comegys ........ Mrs. Lawrence
Philip Abbott ...... Wilson
Charles Lee Saari ........ Martin
Tom Flatley Reynolds ....... Mr. Lawrence
Eileen Burns ....... Miss Sheppard
Henry Bernard ...... Mr. Blum
William Lee ....... Mr. Garnet
Ep 3.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SHOOT IT AGAIN
26-Oct-1955
written by Robert Emmett
starring
Kenny Delmar ........ J.O.
Geraldine Page ........ Marian
Bert Freed ........ Farrell
Philippa Bevans ........ Maggie
Vaughn Taylor ........ Pa
Ralph Bunker ........ Mahoney
Jerome Courtland ........ Tex
Anthony Kemble-Cooper ........ Talbot
Sid Raymond ........ Bierbaum
Byron Russell ........ Reporter
Teresa Brewer ........ Singer
Allan Hancock ........ Director
George Ives ........ Publicity Man
Donald Marye ........ Doctor
Ep 3.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OUTCAST
09-Nov-1955
written by Turner Bullock
starring
Lillian Roth ...... Elaine
Bert Freed ....... Christie
Joe Maross ......... Martin
Doris Dalton ........ Iris Millay
Bert Thorn ........ Emery
Beverly Lunsford ........ Alison
Barbara Baxley
Ep 3.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: INCIDENT IN AN ALLEY
23-Nov-1955
written by Rod Serling
directed by Sidney Lumet
starring
Farley Granger ........ Joddy
Cameron Prud-Homme ......... Chambers
Larry Gates ....... Moon
Edward Binns ........ Peters
Don Hammer ......... Gussie
Lori March ..... Jean
Peg Hillias ......... Mrs. Joddy
Vivian Mason .......... Mrs. Connels
Alan Hewitt ......... District Attorney
Synopsis:
A rookie cop shoots and kills a 14-year-old boy fleeing
from a prank gone bad. [RF]
Ep 3.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: EDWARD MY SON
07-Dec-1955
written by Arthur Arent
starring
Robert Morley ....... Arnold Holt
Ann Todd ....... Evelyn Holt
Frederic Tozere ........ Harry Soames
Sally Cooper ....... Eileen Perry
Geoffrey Toone ......... Dr. Parker
Cullen Desmond ......... Cunningham
Alexander Clark ........... Dr. Waxman
Ep 3.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHITE GLOVES
21-Dec-1955
written by James Costigan
starring
Joan Blondell ....... Ellen
Joanne Woodward ........ Rocky
Donald Harron ........ Billy
Audrey Christie ....... Ina
Ep 3.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BRING ME A DREAM
04-Jan-1956
written by John Vlahos
starring
John Cassavetes ....... Johnny
Steve McQueen ....... Bushy
Lois Smith ........ Jeannie
George Grizzard ....... Bill
John Lehne ...... Patsy
Ep 3.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GREAT ADVENTURE
18-Jan-1956
Adapted by Kay Arthur
From Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive"
starring
Hume Cronyn .......... Priam Farll
Jessica Tandy ........ Alice Wiggins
Victor Wood .......... Henry Leek
Anthony Kemble Cooper ....... Cousin
Richard Long ......... Tramp
Synopsis:
After roaming the Continent for years, a great artist and his valet return to
England.
Shortly afterward a man thought to be the artist is buried in Westminster Abbey.
The "valet" marries a widow and all goes smoothly until some strange
circumstances lead to an even stranger investigation.
The question: who is buried in Westminister Abbey -
the artist or his valet? [RF]
*Note: The 1943 motion picture adaptation
of the story starred Monty Woolley and
Gracie Fields.
Ep 3.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A FAIR SHAKE
01-Feb-1956
written by Caleb Gray
starring
Cliff Robertson ....... Frank
John Kerr ....... Ray
Ep 3.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: COMMAND
15-Feb-1956
starring
Cameron Mitchell ....... Captain Dan Murrell
Marshall Thompson ....... William Costain
Biff McGuire ....... Jack Framer
Ep 3.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MOMENT OF COURAGE
29-Feb-1956
written by Henry Misrock
starring
Macdonald Carey ...... Jim
Kim Hunter ........... Vivian
Don Murray ........... Don
Kevin Coughlin ....... Johnny
David White .......... Alec
Synopsis:
A down-and-out press agent brings his wife out West to the town where his father
was born.
He gets a great idea for turning the quiet spot into a tourist center and soon everyone
is garbed in old-time western clothing to celebrate Pioneer Day. In the confusion a
holdup and killing occur and the killer has a good
chance of escaping in the crowd. [RF]
Ep 3.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CANDIDATE
14-Mar-1956
starring
Ralph Bellamy ........ Senator Jack Masterson
Synopsis:
Senator Jack Masterson has devoted his entire life to politics and now has but
one ambition, to be nominated for the presidency of the country.
At the convention it appears that he will attain his goal until one man decides
to use his power for personal advantage. [RF]
Ep 3.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THIRTY YEAR MAN
28-Mar-1956
written by Edwin Breen
starring
Pat O'Brien ........... Jim
Jocelyn Brando ........ Ann
Frank Maxwell ......... Charlie
Heywood Hale Broun .... Bartender
Billy Redfield ........ Sam
George Ives ........... Capt. McGill
Synopsis:
A man who after 30 years in the army decides against enlisting again.
He soon learns that returning to civilian life
presents more problems than he anticipated. [RF]
Ep 3.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FUNNY HEART
11-Apr-1956
Written by Mel Goldberg
starring
Imogene Coca .......... Jackie Connors
Robert Culp ........... Hal
Jack Klugman .......... Vic
Phyllis Hill .......... Gloria Shaw
Bill Daniels .......... Roy
Synopsis:
Jackie Connors, a celebrated stage comedienne, feels that her career needs a
lift.
Opportunity knocks in the form of a TV series in which she is to star while her husband
handles the producing and writing end. All does not go smoothly, however. The director
of the series, seeing a chance for fame and fortune begins to plant seeds of doubt in the
mind of Miss Connors. Is this script right for her? Is her husband more interested in his
own career than in her success? Does her husband really love her? Bother her career
and her marriage are threatened. [RF]
*Note: This was Imogene Coca's first dramatic role on TV.
Ep 3.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NOON ON DOOMSDAY
25-Apr-1956
written by Rod Serling
directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Jack Warden
Albert Salmi ....... John Kaltell
Everett Sloane
Lois Smith
Philip Abbott
Synopsis 1:
The Till case in Mississippi, where a young Negro boy was kidnapped and killed
by two white men who went to trial and were exonerated on both counts. The righteous
and continuing wrath of the Northern press opened no eyes and touched no consciences
in the little town in Mississippi where the two men were tried. It was like a cold wind that
made them huddle together for protection against an outside force. which they
could equate with an adversary. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The narrow-mindedness of a small town led members of the community to forgo
principle and take matters into their own hands. Their resentment against outside
pressures and dictation, a jury of local citizens condones a miscarriage of justice and
acquits a psychopathic young bully of the killing of an immigrant storekeeper.
A retired Judge tries to intervene on the community's folk to reassess their
culpability in this matter. [RF]
Ep 3.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HONEST IN THE RAIN
09-May-1956
written by Mort Thaw
starring
Ethel Merman
Synopsis:
Compulsive gambling leads to this drama.
Ep 3.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS
23-May-1956
Written by Robert Anderson
Based on a story by James M. Barrie
Hosted by Alfred Lunt
starring
Gracie Fields
Lynn Fontanne
Synopsis:
The basement flat of Mrs Dowey, a Scottish charwoman who lives and works
in London, during World War I, and Mrs Dowey and her guests - three other
charwomen whom she has invited for tea - are discussing the tactics of trench warfare
with the confidence of people who have never been near the Front. [RF]
Ep 3.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BOARDING HOUSE
06-Jun-1956
Written by Will Lorin
Based on a story by James Joyce
starring
Evelyn Varden
Jerome Kilty
Lisa Daniels
Ep 3.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LONGBOAT
20-Jun-1956
written by Alfred Brenner
Ep 3.27 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OPERATION THREE R'S
04-Jul-1956 ABC Wed
written by Helen Cotton
starring
Robert Culp ....... Corporal Neville
Sallie Brophy ....... Miss Maddox
Frank Milan ....... Lt. Col. Streeter
Warren Oates ....... Private Lear
John Napier ....... Private Sparks
Gerald Price ....... Corporal Black
Arch Johnson ....... Private Kleff
Paul Mazursky ....... Private Gonzales
Synopsis:
During World War 2, Cpl. Neville, an intelligent young man awaiting appointment
to officers
candidate school, is asked, much to his displeasure, to become an instructor to illiterates.
His snobbish approach doesn't last long. [RF]
Ep 3.28 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PARTNERS
18-Jul-1956
written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld
starring
Peter Mark Richman ....... John West
Luther Adler ....... Sidney West
Virginia Vincent
Ep 3.29 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: STOPOVER AT SUBLIMITY
01-Aug-1956
written by Lucile Duffy
starring
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ....... Sean O'Neill
John Napier
Lisa Daniels
Ep 3.30 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SIDESHOW
15-Aug-1956
written by Shelby Gordon
starring
Read Morgan
Lisa Daniels
Abe Simon
Ep 3.31 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE FIVE FATHERS OF PEPI
29-Aug-1956
written by Ira Avery & Jane Avery
starring
Paul Newman ....... Giorgio
Phyllis Hill
Ben Astar
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Ep 4.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WE MUST KILL TONI
12-Sep-1956 CBS Wed
written by Leslie Duncan
starring
Fritz Weaver ........ Douglas Oberon
Lisa Daniels ......... Toni
Rex O'Malley ....... Harris
Norman Lloyd ....... Francis Oberon
Edith Meiser ....... Miss Richards
Ep 4.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
26-Sep-1956 CBS Wed
Executive producer, Marshall Jamison
Directed by Alex Segal
Adapted by Arnold Schulman
Based on the book by Mark Harris
Assistant director Daniel Petrie Sr.
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Paul Newman ....... Henry Wiggen
George Peppard ....... Piney Woods
Albert Salmi ....... Bruce Pearson
Rudy Bond ....... Dutch (coach of the baseball team)
Georgann Johnson ....... Holly
John McGovern ........ Mr. Moors
Bert Remsen ....... Horse
Clu Gulager ....... Danny
Jim Wyler
Allen Leaf
*Six Miss America contestants for 1956;
Margo Lucey, Beverly Cass, Sandra Simpson, Lorna Ringler, Jewel Smerage, Joy
Corrado.
Synopsis 1:
The friendship of a catcher dying of Hodgkin's disease and his team's
star pitcher make this a powerful moving story. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A major-league baseball catcher learns that he has an incurable disease.
He tells one person, pitcher Henry Wiggin, his secret, and together they
plot to keep the truth from the rest of the team. [RF]
Ep 4.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE
10-Oct-1956 CBS Wed
Written by Robert Emmett
starring
Gypsy Rose Lee ....... Wendy Graves
Gig Young ....... Dave Corman
Leora Dana ....... Milly Corman
Sid Raymond ....... Bartender
Synopsis:
It's the story of a young copywriter for a publishing house. in the course of
publicizing
a book entitled "Marriage - Trick or Treat?" the young writer gets caught up in the book's
thesis, which is that most men become drudges after marriage, lose the zest for life and
all romantic notions. Our young writer takes this message very seriously and decides
to do something about his own married life. [RF]
Ep 4.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WETBACK RUN
24-Oct-1956 CBS Wed
Written by Theodore Apstein
starring
Rip Torn ............. Jacinto Sandoval
David Opatoshu ....... Mr. Torres
Joe De Santis ........ Ramirez
Jean Alexander ....... Molly
Ross Martin .......... Adolfo
Synopsis:
A poor Mexican who wants to go to the U.S. finds that since this is legally
impossible for Jacinto, he takes other, more desperate measures. He seeks out
Mr. Torres, who specializes in helping poor Mexicans
to cross the border. [RF]
Ep 4.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SURVIVAL
07-Nov-1956 CBS Wed
starring
Lorne Greene ....... Dallas
Franchot Tone....... Armstrong
Albert Salmi ....... Holmes
Tom Clancy ....... Thomas Able
Arnold Moss
Ep 4.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TOM SAWYER
21-Nov-1956 CBS Wed
Adapted by Frank Luther
Based on the book by Mark Twain
Music also by Frank Luther
Scenic set designs by Thomas Hart Benton
starring
John Sharpe ....... Tom Sawyer
Jimmy Boyd ........ Huckleberry Finn
Bennye Gatteys .... Becky Thatcher
Kevin Coughlin .... Joe Harper
Timmy Everett ..... Ben Rogers
Matt Mattox ....... Injun Joe
Rose Bampton ...... Aunt Polly
Clarence Cooper ... Jim
The Song Spinners . Chorus
Synopsis:
The adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain's famous teenage
Missourians, are set to music in this adaptation
of the classic novel.
After they accidentally see a murder committed, Tom and Huck are so terrified
that they swear
never to tell what they have seen. Joined by their pal
Joe Harper, they run away to become pirates. [RF]
*
Musical Highlights
*
ACT 1
"In the Spring" ........................ Dancers, Singers
"You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks" ...... Aunt Polly
"Spunkwater" .................. John, Tom, Huck
"Why Would You Want to Kiss Me?" ....... Becky, Girls
"There's A New Girl In Town" ........... Tom
"What Do You Kiss For?" ................ Becky, Tom
"My Love Has Gone Away" ................ Becky
"That's the Life for Me" ............... Tom, Huck, Joe
*
ACT 2
"He Wasn't A Bad Boy" .................. Polly, Mrs. Harper
"Aunt Polly's Prayer" .................. Aunt Polly
"Storm Come a-Risin'" .................. Dancers, Singers
"I Want to Go Home" .................... Huck, Joe, Singers
"We'll All Shout Together in the Morning" ..... Cast
*
ACT 3
*
"Please Make Up" ....................... Tom, Becky
"Have A Happy Holiday" ................. Dancers, Singers
"Lost in a Cave" ....................... Jim, Singers
"In the Spring" ........................ Dancers, Singers
*
Ep 4.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HUNTED
05-Dec-1956 CBS Wed
starring
Theodore Bikel ....... Grgor Dimitorski
Ann Sheridan ....... Annie Mason
Robert Ellenstein ....... Vasilienko
Norman Fell ....... Detective
Frieda Altman ....... Landlady
Ep 4.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SYMBOL OF AUTHORITY
19-Dec-1956 CBS Wed
written by Ernest Kinoy
Ep 4.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HUMAN PATTERN
02-Jan-1957 CBS Wed
written by Irving H. Cooper
starring
Thelma Ritter ......... Ma Garfield
Frank McHugh ...... Pa Garfield
Lori March ....... Helen Baker
Michael Higgins ....... Joey Garfield
Sidney Armus ....... Melvin
Kevin O'Morrison ....... Ben Garfield
Synopsis:
Ma Garfield, who has social ambitions for her son Joey, has always disapproved
of her son's career as a high school football coach. But when he falls in love with
Helen Baker, a fellow teacher, Ma throws up her hands in despair. Helen, realizing
Ma's great influence over Joey, isn't hopeful about the future of their romance. [RF]
Ep 4.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TO DIE ALONE
16-Jan-1957 CBS Wed
written by Bob Duncan & Wanda Duncan
starring
Burl Ives ...... Matthew Randolph
Jane Pickens ...... Pearl Randolph
Gregory LaFayette ...... Vance Randolph
Tom McDermott ...... Clem Carson
Karl Swenson ...... Abner Carson
Frank Overton ...... Mr. Thornton
Ep 4.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THEY NEVER FORGET
30-Jan-1957 CBS Wed
written by Norman Brooks
starring
Lloyd Bridges ...... Sgt. Walt Stebbins
Viveca Lindfors ...... Danielle
Reedy Talton ...... Sgt. Hillfinger
Ep 4.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: INSPIRED ALIBI
13-Feb-1957 CBS Wed
written by S.S. Schweitzer
starring
Shelley Winters ...... Evvie
Pat Hingle ..... Charlie
Edward Andrews ..... Fred
Mary Perry ...... Mrs. Galloway
John C. Becher ...... Joe Harris
Jon Richards ........ Travel Agent
Ep 4.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SHADOW OF EVIL (live)
27-Feb-1957 CBS Wed
written by Curtis Kenyon
starring
Jack Cassidy
Shirley Jones
Lee Marvin
Michael Strong
Russell Collins
Fred Stewart
Synopsis:
The town's sheriff, possessed of an irrational hatred of outlaws, kills a young
man,
claiming that the youngster had made an attempt on his life. [RF]
Ep 4.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BOTTLE IMP
13-Mar-1957 CBS Wed
adapted by Alfred Steuer & Frank Gilroy
story by Robert Louis Stevenson
music by Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Farley Granger ....... Phillip
Susan Oliver ....... Maria
Thayer David ....... Andre Girard
Robert Fortin ....... Rene
Abe Simon ....... Pinaud
Francis Compton ....... Old Man
Paul Andor ....... Uncle
Geoffrey Holder ....... Calypso Singer
Synopsis:
The story of a carefree young sailor who is tempted to sell his soul for a magic bottle.
Soon after his ship docks in Haiti, Phillip the Sailor, meets Andre, the island's
wealthiest inhabitant. Andre wants to sell the magic bottle, containing the
all-powerful Imp, which brought him his great fortune. But it looks as though Andre
will not find Phillip a good customer for his bottle, since Phillip isn't interested in
the power the bottle can bring. The Phillip meets a beautiful girl whom he wants to marry,
but he doesn't have the wealth which the girl's father demands. [RF]
Ep 4.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HIDDEN FURY
27-Mar-1957 CBS Wed
written by George Bellak
starring
James Gregory ........ Tommy Grant
Peggy Feury ....... Frieda Elson
Frank Campanella ....... Benny Astor
Donald Madden ....... Arnie Farrel
Russell Hardie ....... Mr. Hudson
Ep 4.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HILL WIFE
10-Apr-1957 CBS Wed
written by Alfred Brenner
story by Robert Frost
starring
Melvyn Douglas ....... Census Taker/Narrator
Geraldine Page ....... Estelle
James Broderick ....... John
Albert Salmi ....... Joel Shay
George Mitchell ....... Fred
Ellen Lowe ....... Helen
Katherine Squire ....... Estelle's Mother
Synopsis:
Romance is in the air in New England farm country
and Estelle is the object of that affection. [RF]
Ep 4.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A MATTER OF PRIDE
24-Apr-1957 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Frank D. Gilroy
Based on the Short Story The Blue Serge Suit by John Langdon
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Narrator Philip Abbott
starring
Pat Hingle ......... Henderson
Bennye Gatteys ..... Anna Henderson
Charles Taylor ..... Raymond Watkins
Virginia Kaye ...... Miss Harman
Robert F. Simon .... Jeff
Joseph Sweeney ..... Grandpa
Burt Brinckerhoff .. Neal
George Eberling .... Pawnbroker
John McGovern ...... Mr. Ashbaugh
Henderson Forsythe .... Humble & Rockford's Man
Synopsis:
A family is unable to afford a blue serge suit for their son's graduation.
Instead he is given Grandpa's suit that he wore to his wedding.
The boy is afraid of ridicule and does not want to go.
*NOTE: Won the 1956 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction after appearing
in the 12th issue of the Paris Review.
Ep 4.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A DRUM IS A WOMAN
08-May-1957 CBS Wed
written by Will Lorin
directed by Norman Felton
executive producer Marshall Jamison
associate producer John Haggott
starring
Duke Ellington
Singers: Joya Sherrill, Margaret Tynes, Ozzie Bailey.
Dancers: Carmen de Lavallade, Talley Beatty.
A jazz "ballet" featuring the love story of Zajj and Caribee Joe. [RF]
Ep 4.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SHADOW IN THE SKY
22-May-1957 CBS Wed
written by S.S. Schweitzer
starring
Richard Kiley
Bonita Granville
Ep 4.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LITTLE BULLFIGHTER
05-Jun-1957 CBS Wed
written by Juarez Roberts
starring
Rip Torn
Nehemiah Persoff
Ep 4.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: UPBEAT
19-Jun-1957 CBS Wed
written by James Elward
starring
Patti Page
Biff McGuire
Ep 4.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: REUNION
03-Jul-1957 CBS Wed
written by Bob Duncan & Wanda Duncan
Ep 4.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: VICTIM
17-Jul-1957 CBS Wed
written by James Elward
starring
Dean Stockwell
Ep 4.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CHANGE IN CHESTER
31-Jul-1957 CBS Wed
written by Arthur Hailey
starring
Tom Poston as Chester
Mary Sinclair
Ep 4.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A LOUD LAUGH
14-Aug-1957 CBS Wed
written by Harberd Hogan
starring
June Lockhart
Ep 4.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH
28-Aug-1957 CBS Wed
written by Mort Thaw
starring
Jack Warden
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Ep 5.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WINDFALL ("Live" from New York)
11-Sep-1957 CBS Wed
starring
Ed Begley ......... Daniel Arnold
Burt Brinckerhoff ......... Jamie Arnold
Andrew Duggan ......... Dave Arnold
Louise Platt ......... Alice Davis
Synopsis:
With his family gathered around him, Daniel announces that his newly inherited
farm will go to his youngest son Jamie to cultivate. Daniel's son-in-law Bert insists
that to be fair, Daniel should sell the farm and divide the money among the children.
This gives rise to growing tension in the family. [RF]
Ep 5.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HAUNTED HARBOR
25-Sep-1957 CBS Wed
written by Henry Misrock
starring
Burgess Meredith ......... Alec Sherwood
Joseph Campanella ......... Jacques
Frank Overton ......... Matt Preston
Gaby Rodgers ......... Annette O'Hara
Guy Raymond ......... M. O'Hara
Ep 5.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHO'S EARNEST?
09-Oct-1957 CBS Wed
(aka The Importance of Being Ernest)
written by Lee Pockries & Anne Croswell
story by Oscar Wilde
starring
Edward Mulhare ......... Algernon
Dorothy Collins ......... Cecily
David Atkinson ......... Jack Worthing
Rex O'Malley ......... Lane
Louise Troy ......... Gwendolyn
Martyn Green ......... Chasuble
Edith King ......... Lady Bracknell
Gordon Peters ......... Merriman
Nydia Westman ......... Miss Prism
Ep 5.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: CRISIS IN CORONNA
23-Oct-1957 CBS Wed
written by Elliott Baker
starring
Charles Ruggles ......... Justice Jarvis Boone
Elliott Nugent ......... Dr. Ralph Bennett
Betty Lou Keim ......... Theodosia Bennett
Melville Ruick ......... John Castle
Gale Page ......... Mrs. Bennett
John McGovern ......... Michael Lockhart
Ep 5.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LOCKED DOOR
06-Nov-1957 CBS Wed
written by Gertrude Schweitzer
starring
June Lockhart ........ Margaret
Ralph Bellamy ........ Walt
Brandon De Wilde ........ David
Bennye Gatteys ........ Susan
Philip Coolidge ........ Mr. Clements
Ep 5.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HUCK FINN ("Live" from New York)
20-Nov-1957 CBS Wed
Script by Anne Croswell and Lee Pockriss
Based on Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
Music by Frank Luther
starring
Basil Rathbone ..... The Duke
Jack Carson ........ The King
Jimmy Boyd ......... Huckleberry Finn
Florence Henderson ... Mary Jane
Earle Hyman ........ Jim
Karin Wolfe ........ Joanna
Synopsis:
Huck Finn is a musical version of an episode in Mark Twain's
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Young Huck and his friend Jim,
a runaway slave, are heading down the Mississippi on a raft when they meet
two scoundrels who are always ready to make a quick dollar. These gentlemen
pass themselves off as a King and a Duke, and get agreeable Huck to treat
them accordingly. One day they learn of the death of one Peter Wilks,
who has left a fortune in property and cash. Since Wilks has two brothers
in England who are not known locally, they decide to pose as these brothers
and with Huck's help, claim the brothers' portion of
the inheritance. [RF]
*
Highlights
*
"Loafin' on the Water" .... Hyman
"My Friend Huckleberry Finn ............... Chorus
"The Boasting Song" ...... Carson, Rathbone
"The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye" ........ Chorus
"We All Shout Together In the Morning" .... Chorus
"Storm Come A-rising in the Night" ........ Chorus
"Funny But Likable" ....... Henderson
"Too Wonderful For Me" .... Boyd
"You Are One to Wonder .... Henderson [RF]
Ep 5.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: YOU CAN'T WIN
04-Dec-1957 CBS Wed
written by Robert Emmett
starring
Bert Lahr ........ Frank Mooner
Margaret Hamilton ........ Sybil Mooner
Raymond Bramley ........ Radcliffe
John Fielder ........ Boris
Doro Merande ..... Felice
Ep 5.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LITTLE CHARLIE DON'T WANT A SADDLE
18-Dec-1957 CBS Wed
written by Juarez Roberts
starring
John Beal ....... Mr. Hare
June Lockhart ....... Martha Ann
Andrew Prine ....... Elmo
J. Pat O'Malley ....... Curley
Barnard Hughes ....... Leo
Dennis Kohler ...... Charlie
Katherine Squire ...... Jo Ellen
Synopsis:
A mute spinster who becomes a mail-order bride to a widower Mr. Hare is taken by
surprise.
Martha Ann arrives at his farm and he discovers that she is a mute, though both he and his
younger son Charlie are won over by Martha Ann, his older son, Elmo feels his father
is not being true to memory of the boy's mother. [RF]
Ep 5.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CHARMER
01-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
written by Douglas Taylor
starring
Gypsy Rose Lee ....... Lorraine Anderson
Rip Torn ....... Will Dare
Martin E. Brooks ....... Martin Mandow
Edmon Ryan ....... Charlie Harrison
Ross Martin
Ep 5.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BROMLEY TOUCH (Live from New York)
15-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted for TV by Kay Arthur
From a story by Edward Newhouse
starring
Cameron Mitchell ... Don Bromley
Biff McGuire ....... John Madeira
Leora Dana ......... Abby Hill
Synopsis:
Don Bromley and John Maderia were friends during their college days.
Bromley let nothing stand in the way of getting what he wanted. With his slick
charm he won the governor's daughter as his wife, a woman Madeira also loved,
and has continued to use the same underhanded tactics in his career.
Madeira, now the director of admissions at their alma mater, finds he
is in a position to thwart Bromley's unscrupulous
aims. [RF]
Ep 5.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NEVER KNOW THE END
29-Jan-1958 CBS Wed
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
starring
Andy Griffith ...... Harry Emsen
Nehemiah Persoff ... Ralph Tugwell
Larry Blyden ....... Doc Randolph
Patricia Benoit .... Cary Sawyer
Sue Ellen Blake .... Midge Turner
Edgar Stehli ....... Sam Cleaver
Jim Boles .......... Matty Coombs
Synopsis:
In the small town of Emsen's Ford, tension rises between two men.
One is Harry Emsen, usually an easygoing fellow. Though folks know he seldom
finishes anything he starts to do, they respect him just the same. The other man
is Ralph Tugwell, a young attorney. Tugwell always resented Harry's status as a
member of the town's oldest family. A trageday causes the conflict. Harry's fiancee
goes for a ride in Tugwell's flashy new car. There's an accident, and the girl is killed.
The town waits to see what Harry will do. [RF]
Ep 5.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE REWARD
12-Feb-1958 CBS Wed
written by Mort Thaw
starring
Patty Duke
Nancy Coleman
Cathleen Nesbitt
Ep 5.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WALK WITH A STRANGER
26-Feb-1958 CBS Wed
written by H.N. Clauss
starring
Ed Begley ............. Walter Kincaid
William Shatner ....... Fred Corry
Leona Powers .......... Mrs. Corry
Mae Munro ............. Pat Corry
Tom Hatcher ........... Rich Corry
Synopsis:
Young Fred Corry is embittered because he has lost the use of his legs
as the result of an accident. The young man takes out his unhappiness on
his family, dimming their enjoyment of life by causing them to feel guilty.
Then a stranger comes to the Corry farm. Fred suspects the man is a convict
who recently escaped, and plans to blackmail the wise and patient man,
thinking money will bring back his own lost happiness.
[RF]
Ep 5.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GIVE ME MY SON
12-Mar-1958 CBS Wed
written by Abby Mann
starring
Richard Kiley
Betsy Palmer
Ep 5.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TOP SECRET MISSION
26-Mar-1958 CBS Wed
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
adapted from the book by Madelaine Duke
starring
Beatrice Straight ..... Katherine Grant
Robert Wright ......... Amadeo
Joseph Yadin .......... Hans von Hasler
John Sutton ........... Colonel Resnor
Synopsis:
Just after World War 2, an English woman physicist is traveling to Venice with
her fiance to be married. But an American Intelligence officer detains them in Vienna,
asking that they aid in locating an escaped German atomic scientist, wanted by both the
American and Russian governments. Although weary of the strife of war, they
reluctantly agree to travel to the small Adriatic island where the scientist is hiding. [RF]
Ep 5.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BEAVER PATROL
09-Apr-1958 CBS Wed
Written by John Vlahos
starring
Walter Slezak
Dick York
Loretta Leversee
Irene Dailey
Melville Ruick
Paul Tremaine
Mae Munro
John C. Becher
Matt Crowley
Peter Brandon
Synopsis:
An old retired furrier retires to California to move in with
his daughter and volunteers as boy scout leader.
Ep 5.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
23-Apr-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Theodore Apstein
Story by Fritz Hock Walders
starring
John Baragrey
Walter Slezak
Dolores del Rio
Synopsis:
A ruthless prosecutor conducts his inquisitions with a reign
of terror, following the French Revolution.
Ep 5.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A MAN IN HIDING
07-May-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Leonard Moran
starring
William Shatner
Michael Higgins
Synopsis:
A British priest is assigned to a parish that is in conflict between Britain and
Ireland.
Ep 5.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HOUR OF THE RAT
21-May-1958 CBS Wed
adapted by Arthur Hailey
story by Jon Manchip White
starring
Dan Duryea ........ John Woodruffe
Joan Wetmore ....... Teresa Woodruffe
Nakamura ....... Tojuro
Kaie Deei ........ Sakamura (Takahashi) (aka Khigh Dheigh)
Guy Spaull ....... Arthur Hassell
Ronald Long ....... Captain Peter Raine
Louis Hector ....... Sir Robert Manchester
John McLiam ....... Sgt. Major Jack Pollard
Arthur Malet ....... Lt. Grahame Saunders
Synopsis:
John Woodruffe is tormented by memories of the horrors he suffered in a Japanese
prison camp during World War II. He recalls his vow to avenge the death of a chaplain
executed by Sakamura, the brutal camp adjutant. Years later, Woodruffe finds himself
face to face with the object of his bitter hate, Sakamura. [RF]
Ep 5.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A FAMILY ALLIANCE (live from New York)
04-Jun-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Kay Arthur
Based on a story by Dorothy Canfield
starring
Florence Henderson.. Gladys Pratt
Bill Hayes ......... Spike Hunter
Roberta Haynes ..... Dorie Schaeffer
Doreen Lang ........ Mrs. Pratt
Carl Frank ......... Fred Pratt
Ellen Lowe ......... Mrs. Hunter
Melville Ruick ..... Mr. Hunter
Lee Bergere ........ Curt Watson
Yale Wexler ........ Whiffy McDonald
Synopsis:
A girl falls in love with a sophisticated New Yorker. Afraid to tell him her
father is a farmer, she gives him the idea that they have a country estate
and that her piano-teaching mother is a concert
performer. [RF]
Ep 5.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LITTLEST ENEMY (Live from New York)
18-Jun-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Lois Jacoby
Based on the play by Nigel Kneale
starring
Mary Astor ......... Mrs. Wickens
Frank Conroy ....... Mr. Wickens
Lili Darvas ........ Mme. Chargot
Miko Oscard ........ Francois
Synopsis:
An American woman becomes ill in Europe and she and her husband stay at a
French Inn while she recuperates. They notice a small boy at the inn and learn
that he is the grandson of the woman who owns the establishment. When they
see that the child is ill-treated they try to
help the youngster. [RF]
Ep 5.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HIDDEN RIVER
02-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Theodore Apstein
Story by Storm Jameson, Ruth & Augustus Goetz
starring
Farley Granger
Richard Kiley
Lois Nettleton
George Voskovec
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Synopsis:
Two brothers are implicated in the disappearance of a
Resistance fighter in post-war France.
Ep 5.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FLINT AND FIRE
16-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Dorothy Canfield
starring
Robert Culp ......... Niram
Gloria Vanderbilt ... Evleen
Una Merkel
Edward Andrews
Synopsis:
A young man wishes to marry but because of his obligations to
his invalid mother he is unable to do so.
Ep 5.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CLIMATE OF MARRIAGE
30-Jul-1958 CBS Wed
written by Helen Cotton
starring
James Daly
Leora Dana
Larry Hagman
Betsy Palmer
Synopsis:
A man has grown restless and bored with his marriage
and begins an affair with his secretary.
Ep 5.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OLD MARSHALS NEVER DIE (Live from New York)
13-Aug-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by John Vlahos
Based on a story by John H. Holland
starring
Cameron Prud'Homme ..... Bat Bethune
William Shatner .... Con Purvis
Joanne Linville .... Martha Purvis
Kevin Coughlin ..... Tommy
Robert Emhardt ..... Sylvester
Len Doyle .......... Senator
Synopsis:
Bat Bethune, former marshal of a New Mexico town, has become a legendary
figure as a result of his boldness during the wild early days of the town's history. But in
his old age he is given to shooting at imaginary badmen, endangering the inhabitants.
Finally the mayor decides Bethune must leave town. [RF]
Ep 5.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BE MY GUEST (live from New York)
27-Aug-1958 CBS Wed
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Alex Segal
starring
Elliott Nugent ..... Harvey Kent
Larry Blyden ....... Stewart Potter
Augusta Dabney ..... Jeannie Kent
Joanna Moore ....... Mary Potter
Happy Felton ....... Dave
Raymond Walburn .... S. Crowther Gebhart
Robby Hayes ........ Doma
Synopsis:
At a party one evening New York businessman Harvey Kent meets Stewart Potter
and his wife Mary, who have just arrived in the city. Potter tells Kent that they are
looking for a place to live and Kent expansively invites them to stay in the guest house
on his Connecticut estate while they house-hunt. The Potters take over the Kent guest
house, the Kent car, the telephone and Kent's friends! Desperate to reclaim all these,
Kent leaves home to develop a suitable scheme. [RF]
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Ep 6.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WOUND WITHIN
10-Sep-1958 CBS Wed
written by Henry Denker
starring
Farley Granger ........... Dr. Sigmund Freud
Mary Sinclair ........... Martha
John F. Hamilton ........... Hansi
Astrid Wilsrud ...... Elizabeth
Frank Conroy ........... Dr. Grebe
Frederick Rolf ........... Dr. Breuer
Betty Miller ........... Mrs. Trost
Joan Croydon ........... Nurse
Synopsis:
A young Dr. Freud tries to convince his colleagues that not all illnesses are
physical.
Ep 6.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DEATH MINUS ONE
24-Sep-1958 CBS Wed
starring
Meg Mundy ........... Rita Falmouth
Donald Moffat ........... Captain Stolner
Carson Woods ........... Bud
Beverly Lunsford ........... Sylvia
Alexander Scourby ........... Sergeant
Bryan Herbert ........... News Vendor
Ep 6.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MID-SUMMER
08-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Arthur Heinemann
Story by Vina Delmar
starring
Barbara Bel Geddes ........... Lily Barton
Jackie Cooper ........... Val Barton
Synopsis:
A couple disagree over his chosen career, he wants to be a
vaudeville performer, she wants him to accept a teaching job.
Ep 6.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SECRET IN THE FAMILY (live from New York)
22-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Louis Pelletier
From the novel by Helen Hull
starring
Faye Emerson ..... Hazel Curtis
Edward Andrews
Marjorie Gateson
Synopsis:
Hazel Curtis is the wife of a small-town dentist and the mother of two
teenage children. Secretly, she writes a novel which is accepted
by a New York publisher. This makes her something of a celebrity
and off to New York she goes for a gay round of parties and press
interviews, while her husband is left at home to take care of their
house and the children. [RF]
Ep 6.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SECOND CHANCE
05-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
written by Steven Gethers
starring
Melvyn Douglas ........... Dr. Victor Payson
Nancy Olson ........... Joyce Richmond
Henderson Forsythe ........... Dr. Bill Ward
Meg Mundy ........... Edith Collins
Martin Rudy ........... Roger Collins
Kimetha Laurie ........... Janice Payson
Frances Heflin ........... Grace Ward
Marjorie Gateson ........... Millie
Synopsis:
Dr. Victor Payson, a widower for just six months and father of a teenage
daughter,
is slated for the post of Chief of Surgeons of Collins General Hospital. But his romance
with a young divorcee causes doubt among Payson's colleagues as to his suitability
for the job. The doubt is planted by the wife of the hospital's director. [RF]
Ep 6.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THIS DAY IN FEAR
19-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
adapted by Arthur Heinemann
from the play by Malcolm A. Hulke and Eric Paice
starring
Barry Sullivan ....... James Coogan
Geraldine Brooks ..... Betty Coogan
Philip Bourneuf ...... Inspector Dougherty
William Harrigan ..... Father Magner
Barry Morse .......... Older Detective
Donald Moffat ........ Younger Detective
Synopsis:
Living in London with his wife, James Coogan, a veteran of the Irish rebellion,
gets a call one day from Scotland Yard's Inspector Dougherty. Dougherty
tells Coogan he's been informed that two Irishmen, still active in the Irish
Republican Army, are in London to kill Coogan because he betrayed
a great hero of the rebellion before leaving the
country. [RF]
Ep 6.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE ENEMIES
03-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Teleplay by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Stephen Vincent Benet
starring
Ed Begley ........... Judge McCord
Bramwell Fletcher ........... Putnam Bayne
Arthur Hill ........... Putnam Bayne Jr.
Betsy Palmer ........... Honoria McCord
Chris Gampel ........... Ned Delahanty
Synopsis:
A father tries to bribe a judge to save his son from disgrace.
Ep 6.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ONE RED ROSE FOR CHRISTMAS
17-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
written by Leonard Moran
story by Paul Horgan
starring
Patty Duke ........... Kathy
Helen Hayes ........... Mother Seraphim
Ruth McDevitt ........... Sister Augustine
Ruth White ........... Sister St. Anne
Joseph Sweeney ........... Priest
Martine Bartlett ........... Miss Fraser
Clarice Blackburn ........... Miss Tedder
Synopsis:
Mother Seraphim is looking forward to spending Christmas with her sister.
A young orphan girl starts a fire at the orphanage burning it down.
As a result, Mother Seraphim's sister catches pneumonia and dies.
Ep 6.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GOODBYE...BUT IT DOESN'T GO AWAY
31-Dec-1958 CBS Wed (restaged)
written by Raphael Hayes
starring
Neville Brand ........... Harry Steuben
Inga Swenson ........... Vera Steuben
George Voskovec ..... Mr. Brankovic
Jeff Donnell
Synopsis:
A hapless salesman pretends to be a success and full of self-confidence
but his ruse nearly tears his family apart.
Ep 6.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DANGEROUS INTERLUDE
14-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Viveca Lindfors .......... Mary Lawrence
Peter Donat ......... Dr. Charles Selby
Patrick Macnee ......... Gilbert Farleigh
Norah Howard ......... Harriet Johnson
Torin Thatcher ......... Nicholas Carter
Synopsis:
A woman is trying to keep her past a secret from her future husband.
She was acquitted for the murder of her first husband.
Ep 6.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WALL OF SILENCE
28-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
written by Alfred Brenner
Ep 6.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAMILY HAPPINESS
11-Feb-1959 CBS Wed
written by Morton Wishengrad
story by Leo Tolstoy
starring
Jean-Pierre Aumont ......... Sergey Mikhaylich
Patty Duke ......... Sonya Alexandrovna
Frieda Altman ......... Tatanya Semenovna
Doreen Lang ......... Katya Ivanovna
Gloria Vanderbilt ......... Marya Alexandrovna
Jane Lillig ......... Tatanya's friend
Florence Anglin ......... Tatanya's friend
Dorothy Sands ......... Tatanya's friend
Marcel Hillaire ......... Hairdresser
Ep 6.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TRAP FOR A STRANGER
25-Feb-1959 CBS Wed
Written by Betty Ulius
Directed by Alex Segal
starring
George C. Scott ......... Marshal Gulliver
Dick Van Dyke .......... Justin Grey
Teresa Wright .......... Allie Gulliver
Clint Kimbrough .......... Elroy Hubbard
Synopsis:
A small town marshal arrests a television star to pin a hit-and-run rap on him.
The Marshal's wife realizes that it's a ploy for
re-election and publicity.
Ep 6.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SQUARE EGGHEAD
11-Mar-1959 CBS Wed
written by Louis Pelletier
starring
Tom Ewell .......... Barney Henderson
June Lockhart ....... Edith Sealey
Robert Lansing ........ Norman Goodhue
Fred J. Scollay ......... Carl Bower
Roxanne Arlen ......... Gladys Grey
Heywood Hale Broun ......... Joe Pilver
Norman Shelly ......... Sam Forbes
Truman Smith ........ Professor Tillinghast
Synopsis:
A jaded salesman finds that love and education can go together. [RF]
Ep 6.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NIGHT OF BETRAYAL (Tape)
25-Mar-1959 CBS Wed
written by James Lipton
starring
Roddy McDowall ........... Michel
Victor Jory ........... Fernand
Melville Cooper ........... Father Gustave
Carol Lawrence ........... Gabrielle
Vincent Gardenia ........... Jacques
Paul Stevens ........... Albert
Synopsis:
The son of a wealthy French collaborator is secretly a member of the
underground.
He falls in love and marries a young girl who is hiding from the Gestapo. [RF]
Ep 6.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TROUBLE-IN-LAW (tape)
08-Apr-1959 CBS Wed
written by Danny Simon
starring
Gertrude Berg ........... May Golden
Al Lewis ........... Paul Golden
Betsy Von Furstenberg ........... Mimi
Frank Aletter ........... Hal
John McGiver ........... Mr. Arnold
Betty Garde ........... Mrs. Flynn
Rossana San Marco ........... Mrs. Donato
Ben Yaffee ........... Mr. Corey
Al Hodge ........... Customer
Peggy Allenby ........... Customer
Synopsis:
For years May Golden has ended every argument with her husband
by threatening to get a job. When Mimi, her youngest married daughter,
becomes exasperated with her mother's daily visits and free advice,
May decides it's time to prove her value by making good her threat. [RF]
Ep 6.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LITTLE TIN GOD
22-Apr-1959 CBS Wed
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Tom Donovan
written by Joe Palmer Jr.
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Richard Boone ........... Stan Koski
Gene Hackman ........... Joey Carlton
Jeff Donnell ........... Sadie Merrick
Paul McGrath ........... Dr. O'Neill
Sid Raymond ........... Isidore Feldman
Fritz Weaver ........... Carl Schard
William Deprato
Jim Dolan
Laurens Moore
Synopsis:
Stan Koski, a patient in a tuberculosis sanitarium, is chiefly responsible for
the
high morale of his fellow patients and the hospital staff. Only one patient remains
aloof and contemptuous of Koski’s efforts to divert his fellow patients. [RF]
Ep 6.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WAYWARD WIDOW
06-May-1959 CBS Wed
written by Michael Dyne
story by Thomas Hardy
starring
Richard Greene ....... Mr. Stockdale
Betsy Palmer ....... Mrs. Lizzie Newberry
Barry Morse ...... Latimore
Ruth McDevitt ...... Mrs. Simpkins
Roy Poole ...... Owlett
Helena de Crespo ...... Martha
Ep 6.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: CALL IT A DAY
20-May-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Edward Andrews ..... Roger Hilton
Faye Emerson ...... Dorothy Hilton
Augusta Dabney ...... Muriel Weston
Barbara Lord ..... Catherine Hilton
Nancy Kovack ..... Julie Gwynne
Elliott Reid ..... Frank Haines
Zina Bethune ..... Ann Hilton
Ep 6.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHISPER OF EVIL
03-Jun-1959 CBS Wed
written by Morton Wishengrad
starring
John Beal ...... Steven Barlow
Nina Foch ...... Grace Barlow
Chester Morris ...... Henry Vining
Ruth White ...... Mrs. Vining
Barbara Dana ...... Laura Vining
Jada Rowland ...... Sally
Tom Gorman ...... Policeman
Ep 6.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NO LEAVE FOR THE CAPTAIN
17-Jun-1959 CBS Wed
written by Robert Van Scoyk
starring
Geraldine Brooks ......... Gillian Harrison
Maurice Evans ......... Captain George Kingston
Donald Moffat ......... Lt. Jack Harrison
Diana Van der Vlis ......... June Kingston
James Kenny ......... Sgt. Dartie
Guy Spaull ......... Colonel Samuel
Nicolas Coster ......... Sergeant
Ep 6.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: APPLE OF HIS EYE
01-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Eddie Albert ......... Sam Stover
Carol Lawrence ......... Lily Tobin
Arlene Golonka ......... Nina Stover
Frank McHugh ......... Tude Bowers
Polly Rowles ......... Stella Ames
Arnold Merritt ......... Glen Stover
Ruth White ......... Nettie Bowers
Ep 6.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PINK BURRO
15-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
Written by Kay Arthur
Based on a play by Jean Riley
starring
June Havoc ......... Lil Anders
Edward Andrews ..... Charlie Anders
Jane Withers ....... Aunt Jan
Elizabeth Wilson ... Grace Ferguson
Jan Norris ......... Susie Anders
Marc Sullivan ...... Buff
Camilo Carrau ...... Pedro
Gene Hackman ....... Steve
Synopsis:
Former vaudeville singer Lil Andrews ambitiously makes preparations for her
daughter's professional singing debut. She is unaware that the girl, who is living
out of town with an aunt while taking singing lessons, has secretly married
and given up plans for a singing career. [RF]
Ep 6.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WISH ON THE MOON (Live)
29-Jul-1959 CBS Wed
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
directed by Johnny Desmond (better known as a
singer/actor)
starring
Peggy Ann Garner ... Frances Barclay
William Gaxton ..... Barney Goodwyn
Biff McGuire ....... Gil Wayne
Erin O'Brien ....... Olivia Beech
Peter Brandon ...... Hal Peterson
Peggy Conklin ...... Miss Boyce
Joe De Santis ...... Mr. Albright
Gerald Hiken ....... David Thorn
Shirley Grayson .... Secretary
Emily Kimbrough .... Radio Commentator
Barclay Trigg ...... Train Porter
Synopsis:
On their way to New York City, two girls meet on a train and agree to share
an apartment. Olivia Beech is a carefree art student, while ambitious Frances Barclay
is determined to become a great actress. But life in the big city produces a change
in their aspirations and even in their personalities.
[RF}
*Note: An earlier version of this one-hour play by Sumner Locke Elliott was
telecast
in 1953 with Eva Marie Saint and Phyllis Kirk in the roles played by
Peggy Ann Garner and Erin O'Brien in this episode.
Ep 6.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SEED OF GUILT
12-Aug-1959 CBS Wed
written by Barbara Chain
starring
Patty Duke ......... Robin Kent
Lois Nettleton ......... Jan Livingston
Peggy Wood ......... Lillian Granet
Herbert Nelson ......... Jim Kent
Betty Sinclair ......... Mary Jones
Gloria Vanderbilt ......... Myra Kent
Katherine Meskill ......... Mrs. Palmer
Ep 6.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE
26-Aug-1959 CBS Wed (rerun 29May63)
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Story by Allan Seager
starring
Hans Conried ......... Bert Hay
Scott McKay ......... Jerry Frazer
Alice Ghostley ......... Ida Routzeng
Monique van Vooren ......... Simone Durrell
John McGovern ......... Henry Powers
Diana Millay ......... Airline Stewardess
Synopsis:
An honest bookkeeper is daydreaming about snatching
the company payroll and setting himself up in Paris with
a reasonable facsimile of Brigitte Bardot. [RF]
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Ep 7.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CASE OF JULIA WALTON
09-Sep-1959 CBS Wed
written by Harold Gast
starring
Nina Foch ......... Julia Walton
Robert Lansing ......... Jim Walton
Peter Lazer ......... Randy Walton
Geoffrey Lumb ......... Judge Wheelock
Jeffrey Lynn ......... David Carpenter
Sydney Pollack ......... Benson
Martin Rudy ......... Philips
Ep 7.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN
23-Sep-1959 CBS Wed
written by Philip C. Lewis
starring
Jack Carter ......... Humphrey
Colleen Dewhurst ......... Vera Brandon
Peter Mark Richman ......... Mark Henderson
Teresa Wright ......... Louise Henderson
Ep 7.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: RACHEL'S SUMMER
07-Oct-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Burt Brinckerhoff ......... Bud Sullivan
Patty McCormack ......... Rachel Sullivan
Martha Scott ......... Grace Sullivan
Ep 7.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HOLIDAY ON WHEELS
21-Oct-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Sid Caesar
Audrey Meadows
Tony Randall
Gisele MacKenzie
Wisa D'Orso
Peter Gennaro
Synopsis:
A comedy special based on the history of the American automobile. [RF]
Ep 7.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BIG DOC'S GIRL (Live)
04-Nov-1959 CBS Wed
Adapted by Leonard Moran
Based on a novel by Mary Medearis
starring
Margaret O'Brien .... Mary
Gene Raymond ........ Big Doc
Gene Hackman ........ John
Robert Lansing ...... Young Doctor
Perry Wilson ........ Emma Clayborne
Synopsis:
The daughter of a country doctor is contemptuous of the back-country folk
who are her father's patients. Her snobbery estranges her from a local minister
whom she loves and attracts her to a young doctor who hopes to practice in a big city. [RF]
Ep 7.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LAST AUTUMN
18-Nov-1959 CBS Wed
written by Arthur Heinemann
starring
Pat Hingle .......... Roger Conway
House Jameson .......... Justin Kendrick
Alexis Smith ........ Barbara Welch
Joseph Sweeney ........ Hugh Follensbee
Ep 7.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MARRIAGE-HANDLE WITH CARE
02-Dec-1959 CBS Wed
starring
Connie Francis
Sid Caesar
Jose Ferrer
Audrey Meadows
Gower Champion
Marge Champion
Ep 7.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ONE RED ROSE FOR CHRISTMAS
16-Dec-1959 CBS Wed (restaged with same cast from 17Dec1958)
written by Leonard Moran
story by Paul Horgan
starring
Patty Duke
Helen Hayes
Ep 7.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: ACT OF TERROR
30-Dec-1959 CBS Wed
written by Thomas Weitzner
starring
George Grizzard ........ Luis Miranda
Peter Mark Richman ..... Lt. Antonio Ortega
Nancy Berg ............. Maria Rivera
Mike Kellin ............ Captain Iquerra
Frank Conroy ........... Arturo Benevida
Synopsis:
Luis Miranda, youthful member of a revolutionary movement in a
Latin American country, is chosen to assassinate the brother of an important
government official. The idealistic Luis is not certain that the murder is justified,
but he reluctantly accepts the assignment. [RF]
Ep 7.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: QUEEN OF THE ORANGE BOWL
13-Jan-1960 CBS Wed
written by Bob Van Scoyk
starring
Anne Francis ......... Anne McKenzie
Johnny Carson ......... Kenneth Rausch
Glenda Farrell ......... Mrs. Rausch
Frank McHugh ......... George Rausch
Elizabeth Wilson ......... Cora Wylie
Ep 7.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
27-Jan-1960 CBS Wed
written by James Yaffe
starring
Piper Laurie ......... Edna Cartey
Donald Moffat ......... Joe Cartey
Florence Reed ......... Mrs. Cartey
Ronald Radd ......... Harry Cartey
Ep 7.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE AMERICAN COWBOY
10-Feb-1960 CBS Wed
starring
Carol Burnett
Hans Conried
Wally Cox
Fred MacMurray
Edie Adams
Ep 7.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WOMEN OF HADLEY ACTS
24-Feb-1960 CBS Wed
written by Erik Barnouw
based on the novel "A Family Affair", by Roger Eddy
starring
Richard Kiley ....... Charlie Webb
Mona Freeman ....... Lucy Chalmers
Mary Astor ....... Lydia Chalmers
Rita Gam ....... Polly Chalmers
Sir Cedric Hardwicke ....... Lowell Chalmers
Edith Meiser ....... Aunt Roswell
William Harrigan ....... Ralph Henry
Synopsis:
Charlie Webb and Lucy Chalmers have grown up in two different worlds.
Charlie's family has never had much money, but Lucy is a Hadley - her
mother's side of the family has been rich for many generations. When they
fall in love and decide to marry, Lucy's mother doesn't question Charlie's
background. She's sure she can transform her new son-in-law into a suitable
husband for a Hadley woman, and don't let anyone stop her! [RF]
*Note: First of a two part drama.
Ep 7.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: REVOLT IN HADLEY
09-Mar-1960 CBS Wed
starring
Richard Kiley ....... Charlie Webb
Mona Freeman ....... Lucy Chalmers
Mary Astor ....... Lydia Chalmers
Rita Gam ....... Polly Chalmers
Sir Cedric Hardwicke ....... Lowell Chalmers
Edith Meiser ....... Aunt Roswell
William Harrigan ....... Ralph Henry
Ep 7.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: CHARLIE THE KID
23-Mar-1960 CBS Wed
written by James Lipton
starring
Richard Boone
Ep 7.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HOW TO MAKE A KILLING
06-Apr-1960 CBS Wed
written by Alan Caillou
starring
Claude Dauphin ......... Inspector Beaulieu
Eva Gabor ......... Madeleine St. Tour
Robert Loggia ......... Jacques Planchet/Jonathan Plunkett
Romney Brent ......... Dr. Friant
Alexander Clark ......... Dr. Charles
Edgar Daniels ......... Romain Planchet
Elsa Freed ......... Louise
Rex O'Malley ......... Servant
Ep 7.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
20-Apr-1960 CBS Wed
starring
Mona Freeman ......... Loretta Palmer
Arthur Hill ......... Robert Howell
Lee Philips ......... Anthony Todd
Alan Baxter ......... Prentiss
Ep 7.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GIRL IN THE GOLD BATHTUB
04-May-1960 CBS Wed
written by Bob Van Scoyk
starring
Jessie Royce Landis
Johnny Carson
Marisa Pavan
Ep 7.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: GAME OF HEARTS
01-Jun-1960 CBS Wed
written by Philip C. Lewis
starring
Arthur Hill
Betsy Palmer
Jeff Donnell
Ep 7.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE IMPOSTER
15-Jun-1960 CBS Wed
written by James Yaffe
starring
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Ann Sheridan
Ep 7.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GREAT GOLD MOUNTAIN
29-Jun-1960 CBS Wed
written by Ron Sproat
starring
Ed Begley
Polly Bergen
Ep 7.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MERCY OF THE COURT
13-Jul-1960 CBS Wed
written by David Davidson
Ep 7.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SHADOW OF A PALE HORSE
27-Jul-1960 CBS Wed
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Jack Smight
Written by Joe Palmer Jr.
Based on the the British television play by Bruce Stewart
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Dan Duryea ......... Jack Rigger
Frank Lovejoy ...... Andrew Kirk
Priscilla Gillette.. Mary Rigger
Carroll O’Connor ... Tom O’Byrne
William Hansen ..... Quillan
Ian Wolfe .......... Kropp
Jim Boles .......... Tim Parker
Helen Stenborg ..... Kate O’Byrne
Dirk Kooiman ....... Jess Langan
Gordon Peters ...... Borden
Dean Lyman Almquist.... Carlyle
Charles Tyner ...... Weatherby
Synopsis:
It’s 1860 in the Australian frontier settlement of Cobar Springs. The town is
rugged
and so is its brand of justice. Blacksmith Jack Rigger wants to lynch the man he thinks
killed his son. The man - an ex-convict who recently arrived in town. But the townspeople
are persuaded to hold a trial, the first in Cobar Springs. And Rigger is compelled
to serve as defense counsel for the man he wants to string up. [RF]
Ep 7.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE CASE OF THE MISSING WIFE
10-Aug-1960 CBS Wed
starring
Red Buttons
Ep 7.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BRIDE OF THE FOX
24-Aug-1960 CBS Wed
written by Budd Fishel & Barry Hyams
starring
Ina Balin
Gene Hackman
Richard Kiley
Shepperd Strudwick
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Ep 8.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHEN IN ROME
07-Sep-1960
written by Bob Van Scoyk
starring
Arlene Francis
Polly Rowles
Ep 8.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOMORROW
21-Sep-1960
written by Harold Gast
starring
Jeanne Crain
Cliff Robertson
Ep 8.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE REVOLT OF JUDGE LLOYD
05-Oct-1960
written by Joe Granam & Paul Manning
starring
Claire Trevor
Ep 8.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MISSING KEY
19-Oct-1960
written by Irving Gaynor
Ep 8.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A TIME TO DECIDE
02-Nov-1960
written by Sidney Carroll
starring
Nina Foch
Barry Nelson
Cathleen Nesbitt
Ep 8.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GUEST COTTAGE
16-Nov-1960
written by John Whedon
Ep 8.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE YUM YUM GIRL
30-Nov-1960
starring
Anne Francis
Robert Sterling
Ep 8.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SHAME THE DEVIL
14-Dec-1960
starring
Betsy Palmer
Vincent Price
J.D. Cannon
Ep 8.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: OPERATION NORTHSTAR
28-Dec-1960
written by Sidney Carroll
starring
J.D. Cannon
Telly Savalas
Mona Freeman
Barry Sullivan
Ep 8.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MATING MACHINE
11-Jan-1961
written by Bernard Slade
starring
Diana Lynn
Geraldine Brooks
John Ericson
Ep 8.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE DEVIL MAKES SUNDAY ("Live" From New York)
25-Jan-1961 CBS Wed
written by Joe Palmer
starring
Dane Clark ........... Clay
Fritz Weaver ......... Silverwood
Martyn Green ......... Childs
Brooke Hayward ....... Dora Childs
Frank Conroy ......... Dr. McCombie
William Hansen ....... Graves
James Valentine ...... Barnaby
Chris Wiggins ........ Stukely
Jack Dengel .......... Prendergast
Tom Clancy ........... Quill
Synopsis:
The story takes place in an Australian penal colony on a Sunday afternoon,
the day when punishment is meted out with a whip.
Prendergast, a young convict, flogged to unconsciousness, collapses.
His crime? He rested a while during working
hours. [RF]
Ep 8.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BIG SPLASH
08-Feb-1961
written by Harold Gast
starring
Elizabeth Ashley
Jack Carson
Keir Dullea
Arlene Francis
Michael Tolan
Ep 8.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE TWO WORLDS OF CHARLIE GORDON
22-Feb-1961 CBS Wed
(aka Flowers for Algernon)
written by James Yaffe
starring
Cliff Robertson ......... Charlie Gordon (Emmy nomination)
Mona Freeman
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
*This episode was made into a feature film in 1968 called "Charly",
which Cliff Robertson played again and won him an Oscar. [RF]
Ep 8.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: PRIVATE EYE,
PRIVATE EYE
(taped)
08-Mar-1961 CBS Wed
Comedy special produced by Max Liebman
directed by Barry Shear
choreography by Marc Breaux & Deedee Wood
cast:
Ernie Kovacs
Edie Adams
Pat Carroll
Hans Conried
Dancer Buzz Miller
Peter Hanley (Ernie's old sidekick)
Summary:
Producer Max Liebman turns the tables and investigates the private eye. [RF]
*
Sketches:
Private Life of a Private Eye: Mike Mallet's after a thug, but his
doting wife keeps getting in his way.
Nairobi Safe Robbery: Simians sack a safe.
The Good Old Days: A widow beseeches Percy Dovetonsils to find her
husband's murderer.
More Gore: The sponsor has doubts about his TV Series.
Peter Legato: The star of the series is the music.
Silent Movie: Nick Carter triumphs again.
*
Musical Highlights
Conductor Charles Sanford
"Chase" Ballet ("Son of Drum Suite:) ..... Miller
Vocalise: Debussy Preludes ............... Adams
"Girl Friday" ............................ Pat Carroll
Ep 8.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE INTERVENER
22-Mar-1961
starring
Barry Morse
Ep 8.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE ODDBALL
05-Apr-1961
written by Bernard Slade
starring
Faye Emerson
Ep 8.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SHAME OF PAULA MARSTEN (live)
19-Apr-1961
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Paul Bogart
Written by Richard F. Stockton
starring
Anne Baxter ......... Paula Marsten
Gene Raymond ......... Dr. King
Peter Mark Richman ......... Dr. Stoddard
Frances Fuller ......... Mrs. McGregor
Arthur Hughes
Jane McArthur
Jack Naughton
Dale Helward
Synopsis:
Paula Marsten is an attempted suicide who has been brought to a mental
hospital in a state of nervous collapse. Dr. King, the head physician, seems
to recognize Paula and he refuses to become involved in the case. [RF]
Ep 8.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SUMMER RHAPSODY
03-May-1961
written by John Holt
starring
Glenda Farrell
Tom Tully
Ep 8.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LEONARDI CODE
17-May-1961
written by Robert Wallsten
starring
Barry Morse
Ep 8.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAMOUS
31-May-1961
written by Bob Van Scoyk
story by Stephen Vincent Benet
starring
Eddie Albert
Lola Albright
Zina Bethune
Dolores Gray
Ep 8.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TRIAL WITHOUT JURY (live)
14-Jun-1961
written by Harold Gast
starring
Richard Kiley ......... Mark Davis
Mary Fickett ......... Ellen Reed
Patricia Wheel ......... Ruth Pollard
Synopsis:
Mr. and Mrs. Pollard feel that their son-in-law, novelist Mark Davis, isn't a fit
parent for their grandchild. Lawyer Ellen Reed is convinced the Pollards'
charge is based on their disapproval of Mark's latest book. [RF]
Ep 8.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE HAVEN
28-Jun-1961
written by Tad Mosel
directed by Don Richardson
starring
Shirley Booth ......... Eunice
Gene Raymond ......... Howard
Joseph Sweeney ......... Tom
Truman Smith ......... Ed Ritchie
Johnny Townsen ......... Roland
Francie Myers ......... Germaine
Synopsis:
Eunice and the kids are disappointed, but Howard can't bear to spend another
summer in his cottage by the lake. He sees one chance to escape from his rut -
sell the house to Ed Ritchie and use the money for a long trip. [RF]
Ep 8.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WATCHING OUT FOR DULIE
12-Jul-1961
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Paul Bogart
Written by Arthur Heinemann
Based on the novel by David Weistheimer
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Larry Blyden ....... Sam Spaulding
Shari Lewis ........ Dulie
Lloyd Bochner ...... Lord Harton
Patricia Cutts ..... Millie Pinks
Michael Sivy ....... Maury Gordon
Gerry Matthews ..... Brink Monahan
Polly Rowles ....... Mabelle Rainey
Walter Greaza ...... Bingo
Konrad Matthaei .... Man
Synopsis:
TV editor Sam Spaulding eagerly anticipates the press junket to London,
where he intends to renew his acquaintance with actress Millie Pinks. But Sam’s
boss assigns him to look after Dulie Hudson, a sweet young columnist who
has never been out of Texas. Everyone’s afraid that the wilds of London will be
too much for Dulie to handle - everyone, that
is, except Dulie. [RF]
Ep 8.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
26-Jul-1961 CBS Wed 10pm
adapted by Sidney Carroll
from a play by John Manchip White
directed by Tom Donovan
starring
Leo G. Carroll ......... Colonel Morrigan
Cathleen Nesbitt ......... Lady Muriel Morrigan
Sarah Marshall ......... Diana Codrington
Lloyd Bochner ......... Peter Cochrane
Anthony Kemble-Cooper ......... Hamish McNair
Walton Butterfield ......... George Probert
Reynolds Evans ......... Spencer Dacey
William Rayne ......... Vinnavar
Synopsis:
Colonel Morrigan and Lady Muriel Morrigan were very nicely provided for
in their brother's will. Now Muriel no longer need fear a poverty-stricken
old age and the Colonel can pay his debts and renew membership in his
beloved club. But then the Colonel studies the will, discovers that in order to
get the money he'll have to tell a lie - and refuses
to sign. [RF]
Ep 8.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GOLDEN THIRTY
09-Aug-1961
written by Larry Cohen
starring
Keir Dullea
Ep 8.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WOMAN ACROSS THE HALL
23-Aug-1961
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Bruce Minnix
Written by Robert Wallstein
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Glenda Farrell ..... Edna Huntington
Ruth Ford .......... Stella Lawrence
Alan Bunce ......... George Huntington
Louis Edmonds ...... Hank Lawrence
James Neumarker .... Pete Gregory
Philip Faversham
Andre Baruch
Synopsis:
Housewife Edna Huntington has no children. A pleasant, middle-aged woman,
she relies on friendly neighbors (and her TV set) to provide interest in life. When
Stella Lawrence, a sophisticated divorcee, moves in across the hall, Edna
makes friendly overtures - only to be repulsed. It takes Stella’s soldier son
Hank to break the ice, and defend his mother’s chilly
behavior. [RF]
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Ep 9.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DELAYED HONEYMOON
06-Sep-1961
Written by Bob Van Scoyk
Story by Peter Taylor
starring
Larry Blyden ......... Miles Miller
Barbara Barrie ......... Trina Trent
James Broderick ......... Bill Carlisle
Elinor Donahue ......... Fran Crowell
Walter Greaza ......... Andrew Crowell
Mort Marshall ......... Ronnie
Ep 9.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: STREET OF LOVE
20-Sep-1961
written by Harold Gast
starring
Doug McClure ......... Charlie Mason
Simon Oakland ......... Golikov
Millie Perkins ......... Tanya
Sam Gray ......... Kirov
Laurence Hugo ......... Allison
Synopsis 1:
At an international youth festival in Moscow, romance blossoms between a
lovely Soviet guide and an American senator's son. The Commissars' reaction
to all this comes as a big surprise to Tanya, the guide. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An American senator's son and a lovely Soviet guide engage in a romance
despite all objections from their families.
Ep 9.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BRANDENBURG GATE
04-Oct-1961
written by John Vlahos
starring
Richard Kiley ......... Scott Malone/Paul Barman
Dina Merrill ......... Lisa Muller
Alfred Leberfeld ......... Emil Bruckner
Anne Meacham ......... Ilse Bruckner
Douglass Watson ......... Colonel Barsoff
Barry Morse
Gene Hackman
Ep 9.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BURY ME TWICE
18-Oct-1961
written by Charles Robinson
starring
Dan O'Herlihy ......... George Morris
Phyllis Thaxter ......... Jessy
Joan Wetmore ......... Ruth Morris
Leo G. Carroll ......... Inspector Davies
James Kenny ......... Inspector Rouse
Ep 9.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LITTLE LOST SHEEP
01-Nov-1961
written by Ernest Kinoy
starring
Jane Wyatt ....... Phyllis Bannister
Hans Conried ....... Arthur Bannister
Garrick Hagon ......... Harold Browning
John McGowan ....... Y. Lyman Harris
Gerry Matthews ......... Joe Paris
Rochelle Oliver .......... Student
Synopsis:
Phyllis and Arthur Bannister, teachers at Thoreau College, receive a real
shock at the faculty meeting. It's been decided that the school 'image' has
got to be modernized and a Madison Avenue expert is hired to do the job. [RF]
Ep 9.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MAN ON THE MOUNTAINTOP
15-Nov-1961
written by Robert Alan Aurthur
starring
Cliff Robertson ......... Horace Mann Borden
Salome Jens ......... Gerta Blake
Chris Wiggins ......... Charles Blake
Julie Bovasso ......... Betty Blake
Edwin Cooper ......... Dr. Wilson
Paul McGrath ......... Mr. Borden
Gene Saks ......... Willie
Ep 9.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TANGLE OF TRUTH (live)
29-Nov-1961
written by Jerome Coopersmith
starring
Macdonald Carey ...... Bill Dulaney
Darryl Hickman ........ Gordon Killman
Jeff Donnell ....... Eva Dulaney
Shepperd Strudwick ........ Horace Killman
Carolyn Groves ........ Sue Dulaney
Synopsis:
Young Sue Dulaney and Gordon Killman go out for a drink, and on the way home
Gordon runs another car off the road. Gordon calls the police, but refuses
to give his name. [RF]
Ep 9.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND
13-Dec-1961
written by Bob Van Scoyk
starring
Larry Blyden ......... Roger Dinwiddie
Virginia Gilmore ......... Melba Wardlow
Joanna Moore ......... Linda Dinwiddie
Leon Janney ......... Addison Wardlow
Ep 9.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BITTER SEX
27-Dec-1961 (20Dec61 copyright date)
Executive producer George Kondolf
Directed by Bruce Minnix
Written by Richard F. Stockton
Based on a story by Donald Wilson
Music: Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Mona Freeman .......... Lily
Barry Morse .......... Jeremy Penlove
Lloyd Bochner ......... Philip
Toby Robins ......... Barron
Ian Wolfe ....... Trumper
John Milligan ...... Barker
Synopsis:
Lily Forrester just can't stand the fact that her ex-husband Philip is getting along
so well with his new wife. Lily decides it's her business to put a little marital
strife back into Philip's life. [RF]
Ep 9.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAR FROM THE SHADE TREE
10-Jan-1962
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Director, Tom Donovan
Written by Joe Palmer Jr.
Music, Ralph Norman Wilkinson
starring
Jack Carson ........ Enoch McCabe
Keir Dullea ........ Don McCabe
Anita Louise ....... Mrs. McCabe
Gene Hackman ....... Ed
Pippa Scott
Dan Ferrone
Alma Hubbard
George Heeslip
Synopsis:
Enoch McCabe is much closer to his youngest son, Pat, than
he is to his older boy, Don. Don, who wants his father’s affection,
feels rejected - and is bitter about it. [RF]
Ep 9.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE BIG LAUGH
24-Jan-1962
written by Bernard Slade
directed by Tom Donovan
starring
Teresa Wright
Murray Hamilton
Arthur Hill
John Griggs
Michael Sivy
Margaret Hall
Mary Harrigan
Ep 9.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NIGHTMARE AT BLEAK HILL
07-Feb-1962
starring
Leora Dana
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Ep 9.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE PERFECT ACCIDENT
21-Feb-1962
written by Harold Gast
starring
Robert Horton
Shepperd Strudwick
Alan Bunce
Carolyn Groves
Nancy Wickwire
Ep 9.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: WHO IS THIS WOMAN?
07-Mar-1962
written by Thomas W. Phipps
starring
Gloria DeHaven
Ep 9.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: TWO BLACK KINGS
21-Mar-1962
written by Sidney Carroll
starring
James Broderick
Eva Gabor
Kevin McCarthy
Ep 9.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE LOVES OF CLAIRE AMBLER
04-Apr-1962
written by Sidney Carroll
story by Booth Tarkington
starring
Nancy Carroll
Janice Rule
Lilia Skala
Maurice Evans
Ep 9.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE GO-BETWEEN
18-Apr-1962
written by Bob Van Scoyk
starring
Keefe Brasselle
Barbara Cook
Ep 9.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A MAN FOR OONA
02-May-1962
written by Michael Dyne
starring
Tallulah Bankhead
Nancy Carroll
Ep 9.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE OTHER WOMAN
16-May-1962
written by Richard F. Stockton
directed by Bruce Minnix
produced by George Kondolf
starring
Lloyd Bochner ......... Michael Arnson
Jeanne Crain ......... Alison Bradmoor
Hugh Reilly ......... Milt Estes
Fred J. Scollay ........ Dr. Steve Hamlin
Charles White .......... Postmaster
Margaret Greenhouse
Connie Scott
Synopsis:
Alison Bradmoor is playing a tape recording of her favorite Bach concerto,
when the recording is interrupted by a woman's voice with a message for Alison:
'He's back--and together we must get him out of the way. [RF]
Ep 9.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: LENNIE
30-May-1962
written by Albert Meglin
Ep 9.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
13-Jun-1962
written by Harold Gast
starring
Shirley Knight
Simon Oakland
Peter Mark Richman
Michael Tolan
Ep 9.22 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
27-Jun-1962
written by Sidney Carroll
starring
Patricia Collinge
Betty White
Ep 9.23 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NIGHT OF THE FOURTH
11-Jul-1962
written by Richard F. Stockton
starring
Barry Sullivan
Ep 9.24 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: HONOR IN LOVE
25-Jul-1962
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
story by J.P. Marquand
starring
Carol Lawrence
John Kerr
Eli Mintz
Ep 9.25 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MALE CALL
08-Aug-1962
written by Daniel Rudsten
starring
Larry Blyden
Godfrey Cambridge
Zohra Lampert
Ep 9.26 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MURDER ON THE AGENDA
22-Aug-1962
written by Joe Palmer Jr.
starring
James Daly
Mona Freeman
Ralph Meeker
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10.01 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DRY RAIN
05-Sep-1962 CBS Wed
starring
Johnny Desmond
John Kerr
10.02 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE INNER PANIC
19-Sep-1962 CBS Wed (12Sep62 copyright date)
Executive producer, George Kondolf
Directed by Walter Gorman
Written by Al Meglin
Music, Ralph Wilkinson
Technical consultant, National Hospital for Speech Disorders
starring
Tommy Sands
Glenda Farrell
Simon Oakland
Martin Sheen
George Segal
Truman Smith
Cynthia Pepper
Teri Keane
Ernie Stone
Charles Taylor
Gary Morgan
Billy McNally
Synopsis:
A young man who suffers from a speech impediment is having a hard time
landing his first job after graduating from high school. His mother intervenes without
his knowledge and helps him get a job in the mailroom of a large company. He quickly
gains confidence and some control over his stuttering and falls for a young woman
who works at the same company. [RF]
10.03 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE WHITE LIE
03-Oct-1962 CBS Wed
written by John Hess
starring
David Wayne
Neva Patterson
10.04 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: Wanted: SOMEONE INNOCENT
17-Oct-1962 CBS Wed
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Written by Michael Dyne
Based on a novelette by Margery Allingham
starring
Kim Hunter
Diana Hyland
10.05 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: A BREAK IN THE WEATHER
31-Oct-1962 CBS Wed
written by Sam Hall
starring
Eddie Albert
10.06 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MARRIAGE MARKS THE SPOT
14-Nov-1962 CBS Wed
written by Ted Berkman
starring
Darren McGavin
Pippa Scott
Julius LaRosa
John McGiver
Walter Greaza
10.07 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAREWELL TO INNOCENCE
28-Nov-1962 CBS Wed
written by Robert Crean
story by Jack Pulman
directed by Tom Donovan
starring
John Beal
Vicki Cummings
Jeff Donnell
Thomas Chalmers
10.08 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: BIG DAY FOR A SCRAMBLER
12-Dec-1962 CBS Wed
written by Richard F. Stockton
starring
James Whitmore
10.09 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE DUCHESS AND THE SMUGS
26-Dec-1962 CBS Wed
written by Ellen Violett
story by Pamela Frankau
directed by Kirk Browning
starring
Patty Duke ......... Penelope
Eugenie Leontovich
Fritz Weaver
10.10 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE YOUNG AVENGERS
09-Jan-1963 CBS Wed
written by Robert Crean
starring
Elizabeth Ashley
Keir Dullea
10.11 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: FAIR YOUNG GHOST
23-Jan-1963 CBS Wed
written by Leonard Moran
starring
Shirley Knight
Cathleen Nesbitt
10.12 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE TROUBLED HEART
06-Feb-1963 CBS Wed
written by Arthur Hailey
produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
hosted by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
starring
John Colicos ....... Dr. Steve Bruchesi
Toby Robins ....... Margot Forrester
Corinne Conley ........ Connie
Ted Follows ........ Seaton
Synopsis:
Margot Forrester, a young mother of two small children and an active participant
in her community's social life, has been told that she has a serious heart defect
- which even surgery may not correct. [RF]
10.13 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: NIGHT RUN TO THE WEST (live)
20-Feb-1963 CBS Wed
written by Morton Wishengrad
from a story by H.E. Bates
starring
Colleen Dewhurst ....... Francie Broderick
Ralph Meeker ....... Charlie Williams
Martin Sheen ....... Walt
Henderson Forsythe ....... Calvin Broderick
John C. Becher ....... Al
Synopsis:
Caring for her elderly invalid husband is a lonely task for Francie Broderick and when
a truck driver named Charlie Williams barges into her life, she sees him as her salvation. [RF]
10.14 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MOMENT OF RAGE (live)
06-Mar-1963 CBS Wed
written by Arthur Heinemann
starring
Charles Aidman ....... Paul Gardiner
Glenda Farrell ....... Grace Smith
Kathryn Hays ....... Rachel Trafford
Marc Connelly ....... Arthur Lamb
David O'Brien ........ Tad Nichols
Eleanor Wilson ....... Nina Trafford
Valerie Cossart ....... Mrs. Gardiner
Synopsis:
Paul Gardiner, Latin teacher at a private school, was an adopted child who never bothered
to inquire who his real parents were. But now his snobbish future mother-in-law insists that
he learn their identities - before he gets married. [RF]
10.15 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SECRETS OF STELLA CROZIER
20-Mar-1963 CBS Wed
written by Sam Hall
story by Booth Tarkington
starring
Patricia Morison
10.16 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: MISSION OF FEAR
03-Apr-1963 CBS Wed
written by Richard F. Stockton
starring
Robert Horton
Piper Laurie
Salome Jens
10.17 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE SOLDIER RAN AWAY
17-Apr-1963 CBS Wed
written by Nicholas E. Baehr
starring
John Beal ....... Colonel Bill Wheeler
Royston Thomas ....... Jeff Wheeler
Martin Sheen ....... Tom
Synopsis:
Twelve-year old Jeff Wheeler, whose father is an Army doctor stationed in Germany,
wants to prove to the old man that he is self-reliant - so he sneaks into the attic
at night to make a pipe rack for him. [RF]
10.18 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE MANY WAYS OF HEAVEN (live)
01-May-1963 CBS Wed
written by Ellen Violett
from a story by George Loveridge
starring
Dan Duryea ....... Captain Walker
Casey Peters ....... Teddy Hampshire
Nancy Wickwire ....... Pamela Hampshire
Jonathan Carter ....... Russell Hampshire
Cathleen Nesbitt ....... Cissie Hampshire
Wesley Addy ....... Jim Hampshire
Lee Peters ....... Maid
Lloyd Bochner (no mention in TV Guide)
Abby Lewis
Robert Burr
Synopsis:
Russell Hampshire hasn't spent much time with his son Teddy during summer vacation,
but the youngster has found a substitute - Captain Walker, a retired Airline Pilot. [RF]
10.19 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: DON'T SHAKE THE FAMILY TREE
15-May-1963 CBS Wed
Executive producer, Arthur Heineman ;
Directed by Paul Bogart
Written by Leslie McFarlane
Music, Vladimir Selinsky
starring
Jim Backus .......... Michael John McKane
Orson Bean .......... Dennis Kavanaugh
Fred Gwynne ......... Willie Botsford
Frank McHugh ........ Dan O’Malley
Paul Reed ........... Finegan
Ethel Griffies ...... Mrs. McEwan
Ruth White .......... Mrs. Botsford
Dan Dayton .......... Mr. Doyle
Florence Robinson ... Mrs. Brennan
Truman Smith
Fran Sharon
Synopsis:
After 25 years of devoted service, it’s only natural that Michael John McKane
expects to be the next president of the Sons and Daughters of Erin. However, there’s a
dark-horse candidate who could upset McKane’s applecart - Dennis Kavanaugh,
whose family tree dates way back in Irish history. What’s more, McKane is keeping
one big fact to himself - he wasn’t even born on
the Emerald Isle. [RF]
[--] U.S. Steel Hour: A TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE
29-May-1963 (rerun from 26Aug59)
10.20 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: SOUTHWEST QUARTER
04-Jun-1963 CBS Wed
written by Joe Hurley
10.21 [--] U.S. Steel Hour: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS (final episode)
18-Jun-1963 CBS Wed
Adapted by Robert Woodruff Anderson
Based on the one-act play of 1917 by James M. Barrie
Hosted by Alfred Lunt
starring
Jackie Cooper
Gracie Fields
Lynn Fontanne
Biff McGuire
Cathleen Nesbitt
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