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[The 1960's]

S05E01 Arthur (Sep.27.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Laurence Harvey Hazel Court Robert Douglas Patrick Macnee Barry Harvey​

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When his pretty ex-fiancee returns from another failed relationship, a chicken farmer, not wanting anything to do with her, decides to eliminate her.​

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S05E02 The Crystal Trench (Oct.04.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Patrick Macnee James Donald Patricia Owens Werner Klemperer Ben Astar Harold Dyrenforth Frank Holms Eileen Anderson Otto Reichow Oscar Beregi Jr.​

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An obsessed young woman waits decades for her husband's body to emerge from the ice, after he fell from a mountain.​

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S05E03 Appointment at Eleven (Oct.11.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Clint Kimbrough Norma Crane Clu Gulager Sean McClory Amy Douglass Michael J. Pollard Joseph Sullivan Dick Gering Taldo Kenyon Jerry Rhoads Frank Sully Kenner G. Kemp​

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David Logan lives at home with his mother and he's still upset that his father left them many years before. He is haunted by an event when he was twelve years old and he came home to find his father with a blue-eyed blond. He tells his mother he has an appointment at 11:00 so he skips dinner and heads to a bar. There he meets a girl and repeats several times that something big is going to happen at 11:00. He gets into a fight with a sailor in the bar and tells him the same and then again with a patron in an Irish pub, now saying someone is going to die at the prescribed hour. When the 11 o'clock news come on the air, you learn the full story.​

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S05E04 Coyote Moon (Oct.18.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Macdonald Carey Edgar Buchanan Collin Wilcox Paxton Wesley Lau Jack Lambert Eve McVeagh James Field David Fresco Chuck Henderson​

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A goodhearted man picks up an old guy, his adult son and daughter hitchhiking, but they steal from him every chance they get.​

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S05E06 Anniversary Gift (Nov.01.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Harry Morgan Barbara Baxley Jackie Coogan Michael J. Pollard James Field Maurice Manson Steve McAdam​

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Myra Jenkins has quite a menagerie in her home: birds, a turtle, a monkey, a chameleon and on and on. She is quite devoted to them, usually at the expense of her husband Hermie. Their neighbor, George Bay, is always telling Hermie how much he misses his late wife and that since since she's died, all he ever does is travel, go fishing and drink beer. All of this sounds pretty good to Hermie who hatches a plan to get his wife a new pet that may not be very cuddly and lovable but may give him the way out that he desires. Little does Hermie realize the predicament he is getting himself into.​

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[The 1960's]

S05E08 The Blessington Method (Nov.15.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Henry Jones Dick York Elizabeth Patterson Irene Windust Paul E. Burns Vaughn Meadows Nancy Kilgas Penny Edwards​

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In the future year of 1980, life expectancy has increased dramatically and J.J. Bunce provides an essential service. He approaches John Treadwell and informs him that his elderly mother-in-law, now in her 80s and who lives with him full-time, will live at least another 32 years. Bunce's offer is quite simple: he will dispose of her for a fee. Initially Treadwell rejects the suggestion out of hand, but at home, the old lady is becoming ever more demanding. In the end, he accepts Bunce's offer but he does wonder what his own children might do when the time comes.​

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S05E09 Dead Weight (Nov.22.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Joseph Cotten Julie Adams Don Gordon Ted de Corsia Angela Greene Claude Stroud Gail Bonney Reita Green George Dockstader​

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A married man captures a gunman who tried to rob him and his mistress, but to avoid a scandal, he contemplates whether to let him go or kill him.​

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S05E10 Special Delivery (Nov.29.1959)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Stephen Dunne Beatrice Straight Peter Lazer Frank Maxwell Cece Whitney Michael Burns Pat Hagerty Jim O'Neill​

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Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.​

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S05E11 Road Hog (Dec.06.1059)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Richard Chamberlain Raymond Massey William Shatner Robert Emhardt Ray Teal Brad Weston Roscoe Ates Jack Easton Jr. Gordon Wynn Betsy Hale 'Snub' Pollard​

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A very rude traveling salesman forces a truck off the road, causing a delay in emergency care for an injured young man, who dies.​

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S05E15 Man from the South (Jan.03.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Steve McQueen Peter Lorre Neile AdamsKatherine Squire Tyler McVey Marc Cavell Phil Gordon​

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In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.​

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[The 1960's]

S05E24 Madame Mystery (Mar.27.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Audrey Totter Joby Baker Harp McGuire Mike Ragan Meri Welles​

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Steven is working on his novel when into his apartment walks an attractive woman, soaking wet. She's with Steven's neighbour, Jimmy Dolan, who's a bit of a playboy. Jimmy is a PR man for a major studio but has only limited talent so he needs Steven's help to write material about Betsy Blake, a long-time Hollywood star who recently drowned and who has a major movie being released. Steven's work gets Jimmy a big raise from the studio and ensures Betsy's last movie will be a big hit. But it turns out Betty hasn't drowned. What's a PR man to do?​

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S05E30 Insomnia (May.08.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Dennis Weaver James Millhollin John S. Ragin Al Hodge Sam Gilman Ken Clark Dorothea Lord​

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Charles Cavender suffers from terrible insomnia. He hasn't had a good night's sleep in months and has lost a number of jobs as a result. He visits a psychiatrist and recounts a recurring dream he has about the death of his wife, who died in a house fire. Cavender's brother-in-law, Jack Fletcher, blames him for his sister's death and it's determined there is link between that and the insomnia. Cavender feels threatened but decides to pay him a visit to clear the air. However, things don't quite go as planned.​

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S05E31 I Can Take Care of Myself (May.15.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Myron McCormick Linda Lawson Will Kuluva Edmon Ryan Frankie Darro Lennie Weinrib William Sharon Pat Harrington Jr.​

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Bert Haber is an old-time piano player, and he and Georgia who sings, have proven to be a very popular nightclub act. Problems arise when a gangster, 'Little Dandy' Dorf, takes a liking to Georgia but she wants no part of him and pours a drink over his head. Soon after, Bert is threatened when someone suggests he get an insurance policy. Things come to a head a few weeks later when Bert is approached by a police officer who has information and suggests that he is in need of protection. Bert doesn't quite realize who he needs protection from, however.​

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S05E35 The Schartz-Metterklume Method (Jun.12.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Hermione Gingold Elspeth March Doris Lloyd Patricia Hitchcock Noel Drayton Angela Cartwright​

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Charlotte Hope arrives in the Wellington household to act as a governess of their children. She's a somewhat brash, opinionated person who boldly announces she uses the Schartz-Metterklume method for teaching children. The parents are concerned, and after a few days, Miss Hope is released from employment. As she arrives at the train station, someone disembarks asking if a Mrs. Wellington's there to meet her.​

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S05E37 Escape to Sonoita (Jun.26.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Burt Reynolds Murray Hamilton Venetia Stevenson James Bell Harry Dean Stanton Robert Karnes George Dockstader​

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Two kidnappers think they have made their escape when they hijack a tanker in the dry desert, leaving the occupants and a female victim behind to die.​

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[The 1960's]

S06E03 A Very Moral Theft (Oct.11.1960)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Betty Field Walter Matthau Karl Swenson Sal Ponti David Fresco Rusty Lane Sam Gilman William Newell​

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Helen's brother John informs her that he is soon to be married and they'll have to decide what to do about the house they share. Helen is quite attracted to Harry Wade, the owner of a lumber yard who has fallen on hard times after one of his customers goes bankrupt. Helen decides to help Harry out with an $8,000 "loan" after he assures her that he can repay her within 48 hours. When things don't work out as planned, Harry has a decision to make.​

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S06E22 The Horse Player (Mar.14.1961)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Claude Rains Ed Gardner Percy Helton Mike Ragan William Newell David Carlile Ada Murphy Kenneth MacKenna Jackie Carroll Lillian O'Malley John Yount​

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Father Amion discovers that the large amounts of money turning up on the collection plate come from a grateful horse player who has hit a winning streak.​

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S06E27 Deathmate (Apr.18.1961)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Lee Philips Gia Scala Russell Collins Les Tremayne Ann Staunton​

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A handsome gigolo is seduced by a beautiful rich young woman to kill her older boring husband.​

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S06E33 A Secret Life (May.31.1961)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Ronald Howard Mary Murphy Patricia Donahue Arte Johnson Addison Richards Florence MacMichael Meri Welles​

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James Howgill is bored with his life and his marriage and announces to his wife that he is leaving her. She tells him to do what he likes but that she will never grant him a divorce. In time, he takes up with an attractive young woman and decides to try to force the divorce issue with his wife. His lawyer however informs him that he has no grounds for a divorce and suggests that he hire a private detective to see if his wife may have taken up with another man. He agrees but is quite sure that it is not in his wife's character to carry on. Needless to say, he is astounded when the detective reports that his wife is dating and that a man has spent the night in their house. Howgill begins to see his wife in a new light and decides he wants her back. But just who is this woman that he has returned to?​

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S07E05 Keep Me Company (Nov.07.1961)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Anne Francis Jack Ging Edmund Hashim Sal Ponti Billy Wells Hinton Pope Howard McLeod​

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A husband who works late continuously neglects his pretty wife's need for companionship, inadvertently bringing about an unwanted police presence.​

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[SuperClark]

my 2 fav genres are westerns- tv and movie (as you might guess from my avatar) and classic sitcoms.This is one of the former complete with original commercials yayy.I would love for it to get an official release along with many others such as Law of the Plainsman and ofc Colt 45.

 

[The 1960's]

S07E14 Bad Actor (Jan.09.1962)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Robert Duvall Carole Eastman Charles Robinson David Lewis William Schallert Bartlett Robinson Jo Helton Raven Grey Eagle Dorothy Neumann​

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An alcoholic actor strangles his friend who won his part in a play, and then tries an unusual way to try to dispose of his body.​

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S07E17 The Faith of Aaron Menefee (Jan.30.1962)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Sidney Blackmer Andrew Prine Maggie Pierce Maggie Pierce Gail Bonney Olan Soule Don Hanmer James J. Casino Daniel Elam Bess Flowers Mathew McCue Joe Ploski​

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Aaron is a garage mechanic who becomes a devotee of a faith healer after he is apparently cured of an ulcer. The healer persuades Aaron to become his chauffeur and he becomes part of the tour. But a questionable man seeks a major healing.​

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S07E19 Strange Miracle (Feb.13.1962)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock David Opatoshu Miriam Colon Eduardo Ciannelli Frank DeKova Adelina Pedroza Tina Menard Ray Beltram Maria Haro Kay Koury Emma Palmese Charles Soldani Theresa Testa​

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A man dares to try and fake a miracle, after pretending to be paralyzed to get insurance money.​

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S07E24 Apex (Mar.20.1962)
Stars Alfred Hitchcock Patricia Breslin Vivienne Segal Mark Miller George Kane​

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A man's attractive mistress tells him she will handle the killing of his wife, but he wants to hire someone to do it, and a miscommunication results.​

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S07E37 The Big Kick (Jun.19.1962)​

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Stars Alfred Hitchcock Wayne Rogers Anne Helm Frances Morris Thomas Bellin Rees Vaughn Martin Clark Jan Conaway Susanne Wasson Bruce Andersen Brian G. Hutton​

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Ken is a square university professor who likes hanging around with a group of beatniks. At a party he meets Judy who is down and out and can't buy food, let alone pay the rent. Urged on by her boyfriend Mitch, Judy agrees to go out on a date with Ken in the hopes of getting some money out of him. When the professor gives her an expensive bracelet, Mitch tries to hawk it with interesting results. Ken is obviously one step ahead of them and little do they realize what is in store.​

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Complete Series​

 

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S08E14 Uncle Jeff Needs You (Dec.16.1965)
Stars Donna Reed Carl Betz Reed Paul Petersen Patty Petersen Patty Petersen William Corcoran Suzanne Fries Enid Jaynes DeForest Kelley Janet Landgard Dean Moray Eddie Rosson Kevin Tate June Whitley Taylor​

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Jeff needs a summer job and decides being a camp counselor would be perfect. But he is required to recruit two campers to get the position and finds it difficult to find anybody willing to sign up.​

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S08E16 How to Handle a Woman (Dec.30.1965)
Stars Donna Reed Carl Betz Reed Paul Petersen Patty Petersen Patty Petersen Jimmy Hawkins Catherine Ferrar Chanin Hale Candy Moore Darryl Richard Linda Gaye Scott Linda Gaye Scott​

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Jeff decides males are the superior sex and gets his friends to join him in proving that to the girls. Donna disapproves and enjoys seeing the young women make the boys see the errors of their ways, Jeff most of all.​

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S08E17 My Son, the Councilman (Jan.06.1966)
Stars Donna Reed Carl Betz Reed Paul Petersen Patty Petersen Patty Petersen Kathy Fields Sheila James Kuehl Buddy Lewis Pauline Myers John Qualen Paul Reed Rickie Sorensen​

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Jeff's friends try to get him nominated for city council.​

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S08E18 Do It Yourself Donna (Jan.15.1966)
Stars Donna Reed Carl Betz Reed Paul Petersen Patty Petersen Patty Petersen Bonnie Beecher Sandy Kenyon Ann McCrea Darryl Richard​

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Donna and Alex attempt to assemble a "do it yourself" stereo kit.​

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S08E25 So You Really Think You're Young at Heart? (Mar.05.1966)
Stars Donna Reed Carl Betz Reed Paul Petersen Patty Petersen Patty Petersen Paul Bryar Bobby Johnson Ann McCrea​

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Midge urges Donna and Alex to take a quiz concerning how exciting their life is. After finding out they are considered boring they embark on going out every night. They soon realize that leading a humdrum existence is what they want.​

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The Donna Reed Show: Seasons 1-5​

Gosh! I sure love those! I just wish Seasons 6-8 would get released. Why doesn't Sony just let Shout, MPI or someone else acquire the rights?

 

[The 1960's]

Fixed from Feb 23, 2022

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963-1965)
Stars David Lewis Francis De Sales Harry Townes​

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Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.

S01E04 A Hero for Our Times (Oct.31.1963)
Stars Lloyd Bridges John Ireland Geraldine Brooks Sandra Church David Lewis William Bramley Dabbs Greer Ina Victor Victor French Warren Parker Jack Grinnage Tom Allen Berkeley Harris​

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A "happily married" and well thought of businessman witnesses a murder. Unfortunately, he is at his mistress' apartment when it happens. His dilemma about whether or not to report what he knows to the police is heightened further when a man he knows to be innocent of the crime is arrested.​

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S01E09 The Hunt (Dec.19.1963)
Stars Mickey Rooney James Caan Bruce Dern Kelly Thordsen Peggy Rea Logan Field Keith Taylor William Challee Opal Euard Harry Townes Joyce Meadows Charles Morton​

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A "surfer bum","600 miles from a wave", is roaming the back-roads of the U.S. in his woody wagon when it breaks down. His "rescuers" include a small town sheriff who has a habit of his prisoners escaping and then being hunted down and murdered by his bloodhounds. When the surfer is seen as a threat to report the goings-on he is arrested and is next in line to "escape".​

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S01E11 The Deep End (Jan.02.1964)​

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Stars Aldo Ray Clu Gulager Tina Louise Ellen Burstyn Whit Bissell Paul Langton Dan Barton Rusty Lane Doris D. Edwards​

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A woman enters a private estate with a lake, strips down to a bathing suit and goes swimming. She is pulled underwater by a mysterious scuba diver and held until she drowns. The local police determine her death to be purely an accident, but an investigator from out of town is not so sure about that.​

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S01E14 Leviathan Five (Jan.30.1964)
Stars Arthur Kennedy Robert Webber Andrew Duggan Harold J. Stone Frank Maxwell John Van Dreelen Judson Laire Shirley Ballard John Newton Than Wyenn Audrey Swanson Vince Williams John August Frank Overton​

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Five men trapped in an underground Research Center determine that their oxygen will run out before they can be rescued They decide to have a "lottery" to choose who will have to die so the rest can live.After being saved,the four survivors are charged with murder and find the outcome could be fatal.​

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S01E16 The Action of the Tiger (Feb.20.1964)
Stars Telly Savalas Ulla Jacobsson Peter Brown Stephen McNally Oscar Beregi Jr. Ed Kemmer Albert Carrier Robert Patten Reggie Nalder Paul Comi​

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In 1943 a somewhat shell-shocked pilot is put back into action after being shot down for the second time in his total of four missions. However, he is shot down again and ends up in a German POW camp. He escapes to smuggle out intelligence information. On his way back to England he plays a game of cat-and-mouse with the Nazis.​

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[The 1960's]

S01E18 The Threatening Eye (Mar.12.1964)​

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Stars Jack Klugman Annie Fargue Pat O'Brien Phyllis Thaxter Coleen Gray Robert Clarke Dabney Coleman Barbara Bell Wright Dale Van Sickel Bunny Nash Will J. White Luis Delgado​

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In California, a young French-Canadian secretary relentlessly pursues marriage to a dull, married, middle-aged accountant. The man is flattered but mystified. What does the woman really want from him?​

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S01E19 A Cause of Anger (Mar.19.1964)
Stars Brian Keith Nancy Malone Audrey Totter Robert Crawford Jr. Anthony Caruso Robert Foulk Kevin Hagen Douglas Henderson Judee Morton Linda Dangcil Charles Irving Oliver McGowan Norman Leavitt Ed Gilbert Len Hendry​

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An "overdeveloped genius" teenage boy has periodic fits of violent anger. Accompanied by a C.I.D. officer and a psychiatric nurse he is driven by car from his home in L.A. to a military installation in Kansas for diagnosis. During the journey several odd incidents occur and eventually the boy is missing. Is it kidnapping or foul play?​

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S01E22 Portrait of an Unknown Man (Apr.16.1964)
Stars Clint Walker Mala Powers Robert Duvall Jay C. Flippen Ron Foster Rico Alaniz E.J. André House Peters Jr. George Chandler​

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A mysterious unfriendly man comes to a remote mountain town to buy supplies and causes the locals to wonder why he is there. He further puzzles them when he sets up a homestead next to a long played out mine and puts up a 'No Trespassing' sign. Meanwhile, the owner of the town's General Store and his daughter are battling their own demons.​

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S01E23 Their Own Executioners (Apr.23.1964)
Stars Dean Stockwell Lilia Skala Herschel Bernardi Frank Puglia Virginia Vincent Dan Barton Pamela Curran Robert Fortier Dabney Coleman Danny Kulick Dorothy Konrad Bill Erwin Malcolm Atterbury​

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In Wickfield, Mass. (just outside Boston) a quiet clean-cut young man confesses to murdering his wife. A local attorney who is dying agrees to see the man and comes away feeling there is a more to the case than premeditated murder. He finds there are motives involving the man's "pure" mother and "tramp" wife. Helping this man brings peace to the dying attorney.​

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S01E28 A Cruel and Unusual Night (Jun.04.1964)
Stars Ronald Reagan Scott Marlowe Anne Helm Wright King Clancy Cooper Rusty Lane James Chandler Don Diamond Bill Walker Robert Whitesel​

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A stern Lucas County, California "letter of the law" judge is kidnapped and "sentenced" to death by a man he once sentenced to death. The one-time Death Row prisoner recalls the agonies he went through as he awaited death by gas chamber. As his story is detailed tension builds and two questions remain to be answered-(1) "Will the judge crack?" and (2) "Will the execution be carried out?"​

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[The 1960's]

S02E04 That He Should Weep for Her (Nov.06.1964)
Stars Milton Berle Carol Lawrence Alejandro Rey Berkeley Harris Joe De Santis Vivi Janiss Argentina Brunetti Argentina Brunetti Tony Patino Robert Knapp Norman Leavitt Andres Oropeza Ron Burke​

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In small-town Hainesville, California a kindly jewelry store owner feels guilty after killing a young Mexican man during a hold-up attempt at his store. The boy's sister is angry and wants revenge. She takes advantage of the jeweler's compassion and loneliness and gets close to him-a little too close for both of them. Later, she finds the man who truly was to blame for her brother's death.​

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S02E28 The Trains of Silence (Jun.10.1965)
Stars Jeffrey Hunter Tippi Hedren Warren Stevens Lloyd Bochner Patrick Whyte Francis De Sales Dale Johnson Hal Hopper Breena Howard Bob Bernard Roy Jenson Chuck Roberson​

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A geologist from Vancouver,Canada comes to the U.S. to see his old college roommate who is now a reclusive Howard Hughes-ish multi-millionaire industrialist. He has a mining investment to propose but is not allowed to see his friend,is rudely treated by the man's staff and is almost murdered. After being "bought off", he persists and finds an unexpected result.​

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Series never released on DVD​

 

[ScottRE]

This series is one that I found to be spooky....until the opening titles ended. What a great sequence with sinister music by Johnny Williams. It actually looks like Land of the Giants was inspired by the titles. This show wound up running in the overnights on, I think, the Sci-Fi Channel under "Crisis" and "Suspense Theater." Never saw "Kraft" in the name except in battered 16mm prints.

Some good episodes in there, though. Appreciate the attention you've giving this one.

 

[The 1960's]

Fixed from Nov 3, 2021

The Avengers (1961-1969)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg Honor Blackman Linda Thorson Ian Hendry Patrick Newell Ingrid Hafner Douglas Muir Terence Plummer Valentino Musetti Julie Stevens Edwin Richfield Norman Chappell Frank Maher Richard Neller Philip Madoc Ray Browne Robert James Rocky Taylor Terry Richards Cliff Diggins Kenneth J. Warren Warren Mitchell Julian Glover Paul Whitsun-Jones Roy Kinnear John Laurie Peter Bowles Judy Parfitt Gerald Sim John Bailey John Hollis Doug Robinson Peter J. Elliott Anthony Blackshaw Peter Barkworth Allan Cuthbertson Peter Arne
(Please note all Season Two & Season Three IMDb airdates are incorrect.)

S02E01 Mr. Teddy Bear (Sep.29.1962)
Stars Patrick Macnee Honor Blackman Douglas Muir Bernard Goldman Tim Brinton Kenneth Keeling John Horsley John Ruddock Michael Robbins Michael Collins Sarah Maxwell​

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One-Ten is convinced that the man murdered while being interviewed on a live television show, was the victim of a hired-killer called "Mr. Teddy Bear." He concocts a plot to trap him using John Steed as bait and Cathy Gale as the woman who wants to hire an assassin to murder him.​

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S02E03 The Decapod (Oct.13.1962)
Stars Patrick Macnee Julie Stevens Paul Stassino Philip Madoc Wolfe Morris Lynn Furlong Raymond Adamson Harvey Ashby Pamela Conway Stanley M. Ayers Doug Robinson Valentino Musetti Valerie Stanton The Dave Lee Trio​

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The president of a Balkan Republic is menaced by a masked assassin. Although Steed is sent to augment the visiting dignitary's security detail, his bodyguards are murdered one by one.​

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S02E13 Death Dispatch (Dec.22.1962)
Stars Patrick Macnee Honor Blackman Richard Warner David Cargill Valerie Sarruf Douglas Muir Gerald Harper Hedger Wallace Michael Forrest Maria Antippas Alan Mason Geoff L'Cise Arthur Griffiths Bernice Rassin Jerry Jardin​

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The Home Office is mystified when a diplomatic courier dies defending a satchel full of mundane documents. Steed and Cathy follow a trail of clues from Jamaica to Bogota, Lima and finally to Santiago in Chile to solve the crime.​

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S02E14 Dead on Course (Dec.29.1962)
Stars Patrick Macnee Jon Rollason John McLaren Liam Gaffney Donal Donnelly Peggy Marshall Elisabeth Murray Janet Hargreaves Nigel Arkwright Bruce Boa Margo Jenkins Trevor Reid Edward Kelsey Mollie Maureen Denis Cleary Wilfred Grove​

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A Canadian plane crashes under mysterious circumstances in Ireland. Steed's leads take him to the Shamrock airport and a convent, while Dr. King performs autopsies on the dead passengers hoping to find a clue pointing to the wreck's cause.​

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S03E01 Brief for Murder (Sep.28.1963)
Stars Patrick Macnee Honor Blackman John Laurie Harold Scott Helen Lindsay Alec Ross June Thody Anthony Baird Alice Fraser Fred Ferris Michael Goldie Robert S. Young Pamela Wardel Walter Swash​

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The Avengers are tasked to investigate the Lakin brothers, two elderly lawyers with an amazing success record, having recently had an obvious traitor acquitted. In order to find out the secret of their success, Steed takes advice from them on how to murder Mrs. Gale and is then defended by them following her 'death'.​

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[The 1960's]

This series is one that I found to be spooky....until the opening titles ended. What a great sequence with sinister music by Johnny Williams. It actually looks like Land of the Giants was inspired by the titles. This show wound up running in the overnights on, I think, the Sci-Fi Channel under "Crisis" and "Suspense Theater." Never saw "Kraft" in the name except in battered 16mm prints.

Some good episodes in there, though. Appreciate the attention you've giving this one.

Scott thank you. I really love this series. Randall and I were commiserating when the YouTube account Executive Decision was recently terminated. The copyright cops as I call them are still very much alive. I don’t even want to look back and see how many other shows I posted along with Kraft are now showing this.

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The Defenders was another that comes to mind. Fortunately I saw the hand-writing on the wall and downloaded most everything I post. The Kraft Suspense Theatre aka “Crisis” aka "Suspense Theater” episodes uploaded by Executive Decision were the best prints we had ever seen. I love the theme too!

 

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S03E14 Dressed to Kill (Dec.28.1963)
Stars Patrick Macnee Honor Blackman Leonard Rossiter Alexander Davion Richard Leech John Junkin Anneke Wills Anthea Wyndham Leon Eagles Frank Maher Peter Fontaine​

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S04E01 The Town of No Return (Oct.02.1965)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg Alan MacNaughtan Patrick Newell Terence Alexander Jeremy Burnham Robert Brown Juliet Harmer Walter Horsbrugh​

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Steed and Emma visit a mysterious coastal town where several agents have vanished, and where the locals are not all they seem.​

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S04E14 Silent Dust (Jan.01.1966)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg William Franklyn Jack Watson Conrad Phillips Norman Bird Hilary Wontner Joanna Wake Isobel Black Charles Lloyd Pack Aubrey Morris Robert Dorning​

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When birds begin to fall from branches in flocks, it seems someone is using the banned chemical Silent Dust in the countryside of Cornwall. Steed and Mrs Peel soon find out a that a small group of local landowners is planning to use the deadly dust to blackmail the country by destroying Dorset.​

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S05E01 From Venus with Love (Jan.14.1967)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg Barbara Shelley Philip Locke Jon Pertwee Derek Newark Jeremy Lloyd Adrian Ropes Arthur Cox Paul Gillard Michael Lynch Kenneth Benda​

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The members of a society that watches Venus are dying one by one from something that turns them completely white, so Steed joins them to flush out the culprit while Peel chases a light that seems related to the killings.​

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S05E13 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (Apr.15.1967)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg James Hayter John Laurie Drewe Henley Isla Blair Tim Barrett Richard Caldicot Dyson Lovell Peter J. Elliott Michael Nightingale Noel Davis​

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Whilst travelling on an express train on a quest to find a missing agent, Steed and Mrs. Peel get caught up in an assassination attempt on the life of the British Prime Minister on the part of a disgruntled and murderous ticket collector. They are helped in their efforts to foil him by Mr. Crewe, an eccentric owner of an abandoned station.​

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[The 1960's]

S06E01 The Forget-Me-Knot (Sep.25.1968)
Stars Patrick Macnee Diana Rigg Linda Thorson Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Newell Jeremy Burnham Jeremy Young Alan Lake Douglas Sheldon John Lee Beth Owen Leon Lissek Tony Thawnton Edward Higgins Paul Weston​

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Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day. Finally Miss King becomes his new partner as Mrs. Peel's missing husband reappears and she goes off to join him.​

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S06E19 The Curious Case of the Countless Clues (Feb.05.1969)
Stars Patrick Macnee Linda Thorson Anthony Bate Kenneth Cope Tony Selby Peter Jones Edward de Souza George A. Cooper Reginald Jessup​

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With Miss King out of action nursing a broken ankle Steed goes it alone when Scotland Yard colleague Sir Arthur Doyle brings him in on a murder enquiry, with an abundance of clues, each one pointing to an illustrious suspect. In fact bogus cops Earle and Gardiner are operating a racket whereby they deliberately incriminate worthies as murder suspects and then blackmail them. Their latest target is Steed and his supposed victim is Miss King.​

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minikillers (1969) Short
Stars Diana Rigg José Nieto Moisés Augusto Rocha H. Coscollin Mme. Million El Sali​

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The Avengers on BluRay​

 

[The 1960's]

Dragnet (1951-1959)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Olan Soule
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

S01E11 The Big September Man (May.08.1952)
Stars Jack Webb Barney Phillips Stacy Harris George Sawaya Eddie Firestone Jonathan Hole Martin Cichy George Fenneman​

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Someone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall?​

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S02E04 The Big Seventeen (Nov.06.1952)
Stars Jack Webb Herbert Ellis Allene Roberts Willis Bouchey Edwin Bruce Forrest Lewis Vivi Janiss Herb Vigran Parley Baer​

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Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.​

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S02E11 The Big Show (Jan.22.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Virginia Gregg Clarence Cassell Vivi Janiss​

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A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.​

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S02E19 The Big Break (May.19.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Clarence Cassell Eddie Firestone Art Gilmore Harper Goff Adrienne Marden Dick Paxton​

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Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.​

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S02E28 The Big Hands (May.21.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Cliff Arquette Tom McKee Olan Soule Helen Kleeb Jeanne Baird Ted Bliss Mel Ford​

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Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.​

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[The 1960's]

S03E04 The Big Betty (Sep.24.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Gloria Saunders Allene Roberts Robert Clarke Jack Carol Mel Ford Charlotte Lawrence​

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A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.​

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S03E17 The Big Little Jesus (Dec.24.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Harry Bartell Joe Carioca Jr. James Griffith Ralph Moody Herb Vigran Walter Sande Billy Chapin​

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It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.​

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S03E19 The Big Trunk (Jan.07.1954)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Dayton Lummis Richard Garland James Anderson Lillian Powell Emlen Davies​

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Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.​

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S03E28 The Big Shoplift (Mar.11.1954)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Peggy Webber Allene Roberts Jonathan Hole Michael Ann Barrett Myra Marsh​

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There's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday and his partner are on the case. The detectives question a salesgirl from a big department store downtown, but she denies any involvement. They talk to a witness who saw another woman leave a parcel containing an expensive fur coat at a local bus station. Friday then talks to a teenage girl who saw a woman discard boxes of new items in a vacant lot. The girl knows the woman's identity and soon the officers are interrogating the shoplifter, a doctor's wife with a lot of time on her hands.​

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S03E29 The Big Hit-Run Killer (Mar.18.1954)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander James Anderson Walter Reed Mary Shipp Jack Carol Joe Cranston​

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A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul lend the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?​

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[Rustifer]

Episode Commentary
Hondo
"Hondo and the Mad Dog" (S1E8)

Hopefully to soften Neal's assessment that I'm a tough nut to crack, I'm putting forth this series--which lasted about 10 minutes in the vast cosmos of TV history. No doubt somebody on this thread already tagged Hondo as among the most obscure of obscurities, so forgive me if I'm treading over well-worn ground. It stars Ralph Taeger (who?) as an ex-Confederate army officer which, along with his dog Sam, roams around the West as a quasi Johnny Yuma type--aimless but well meaning.
Hondo had originally hoped to build a career as a saddle soap salesman, but at the time the soap industry was still in its infancy. Instead, he focuses his efforts on convincing the Army and the Indians to make nice with one another, possibly by hosting prairie BBQ parties and ballroom dancing.

In this episode, Hondo is taking a lunch break of Osso Bucco with an amusing Sauvignon while Sam runs off chasing a jack rabbit--which is high on a dog's list of acceptable diversions. Unfortunately, the dog witnesses Army Corporal Judd Barton (James MacArthur) stab and kill his fellow soldier over a gambling debt. Judd, having the intellectual content of a horseshoe, actually believes Sam will tattle on him. Judd's seen enough Rin Tin Tin and Lassie reruns to know canines are well above his pay grade in smarts.

Judd discusses gambling debts, Sam's new denture implants; The results of too many chili dogs at lunch

Meanwhile, Hondo and Sam return to the fort where F Troop is stationed. Sam immediately recognizes Judd as a bad guy and attacks him like a pound of ground chuck. Judd is incensed and labels Sam as rabid and must be destroyed. As a side note, the Camp Captain is beginning to question why Judd's companion has not yet returned. Judd sees Sam as a convenient excuse as to explain his partner's disappearance. When in doubt, always blame the dog--especially after a boy in camp is attacked. The fort's inhabitants are all in favor of putting Sam down before anyone else gets chewed--without realizing it's actually a wild wolf wandering the premises. Hondo knows it wasn't Sam who attacked the lad and tries mightily to keep the mob from sending his pet to the great Alpo bowl in the sky.

Hondo's one ally is storekeeper Angie (Kathie Browne), who appears to have borrowed one of Dolly Parton's fluffiest wigs and tightest fitting blouses. it's nice to have such a pretty thing among a gaggle of cavalry soldiers who bathe about as often as Nebraska has Tsunamis. In the end, Sam redeems himself by cornering the nasty wolf as well as uncovering Judd's murder victim. His reward? Hondo's Osso Bucco bone from lunch.

 

[Desslar]

S03E17 The Big Little Jesus (Dec.24.1953)
Stars Jack Webb Ben Alexander Harry Bartell Joe Carioca Jr. James Griffith Ralph Moody Herb Vigran Walter Sande Billy Chapin​

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It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.​

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Holy eyeopeners! Season 3 Episode 17 actually has a location shoot that runs a few minutes. The first few seasons are almost all in studio - did they venture outside more in later seasons to keep up with competitors like Highway Patrol?

 

[The 1960's]

Episode Commentary
Hondo
"Hondo and the Mad Dog" (S1E8)

Hopefully to soften Neal's assessment that I'm a tough nut to crack, I'm putting forth this series--which lasted about 10 minutes in the vast cosmos of TV history. No doubt somebody on this thread already tagged Hondo as among the most obscure of obscurities, so forgive me if I'm treading over well-worn ground. It stars Ralph Taeger (who?) as an ex-Confederate army officer which, along with his dog Sam, roams around the West as a quasi Johnny Yuma type--aimless but well meaning.
Hondo had originally hoped to build a career as a saddle soap salesman, but at the time the soap industry was still in its infancy. Instead, he focuses his efforts on convincing the Army and the Indians to make nice with one another, possibly by hosting prairie BBQ parties and ballroom dancing.

In this episode, Hondo is taking a lunch break of Osso Bucco with an amusing Sauvignon while Sam runs off chasing a jack rabbit--which is high on a dog's list of acceptable diversions. Unfortunately, the dog witnesses Army Corporal Judd Barton (James MacArthur) stab and kill his fellow soldier over a gambling debt. Judd, having the intellectual content of a horseshoe, actually believes Sam will tattle on him. Judd's seen enough Rin Tin Tin and Lassie reruns to know canines are well above his pay grade in smarts.

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Judd discusses gambling debts, Sam's new denture implants; The results of too many chili dogs at lunch

Meanwhile, Hondo and Sam return to the fort where F Troop is stationed. Sam immediately recognizes Judd as a bad guy and attacks him like a pound of ground chuck. Judd is incensed and labels Sam as rabid and must be destroyed. As a side note, the Camp Captain is beginning to question why Judd's companion has not yet returned. Judd sees Sam as a convenient excuse as to explain his partner's disappearance. When in doubt, always blame the dog--especially after a boy in camp is attacked. The fort's inhabitants are all in favor of putting Sam down before anyone else gets chewed--without realizing it's actually a wild wolf wandering the premises. Hondo knows it wasn't Sam who attacked the lad and tries mightily to keep the mob from sending his pet to the great Alpo bowl in the sky.

Hondo's one ally is storekeeper Angie (Kathie Browne), who appears to have borrowed one of Dolly Parton's fluffiest wigs and tightest fitting blouses. it's nice to have such a pretty thing among a gaggle of cavalry soldiers who bathe about as often as Nebraska has Tsunamis. In the end, Sam redeems himself by cornering the nasty wolf as well as uncovering Judd's murder victim. His reward? Hondo's Osso Bucco bone from lunch.

LOL, still half asleep first thing I thought was am I in the wrong thread? Then I thought maybe Russ pulled a Marv and posted this here by mistake?

Good one and thank you! Certainly far superior to any episode from the Hondo series itself which btw has never been posted nor even mentioned here. I bought it back in 2018 watched a couple episodes and it’s been gathering cat dander ever since.

Ironic that you popped in here today of all days with a fine commentary because this morning as I was detailing the further adventures of Sgt. Friday from 1967, I was thinking boy is that series just full of parody content. I see you’ve done Adam-12. Perhaps Dragnet isn’t too far behind.