Helen KleebFilmography

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors

Synopsis: In this filmization of the hit Broadway musical, a popular brothel is threatened with a shutdown by Texas authorities. Burt Reynolds plays the Sheriff, while Dolly Parton portrays the Chicken Ranch madam. While this film has its moments, it never reaches the entertainment heights of its stage Read More

A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain

Synopsis: Featuring a reunion of most of the cast of the long-running family series, The Waltons, this touching drama centers on the attempt of the now grown and scattered brood of Olivia and John Walton to regroup for an old fashioned family holiday. Unfortunately, John-Boy is not among them. ~ Sandra Read More

The Waltons: The Tempest

Synopsis: Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) receives word that her husband Curt, reported killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, is actually alive and living in Florida. Rushing to her husband's side, Mary Ellen is shocked when Curt claims not to recognize her--and even more so when, after admitting that Read More

The Waltons: The Hot Rod

Synopsis: Freshly returned from the War, Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) and Josh Foster (Jason Moses) have no intention of settling down and looking for employment, but instead plan to take it easy and have as much fun as possible. This "fun" soon devolves into foolish recklessness--which nearly proves fatal for Read More

The Waltons: The Move

Synopsis: Freed from a Japanese POW camp and safely returned to Walton's Mountain, Ben intends to enter the postwar working world as a professional engineer. His dad John (Ralph Waite), however, wants Ben to give up his plans and become a full partner at the family lumber mill. The situation changes Read More

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Synopsis: Huckleberry Finn joins Tom Sawyer and Jim, a runaway slave, as they escape down the Mississippi River on a raft. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Waltons: The Last Ten Days

Synopsis: In the waning days of WW2, Jason (Jon Walmsley) wonders if he should marry Toni (Lisa Harrison), especially since he is scheduled to be shipped off to the Pacific front. And in a faraway Japanese POW camp, Ben (Eric Scott) is convinced that he is about to be executed--when suddenly, his captors do Read More

The Waltons: The Heartache

Synopsis: After numerous delays and second thoughts, Aunt Rose (Peggy Rea) has accepted the marriage proposal of her longtime beau Stanley (William Schallert), and a wedding date is set. But the nuptuals may be permanently postponed when Rose's attack of "heartburn" proves to be something much more serious. Read More

The Waltons: The Hostage

Synopsis: Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) comes to the rescue of a 14-year-old mountain girl named Sissie (Debbie Lytton) , whose father has sold her into marriage. Angry over Mary Ellen's interference, Sissy's prospective husband Job (Gary Grubbs) kidnaps Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) in retaliation. On a Read More

The Waltons: The Revel

Synopsis: The Waltons comes to the end of its 221-episode run with this episode, in which John-Boy heads to New York to learn the fate of his third novel. Upon discovering that the book has been rejected, John-Boy is too proud to return home in defeat, even though he is flat broke. And back on Waltons' Read More

The Waltons: The Gold Watch

Synopsis: Rose Burton's erstwhile beau Stanley Perkins (William Schallert) returns to Walton's mountain, still determined to marry Rose (Peggy Rea) and still filling her head with grandiose tales of his fabulous success in the business world. But things quickly go sour when Rose finds out that Stanley has Read More

The Waltons: The Beginning

Synopsis: Practically everyone on Walton's Mountain is rousted from bed in the middle of the night to help newly arrived minister Tom Marshall (Kip Niven) refurbish and reopen the old Baptist Church. No one is happier over this spiritual reawakening than the Baldwin sisters, who are currently providing food Read More

The Waltons: The Pearls

Synopsis: Series regular Ronnie Claire Edwards) plays a dual role in this episode, as prim-and-proper storekeeper Corabeth Godsey and as Corabeth's polar-opposite sister Orma Lee. As the sisters squabble over which on will inherit a valuable string of pearls from their Aunt Cordelia, Corabeth can't help but Read More

The Waltons: The Idol

Synopsis: Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) finds a kindred spirit in the form of the Mountain's new schoolteacher, a brilliant young woman named Hazel (Susan Krebs). Conversely, Corabeth (Ronnie Claire Edwards) is shocked by Hazel's "progressive" ideas, especially her plans to conduct a sex-education class. As it Read More

The Waltons: The Inspiration

Synopsis: Former series regular Ellen Corby makes a return appearance in this episode, which revolves around a crisis in the home of the Baldwin sisters. Although Mamie Baldwin (Helen Kleeb) must have cataract surgery or risk total blindness, she refuses, citing the fact that her dear, departed daddy died Read More

The Waltons: The Pledge

Synopsis: Frustrated over her inability to diagnose a patient's illness, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) decides to forsake nursing and study to become a doctor. Unfortunately, she is stopped dead in her tracks by a chauvinistic college advisor, who flatly informs her that there will be absolutely no place Read More

The Waltons: The Triumph

Synopsis: While leading his squadron into battle in Germany, Jason (Jon Walmsley) comes across a shell-shocked American soldier named Willis (Mark McClure). Despite his emotional problems, Willis is a very handy man to have around when the squadron is besieged by an elusive German sniper. And back on Read More

The Waltons: The Furlough

Synopsis: Back home on furlough, John-Boy (Robert Wightman) has trouble remembering the details of the plane crash that had earlier left him in a comatose state. Even more perplexing are John-Boy's random references to some mysterious person named "Katie Ann." Quick, darting flashbacks to his wartime Read More

The Waltons: The Legacy

Synopsis: Having spent a lifetime pining over her lost love Ashley Longworth, Miss Emily Baldwin (Mary Jackson) is ecstatic when it seems that Ashley has returned to Walton's Mountain -- and more miraculously, he hasn't aged one bit! Actually, the new arrival on the Mountain is not Ashley Longworth but Read More

The Waltons: The Starlet

Synopsis: A motion-picture production company wants to make a documentary about J.D. Pickett's factory, but Erin (Mary McDonough) tries to prevent them from pestering the other workers. To get Erin out of their hair, the producers promise to take her to Hollywood and make her a star -- and she falls for Read More

The Waltons: Founders' Day

Synopsis: Walton's Mountain may be in for a name change when both the Baldwins and the Godseys come across evidence that their families, and not the Waltons, were the first to settle on the mountain. The Baldwin sisters are so certain that they will be able to prove their "ownership" that they begin Read More

The Waltons: The Return, Part 1

Synopsis: Richard Thomas briefly returns to the role of John-Boy Walton in this first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour installment). Upon hearing of the dire financial conditions in Jefferson County, John-Boy comes home with plans of reopening the old Guthrie coal mine. Read More

The Waltons: The Return, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), John (Ralph Waite) reacts with anger when he discovers that Erin has taken a second job, caring for the children of a single man. Meanwhile, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) has returned home in hopes of reopening Read More

The Waltons: The Ordeal, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), every member of the Walton family pitches in to help Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) recuperate from her crippling accident--especially Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) and Ben (Eric Scott), who feel responsible for her Read More

The Waltons: Spring Fever

Synopsis: Ben (Eric Scott) and Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) are dating local girls Ruby (Heather Totten) and Patsy (Debbie Gunn), respectively, when the brothers hit upon the idea of "trading" dates for one evening. The disastrous result of this impulsive decision causes a major row between the two Walton Read More

The Waltons: The Ordeal, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), an improperly stacked pile of logs causes Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) to break both her legs. When the doctor warns that Elizabeth may never walk again, two of her brothers, each convinced that he alone is at Read More

The Waltons: The Revelation

Synopsis: Just as he is about to accept a writing assignment in war-torn London, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) proposes to his erstwhile girlfriend Daisy (Deirdre Lenihan). It turns out, however, that Daisy has neglected to tell John-Boy a few things about herself--specifically, that she is the mother of a Read More

The Waltons: The Captive

Synopsis: Frustrated by her humdrum existence on Walton's Mountain, socialite-turned-storekeeper Corabeth Godsey (Ronnie Claire Edwards) secretly begins drinking. Before long, she is on the verge of becoming a full-fledged alcoholic, and despite the concerted efforts of John (Ralph Waite) and Olivia Read More

The Waltons: The Yearning

Synopsis: When a "skunk attack" forces the Mountain's new minister Andy March (Sean Thomas Roche) to move in with the Waltons, Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) develops a crush on the handsome young prelate. Elsewhere, the Baldwin sisters hope to sell their father's diaries to a Hollywood movie company, even though Read More

The Waltons: The Boosters

Synopsis: When Ben (Eric Scott) announces plans to start up a fancy motel, Corabeth (Ronnie Claire Edwards) offers him financial assistance -- with the understanding, of course, that she'll be given a generous share of the profits. Conversely, John (Ralph Waite) opposes Ben's plans, causing a serious rift Read More

The Waltons: Grandma Comes Home

Synopsis: This final episode of The Waltons' sixth season marks the return of series regular Ellen Corby, appearing as Grandma Walton for the first time since suffering a stroke in 1977. Back at home after a long hospital stay, Grandma is still unable to speak and is very limited in her movements. She's Read More

The Waltons: The Moonshiner

Synopsis: Jason (Jon Walmsley) takes it upon himself to reform his cousin Boone Walton (Morgan Woodward), who is a bit too fond of moonshine liquor. This proves difficult when Bonne befriends the Baldwin sisters, who of course have been brewing up their own special family "recipe" for years. Meanwhile Read More

The Waltons: The Obsession

Synopsis: While cramming for her nursing-license exams, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) stays alert by popping "wake-up" pills. Before long, she's hooked on the stimulants, and a near-fatal accident results. Now she must turn to her former beau Dr. Spencer (Robert Christopher Woods) to help her shake her Read More

The Waltons: The Ferris Wheel

Synopsis: A carnival pitches its tents on Walton's Mountain, and everybody is delighted--everyone except Elizabeth (Kami Cotler), who is tormented by nightmares of being trapped on a runaway Ferris wheel. Apparently, Elizabeth's phobia can be traced back to something that happened when she got lost on the Read More

The Waltons: The Hiding Place

Synopsis: Jean Marsh of Upstairs, Downstairs fame guest stars as Hilary Von Kleist, a cousin of the Baldwin sisters. The wife of a German national, Hilary it reluctant to discuss the Nazi domination of her new homeland. Despite this, John-Boy is determined to get the woman's "inside story" for his Read More

The Waltons: The Inferno

Synopsis: After winning a national writing contest, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is sent to cover the arrival of the dirigible Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey. But after the giant airship bursts into flames ("Oh, the humanity!"), John-Boy cannot summon up the words to describe the horrendous tragedy. Read More

The Waltons: The Seashore

Synopsis: Checking out a seaside house that the Baldwin sisters have donated to the War effort, the Waltons find a strange young English girl named Lisa (Vickery Turner) living inside the deserted building. It soon becomes obvious that Lisa is hiding a terrible secret that she refuses to share with Read More

The Waltons: The Children's Carol, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), the Baldwin sisters are visited by two English youngsters, Tess and Pip Wrayburn (Sally Boyden, Jeff Cotler), who have been evacuated to the States in the wake of the London blitz. While spending Christmas Read More

The Waltons: The Children's Carol, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Olivia (Michael Learned) has a crisis of faith during a Christmas visit from two British children (Sally Boyden, Jeff Cotler) who may have been orphaned in the London blitz. But the situation takes a positive Read More

The Waltons: The Quilting

Synopsis: It is a tradition on Walton's Mountain for a young girl to declare herself eligible for marriage by participating in a quilting bee with the older ladies of the community. Feeling that this is demeaning and insulting, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) refuses to have anything to do with the quilting Read More

The Waltons: The House

Synopsis: Grandpa (Will Geer) and Grandma (Ellen Corby) find themselves on opposite sides of a civic battle when the historic Whitley House is slated for demolition. Believing that the old house can be renovated, Grandma starts up a petition to that effect. Trouble is, Grandpa has already signed a contract Read More

The Waltons: The Fledgling

Synopsis: When the editor shuts down the newspaper where he works, John-Boy is given the opportunity to start up a periodical of his own. But before he can issue the first edition of the "Blue Ridge Chronicle", he must purchase the old paper's printing press--and thus he takes a full-time job to raise the Read More

The Waltons: The Big Brother

Synopsis: John-Boy (Richard Thomas) takes pity on Muffin Maloney (Vicky Schreck), a 12-year-old runaway who claims that her stepfather beats her night and day. When John-Boy allows Muffin to stay with the Waltons for a while, Grandpa (Will Geer) takes an immediate dislike to the girl, convinced that she is Read More

The Waltons: The Burnout, Part 1

Synopsis: Disaster strikes the Walton family when their house is gutted by a raging fire. While the neighbors help John (Ralph Waite) rebuild, Olivia (Michael Learned) arranges for several neighbors to shelter her children in the interim, causing a great deal of friction between the younger Waltons and Read More

The Waltons: The Test

Synopsis: Partly to help out with the family's finances, and partly because she feels lonely and isolated, Olivia (Michael Learned) takes a job as a streamstress. In this capacity, she forms a strong friendship with Stella Lewis (Abby Dalton), who suggests that Olivia go into business for herself. Will she Read More

The Waltons: The Last Mustang

Synopsis: Sheriff Ep Bridges (John Crawford) is challenged in the upcoming election by Glen Oldfield (John Fink), a flashy, flamboyant candidate who has a way with the ladies. Oldfield also knows how to manipulate the media, and pretty soon he is granting "special favors" to the Waltons in hopes of getting Read More

The Waltons: The Wedding, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), the Waltons have no sooner adjusted to the news that Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) has become engaged to wealthy medical intern David Spencer (Robert Merritt Woods) than the entire community must adjust to Read More

The Waltons: The Burnout, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), the Waltons struggle to put their lives back in order in the wake of the fire that has gutted their house. John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is guilt-ridden over the likelihood that he was responsible for the blaze Read More

The Waltons: The Baptism

Synopsis: When celebrated evangelist Ezekial Henshaw (John Karlen) comes to the Mountain, Olivia (Michael Learned) insists that every member of the Walton family be baptized--including those notorious "hold-outs", John (Ralph Waite) and Ben (Eric Scott). Turned off by Rev. Henshaw's hellfire-and-brimstone Read More

The Waltons: The Night Walker

Synopsis: With the help of storekeeper Ike Godsey (Joe Conley), Jason (Jon Walmsley) organizes a big dance for the people of Walton's Mountain. Unfortunately, the festivities coincide with the appearance of a mysterious nocturnal prowler, who holds the populace in a grip of terror. Clearly, the prowler is Read More

The Waltons: The Wedding, Part 1

Synopsis: The Walton family is startled (to say the least!) when Mary Ellen (Judy-Norton) announces her engagement to wealthy medical intern David Spencer (Robert Merritt Woods). Even more startling is Mary Ellen's insistence that the wedding take place immediately so that David can join his father's Read More

Eleanor and Franklin: The Early Years

Actors: Edward Herrmann, Jane Alexander, Linda Kelsey, Rosemary Murphy, Linda Purl

Synopsis: The winner of 11 Emmy awards, the made-for-TV Eleanor and Franklin stars Edward Herrmann as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt. The film traces the first four decades of the lives of cousins Franklin and Eleanor, beginning with their marriage in 1905. Conflicts loom in Read More

The Waltons: The Statue

Synopsis: Grandma (Ellen Corby) blows her top when Grandpa (Will Geer) comes home with a statue that he's won in a raffle. The statue bears a startling resemblance to one of Grandpa's old girlfriends, which of course is why he insists upon keeping it...and never mind the consequences! Elsewhere, Emily Read More

The Waltons: The Matchmakers

Synopsis: Ronnie Claire Edwards makes her first series appearance as John's insufferably "proper" cousin Corabeth. Hoping to get the woman out of his house, John (Ralph Waite) attempts to play matchmaker between Corabeth and local storekeeper Ike Godsey (Joe Conley)--but will these two opposites attract? Read More

The Waltons: The Sermon

Synopsis: As The Waltons begins its fourth season, Rev. Matthew Fordwick (John Ritter) and schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter (Mariclare Costello) are about to leave Walton's Mountain for their wedding and honeymoon. In their absence, John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas) agrees to deliver the Sunday sermon, while Read More

The Waltons: The Genius

Synopsis: Having trouble with his college physics class, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) begins studying with a brilliant tutor--a 16-year-old prodigy named Lyle (Dennis Kort). Invited to stay for a while with the Waltons, Lyle quickly demonstrates that though he may a genius, he is a complete social misfit Read More

The Waltons: The Boondoggle

Synopsis: John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is assigned to escort reporter Porter Sims (Richard McKenzie), who has come to the Mountain looking for material to include a Virginia travel guide. After visiting the Baldwin sisters, Sims uncovers some disturbing information about the ladies' esteemed father, the late Read More

The Waltons: The Cradle

Synopsis: No sooner has Olivia (Michael Learned) taken a job as a door-to-door salesman to help make ends meet in the Walton home than she discovers she is pregnant...again. As John (Ralph Waite) wonders if the family can afford another child, his youngest daughter Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) makes no secret of Read More

The Waltons: The Graduation

Synopsis: The Walton family spends a great deal of money to purchase a new suit of clothes for John-Boy's high school graduation. But when their cow suddenly dies, the Waltons desperately need ready cash to replace the bovine. Will John-Boy (Richard Thomas) stubbornly hold on to his graduation suit, or will Read More

The Waltons: The Ghost Story

Synopsis: The Walton kids purchase a Ouija board from storekeeper Ike (Joe Conley), and immediately set about to contact the spirit world. Though Olivia (Michael Learned) and Grandma (Ellen Corby) regard this activity as diametrically opposed to their religious beliefs, the kids' friend Luke (Kristopher Read More

The Waltons: The Thanksgiving Story, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is afforded the opportunity to qualify for a scholarship at Boatwright University--and, as icing on the cake, his former girlfriend Jenny (Sian Barbara Allen) is paying a return Read More

The F.B.I.: Sweet Evil

Synopsis: This time Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is on the trail of armed robbers Beau Parker (Andrew Prine and Cass Linden (Melissa Murphy), a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Tagging along for the ride is Cass's baby-faced kid sister Mary Linden (Jo Ann Harris), who not only gets a thrill out of Read More

The Waltons: An Easter Story, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of The Waltons' two-part Season One finale (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), the outlook is bleak for Olivia Walton (Michael Learned), who has been stricken with polio and may never walk again. Refusing to accept this prognosis, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) puts Read More

The Waltons: An Easter Story, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of The Waltons' two-part Season One finale (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) nervously looks forward to her first Easter dance. But her anticpation of this momentous event is eclipsed by a potential tragedy in the Walton Read More

Alexander

Actors: Red Buttons, Jodie Foster, Robbie Rist, Kerry MacLane, John Lupton

Synopsis: Red Buttons stars in this TV comedy drama as Alexander, a retired circus clown. The kids in Alexander's neighborhood love the old fellow because he is always friendly, always fun, and chock-full of exciting and amusing "tall tales." Ultimately, the youngsters (among them an 11-year-old Jodie Foster Read More

The Waltons: The Thanksgiving Story, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-part episode), John-Boy (Richard Thomas) refuses to reveal the seriousness of his accident, terrified that he will no longer qualify for a scholarship at Boatwright University. As John-Boy's eyesight grows weaker with each Read More

The Waltons: The Actress

Synopsis: When her limousine breaks down on the Mountain, flamboyant Hollywood actress Alvira Drummond (Pippa Scott) accepts the hospitality of the Walton family. Not unexpectedly, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) is quite star-struck by the glamorous visitor--while Grandma Walton (Ellen Corby) dourly Read More

The Waltons: The Fire

Synopsis: Walton's Mountain turns into a battleground over the teaching of Evolution. Lutie Bascomb (Richard Bradford), a hard-luck farmer whose violent temper has gotten worse since the breakup of his marriage, storms into the classroom of Miss Hunter (Mariclare Costello) and accuses her of "blasphemy" for Read More

The Waltons: The Courtship

Synopsis: Having lost his job in Cincinnati, Olivia's 64-year-old uncle Cody Nelson (Eduard Franz) relocates to Walton's Mountain. Hoping to alleviate Cody's loneliness, John-Boy (Richard Thomas) tries to play matchmaker between his uncle and local resident Cordelia Hunnicutt (Danna Hansen). But Olivia and Read More

The Waltons: The Separation

Synopsis: The plot of this episode is sparked (no pun intended) by an overdue electric bill. In his efforts to raise the necessary funds, Grandpa Walton (Will Geer) becomes enmeshed in a situation that incurs the wrath of Grandma (Ellen Corby). This minor and rather silly misunderstanding escalates into a Read More

The Waltons: The Prize

Synopsis: The Waltons attend the annual County Fair, where each family member hopes to win a prize. At the same time, Olivia's former beau Oscar Cockrell (Peter Donat) shows up at the fair in hopes of advancing his political career. Comparing Oscar's affluence with his own family's lack of same, John-Boy Read More

The Partridge Family: A Penny for His Thoughts

Synopsis: Stuart Margolin appears in this episode as poetry-spouting motorcyclist Snake, a role created in the second-season episode "A Man Called Snake" by All in the Family's Rob Reiner. This time around, the Partridges try to shake Snake out of his suicidal funk when his girlfriend Penny (Judie Stein) Read More

Bonanza: Forever

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Bonnie Bedelia

Synopsis: The fourteenth and final season of Bonanza began on September 12, 1972 with a special two-hour episode. As originally written by series star Michael Landon (who also directed), "Forever" was supposed to have focused on the ill-starred marriage between Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker) and Alice Harper Read More

The Waltons: The Star

Synopsis: Virtually everyone on Walton's Mountain is profoundly affected when a meteorite falls through the Baldwin sisters' roof. Grandpa (Will Geer) in particular regards the falling star as a grim omen, perhaps of his own imminent demise. Meanwhile, the Baldwins' disreputable cousin Polonius (Iggie Wolfington Read More

The Waltons: The Sinner

Synopsis: John Ritter makes his first appearance as Matthew Fordwick, the new minister on Walton's Mountain. No sooner has the sober, upright Rev. Fordwick arrived than he pays a visit to his distant relatives, the Baldwin sisters. Innocently consuming far too much of the Baldwins' special "recipe," the Read More

The Waltons: The Typewriter

Synopsis: In this pivotal episode, budding writer John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is encouraged by his teacher Miss Hunter (Mariclare Costello) to send one of his stories to a national magazine. Unfortunately, the publication accepts only typed manuscripts, and John-Boy can't afford a typewriter. With no other Read More

The Waltons: The Reunion

Synopsis: The Baldwin sisters are once again visited by one of their less reputable relatives. This time, their guest is cousin Homer (Denver Pyle), who hopes to persuade Miss Emily (Mary Jackson) and Miss Mamie (Helen Kleeb) to hold a Baldwin family reunion. In truth, however, Homer plans to use the Read More

Bonanza: Terror at 2:00

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Steve Ihnat

Synopsis: Steve Ihnat guest-stars as a self-proclaimed journalist named Gans, who shows up with his entourage in Virginia City to cover the signing of a treaty between the Paiute Indians and the Army. In truth, however, the rabidly racist Gans plans to kill everyone at the ceremony with his Gatling Gun. It Read More

Adam-12: Log 175: Con Artists

Synopsis: This evening's case log includes a family of grifters who have been cheating elderly residents out of their money with a phony house-repair racket. The scam comes to an abrupt end when Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) arrive on the scene. Elsewhere, the two patrol Read More

A Little Game

Synopsis: 13-year-old Robert Mueller (Mark Gruner) is obsessed with guns and has a morbid fascination with death. He is also deeply resentful over the fact that his widowed mother Elaine (Diane Baker) has married Paul Hamilton (Ed Nelson). Despite all this, Elaine could never believe that her darling boy Read More

Star Spangled Girl

Actors: Gordon Bosserman

Synopsis: Jerry Paris's Star Spangled Girl (1971), based on Neil Simon's play (a notorious Broadway flop), never made much of an impression in theaters, which is understandable with a cheap, overlit television look to most of it and Davy Jones singing the song "Girl" over the main titles (which got a lot Read More

Green Acres: The Confrontation

Actors: Frank Ferguson, Helen Kleeb, Johnny Whitaker, Debi Storm, Richard Steele

Synopsis: Newly appointed as president of the Hooterville school board, Oliver (Eddie Albert) must deal with a fervent campaign, spearheaded by his neighbors, to reinstate an expelled student. This isn't as easy as it seems: the "student" is Arnold the pig, who has been banished from the schoolhouse for Read More

Halls of Anger

Actors: Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, James A. Watson Jr., Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: White students are bussed into an all black school in this powerful drama. Quincy Davis (Calvin Lockhart) is the dedicated black English teacher who leaves an all white school to teach in the inner city. Lloyd Wilkerson (John McLiam) is the disciplinary principal who manages the institution like a Read More

Bonanza: A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy One

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Tom Bosley

Synopsis: While Sheriff Coffee testifies at a trial in San Francisco, Hoss Cartwright serves as temporary sheriff of Virginia City. Before long, Hoss has outraged and astonished the townsfolk by locking up millionaire Paul Forbes (Robert Emhardt) and his valet Fairfax (Jay Novello), for reasons which remain Read More

Fitzwilly

Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans, John McGiver, Harry Townes

Synopsis: When an aging philanthropist falls on hard times, her butler starts to rob the rich so that she can keep on giving to the poor in this comedy. Claude Fitzwilliam (Dick Van Dyke), known to his friends as "Fitzwilly," works as a butler for Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans), who -- ever since the Read More

The Fortune Cookie

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West

Synopsis: The British title of Billy Wilder's classic comedy was Meet Whiplash Willie -- for, despite Jack Lemmon's star billing, the movie's driving force is Oscar-winning Walter Matthau as gloriously underhanded lawyer "Whiplash" Willie Gingrich. CBS cameraman Harry Hinkle (Lemmon) is injured when he is Read More

The Munsters: A Visit from Johann

Synopsis: Dr. Victor Frankenstein IV (John Abbott), a descendant of the scientist who "created" Herman Munster, has in his possession a primitive, brutish Herman lookalike named Johann (also Fred Gwynne). Unfortunately, Johann escapes from Dr. Frankenstein's lab at precisely the same time that his Herman Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Twice-Told Twist

Synopsis: Perry Mason's one-and-only color episode is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The "Fagin" character is slimy art collector Benjamin Huggins (Victor Buono), who with the assistance of henchman Bill Sikes (Scott Graham) masterminds a teenage car-stripping gang. Murder rears its Read More

The Munsters: Underground Munster

Synopsis: Scolded by Herman (Fred Gwynne) for tracking mud into the house, the Munsters' fire-breathing pet dragon Spot runs away from home. The disgruntled Spot takes up residence in the city's sewer system, throwing the populace into a panic (and no doubt scaring off dozens of baby alligators!) The Read More

The Hallelujah Trail

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis: In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily Read More

Branded: The Rules of the Game

Synopsis: Disgraced Army officer Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) crosses the path of another outcast in the form of saloon girl-turned-dressmaker Elsie Brown (Jeanne Cooper). Inasmuch as Elsie once saved her life, Jason comes to the town of McKinley to return the favor. His visit coincides with that of a Read More

Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Actors: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway

Synopsis: An unusually long pre-credits sequence establishes the roots of faded Southern belle Charlotte's (Bette Davis) insanity; she'd been witness to the dismemberment murder of her fiance (Bruce Dern) and the suicide of the murderer, her own father (Victor Buono). Years later, Charlotte remains a Read More

Lost in Space: Return from Outer Space

Synopsis: Although John (Guy Williams) has warned his son Will (Bill Mumy) to stay away from the matter-transfer "maser beam" left behind by the Taurons in the earlier episode "The Sky is Falling", Will activates the device to keep Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) from messing with it. Instantly, the beam Read More

Seven Days in May

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

Synopsis: Adapted by Rod Serling from the best-selling novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles Waldo Bailey II, Seven Days in May was allegedly inspired by the far-right ramblings of one General Edwin Walker. Burt Lancaster plays General James M. Scott, who, convinced that liberal President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March Read More

Sex and the Single Girl

Actors: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Mel Ferrer

Synopsis: Helen Gurley Brown's self-help best-seller was the nominal source for this Hollywood sex romp, directed by Richard Quine, co-scripted by Joseph Heller and David R. Schwartz, and starring Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood. Tony Curtis plays Bob Weston, a writer for the scandal sheet "Dirt," who is Read More

The Fugitive: Moon Child

Synopsis: Now calling himself "Bill Martin", Kimble (David Janssen) arrives in a town where several women have fallen victim to a serial killer. A local vigilante committee, by nature suspicious of all outsiders, immediately assumes that Kimble is responsible for the killing spree. Joanne Mercer (June Read More

The Beverly Hillbillies: Granny Versus the Weather Bureau

Synopsis: With the help of numerous never-fail omens, not to mention her pet beetle, Granny has predicted that it is going to rain. Conversely, the Weather Bureau has declared that sunny skies are in the forecast. Inevitably, it all boils down to sophisticated science versus mountain instinct. John McGiver Read More

The Twilight Zone: Jess-Belle

Actors: Anne Francis, James Best, Laura Devon, Jeanette Nolan, Virginia Gregg

Synopsis: A haunting folk song written by Van Cleave serves as a framing device for this macabre hour-long Twilight Zone episode. Anne Francis plays the title character, a spiteful mountain girl who despairs when her boyfriend Billy-Ben Turner (James Best) dumps her in favor a Ellwyn Glover (Laura Devon). Read More

The Untouchables: The Economist

Synopsis: Unlike his fellow mobsters, Vincent Tunis (Joseph Sirola) can boast of an excellent education and a superbly analystical mind. This he proves when he methodically buys up and hoards all of the surplus whiskey in Chicago, waits patiently for other booze-supply sources to dry up, then sells his Read More

The Manchurian Candidate

Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva

Synopsis: An unusually tense and intelligent political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate was a film far ahead of its time. Its themes of thought control, political assassination, and multinational conspiracy were hardly common currency in 1962, and while its outlook is sometimes informed by Cold War Read More

The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the New Mayor

Actors: Parley Baer, Roy Engel

Synopsis: Parley Baer makes his first series appearance as Roy Stoner, the new mayor of Mayberry. A man who runs his administration strictly by the book, Stoner regards Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney as inept and inefficient-and this first impression would seem to be confirmed when the mayor finds a fish in Read More

The Young Savages

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, Edward Andrews, Larry Gates, Vivian Nathan

Synopsis: The Young Savages is what used to be called a "thinking man's picture" about a potentially lurid subject: urban juvenile delinquency. A blind Puerto Rican boy is knifed to death in Spanish Harlem, and three teenage gang members are accused of the crime. Politically ambitious assistant DA Burt Lancaster Read More

Cage of Evil

Actors: Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, John Maxwell, Preston Hanson

Synopsis: Scott Harper (Ron Foster) is frustrated and angry as a police detective because he keeps getting passed over for a promotion to lieutenant. Meanwhile, he is assigned to gain the confidence of Holly Taylor (Patricia Blair), the girlfriend of a suspect in a robbery/homicide. Predictably, the two Read More

Curse of the Undead

Actors: Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt, Bruce Gordon

Synopsis: Dracula straps on a side-arm and goes West in this combination horror-Western movie. After a western town is terrorized by the gunslinging vampire, a brave preacher decides he must destroy him. The vampire has picked out an especially juicy victim, the woman rancher who hired him. The preacher Read More

Dragnet: The Big Nazi

Synopsis: Once again, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) must stop a violent teenage gang war before hostilities have a chance to begin. The two detectives really have their work cut out for them this time: the agitator behind the turf war is a young Hitler worshipper who wears a Nazi uniform in Read More

Playhouse 90: Winter Dreams

Actors: Dana Wynter, John Cassavetes, Mildred Dunnock, Joseph Sweeney, Darryl Hickman

Synopsis: F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams" is brought to life in this 1957 Playhouse 90 presentation. John Cassavetes stars as Dexter Green, who has spent most of his life trying to fulfill the ambitions and hopes of his socially ambitious mother and his conservative father. Thanks to his Read More

A Day of Fury

Actors: Dale Robertson, Mara Corday, Jock Mahoney, Jan Merlin

Synopsis: A Day Of Fury stars Jock Mahoney as town marshal Alan Burnett, whose life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade (Dale Robertson), a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been Read More

Friendly Persuasion

Actors: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main, Robert Middleton, Richard Eyer

Synopsis: Adapted from the best-selling novel by Jessamyn West, Friendly Persuasion is set in Southern Indiana in the early days of the Civil War. Gary Cooper plays Jess Birdwell, patriarch of a Quaker family which does not believe in warfare. Birdwell's son Josh (Anthony Perkins) wishes to adhere to his Read More

Gunsmoke: Unknown Grave

Synopsis: Upon finding out that her son was killed and buried in an unmarked grave on Boot Hill, Mrs. Randolph (Helen Kleeb) shifts her affections to a young killer named Blackie (Ron Hagherty), who has been thrown in jail by Matt (James Arness). At the same time that Mrs. Randolph is passionately but Read More

There's Always Tomorrow

Actors: Gigi Perreau, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds, Judy Nugent

Synopsis: There's Always Tomorrow is a remake of a 1934 film of the same name. Fred MacMurray is a toy company executive whose wife (Joan Bennett) and kids (Gigi Perreau, William Reynolds and Judy Nugent) take him for granted. Barbara Stanwyck is Fred's former girlfriend, whose own business activities Read More

I Love Lucy: Ricky Needs an Agent

Actors: Parley Baer, Helen Kleeb

Synopsis: With her husband, Ricky (Desi Arnaz), between pictures, Lucy (Lucille Ball) disguises herself as Ricky's high-pressure agent "Lucille McGillicuddy," then storms the offices of MGM, demanding that the studio arrange a movie appearance for her "client." In her misguided zeal, Lucy insists that Read More

Witness to Murder

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon

Synopsis: The witness of the title is Barbara Stanwyck, who insists she's seen a man strangling a girl in the apartment across the street. The murderer is George Sanders, an ex-Nazi with plenty of experience in covering his tracks. Deftly disposing of body and clues, Sanders is able to convince the Read More

Magnificent Obsession

Actors: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger

Synopsis: This second film version of Lloyd C. Douglas' spiritual novel Magnificent Obsession is in its own way as successful as the first (filmed in 1935) in glossing over the plot holes and logic gaps in the original novel. Rock Hudson plays Bob Merrick, a reckless playboy who is indirectly responsible Read More

Dragnet: The Big Hands

Synopsis: An unidentified woman has been found strangled to death in a hotel room. The only clue to go on is the obvious that that the killer had extremely large hands. Investigating, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) end up asking several probing questions of elderly circus owner Al Morgan Read More

Dragnet: The Big Fake

Synopsis: Rookie officer Russell Clark (Todd Karns) is accused of robbing and assaulting a drunken man at a prizefight arena. The alleged victim insists that Clark be prosecuted, threatening to go to the newspapers if justice isn't done immediately, With Clark on suspension and in police custody, detectives Read More

Dragnet: The Big Speech

Synopsis: Sgt. Friday (Jack Webb) is invited to deliver a speech before a high school assembly, detailing the pitfalls of drug addiction. Ironically, once the speech is over, Friday must exercise his authority and arrest a baby-faced young dope addict (played by a decidedly pre-Adam 12 Martin Milner. Based Read More

Dragnet: The Big Death

Synopsis: Working undercover, Friday (Jack Webb) poses as a hit man, hired by Charles Stone (Vic Perrin) to kill Stone's wife (Helen Kleeb). Not unexpectedly, the killing doesn't take place and Stone is arrested--but there's a surprise in store for Friday, courtesy of the incredibly forgiving Mrs. Stone. Read More

Kansas City Confidential

Actors: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston S. Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand

Synopsis: Kansas City Confidential, Phil Karlson's low (low) budget, B-grade film noir, opens on a Kansas City armored-car robbery perpetrated by cynical, corrupt ex-policeman Timothy Foster (Preston S. Foster). Foster devises an outrageous scheme: he will recruit three of the most vicious and Read More

Dragnet: The Big Imposter

Synopsis: In a curious "stolen identity" episode (based on a Dragnet radio program first heard on July 7, 1951), Friday (Jack Webb) investigates when old Mr. Grady (Anthony Jochim) thinks that he has been reunited with his grandson Donald. It turns out that there are several inconsistencies in the stories Read More

There's Always Tomorrow

Actors: Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson, Louise Latimer, Elisabeth Young

Synopsis: In this melodrama, a devoted father begins feeling unappreciated at home and so embarks upon a clandestine friendship with a former employee. The children see them together and assume it's an affair. They beg him to end the relationship. Later the woman herself talks to the kids, assuring them Read More