It's a fairly cerebral lineup tonight...You Bet Your Life is pretty good...love Halls of Ivy...some sci fi with X Minus One...and don't know much about Justice from the NBC University Theater...
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7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 8, 1960. CBS net. "The Phoney Phone Matter". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax. J. Ransom Wendell, a very important client, wants to see Johnny right away...but for what purpose? The story title was subsequently used on, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" on December 16, 1961 (see cat. #43562) but it's not the same plot. Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Marvin Miller, Richard Crenna, Lou Merrill, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), John Wald (announcer). 22:40. Audio condition: Very good. Incomplete.
7:30 Dragnet. June 29, 1954. Program #254. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Check". The body of Walter Gilmer is found floating in the lake in MacArthur Park. Friday goes undercover to find the gang selling the heroin that killed him. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. September 13, 1952. CBS net. "Home Surgery". Sustaining. Marshal Dillon is forced to amputate the leg of a settler on the prairie. The man's beautiful daughter is the object of Ben Walling's affection. The script was used again on Gunsmoke on June 23, 1957 (sse cat. #62281) and on the Gunsmoke television series on October 8, 1955. William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Meston (writer), John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Sammie Hill, Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer). 30:56. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 You Bet Your Life. 10/19/49 #86 Secret Word “Clock” (Elgin American) (NBC) (29:26). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:00 The Halls Of Ivy. March 3, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Fifteen-year-old genius Merton Sevada is in love...with Mrs. Hall! Barney Phillips, Benita Hume, Don Quinn (creator, writer), Gloria Gordon, Henry Blair, Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Nat Wolff (director), Ronald Colman, Walter Newman (writer). 29:32. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 X Minus One. March 14, 1956. NBC net. "The Tunnel Under The World". Sustaining. The ultimate experiment in mind control. It's June 15th today...and tomorrow...and tomorrow. The script was used subsequently on September 4, 1956 (see cat. #3827) and on "Future Tense" on May 8, 1974 (see cat. #13277). The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during September, 1974. Frederick Pohl (author), Fred Collins (announcer), George Lefferts (adaptor), John Larkin (narrator), Daniel Sutter (director), Les Damon, Ginger Jones, Bob Hastings, Connie Lembcke, Stan Early, Kermit Murdock, William Welch (producer). 29:32. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The NBC University Theatre. October 31, 1948. NBC net. "Justice". Sustaining. A portrait of an 81-pound forgery, and the British system of justice at the turn of the century. Alma Lawton, Ben Wright, Crauford Kent, Dan O'Herlihy, Donald Morrison, Eric Snowden, George Lefferts (writer), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Hugh Thomas, James Hilton (intermission commentator), John Galsworthy (author), John Hoyt, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill, Raymond Lawrence, Tom McKee. 59:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.