Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Episode 1 - Bubbles
Release Date: 1951-09-10A young girl is nervous about the return of her mother from a mental institution, so her father buys her a kitten to calm her. Unfortunately, when the mother arrives, the daughter pays more attention to Bubbles than to her.
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Episode 2 - I am Still Alive
Release Date: 1951-09-24In this comedy of mistaken identity, a blonde knocks a driver unconscious when she rear-ends his car with hers. She can't find any identification on him; the only clue is a script that indicates he's a spy.
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Episode 3 - To Walk the Night
Release Date: 1951-10-08College friends Bark and Jerry discover their old friend Professor LeNormand dead in his observatory, burned to death from the inside out. Most shocking, the confirmed bachelor had just married an enigmatic woman who seems unfazed by his death. Within days, Jerry is engaged to marry the mysterious widow, leading Bark to believe she was somehow involved in the professor's death.
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Episode 4 - I Wouldn't Want to Be in Your Shoes
Release Date: 1951-10-22Unusual circumstances befall a hapless man who's missing a pair of shoes, leading to his involvement in a murder.
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Episode 5 - An Inspector Calls
Release Date: 1951-11-05A suspicious inspector investigates the murder of a young woman who was part of a respectable middle-class British family. He uncovers bizarre motivations among the family members before he's revealed to be an impostor.
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Episode 6 - The Kimballs
Release Date: 1951-11-19Steve LaFarge visits the small town of his childhood and meets the current residents of the house in which he played. He falls in love with the daughter, Ann Kimball, but is given the cold shoulder by her aloof father. Old man Kimball has been bitter ever since the murder of his wife 15 years earlier. Steve is shocked by the realization that he may have been involved in the woman's death.
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Episode 7 - Top Secret
Release Date: 1951-12-03A foreign service agent brings along his young adult daughter on a mission, traveling to a country on the verge of a revolution.
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Episode 8 - A Christmas Gift
Release Date: 1951-12-17This holiday love story set in war-torn Sognac, France involves a French underground fighter, an American lieutenant, and a lovely, young maiden.
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Episode 9 - The Farmer's Hotel
Release Date: 1952-01-07While their car is being repaired, man and woman stop by the Farmer's Hotel to use their phone. It happens to be the hotel's opening night and they're joined by the business manager and staff, an intoxicated truck driver, a doctor, and three vaudevillians. Everyone's having a delightful time until an argument starts.
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Episode 10 - Cashel Byron's Profession
Release Date: 1952-01-14In 1867 London, boxer Cashel Byron woos cultured aristocrat Lydia Carew. He attempts to keep his sorted profession, illegal at the time, a secret from the priggish woman.
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Episode 11 - The Tender Men
Release Date: 1952-01-21A farm boy from the country moves to the big city to make his mark. When he ends up broke and hungry, he proves an easy target for the Communist party.
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Episode 12 - Eva? Caroline?
Release Date: 1952-01-28Police in Detroit have charged Eva Lang with committing a murder several years earlier. She claims that she is, in reality, is Caroline, the wife of a Baltimore lawyer. Even though she produces 28 witnesses to validate her claim, the lawyer says his wife is deceased.
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Episode 13 - Rise Up And Walk
Release Date: 1952-02-04Turnley Walker, at six feet and 200 pounds, is struck with polio at age 30. This true drama is based on his book which chronicles his courage as he battles the dread disease.
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Episode 14 - The Moonstone
Release Date: 1952-02-11When a valuable gem is stolen from a Buddhist temple, the priests place a curse on the object. The gem's original owner ends up dead and the rock disappears.
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Episode 15 - Those in Favor
Release Date: 1952-02-18This Cold War political drama concerns a U.N. meeting in Paris and the relationship between the U.S. and Soviet delegates.
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Episode 16 - Storm
Release Date: 1952-02-25A freak storm originates on the West Coast and travels across the county, and the weather bureau tracks it along its path. The stories of various people affected by the violent weather are dramatized by a cast of forty-plus.
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Episode 17 - Happy Birthday, George
Release Date: 1952-03-03During WWII, an American soldier celebrates three of his birthdays, each with a different woman; one is British, one an American and one is Belgian. As the episode closes, the now-older soldier is surrounded by his children who are awaiting the arrival of their mother. The mystery is which one of those three women will arrive.
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Episode 18 - Guardian of the Clock
Release Date: 1952-03-10In this comedy/drama, a maintenance man plays a practical joke and changes the time on a huge skyscraper's outdoor clock. Because of his little prank, several people's lives are unexpectedly changed that evening.
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Episode 19 - The Wall
Release Date: 1952-03-17Lording over a decaying New England manor, a woman is visited by her brother and his new wife and her devious ex-sister-in-law. A murder soon follows.
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Episode 20 - Claire Ambler
Release Date: 1952-03-24A 1920s flapper has her faith in her father completely shattered, starting her on a path of destructive revenge.
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Episode 21 - See No Evil
Release Date: 1952-03-31Excitement finally comes into the boring life of a man when he witnesses a murder. Being the lead witness for the state, even more intrigue arrives in the form of a letter threatening him and his family with violence.
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Episode 22 - O Evening Star
Release Date: 1952-04-07It's the 1920s and Amy Bellaire is already becoming a has-been. She split with the man who made her famous and is now she's broke. The humiliation mounts as she attends an auction of her expensive personal belongings.
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Episode 23 - Operation Hitch-Hike
Release Date: 1952-04-14In this tale of World War II espionage, German soldiers disguised as GI's cross American lines to sabotage ammunition dumps. Three of the men, while hitch-hiking, are given a lift by a Red Cross worker. When a storm comes up, the woman's forced to take refuge with them in a farmhouse.
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Episode 24 - And Never Come Back
Release Date: 1952-04-21Two ex-wives of the same man are aboard a train heading to Los Angeles. The goal of both is to reunite with their former husband. Only one of the women makes it to their L.A. destination.
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Episode 25 - The Truth About Blayds
Release Date: 1952-04-28Lying on his death bed, famous poet Oliver Blayds reveals startling secrets from earlier in life.
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Episode 26 - The Lonely
Release Date: 1952-05-05An American pilot falls for a young British woman during World War II.
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Episode 27 - Lila, My Love
Release Date: 1952-05-12A reporter for a Paris newspaper encounters an American woman with great ambitions.
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Episode 28 - The Longest Night
Release Date: 1952-05-19An ambitious pianist hurt by the lack of love from her mother chooses a music career over the man who loves her. She returns years later as a successful performer to find her former love is now married and running for the governorship.
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Episode 29 - The Ringmaster
Release Date: 1952-05-26A one-time actor suffered a crippling injury early in his career. Now managing a inn, he takes great delight in influencing the lives of his guests--in negative ways.
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Episode 30 - Candles for Theresa
Release Date: 1952-06-02Following World War II, American painter Richard Clyde travels to a French village that was occupied by the Germans. His purpose is to find the traitor who caused his brother to be murdered by the Nazis. Richard finds the residents battered and distrustful of himself and each other.
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Episode 31 - Penny
Release Date: 1952-06-09An understanding father deals with the trials and tribulations of having a 15-year-old daughter.
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Episode 32 - Of Lena Geyer
Release Date: 1952-06-16Real-life soprano diva Mimi Benzell plays the role of an opera star whose romance comes to a bitter end, leaving her to vow never to again mix love and work. Benzell performs "La Traviata," "Mmme. Butterfly," and "Tannhauser."
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Episode 33 - Til Next We Meet
Release Date: 1952-06-23A wealthy but unhappy woman meets a hard-boiled newspaper reporter and sets out to prove that she has as much love within her as she has money.
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Episode 34 - King of the Castle
Release Date: 1952-06-30In this dramatic comedy, the last in a long line of Scottish lords goes to great measures to avoid the family curse.
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Episode 35 - Sheppy
Release Date: 1952-07-07Sheppey is an English barber who wins big playing the Irish sweepstakes and decides to spread his wealth among the poor and sick. Along the way, he meets an impoverished shop girl in a local pub.
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Episode 36 - The Catbird Seat
Release Date: 1952-07-14For thirty years, Erwin Martin has been an exemplary employee as head of the filing department at an advertising agency. His orderly world could be disrupted when the company brings in an efficiency expert. Martin uses his quiet, mild manner to circumvent the flashy "expert" and leave her powerless over him.
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Episode 37 - Advice to the Lovelorn
Release Date: 1952-07-28A newspaper publisher who has no time for love hires a psychology professor to write the "Advice to the Lovelorn" column in his paper. Before he knows it, he's fallen in love with the columnist.
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Episode 38 - Mr. Dobie Takes a Powder
Release Date: 1952-08-04The manager of the household furnishings section of a department store rebels when the company forces an efficiency expert on him.
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Episode 39 - Summer Story
Release Date: 1952-08-11An employee at a travel agency is given a dream vacation by a co-worker who won it but can't use it. Living it up in a swanky hotel, her troubles begin when she starts hanging out with a playboy.
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Episode 40 - Stand-In Bride
Release Date: 1952-08-18A gown designer's assistant delivers a dress to the governor who's planning a secret wedding. When word of their nuptials is leaked to the press, the woman has an idea for distracting the reports. After the ceremony, she'll don the gown, the governor's aide will wear a tux, and the two will act as decoys.
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Episode 41 - Nostradamus Beery
Release Date: 1952-08-25In this comedy, a man has the ability to predict various events--some important, some trivial. Once a reporter catches wind of his talent, the publicity turns his life into a circus.