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 - The People You Meet
Release Date: 1954-09-06In this comedy, the problems are worked out of a new play in Boston before it goes to Broadway.
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Episode 2 - Ten Minute Alibi
Release Date: 1954-09-13A man could lose his girlfriend to a blackmailer who's making his life miserable. That prompts him to plot a murder.
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Episode 3 - Diary
Release Date: 1954-09-20A small-town girl leaves her unhappy home to find her way in a large city. There she meets an unsavory character who, nevertheless, offers her the only understanding help she has ever known.
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Episode 4 - A Dreamer of Summer
Release Date: 1954-09-27A Brooklyn bookkeeper falls in love with a Bronx shipping clerk at a summer resort. Meanwhile, each fears that the other will discover their secret; it seems they both exaggerated greatly about their careers.
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Episode 5 - Two Wise Women
Release Date: 1954-10-04A married American banker falls for a French reporter while in Berlin.
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Episode 6 - Autumn Crocus
Release Date: 1954-10-11When love finally arrives for a spinster school teacher, she must reject it. The young innkeeper she's fallen for is already married.
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Episode 7 - A Foreign Affair
Release Date: 1954-10-18This comic romance begins in the post-war rubble of 1947 Berlin, Germany. Captain Pringle is in love with a U. S. Congresswoman on an investigation and the woman being investigated.
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Episode 8 - Remote
Release Date: 1954-10-25In this fictional documentary, a man campaigning for the governorship of a Southern state goes on trial for the murder of his secretary. The effects of television coverage on justice are highlighted as facts get distorted along party lines and the cameras cover the "event" inside and outside the courtroom.
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Episode 9 - The Gentleman
Release Date: 1954-11-01A man is obsessed with the way things used to be. Rather than accepting and appreciating the present, he sadly retreats to living his life in the past.
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Episode 10 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Part 1)
Release Date: 1954-11-08Subtitled "The Beastliness of Beauty", Victor Hugo's classic is adapted for television. It's the story of the hideous bell-ringing Quasimodo at the Cathederal of Notre Dame and the beautiful woman he loves, Esmeralda.
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Episode 11 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Part 2)
Release Date: 1954-11-15Subtitled The Beauty of the Beast, Victor Hugo's classic is adapted for the small screen. It's the story of the hideous bell-ringing Quasimodo at the Cathederal of Notre Dame and the beautiful woman he loves, Esmeralda.
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Episode 12 - Homecoming
Release Date: 1954-11-22On the weekend of the big homecoming game, a college football star plans for an improved future. The rich co-ed he's dating could be his ticket to an upgrade in his status.
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Episode 13 - Judith
Release Date: 1954-11-29Judith is a beautiful woman who proceeds to destroy the man she claims to have loved. She receives a well-earned retribution for her actions.
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Episode 14 - Dr. Ed
Release Date: 1954-12-06This inspirational story is based on real-life physician Dr. Edward Conner of Pennsylvania. In his life, he was able to start a clinic for handicapped kids, despite his personal battle with multiple sclerosis.
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Episode 15 - End of a Mission
Release Date: 1954-12-13A pilot who's thought to have died during a crash decides to "play dead" so he can remain near the woman he loves. Eventually, he wishes to return to the United States, as both a deserter and a casualty.
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Episode 16 - David Copperfield: the Search (Part 1)
Release Date: 1954-12-20In the first of two parts, young and motherless David is sent by his uncaring stepfather to live with the impoverished Micawbers in London. He barely survives, working at a warehouse gluing labels on bottles.
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Episode 17 - David Copperfield: the Reward (Part 2)
Release Date: 1954-12-27In the second of two parts, David conducts his romance with the spoiled Dora Spenlow and, with the help of Micawber, unmasks Uriah Heep as a scheming thief. This episode is subtitled "The Reward".
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Episode 18 - Death and the Sky Above
Release Date: 1955-01-03An innocent man convicted for the murder of his wife escapes to search for the guilty party, but is ultimately recaptured. Back in the death house, the moments tick by as the time of his execution gets nearer.
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Episode 19 - A Night for Dreaming
Release Date: 1955-01-10Three girls share a New York apartment, each with a dream they're pursuing. One wants to meet someone to love, one wants to marry a rich man, and last wishes to become a star. Each learns that their dreams come with high prices.
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Episode 20 - The Cypress Tree
Release Date: 1955-01-17A widow tries to move on following the death of her husband, but her sisters stand in the way. One wants her to forge ahead while the other wants her to go into seclusion in memory of her departed spouse.
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Episode 21 - Joe's Boy
Release Date: 1955-01-24A self-centered father is determined to see that his son, the soldier, gets married to a proper girl and starts a respectable career.
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Episode 22 - Deadline
Release Date: 1955-01-31A small town girl moves to the city and falls in love with her ruthless, cut-throat boss. During the time she awaits his proposal, she transforms into a hard-boiled career woman. When she returns to her hometown, she finds she doesn't fit in anymore.
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Episode 23 - The Lost Weekend
Release Date: 1955-02-07Robert Montgomery takes the starring role in this version of the famous film about a man slowly dying from alcoholism.
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Episode 24 - The Breaking Point
Release Date: 1955-02-14A pre-med college professor, whose wife died on the operating table, makes exams especially difficult for his students. His aim is to weed out those unworthy of the trust of the medical profession.
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Episode 25 - Coming of Age
Release Date: 1955-02-21Fears lead to upheaval in Terry Ballard's life as he suffers a mid-life crisis at his 40th birthday. His wife wants them to buy a new house and he's been offered a new position at work. Terry afraid to risk the security of his current position for the better-paying offer, fearful of being out of work if the new job doesn't work out.
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Episode 26 - A Very Special World
Release Date: 1955-02-28On the eve of his debut as a major league baseball player, a man is committed to a tuberculosis sanatorium. He tries to adjust to his new life with the help of two women who love him.
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Episode 27 - A Matter of Dignity
Release Date: 1955-03-07An arrogant man who has treated family, friends, and employees with disrespect and abuse finds his life threatened and no one to turn to for help.
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Episode 28 - A Stone for His Son
Release Date: 1955-03-14Prejudice almost destroys a family when a successful rancher disowns his only son for marrying a woman who's grandmother was a Sioux. The secret of the man's bigotry is revealed because of an unexpected tragedy.
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Episode 29 - N.Y. to L.A.
Release Date: 1955-03-21This show business story tells of an actor who ruthlessly pursues a studio contract with no regard for whom he steps on or uses along the way. His girlfriend is the last to realize his true nature.
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Episode 30 - The Iron Cobweb
Release Date: 1955-03-28An author returns to the hospital following the loss of her new-born. While there, she realizes that someone wants to make her seem unhinged by the infant's death.
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Episode 31 - The Tender Leaves of Hope
Release Date: 1955-04-04After suffering a serious accident, an accomplished surgeon fears that his skills are lost. He turns to a psychiatrist for help.
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Episode 32 - P. J. Martin and Son
Release Date: 1955-04-18A domineering mother controls the family business with a steely grip--the same one she uses to control her two sons.
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Episode 33 - The Tall Dark Man
Release Date: 1955-04-25A girl known for spinning fanciful stories witnesses a murder outside of her schoolroom window. Because of her reputation, no one believes her. What's worse, she realizes that the murderer saw her watching.
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Episode 34 - Bella Fleace Gave a Party
Release Date: 1955-05-02Octogenarian Bella Fleace decides to have one last fling and give a great ball, but no one attends.
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Episode 35 - The Great Gatsby
Release Date: 1955-05-09In an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "roaring twenties" book, a man pines for the woman who discarded him years earlier.
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Episode 36 - The Cage
Release Date: 1955-05-16In London during World War II, British counter intelligence agents track down a wily Nazi spy.
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Episode 37 - The Drifter
Release Date: 1955-05-23In the Old West, a Civil War veteran and a dance hall gal are awarded a stage coach line by its dying owner.
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Episode 38 - Now or Never
Release Date: 1955-05-30Jack and Liz meet on the Stamford, Connecticut express train. Through flashbacks, we learn they first met at the same location and began a torrid, though short-lived, love affair.
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Episode 39 - The Killers
Release Date: 1955-06-06Guilt plagues a number of people who feel that, perhaps, their indifference was a cause for a man's death.
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Episode 40 - Second Chance
Release Date: 1955-06-13A son feels so indebted to his family for having sacrificed to send him to college that he almost ruins his academic career.
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Episode 41 - There's No Need to Shout
Release Date: 1955-06-20Real-life newspaperwoman Frances Warfield jeopardizes her success by not addressing her hearing loss.
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Episode 42 - Towhead
Release Date: 1955-06-27The young new teacher in a small town tries to gently let down a young student who has a crush on her.
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Episode 43 - The Fourth of July
Release Date: 1955-07-04A determined police detective works to force a crooked former politician to face the music.
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Episode 44 - The Paper Hero
Release Date: 1955-07-11An unmarried middle-aged clerk at a marriage license bureau is a true romantic. He's always writing poems and bringing flowers for the young lovers who visit his office. He eventually falls for a widow, but starts to have second thoughts about marriage because of her superficial and self-centered ways.
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Episode 45 - The Diamond Curtain
Release Date: 1955-07-18A young woman moves to New York City and becomes a success, only to become entrapped by a life of superficiality.
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Episode 46 - Decision by Morning
Release Date: 1955-07-25A tough moral and professional decision faces a gifted eye surgeon. He can chose an action that may save a child's vision, but it would compromise medical standards.
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Episode 47 - A Slightly Important Man
Release Date: 1955-08-01A shrewish wife considers her husband's theater career to be competition for his affections. She forces him to make a choice.
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Episode 48 - Uncle Snowball
Release Date: 1955-08-08Two worldly gentlemen vie for the affections of an equally cosmopolitan woman in this light comedy.
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Episode 49 - Late Love
Release Date: 1955-08-15Rosie escapes her dull life as an office secretary engaged for a decade to a dentist through her elaborate daydreams. When Rosie loses her job, she indulges her imagination by heading for Mexico armed with a Geiger counter.
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Episode 50 - Rosie
Release Date: 1955-08-22An office secretary has been engaged to a dentist for 10 years. The doctor feels he must have security before he settles down to wed and start a family.
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Episode 51 - The Return of Johnny Burro
Release Date: 1955-08-29One half of a once-dangerous criminal duo is now reformed. His ex-partner arrives, looking for a place to hide out for a while.