T5#260 Joey (final episode of the series)

Episode number: 260

Network broadcast date: Friday, July 30, 1965
Joey
Genre: Human interest
Author: Robert Cenedella
Production number: 260
Production date: Thursday, July 8, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: After 10 months with their foster son, a couple suddenly faces losing him to a family looking to adopt. But the foster dad has other ideas…

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650730+260+Joey.flac

Cast: Peter Donald, Cecil Roy, Natalie Priest, Nat Polen

Notes:

Final official broadcast, but T5 continues in syndication through the 1960s

T5#259 Big Deal on Sutton Street

Episode number: 259

Network broadcast date: Thursday, July 29, 1965
Big Deal on Sutton Street
Genre: Comedy
Author: George Bamber
Production number: 259
Production date: Wednesday, July 7, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: Droll playboy finds himself at the center of a kidnapping plot — much to his delight. Seeing the whole thing as a lark, he takes over the planning himself, hoping to turn it into the social event of the year.

Listen:

Network: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650729+259+Big+Deal+on+Sutton+East.flac

AFRTS (LQ):
https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650729+259+Big+Deal+on+Sutton+East+AFRTS.flac

Cast: Elliott Reid, Ralph Bell, Ethel Owen, Jack Grimes

Notes:

Network and AFRTS copies exist; AFRTS version has Hans Conried explaining the origin of the word "boycott" at approximately 10m30s and AFRTS ID at end; no opening tease

T5#258 Death Watch

Episode number: 258

Network broadcast date: Wednesday, July 28, 1965
Death Watch
Genre: Melodrama
Author: Hal Hackady
Production number: 258
Production date: Tuesday, July 6, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A surgeon if forced at gunpoint to help a poor teenager’s sick mother. But what happens when the patient dies before they even get to her?

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650728+258+Death+Watch.flac

Cast: George Petrie, Evie Juster, Don Scardino, Ronald Liss

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#257 I Spy Sister Sairey

Episode number: 257

Network broadcast date: Tuesday, July 27, 1965
I Spy Sister Sairey
Genre: Psychological drama
Author: William Mourne
Production number: 257
Production date: Thursday, July 1, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A woman has been convicted of murder and the evidence is indisputable. But one psychiatrist is convinced there’s another explanation: Multiple Personality Disorder. 

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650727+257+I+Spy+Sister+Sarri.flac

Cast: Walter Abel, Vicki Vola, Joan Lorring, Jerry Hausner

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#256 In Absence of All Intelligent Life

Episode number: 256

Network broadcast date: Monday, July 26, 1965
In Absence of All Intelligent Life
Genre: Science fantasy
Author: George Bamber
Production number: 256
Production date: Wednesday, June 30, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: When explorers land on an alien planet and discover the remains of a dead civilization they seek to uncover what caused its extinction — with shocking results.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650726+256+In+Absence+of+All+Intelligent+Life.flac

Cast: William Redfield, Cliff Carpenter, Guy Sorel, Peter Ratray

Notes:

Was originally used on Suspense 1960-07-10 as Report from a Dead Planet; No opening tease

F5#255 Whatever Happened to the 5:25?

Episode number: 255

Network broadcast date: Friday, July 23, 1965
Whatever Happened to the 5:25?
Genre: Drama
Author: James McGinn
Production number: 255
Production date: Tuesday, June 29, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: When a middle-aged commuter’s usual train home is cancelled, he breaks his routine for the first time in years, grabbing a drink at the terminal bar and striking up a conversation with a wild young woman — who is about to change his life forever. 

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650723+255+Whatever+Happened+to+the+5-25.flac

Cast: Stan Watt, Jerry Hausner, Gilbert Mack, Carol Ann Daniels

Notes:

Fred Foy reads the opening tease.

T5#254 The Jazz Festival

Episode number: 254

Network broadcast date: Thursday, July 22, 1965
The Jazz Festival
Genre: Modern melodrama
Author: Fielden Farrington
Production number: 254
Production date: Monday, June 28, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A prizefighter with a gentle soul finds himself pulled into a love triangle with a jazz musician and his manipulative girlfriend.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650722+254+Jazz+Festival.flac

Cast: Ed Zimmerman, Evie Juster, Teri Keane, Peter Fernandez, Jack Grimes

Notes:

The original script title was "Festival of Jazz"