2022-09-11

T5#205 A Birthday Present

Episode number: 205

Network broadcast date: Friday, May 14, 1965
A Birthday Present
Genre: Suspense melodrama
Author: Lillian & Max Berton
Production number:
205
Production date:
Tuesday, April 20, 1965
Director:
Ted Bell
Producer:
Ted Bell

Plotline: After a lifetime of pulling his reckless younger brother out of jams, a lonely gas station attendant reluctantly agrees to do it yet again, taking in the ne’er-do-well’s girlfriend and her young son. But when love grows between him and his houseguests, he knows his brother’s next surprise visit could spell disaster for everyone.

Listen:

https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650514+205+A+Birthday+Present.flac

https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650514+205+A+Birthday+Present+WLS-Chicago+AIRCHECK.flac

 

Cast: George Petrie, Ann Hilton, Cliff Carpenter, Alan Howard, Robert Dryden

Notes:

No opening tease in surviving recordings; one recording is WLS-Chicago aircheck