T5#201 Lift to Beyond

Episode number: 201

Network broadcast date: Monday, May 10, 1965
Lift to Beyond
Genre: Human interest
Author: Nancy Moore
Production number: 199
Production date: Tuesday, April 13, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: Losing his job to automation, an aging elevator operator spends his final day reminiscing about the past forty years he served proudly. But when the crew arrives early to replace the classic mahogany lift with cold steel, they find the building’s tenants and the elevator “herself” standing up for the kind old man they’ve grown to love.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650510+201+Lift+to+Beyond+WLS-Chicago+AIRCHECK.flac

Cast: Edgar Stehli, Ian Martin, Betty Garde, James McCallion, Peter Ratray, George Petrie

Notes:

CBSRMT 1979-09-03, Tomorrow Will Never Come; surviving copy is WLS-Chicago aircheck

T5#200 The Ten Year Old Car

Episode number: 200

Network broadcast date: Friday, May 7, 1965
The Ten Year Old Car
Genre: Murder mystery
Author: Marquita Fisher
Production number: 200
Production date: Wednesday, April 14, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A heartbroken widow concocts a scheme to catch her husband’s murderer using his old car — and the valuable secret hiding inside it.

Listen:

 https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650507+200+The+Ten+Year+Old+Car.flac

Cast: Laura Stuart, Ed Zimmerman, Diane Rousseau, Owen Jordan

 

T5#199 Reunion

Episode number: 199

Network broadcast date: Thursday, May 6, 1965
Reunion
Genre: Human interest
Author: Robert Cenedella
Production number: 201
Production date: Wednesday, April 14, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: Having achieved incredible success and influence in the business world, a wealthy tycoon returns to his hometown to land his greatest prize yet: the love of an old flame. Sure, they haven’t spoken in years and she’s now married but he always gets what he wants. Right?

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650506+199+Reunion.flac

Cast: Augusta Dabney, Lon Clark, Evie Juster, Donald Buka

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#198 The Name Game

Episode number: 198

Network broadcast date: Wednesday, May 5, 1965
The Name Game
Genre: Adventure
Author: Richard McCracken
Production number: 198
Production date: Monday, April 12, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: When a burnt out cabbie winds up with a wealthy passenger’s wallet, his mischievous buddy convinces him to head to Vegas and try their luck at the craps table. But they’re about to learn that gambling with the wrong person’s money is always a losing game.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650505+198+The+Name+Game.flac

Cast: James McCallion, Jack Grimes, William Griffis, Guy Sorel, Robert Dryden

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#197 Incident on U.S. 1

Episode number: 197

Network broadcast date: Tuesday, May 4, 1965
Incident on U.S. 1
Genre: Melodrama
Author: Hal Hackady
Production number: 197
Production date: Friday, April 9, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A holdup doesn’t go as planned when the kind-hearted diner owner thwarts the gunman and instead of turning him in, offers the desperate kid a second chance.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650504+197+Incident+on+US1.flac

Cast: James Earl Jones, James McCallion, Robert Dryden

 

T5#196 Driver's Seat

Episode number: 196

Network broadcast date: Monday, May 3, 1965
Driver's Seat
Genre: Human interest drama
Author: Ian Martin based on an idea by Betty Richards
Production number: 193
Production date: Monday, April 5, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A stockbroker goes above and beyond for his biggest client, even working as the cabin boy on his massive yacht, suffering no end of indignities to keep him happy. But when the mogul starts flirting with his wife, the stockbroker hits his limit, taking off in a dingy to go drink — with disastrous consequences.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650503+196+Driver's+Seat.flac

Cast: Haila Stoddard, David Kerman, Arthur Kohl, Ed Zimmerman, Alan Howard, Guy Repp

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#195 Make My Name Clean

Episode number: 195

Network broadcast date: Friday, April 30, 1965
Make My Name Clean
Genre: Topical drama
Author: Romeo Muller
Production number: 194
Production date: Tuesday, April 6, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A mysterious woman lures a high-powered press agent to her apartment where he’s surprised with an offer: her father, one of the city’s most infamous gangsters, is dying and would like to hire him to clean up his public image.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650430+195+Make+My+Name+Clean.flac

Cast: Santos Ortega, James McCallion, Joan Lorring, Peter Carew

Notes:

No opening tease