T5#215 The Protective Circle

Episode number: 215

Network broadcast date: Friday, May 28, 1965
The Protective Circle
Genre: Crime melodrama
Author: Max Berton
Production number: 215
Production date: Friday, April 30, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: After a series of threatening phone calls, a high powered executive decides her business partner is right: it’s time for a vacation to the Caribbean. But the island retreat may not be the escape she hoped it would be.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650528+215+The+Protective+Circle.flac

Cast: Joan Lovejoy, Toni Darnay, James McCallion, Georgia Burke, Jerry Hausner, Peter Ratray

Notes:

No opening tease; Georgia Burke played "Lily" for 14+ years in When a Girl Marries with Warren Somerville when he was director of the soap opera in the 1950s.

T5#214 Barefoot in Athens

Episode number: 214

Network broadcast date: Thursday, May 27, 1965
Barefoot in Athens
Genre: Comedy drama
Author: Richard McCracken
Production number: 214
Production date: Thursday, April 29, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: The ferry boat operator for a wealthy family has his heart set on marrying their beautiful daughter, but his aimless lifestyle is never going to fly with her demanding parents. Luckily, her scheming grandmother is another story…

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650527+214+Barefoot+in+Athens.flac

Cast: Cliff Carpenter, John Gibson, Abby Lewis, John McGovern, Elspeth Eric, Elliott Reid, Holly McIntire

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#213 Incident at Phong Trang

Episode number: 213

Network broadcast date: Wednesday, May 26, 1965
Incident at Phong Trang
Genre: Topical drama
Author: Stanley Rubens
Production number: 213
Production date: Wednesday, April 28, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: Imprisoned behind enemy lines, an American P.O.W. is grilled about the US’s latest technology. But the more the interrogator learns about his prisoner’s friendship with a Vietnamese “traitor,” the more the soldiers start to form their own unlikely bond.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650526+213+Incident+at+Phong+Trang.flac

Cast: Robert Dryden, Gilbert Mack, Larry Robinson, James Monks

Notes:

Rubens was a writer but found most of his success as a business executive and real estate developer; his last local stage play was produced when he was 91 in 2005 (from 2006 obituary); no opening tease.

T5#212 The Dance Hall

Episode number: 212

Network broadcast date: Tuesday, May 25, 1965
The Dance Hall
Genre: Drama
Author: Virginia Marie Cooke
Production number: 212
Production date: Wednesday, April 28, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: In the final hours before his execution, a death row inmate prepares for the electric chair while his attorney desperately chases a pardon from the governor.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650525+212+The+Dance+Hall.flac

Cast: Frank Thomas, George Petrie, Erik Rhodes, Toots Thielmans, Arthur Kohl

Notes:

Toots Thielemans was a jazz musician mostly known for his harmonica, guitar and whistling skills, and his jazz compositions; it's likely Alexander Vlas Datzenko played a role in recruiting him for the appearance

T5#211 Rocky Loves Julie

Episode number: 211

Network broadcast date: Monday, May 24, 1965
Rocky Loves Julie
Genre: Psychological drama
Author: Fielden Farrington
Production number: 211
Production date: Tuesday, April 27, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: What starts as a series of obscene phone calls quickly escalates when a young woman finds herself trapped in her apartment with an unhinged stalker.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650524+211+Rocky+Loves+Julie.flac

Cast: Donald Buka, Joan Lorring, Corrine Orr

 

T5#210 Two Birds, One Stone

Episode number: 210

Network broadcast date: Friday, May 21, 1965
Two Birds, One Stone
Genre: Suspense drama
Author: Hal Hackady
Production number: 210
Production date: Monday, April 26, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: After serving 15 years behind bars for embezzlement, a man returns to take revenge on the boss who framed him, then stole his work and his wife. But the ex-con is about to learn that the last 15 years have changed his boss too.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650521+210+Two+Birds%2C+One+Stone.flac

Cast: William Griffis, Ralph Camargo, Vicki Vola

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#209 Death of an Old Flame

Episode number: 209

Network broadcast date: Thursday, May 20, 1965
Death of an Old Flame
Genre: Romantic melodrama
Author: George Bamber
Production number: 209
Production date: Friday, April 23, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A hard-nosed piano player gets roped into a fur heist with his ex-wife and her shady new man. But when the robbery becomes an arson job, the fur shop won't be the only thing getting burned.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650520+209+Death+of+an+Old+Flame.flac

Cast: Sammy Davis Jr., Bernard Grant, Joan Lovejoy, Ralph Bell, Evie Juster

Notes:

Was originally used on Suspense 1961-10-29 as Death of an Old Flame; the appearance of Davis was highly publicized by ABC, more than any other single episode; no opening tease.