T5#236 Custody of the Mother

Episode number: 236

Network broadcast date: Monday, June 28, 1965
Custody of the Mother
Genre: Social drama
Author: Robert Cenedella
Production number: 236
Production date: Monday, May 31, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: Years ago, a man lost his three-year-old daughter in a brutal divorce. Now almost 20 years later, she’s crashed back into his life as a young woman with a big problem: she’s pregnant.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650628+236+Custody+of+the+Mother+VLQ.flac

Cast: Court Benson, Larry Robinson, Rosemary Rice, Grace Matthews

Notes:

References the Edward Albee play "American Dream" which also explores the values of the modern family in 1960s America; low quality recording

T5#235 Ride with Death

Episode number: 235

Network broadcast date: Friday, June 25, 1965
Ride with Death
Genre: Action melodrama
Author: Murray Burnett
Production number: 235
Production date: Friday, May 28, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A race car driver wakes up in the hospital with no memory of how he got there, and calls home to discover his wife has no idea who he is — and she’s married to another man! What kind of nightmare is this?

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650625+235+Ride+with+Death.flac

Cast: Alan Hewitt, Teri Keane, Elizabeth Morgan, Elliott Reid

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#234 A Cup of Snow for Lt. Vogel (no recording has been found)

 

Episode number: 234
Network broadcast date: Thursday, June 24, 1965
A Cup of Snow for Lt. Vogel
Genre: Crime melodrama
Author: George Bamber
Production number: 234
Production date: Thursday, May 27, 1965
Director: unknown at this time
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A corrupt policeman has a heart attack and needs help from a man he had been regularly shaking down (missing episode; description is from Suspense "Lt. Langer's Last Collection" as found in the log of the series Suspense! by Keith Scott)

Listen: A MISSING EPISODE; NO PLOTLINE DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM NEWSPAPERS OR OTHER SOURCES

Cast: from Ottawa ON Journal and Chicago IL Tribune: Bernard Grant; from Omaha NE World Herald: Bernard Grant, Luis Van Rooten, Bob Hastings

Notes:

likely originally used on Suspense, 1960-02-28 Lt. Langer's Last Collection

 

 

T5#233 Goodbye Matt

Episode number: 233

Network broadcast date: Wednesday, June 23, 1965
Goodbye Matt
Genre: Human interest drama
Author: Winifred Wolfe
Production number: 233
Production date: Wednesday, May 26, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: When a self-centered gambling addict is caught cheating on his wealthy wife, he fears the gravy train could be coming to a crashing halt and scrambles to come up with an alibi before it’s too late.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650623+233+Goodbye+Matt.flac

Cast: Ed Zimmerman, Guy Sorel, Margaret Hamilton, Evie Juster, Joan Lovejoy

Notes:

No opening tease

T5#232 The Pigeon

Episode number: 232

Network broadcast date: Tuesday, June 22, 1965
The Pigeon
Genre: Comedy melodrama
Author: Frank Thomas
Production number: 232
Production date: Tuesday, May 25, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: When a con man convinces a meek city clerk he’s the descendent of royalty, the ruse works so well that the con man starts believing it himself.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650622+232+The+Pigeon.flac

Cast: Ed Begley, George Petrie, Robert Dryden, Jack Grimes, Carol Martin

Notes:

Fred Foy reads the opening tease.

T5#231 The Roper

Episode number: 231

Network broadcast date: Monday, June 21, 1965
The Roper
Genre: Crime detective
Author: Frank Thomas
Production number: 231
Production date: Monday, May 24, 1965
Director: Ted Bell
Producer: not announced

Plotline: To get to the bottom of a massive embezzlement case, an insurance investigator must pull an elaborate con on the pretty girl he’s convinced stole the money.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650621+231+The+Roper.flac

Cast: Stan Watt, William Griffis, Mary K. Wells, Ivor Francis, Dwight Weist

 

T5#230 The Banana Ball

Episode number: 230

Network broadcast date: Friday, June 18, 1965
The Banana Ball
Genre: Sports melodrama
Author: Frank Thomas
Production number: 230
Production date: Friday, May 21, 1965
Director: Warren Somerville
Producer: not announced

Plotline: A has-been golf pro struggles through a major tournament when he gets a second chance thanks to a mysterious stranger who takes an interest in him.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650618+230+The+Banana+Ball+(static+begins+at+11m+to+end).flac

Cast: Mel Allen, Lesley Woods, Whitfield Connor, Court Benson, Peter Ratray

Notes:

No opening tease in surviving recording; static in surviving recording starting from about 11 minutes to end