Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963)
Episode List
Season 2
4 Oct. 1962
Flashing Spikes
An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.
11 Oct. 1962
Guest in the House
A war hero turned grifter returns to an air force buddy's life and helps his family through a crisis.
18 Oct. 1962
The Long Walk Home
If a high school football coach doesn't lose a championship game, a a blackmailer will circulate a photograph the coach doesn't want anyone to see.
25 Oct. 1962
The Voice of Charlie Pont
Charlie Pont (Bradford Dillman) is back in town. Good old Charlie. Good-looking Charlie. George (Robert Redford) and Liza (Diana Hyland) are not at all sure that Charlie's visit, and the memories it will stir up, will be welcome.
1 Nov. 1962
Mr. Lucifer
In the guise of Mr. Lucifer, a Madison Avenue executive, the devil summons all of his powers and know-how, including his attractive young assistant Hecate, to break the will and sinlessness of a young, kind, hardworking, and happily married architect named Tom Logan.
8 Nov. 1962
The Masked Marine
A marine sergeant is irritated by a private and decides to teach him a lesson.
15 Nov. 1962
Ordeal in Darkness
Always independent John Miller (Richard Conte) forges ahead despite temporary blindness. His wife, however, believes he should depend more on their teenaged son (Keir Dullea).
22 Nov. 1962
Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?
A reporter asks that question about Miss Illinois and other losers of national contests.
29 Nov. 1962
The Hands of Danofrio
An art critic catalogs the complete works of a dead sculptor and suddenly a new work turns up.
6 Dec. 1962
The Contenders
Three unprincipled actresses vie for the best-performance award at a film festival.
13 Dec. 1962
The Way from Darkness
Invalid Meg Fletcher (Shelley Winters) just loves having her sister stay with her: she makes such a wonderful servant.
20 Dec. 1962
The Potentate
"Disquieting is the word for Stefan Tamarov's first visit to New York City. As Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade for a Communist satellite country, Tamarov has no trouble with his official duties; it's the 'little' things that bother him. His daughter Svezda is seeing an American reporter much too often, and his best friend Andreas Vrim, his country's UN delegate, has confided a few thoughts to Stefan that could be interpreted as treason."--TV guide, June 20, 1963.
27 Dec. 1962
Blues for a Hanging
Fred Astaire stars as Ted Miller, a down-on-his-luck musician, who was in a drunken fight last night and begins to think he could have murdered a man. His loving girlfriend Connie (Janis Paige) refuses to believe this, and together they piece together what really transpired.
3 Jan. 1963
Impact of an Execution
A doctor tries to convince a mother to approve a life saving operation for her boy while his daughter's murderer is due to be executed. A judge tries to convince the doctor to petition the Governor to halt the execution.
10 Jan. 1963
Lollipop Louie
Happy-go-lucky Lollipop Louie (Aldo Ray) leaves his California fishing boat to head for the big city.
17 Jan. 1963
The Glass Palace
There's trouble afoot when ice skater Vince Gallard (Ricardo Montalban) begins to slip: a coming ice show depends on him.
24 Jan. 1963
Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks
After several years in Europe, a temperamental jazz drummer returns to the U.S.
7 Feb. 1963
The Hat of Sergeant Martin
Marines Michael Lujack and Clinton Martin fight over women, but fight well together when it comes to Latin American revolutionaries. Stationed in a turbulent country during the Thirties, they hunt down insurgents in the mountains.
14 Feb. 1963
Blow High, Blow Clear
Doyle, a young seaman just arrived from New Orleans, is in a quandary: His friend Harlan is deeply disturbed over parental problems, and Doyle has stumbled onto something in the French Quarter which could throw Harlan - and his family - into a real spin.
21 Feb. 1963
Chain Reaction
Scientists Mark Ames and Walter Mitchell work for the same lab, but Ames is brash and brilliant while Mitchell is cautious and reliable - a volatile relationship that becomes explosive with the addition of a female.
28 Feb. 1963
Hornblower
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, British Royal Navy Captain Horatio Hornblower leads an expedition in the English Channel to find the empire's missing ship HMS Flame. Hornblower locates the ship, but finds a mutinous crew has seized control from their barbaric captain.
14 Mar. 1963
Jenny Ray
When her grandmother dies, timid Jeeney Ray (Brenda Scott) must move in with her hostile brother and sister-in-law.
21 Mar. 1963
The Dark Labyrinth
Despite an earthquake hazard, five tourists insist on visiting a famous labyrinth in Crete.
28 Mar. 1963
Of Struggle and Flight
Karen Evans (Janice Rule) seems normal enough to her husband, but now, for the second time, the Missing Persons Bureau has been sent searching for her, and this time her clothes have washed up on the beach.
4 Apr. 1963
The Broken Year
Eric and Hilary's romance becomes filled with hatred and bitterness when she blames herself for his crippling accident.
11 Apr. 1963
This Will Kill You
Meek Willy Longo (Howard Morris) is traveling to Las Vegas to see what his brother Larry (Louis Nye) is really like.
18 Apr. 1963
Million Dollar Hospital
Young Dr. Grant (William Shatner) answers a medical-journal ad offering a "rewarding practice" for $1,000,000, but the run-down emergency hospital he finds hardly seems a lucrative enterprise.
25 Apr. 1963
The Town That Died
Successful businessman Adam returns to an island where he used to live and finds it barren and poverty-stricken. The major industry, a cannery that he and his brother Will owned, had been forced out of business due to a strike in which Will was killed. Now the remaining inhabitants want to kill Adam, but he convinces them that if they work together they can rebuild the island.
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