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The Classic TV Archive - UK  Filmed Drama series
Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
US titles " Rheingold Theatre"/ "Paragon Playhouse"
Episode Guide -January 2008
(Ep.  #16 #20  #31)
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Cindy Rumbold,  D.W. McGregor
David Moore , Rina Fox
Dinosaur TV - Save Our Forgotten British Heritage (David Moore)
Tom Weinstein, Robin E. Cousins  
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS PRESENTS
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Production
Filmed at the British National Studios, Elstree, England
for the
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. [US]
NBC (Wednesdays 10:30PM ET (Jan1953-Oct1955)
NBC (Mondays 10:30PM ET (Nov1955-Feb1957)

In charge of Production Herman Blaser (first seven productions)
In charge of Production Harold Huth (successor to Herman Blaser)
Produced by
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (season 1)(episodes 1-39)(1953) (39 eps)
Lance Comfort (season 2-3)(episodes 40-117)(1954, 1955) (78 eps)
Harold Huth (season 4)(episodes 118-156) (1956) (39 eps)

UK anthology series 1953-57 156 episodes x 30 min bw

hosted by
and occasionally starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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A total of 10  compilation films were made mainly for UK
theatrical release, prior to being shown on British television
6 each comprising 3 episodes from the series. plus
4 each comprising 2 episodes from the series.

THE TRIANGLE (1953 compilation film)
features
[ep 14] American Duel
[ep 20] Priceless Pocket
[ep 19] A Lodging for the Night

THREE'S COMPANY (1953 compilation film)(78 min.)
features
[ep 6] The Surgeon - d. Terence Fisher
[ep 8] Take a Number - d. Terence Fisher
[ep 2] The Scream - d. Charles Saunders

THOUGHT TO KILL (1953 compilation film)(77 min.)
(i) [ep 9] Thought to Kill - d. Leslie Arliss
(ii) [ep 16] Parlour Trick - d. Lawrence Huntington
(iii) [ep 11] The Five Pound Note - d. Bernard Knowles

THE RED DRESS (1954 complation film)(76 min.)
(i) [ep 22] The Red Dress - d. Lawrence Huntington
(ii) [ep 18] Meet Mr. Jones - d. Charles Saunders
(iii)[ep 37] Panic - d. Lawrence Huntington

DESTINATION MILAN (compilation film)(approx 77 min.)
(i) [ep 12] Destination Milan
(ii) [ep 25] Lowland Fling
(iii)[ep 21] Sylvia

THE GENIE (compilation film) (approx 77 min.)
(i) [ep 28] The Heel
(ii) [ep 26] Emerald Green
(iii)[ep 27] The Genie

THE ACCUSED (compilation film) (approx 49 min.)
(i) [ep 1] The Accused
(ii) [ep 30] The Door

THE DEATH OF MICHAEL TURBIN (compilation film) (approx 49 min.)
(i) [ep 36] The Death of Michael Turbin
(ii) [ep 35] Bitter Heart

FOREVER MY HEART (compilation film) (approx 49 min.)
(i) [ep 32] Forever my Heart
(ii) [ep 10] Happy Birthday

THE LAST MOMENT (compilation film) (approx 49 min.)
(i) [ep 15] The Last Moment
(ii) [ep 4] The Sensible Man

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39 episodes
Produced by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

1.01 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE ACCUSED
US airdate 7Jan53
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast:
Clifford Evans
Jean Lodge

1.02 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE SCREAM
(featured in the compilation film "Three's Company")
US airdate 14Jan53
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... Anthony
Constance Cummings ....... Julia
Phillip Vickers .......... Brian
MacDonald Parke .......... Evans
Elaine Dundy ............. Miss Bird
Violet Farebrother ....... Mrs. Atherton
Moses Lamar .............. Caleb
Synopsis #1
Mr. and Mrs. Selincourt have recently arrived in England
from Africa. They buy a house but then discover it to be
haunted. Everynight at 11 O'Clock the peace is disturbed
by a piercing scream of a woman's voice in agony.
But they decide to stay.
Synopsis #2
A man and his faithless wife buy a haunted house that knows
murder will be commited there.

1.03 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
LITTLE BROTHER
US airdate 21Jan53
Script by Doreen Montgomery
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Peter Reynolds .......... Timothy Black
Leslie Linder ........... Henry Black
Genine Graham ........... Frances Atwood
Betty Warren ............ Aunt Sally
Mark Baker .............. Mr. Timmins
Timothy and Henry, two brothers, live in a small
American town. Timothy has two main aims in life:
one, to look after his brother as he promised his
mother; the other to become an outstanding cook.
But a mix-up of recipes and romance leads to
misunderstandings galore ... but, love triumphs ...

1.04 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE CLOCK -aka- THE SENSIBLE MAN (verified on film)
US airdate 28Jan53
Script: Paul Vincent Carroll
Directed by Lance Comfort
Cast:
Greta Gynt .......... Sarah
Paul Carpenter ...... Derwent
MacDonald Parke ..... Tom Canting
Mary Merrall ........ Housekeeper

1.05 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DIALOGUE WITH TWO FACES
US airdate 4Feb53
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Joan Tetzel
Scott McKay

1.06 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE SURGEON
(featured in the compilation film "Three's Company")
US airdate 11Feb53
Directed by Terence Fisher
Cast:
Basil Sydney ............ Graham
Elizabeth Sellars ....... Diane
Andrew Osborn ........... Beldon
John Witty .............. Manning
David Powell ............ Baker
Millicent Wolfe ......... Matron
Peter Forbes-Robertson .. Anaesthetist
Leslie Godfrey .......... Interne
Sheila Sweet ............ 1st Nurse
Diana Bennett ........... 2nd Nurse
Diana Chesney ........... Maid
Synopsis 1:
A surgeon (Basil Sydney) has to operate on the lover
his estranged daughter (Elizabeth Sellars) has nearly killed.
Synopsis 2:
An eminent surgeon is faced with saving the life of a man his
daughter has shot, or saving his daughter by letting the man
die.

1.07 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
LOCHINVAR
US airdate 18Feb53
Adapted from the story by Sir Walter Scott
Directed Leslie Arliss
Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

1.08 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TAKE A NUMBER
(featured in the compilation film "Three's Company")
US airdate 25Feb53
Directed by Terence Fisher
Cast:
George Benson .......... George Bailey
Diane Foster ........... Elsa
Mary Merrall ........... Mrs. Bailey
Jean Cadell ............ Miss Craig
Michael Balfour ........ The Drunk
Vic Wise ............... The Gambler
Vincent Holman ......... Mr. Smythe
John Brooking .......... Police Sergeant
Sidney Benson .......... Liftman
Ian Whittaker .......... Office Boy
A clerk (George Benson) becomes involved in a murder-by-phone
after dialling a wrong number.

1.09 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THOUGHT TO KILL
(featured in the compilation film "Thought to Kill")
US airdate 4Mar53
UK airdate 5Jun65 ABC [uk] Sat 11.30pm
Production Supervisor Tom D. Connochie
Original Story by Selwyn Jepson
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Cast:
Ernest Thesiger ....... Burdon Sr.
James Thompson ........ James Gribble
Brian Worth ........... Camden
Eileen Moore .......... Isobel
John Veer ............. Burdon Jr.
Henry Longhurst ....... Jonas
Dorothy Gordon ........ Millicent Rogers
Synopsis 1:
By threatening to leave him for a richer man, James Gribble's
girl friend goads him to the point of murder, but his plans
go awry when fate takes an unexpected turn.
Synopsis 2:
James Gribble, a sdolicitor's clerk is told by his girlfriend
that he will never make progress in life and that she prefers
someone who is an outstanding examle of success. She gives
James Gribble food for thought when opportunnity and
tempation arise, Jim is faced with the thought to kill.


1.10 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (verified on film)
US airdate 11Mar53
Script: Larry Marcus
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Cast:
Anouk .............. Wanda
Dermot Palmer ...... Pete
Pierre Lefevre ..... Jean

1.11 [--] Rheingold Theatre: Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE FIVE POUND NOTE
(featured in the compilation film "Thought to Kill")
US airdate 18Mar53
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Cast:
Percy Marmont ....... Tramp
David Horne ......... Hawkins
James Kenny ......... Hold-up boy
Doris Hare .......... Old Agnes
Geoffrey Hibbert .... Jimmy
Melissa Stribling ... Mary
Roderick Lovell ..... Police Officer
John Mann ........... Station Booking Clerk
Peter Elliot ........ Head Booking Clerk
Synopsis:
A five-pound note changes hands nine times in London, affecting the life of
each person who touches it. [RF]

1.12 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DESTINATION MILAN
(featured in the compilation film "Destination Milan")
US airdate 25Mar53
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast:
Christopher Lee
Thomas Duggan
Lorraine Clews

1.13 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FOOLISH NOTIONS
US airdate 1Apr53
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Barbara Mullen
Clifford Evans

1.14 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... AMERICAN DUEL
(featured in the compilation film "The Triangle")
US airdate 8Apr53
Teleplay by Robert Westerby and Doreen Montgomery
From a Story by Nelson Gidding
Directed by Lance Comfort
Guest Cast:
Ron Randell ............. Sam
June Thorburn ........... Mitzi
Christopher Lee ......... Franz
Leslie Lee .............. Elliott
John G. Heller .......... Heinrich
Derek Prentice .......... Doctor
Synopsis:
Sam, an American student at Heidelberg University in 1912, is challenged by a
German, Franz, to a duel; Because he has been challenged Sam has the choice of
weapons, agrees to a friend's suggestion that it should be an "American Duel".
At the appointed hour, the two students meet and two tablets are produced, one
containing a deadly poison. Franz chooses first ...
(UK: 05Oct59 ITV A-R London)
(UK: 25Nov60 ITV A-R London, Fri 6:30 pm repeat)

1.15 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LAST MOMENT (verified on film)
US airdate 15Apr53
Script: Selwyn Jepson
Directed by Lance Comfort
Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr .. George Griffin
Cyril Cusack .......... Daniel O’ Driscoll
Barbara Mullen ........ Mrs O’ Driscoll
Fulton Mackay ......... Paddy
Valerie Carton ........ Kathleen

1.16 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... PARLOUR TRICK (US title : Parlor Trick)
(featured in the compilation film "Thought to Kill")
US airdate 22Apr53
 Script: Roland Pertwee 
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast:
Bill Owen ........... Arthur Preece
Avice Landone ....... Maud
Lana Morris ......... Ruby
Ronald Adam ......... Gooch
John Warwick ........ Fred Lever
Wally Patch ......... Mr. Bridger
It is Spring in London and Arthur Preece manages a grocer's
shop for Mr. Bridger. Arthur is full of the joys of life
because he thinks Mr. Bridger is about to promote him to
the position of Branch Manager.

1.17 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
OUTPOST
US airdate 29Apr53
Directed by Dan Birt
(no cast details)
The Himalayas are the outposts of the world. The dwellers
in them look down from above on the valleys, live their
own lives and die their own deaths. So Profesor Harrington
found when he took over the research station on one of
their highest peaks.

1.18 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MEET MR. JONES -aka- MY NAME IS JONES
(featured in the compilation film "The Red Dress")
US airdate 6May53
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Joan Tetzel .......... Pandora
Paul Carpenter ....... Hannibal Jones
Deborah Turnbull ..... Dorothy
Warren Stanhope ...... Bill Jones
Macdonald Parke ...... Mr. Lexington
Joan Newell .......... Housemaid
A young woman is determined to stop the marriage between
her younger sister and a certain "Mr. Jones"

1.19 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT
(featured in the compilation film " The Triangle")
US airdate 13May53
Story Supervison by Larry Marcus
adapted from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Bernard Knowles
music Allan Gray
Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... Francois Villon
Felix Aylmer.............. Brisetout
Paris in 1453. Francois Villon, escaping from the Guards after
a tavern brawl, takes refuge in the home of Bristout, a
professional soldier. Declaring himself as a scolar, Villon
discusses at length the virtues of man. He steals a valuable
goblet from Brisetout, who later prtects him from the soldiers;
will he repent, or will he take the goblet with him ...

1.20 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  PRICELESS POCKET [verified -D. Moore]
US airdate 20May53
(featured in the compilation film "The Triangle")
Teleplay by Guy Morgan / From a Story by Geoffrey Wallace
Directed by Leslie Arliss
music by Bretton Byrd
starring
James Hayter ............. Henry Popple
Muriel George ............ Martha Popple
Wilfrid Hyde-White ....... Sir Charles Harris, Government Minister
Joss Ambler…….. Dt Sgt King
Alastair Hunter…… Insp McKay
Richard Nairne…. Minister
Robert Sanson….. Cameron
Gordon McLeod….. McAllister
Ronnie Corbett (uncredited- According to his entry in the British Film Yearbook 1955)
Synopsis 1:
Mr. and Mrs. Popple of Glasgow, are a poor but virtuous middle-aged couple
whose way of life changes drastically when Mr. Popple finds that everytime
he puts his hands into his trouser pocket it contains a new pound note. The
Government presents Mr. Popple with a new pair of trousersin exchange for
the old ones, but still every time he puts his hands into his pocket ...
Synopsis 2:
Henry Popple has only two shillings left to spend, but he gives it to
people worse off than himself.Then pound notes start appearing in his
pocket and soon Mr Popple’s magic trousers are the talk of the country [D.Moore]

1.21 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SYLVIA
(featured in the compilation film "Destination Milan")
US airdate 27May53
Script by Doreen Montgomery
Directed by John Gilling
Cast:
Greta Gynt
Peter Reynolds
Sandra Dorne

1.22 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE RED DRESS
(featured in the compilation film "The Red Dress")
US airdate 3Jun53
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast:
Renée Asherson ........ Megan
Clifford Evans ........ Sam Pugh
John Warwick .......... Ted Cricks
Meredith Edwards ...... Mr. Rowlands
Edward Chapman ........ Dai Richards
Noona Davy ............ Mrs. Richards
A miner's wife is reconciled with her unfeeling husband
after she has mistakenly believed him dead.

1.23 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE RUNAWAY MARRIAGE
US airdate 10Jun53
Directed by Leslie Arliss
(no cast details)

1.24 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE JOURNEY
US airdate 17Jun53
Directed by Charles Frank
Cast:
Clifford Davis
Renée Asherson

1.25 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
LOWLAND FLING
(featured in the compilation film "Destination Milan")
US airdate 24Jun53
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Cast:
John Laurie
Barbara Mullen

1.26 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
EMERALD GREEN
(featured in the compilation film "The Genie")
US airdate 1Jul53
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
(no cast details)

1.27 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE GENIE (aka_Without a Lamp)
(featured in the compilation film "The Genie")
US airdate 8Jul53
Script by Doreen Montgomery
Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. .... The Genie
Suzie Rochard, a beautiful young girl who lives in Paris,
lives and works in Paris, lives with her Grandpa in his curio
shop. Returning home one evening she hears him talking to
someone, but on entering the room finds him alone. Puzzled,
she notices a picture of the Mona Lisa hanging on the wall.
He tells her that he has had a lamp delivered from Tangier,
and that every time he rubs it, a genie appears - ready to
carry out his every wish.

1.28 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE HEEL
(featured in the compilation film "The Genie")
15Jul53 [us] syndicated airdate
1Feb62 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Thur 10:15 pm
Written by Noel Charles and Peter Graham Scott
Directed by Lance Comfort
Guest Cast:
Bill Travers ......... Major Robert Morgan
Scott McKay .......... Derek Sellars
Pat Cutts ............ Sylvia
John Colicos ......... Brown
Cherry Huggins ....... Hostess
Robert Rietti ........ French Lieutenant
Dorothy Bramhall ..... Secretary
A man named Brown, from Texas, walks into the Apex shipping
company's offices in London and hands an 8-year-old letter to
an executive, Major Robert Morgan. He tells Morgan the letter
is from a prisoner of war who died - his name - Derek Sellers.
This releases a flood of memories for the Major and he begins
to tell the story of a "heel".

1.29 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MY FAVORITE AUNT
US airdate 22Jul53
Directed by Lance Comfort
Cast:
Lou Jacobi
Marjorie Fielding
Phil Brown
Two gangsters, Harry Jordan and Jimmy Fraser, are on the run
from the police. They decide to call on a wealthy aunt of
Jimmy's whom they have never met. Jimmy never manages to
see his aunt, but Harry does - and a frightened Harry wishes
he never had.

1.30 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE DOOR
US airdate 9Sep53
Directed by Charles Saunders
Cast:
Ingelborg Wells
Peter Reynolds

1.31 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... THE GREAT WHITE BIRD [verified -D. Moore]
US airdate 23Sep53
UK: 20Apr60 ITV Granada
Script: Simon Harcourt-Smith /Adapted by Moie Charles and Derry Quinn
Directed by John Gilling
Cast:
Walter Rilla .......... Leonardo
Tim Turner ............ Carlo
John Witty ............ Lorenzo
Kenneth Fortescue ..... Guilio
Anne Chaplin .......... Lucrezia
Lloyd Lamble .......... Father
Nora Gordon ........... Mother
Andreas Malandrinos ... Pietro
Synopsis:
Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian artist and inventor, dreams of
conquering space. He engages the help of a young student who, if his
experiments are a success, will be the first man on earth to fly [D.Moore]

1.32 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... FOREVER MY HEART _aka_Forever My Love (verified on film)
US airdate 30Sep53
Script: Selwyn Jepson and Doreen Montgomery
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Cast:
Muriel Pavlow ......... Margaret Barrington
Douglas Fairbanks Jr .. Mark Conyers
Stuart Lindsell ....... Constable
Among the visitors to the Tower of London comes Captain Mark
Conyers, USAF. A crest on one of the walls of a cell resembles
the crest on a ring he wears. In his imagination he goes back
to the cell in the time when Oliver Cromwell was Lord
Protector of England.

1.33 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MOMENT OF TRUTH
US airdate 7Oct53
Script by Doreen Montgomery
Directed by Lance Comfort (NOT John Gilling)
starring
Philip Friend

1.34 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SILENT SNOW
US airdate 21Oct53
Directed by Charles Saunders
starring
Ingelborg Wells
Harriet, alone in a snowbound cabin in Alaska, is waiting for
the return of her husband's partner, Steve, who is to take
her to the city. Growing more distraught as the hours pass by
and a blizzard rages outside, she turns on the radio only
to have her worst fears confirmed.

1.35 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  BITTER HEART (verified on film)
US airdate 4Nov53
Script: Guy Morgan from an original story by Albert Jarosy
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Cast:
Tommy Duggan ........ Tom O’Farrell
June Thorburn ....... Kathleen
Barbara Mullen ...... Judy
Joseph Tomelty ...... Clancy

1.36 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  THE DEATH OF MICHAEL TURBIN (verified on film)
18Nov53 [us] airdate
Script: Paul Vincent Carroll and Larry Marcus
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Cast:
Christopher Rhodes ... Michael Turbin
Elizabeth Wallace .... Yelitsa
Christopher Lee ...... Radenko
Martin Benson ........ Lenkov
The scene is an Eastern European country in the years
following the Second World War. A firing squad is doing
its duty executing enemies of the state. When the shooting
is over, one of the soldiers goes to check on the bodies of
the executed men. To his surprise he sees taht one of them,
Michael Turbin, is still alive.

1.37 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
PANIC *****
(one of the best episodes of the whole series)
US airdate 9Dec53
(featured in the compilation film "The Red Dress")
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
James Kenney ........ Fred
John Salew .......... Karl
Peter Jones ......... Harry
Bartlett Mullins .... Swann
Lloyd Lamble ........ Doctor
Charles Lamb ........ Manager
Frank Hawkins ....... Guard
Oscar Quitak ........ Driver
Nicholas Grimshaw ... Timekeeper
A young saboteur is blown up by his own bomb.

1.38 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE CHARM
US airdate 30Dec53
Directed by Lance Comfort
(no cast details)

1.39 [--] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE SILENT MAN
US airdate 27Jan54
Directed by Charles Frank
(no cast details)
Starring
Tilda Thamar
Robert Atyres

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39 episodes
Produced by Lance Comport

2.01 [040] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... KING HIGH (verified on film -D.Moore)
US airdate 3Feb54
Original Screenplay by Andrew Solt and Glen Bohannax
Directed by 'Terry Fisher'
starring
Patricia Medina ........ Queen Nora
Guido Lorraine ......... Valda
Peter Illing ........... Lartius
Victor Baring .......... Bruno
Lionel Moreton ......... Morgan
Paul Sheridan .......... Hotel Manager
Douglas Fairbanks Jr ... King Nicholas

2.02 [041] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
GRANDMA BREN
US airdate 10Feb54
UK airdate rpt Granada 15May69
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
(no cast details)

2.03 [042] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE SHIP'S DOCTOR
US airdate 17Feb54
Directed by Derek Twist
(no cast details)

2.04 [043] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  THE WEDDING VEIL (verified on film)
(c) 1954
US airdate 24Feb54
UK airdate 28Mar69 Granada
Original Screenplay Lothian Daggett
Directed by Charles Saunders
Guest Cast:
Lana Morris .......... The Girl
Marjorie Mars ........ The Woman
Beckett Bould ........ The Man
Barbara Mullen ....... Miss Macquire
Nanette Newman ....... Mary
Vincent Ball ......... Harry
Russell Waters ....... Dr Walters

2.05 [044] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
PARDON MY GHOST
3Mar54 US airdate
Directed by Leslie Arliss

2.06 [045] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE TRAP
US airdate 10Mar54
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Sandra Dorne
Mary Parker

2.07 [046] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SECOND WIND
(c) 1954
US airdate 17Mar54
Screenplay by Jerome Gruskin
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Michael Shepley ....... George
Margaret Anderson ..... Janet
Tim Turner ............ Tom
Peggy Ann Clifford .... Bessie
Phillip Ray ........... Dr Hadley

2.08 [047] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
LEAVE TO DIE
US airdate 24Mar54
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Yvonne Mitchell

2.09 [048] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT (verified on film)
(c)1954
US airdate 31Mar54
Screenplay by AF Rawlinson
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Guest Cast:
Karel Stepanek ...... Voss
Mary Parker ......... Elizabeth
Gerard Heinz ........ Father Marcel
John Rae ............ Hamish
Chris Lee ........... Antonio
Golda Casimir ....... isabella
Nakano .............. Karisaya
Andy Ho ............. Tamaya

2.10 [049] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DOUBLE IDENTITY
US airdate 14Apr54
Directed by Francis Searle
(no cast details)

2.11 [050] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE REFUGEE
US airdate 21Apr54
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Directed by Leslie Arliss
(no cast details)

2.12 [051] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A LESSON IN LOVE
US airdate 28Apr54
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Dulcie Gray

2.13 [052] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MYRA AND THE MONEYMAN
US airdate 5May54
Written by Van Fleming and Leigh
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Cast:
Margot Stevenson ........ Myra
Guy Middleton ........... Carruthers
Frances Marsden ......... Dorothy
Frank Forsythe .......... First Gendarme
Richard Molinas ......... Second Gendarme
Victor Baring ........... Waiter
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. .. Rene
Myra, a young American school teacher, meets a fascinating
black market moneychanger in Paris in the spring.

2.14 [053] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE HEIRLOOM
US airdate 12May54
Directed by John Gilling
starring
Dame Sybil Thorndike

2.15 [054] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE WITNESS
US airdate 19May54
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
(no cast details)

2.16 [055] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
JOHNNY BLUE
26May54 US airdate
12Feb57 UK Associated-Rediffusion
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
Written by Jerome Gruskin
Cast:
Sam Levene .............. Sam
Lee Patterson ........... Johnny
Eunice Gayson ........... Milly
Robert Ayres ............ Harry
C. Denier Warren ........ Pawnbroker
When "down and out" trumpeter Johnny Blue is offered a
chance to play Gabriel's trumpet, he holds the future
in his hand: if he hits the high note on Gabriel's trumpet
the world will be destroyed.

2.17 [056] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
STREETS OF ANGELS
US airdate 2Jun54
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
(no cast details)

2.18 [057] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE HAPPY McBAINS
US airdate 9Jun54
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Dulcie Gray
Michael Denison

2.19 [058] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
RAIN FOREST
US airdate 16Jun54
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

2.20 [059] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
PROVINCIAL LADY
US airdate 30Jun54
UK airdate rpt 24Apr69 Granada
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Margaritta Scott

2.21 [060] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE AWAKENING
US airdate 14Jul54
Screenplay by Larry Marcus
Directed by Michael McCarthy
starring
Buster Keaton ......... The Man
James Hayter .......... The Chief
Carl Jaffe ............ The Tailor
Lynne Cole ............ The Girl
Geoffrey Keen ......... The Supervisor

2.22 [061] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE APPLES
US airdate 21Jul54
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Ron Randell

2.23 [062] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  PATTERN FOR GLORY (verified on film)
Copyright date 1955 (after airdate!)
US airdate 4Aug54
Screenplay by Abby Mann and Bernard Drew
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Anne Crawford ........ Laura Barne
Ron Randell .......... Clinton Farley
Alexander Gauge ...... Sam Kingston
Betty McDowall ....... Ann

2.24 [063] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A LINE IN THE SNOW
US airdate 18Aug54
Directed by Michael McCarthy
(no cast details)

2.25 [064] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
ONE WAY TICKET
US airdate 25Aug54
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
Eunice Gayson

2.26 [065] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  DREAM STUFF (verified on film)
US airdate 8Sep54
Original Screenplay by Gabrielle Upton
Directed by Charles Saunders
Guest Cast:
Betty McDowall ....... Alice
Lee Patterson (Surfside 6)
Arthur Hill .......... Jim
Bill Nagy ............ Randall
Kay Callard .......... Candy
Jennifer Phipps ...... Doris
Marc Sheldon ......... Bill
Betty Warren ......... Mrs Wales

2.27 [066] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FOUR FAREWELLS IN VENICE
US airdate 22Sep54
Directed by Michael McCarthy
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

2.28 [067] Douglas Fairbanks Presents: MR SAMPSON
US airdate 29Sep54
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Synopsis:
The harmony between two spinster sisters is forever destroyed soon after
they rent the cottage next door to an elderly gentleman. [RF]

2.29 [068] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE MAN WHO HEARD EVERYTHING
US airdate 13Oct54
Directed by Allan Davis
starring
Michael Gough

2.30 [069] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LAST KNIFE
US airdate 20Oct54
Directed by Michael McCarthy
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

2.31 [070] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
REHEARSAL
US airdate 3Nov54
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Marius Goring

2.32 [071] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FACE OF THE LAW
US airdate 10Nov54
UK airdate 14Mar69 Granada
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Patrick Doonan
Ron Randell

2.33 [072] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE RELATIVE TRUTH
US airdate 24Nov54
Directed by Leslie Arliss
(no cast details)

2.34 [073] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  THE LOVELY PLACE (verified on film)
US airdate 8Dec54
Original Screenplay: Gabrielle Upton
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Cast:
Diana Dors ........... Angie
Ron Randell .......... Bob
Angela O’Farrell ..... Robbie
Eric Pohlmann ........ Dan
Billy Nagy ........... Martin

2.35 [074] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE MIX UP
US airdate 15Dec54
Directed by Tony Young
(no cast details)

2.36 [075] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SILENT NIGHT: THE STORY OF THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS CAROL
US airdate 22Dec54
Filmed at the actual setting.
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast includes:
Gerard Heinz

2.37 [076] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
STAND BY
US airdate 29Dec54
Directed by Derek Twist
(no cast details)

2.38 [077] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FOREVER IS A LONG TIME
US airdate 12Jan55
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
(no cast details)

2.39 [078] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...  BORDER INCIDENT (verified on film)
(c) 1955
26Jan55 [us] NBC
4Apr57 [uk] A-R London (rpt 24Feb58)
Produced by Lance Comfort
Written by George Marrow
Directed by Derek Twist
Guest Cast:
William Sylvester ....... Henry Jefferson
Balbina ................. Teresa
Paul Carpenter .......... Tommy
Richard Molinas ......... Alberti
Selma Vaz Dias .......... Madame Alberti
Christopher Lee ......... Official
Also in cast:
MacDonald Parke ......... Winters
Martin Benson ........... 1st Frenchman
Jacques Cey ............. 2nd Frenchman
A thwarted attempt to steal a passport leads to the meeting
of three strange people in a French border town: Hank who
lives only for himself; Tommy, a criminal desperate to get
an American passport; and a beautiful Italian girl.

##### Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents ########
######## production season 3 1955 ############
##############################################
39 episodes
Produced by Lance Comfort
(some season 3 episodes filmed in Italy)

3.01 [079] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE PATRIARCH
US airdate 2Feb55
Directed by Michael McCarthy
(no cast details)

3.02 [080] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE HIDEAWAY
US airdate 9Feb55
UK airdate 24Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Mandy Miller

3.03 [081] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE 90th DAY
US airdate 16Feb55
UK airdate 6Mar69 Granada
Directed by Terence Fisher
starring
Helen Morton
Peter Grant

3.04 [082] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
COUNTERFEIT
US airdate 23Feb55
Directed by Roy Rich
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

3.05 [083] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
HONEYMOON DEFERRED
US airdate 2Mar55
UK airdate 15Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Dennis Vance
starring
Robert Arden
Betta St. John
Patrick Allen

3.06 [084] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LONG WHITE LINE
US airdate 9Mar55
UK airdate rpt 9Apr69 Granada
Directed by John Gilling
starring
Nora Swinburne

3.07 [085] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE DARK LANE -or- THE DARK LAKE ??
US airdate 16Mar55
Directed by Roy Rich
(no cast details)

3.08 [086] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
PITFALL
US airdate 23Mar55
Directed by Roy Rich
(no cast details)

3.09 [087] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
CON GREGAN'S LEGACY
US airdate 6Apr55
Directed by Roy Rich
(no cast details)

3.10 [088] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
CRIME A LA CARTE
US airdate 13Apr55
Directed by Dennis Vance
(no cast details)

3.11 [089] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
ROOM 506
US airdate 20Apr55
UK airdate 22Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Mary Jerrold
Eddie Byrne

3.12 [090] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE THOROUGHBRED
US airdate 27Apr55
Directed by Harold Huth
(no cast details)

3.13 [091] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
WHILE THE CIRCUS PASSES
US airdate 4May55
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
(no cast details)

3.14 [092] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LEPRACHAUN
11May55 US airdate
9Jan69 UK airdate Granada
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
Eddie Byrne

3.15 [093] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ... THE LITTLE BIG SHOT (verified on film)
US airdate 18May55
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
Written by William Wiener and Herbert Abbott Spiro
Guest Cast:
Diana Wynyard... Lucille
Diana Decker... Florida
Alan Gifford... Judge Marc Livingston
Richard Leech... Mitch
[Hartley Power ??/ Peter Dyneley ??]
The story of gangster Candy Nolan

3.16 [094] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE AUCTION
US airdate 25May55
UK airdate 12Feb69 rpt Granada
Directed by Bernard Knowles
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr,

3.17 [095] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE ONLY SON
US airdate 1Jun55
UK airdate 21Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Michael McCarthy
starring
Cyril Cusack
Eithne Dunne

3.18 [096] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
GOODBYE TOMORROW
8Jan55 [us] NBC
15Jan57 [uk] A-R London (rpt 21Nov57)
Produced by Lance Comfort
Written by John Gilling and Leigh Vance
from an original story by John Gilling
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Cast:
Phil Brown .......... Sam Harper
Tilda Thamar ........ Madeleine
Eileen Moore ........ Ann
C. Denier Warren .... Mr. Pilkington
Lionel Murton ....... Mr. Ackerman
Sam Harper finds the manuscript of an unpublished novel
by the late Boswell Fletcher and passes it off as his own.
But it is shaky ground on which to start a reputation as
Sam's "ghost" also has a ghost - a most designing female.


3.19 [097] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
ANOTHER DAY
US airdate 15Jun55
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
(no cast details)

3.20 [098] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FLIGHT ONE-ZERO-ONE
US airdate 29Jun55
UK airdate 25Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Patrick Barr
George Coulouris

3.21 [099] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE WEDDING DRESS
US airdate 13Jul55
Directed by Roy Rich
(no cast details)

3.22 [100] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE ENCHANTED DOLL
20Jul55 US airdate
1Jan69 UK airdate Granada
Directed by Harold Huth
starring
James Hayter

3.23 [101] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TONY
US airdate 3Aug55
UK airdate rpt 2Apr69 Granada
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
starring
Fay Compton
Muriel Pavlow

3.24 [102] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
BLUE MURDER
US airdate 24Aug55
UK airdate 14Feb69 rpt Granada
Directed by Roy Rich
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

3.25 [103] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE
US airdate 31Aug55
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (verify)
Ian Hunter
Eleanor Summerfield

3.26 [104] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
BIG NICK
US airdate 7Sep55
UK airdate rpt 17Apr69 Granada
Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Rosanno Brazzi

3.27 [105] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE MILKMAN
US airdate 14Sep55
UK airdate 16Oct68 Mid-day
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Leslie Dwyer
Mary Mackenzie

3.28 [106] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE TREASURE OF URBANO
28Sep55 [us] orig. airdate
16Oct58 [uk] Granada, Thur 11:30 pm
18Oct68 [uk] Granada ?, Mid-day
Produced by Harold Huth (TV Times)
Produced ? and Directed by Lance Comfort
Written by Derry Quinn
Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ...... John Malcolm
Marina Berti ................. Marianna
Tullio Carminati ............. Luigi
Edward Strachen .............. Tomassini
Mini Doro .................... Deledda
Tonio Stelwart ............... Stross
The story of John Malcolm, curator of an American museum,
and his journey to Urbano to search for part of a valuable
altar screen. It is a journey which takes him into the past
- to wartime and the company of smgglers and brings him face
-to-face with murder.

3.29 [107] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
ATLANTIC NIGHT
(c) 1955
US airdate 5Oct55
UK airdate Granada 14Oct68 Midday
UK airdate Granada 7May69 on "Short Story"
Original Screenplay by Leslie Reade
Directed by Derek Twist
cast:
André Morell ......... Captain Arthur Welch
Michael Goodliffe .... Chief Officer Fraser
Alan McLelland ....... 2nd Officer O’Mara
John Startton ........ 3rd Officer Watson
Harold Goodwin ....... Wireless Operator Jenkins
Kenneth Haigh ........ Wireless Officer Rennie
Ray Jackson .......... Apprentice Gray
Victor Maddern ....... Donkeyman
A dramatized documentary of the 'Titanic' incident

3.30 [108] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE HERO
US airdate 12Oct55
(no cast details)
Directed by Harold Huth

3.31 [109] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SUCCESS TRAIN
7Nov55 US airdate
3Sep56 UK A-R London (rpt 19Nov58)
Produced by Lance Comfort
Written by Abby Mann and Jack Wilson
Directed by Dennis Vance
cast:
Colette Dereal ........ Anita
Peter Illing .......... Louis Martin
Robert Rietty ......... Jacques Bargeton
Derek Sydney .......... Alfredo
Gordon Tanner ......... Bart Gordon
Erroll John ........... Bartender
Douglas Fairbanks Jr .. Mark Terry
Mark Terry, an American talent scout in Paris, hears of
an unknown singer in a small night club. He endevours to
further her career, but becomes ensnared by his own
ruthlessness.

3.32 [110] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
GUILT
US airdate 14Nov55
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Joan Miller

3.33 [111] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A BORDERLINE CASE
US airdate 21Nov55
Directed by Roy Rich
starring
Greta Gynt
Bernard Lee
Robin Bailey

3.34 [112] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
HERITAGE
US airdate 5Dec55
Produced and Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Robert Beatty
Betty McDowall

3.35 [113] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE IMMIGRANT
12Dec55 US airdate
16May56 UK AR London (rpt 26Feb58)
Produced by Lance Comfort
Written and Directed by Michael McCarthy
Cast:
André Morell ......... Jan
Laurence Payne ....... Konrad
Leo Bieber ........... Captain Leskov
Gene Anderson ........ Linda Preston
Christopher Lee ...... Marenko
Ballard Berkeley ..... Edward Preston
Martin Boddey ........ Yurovitch
Nora Gorsen .......... Anna
On board a Polish cargo ship, approaching the Thames Estuary,
Konrad speculates on the identity of the police spy who
poses a grave threat to his plan of escape to freedom.

3.36 [114] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A FAST BUCK
US airdate 2Jan56
Directed by Dennis Vance
(no cast details)

3.37 [115] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DEMETRIOS
US airdate 16Jan56
Directed by Dennis Vance
starring
Dermot Walsh

3.38 [116] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DEADLINE: VIENNA
US airdate 23Jan56
Directed by Harold Huth
(no cast details)

3.39 [117] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
GABRIELLE
US airdate 30Jan56
UK airdate 23Oct68 Granada Mid-day
Directed by Bernard Knowles
starring
Kenneth Haigh
André Morell
Ingeborg Wells

##### Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents ########
######### production season 4 1956 ###########
############## (final season) ################
39 episodes
Produced by Harold Huth
(some season 4 episodes filmed in Germany)

4.01 [118] BETTER MOUSETRAPS
6Feb56 US airdate
9Mar58 UK Scottish TV Sun 2:45pm
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Written by Pauline Stone and Michael Cosgrove
starring
Ella Raines
Paul Carpenter
Hank Steiger, a brilliant electronic engineer, is vague
and impractical. When his wife discovers that she is going
to have a baby, she decides that he must change his ways
and start making money. But she doesn't reckon on the awful
change that money-making will have on him ...

4.02 [119] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE PRESENT
13Feb56 [us] NBC orig. airdate
25Jan60 [uk] Tyne-Tees
Written by Michael Voysey
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Cast:
James Kenney ........... Ricky
Carol Marsh ............ Say
Angela Crow (TV Times says Angela Grove) .... Marie
Anne Blake ............. Miss Abott
Humphrey Morton ........ Detective
Joby Blanshard ......... Policeman
An 18-year-old boy believes he has committed a murder. He
panics, and as a result there is nearly a second tragedy
before this dramatic story ends.

4.03 [120] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
JASON'S HOUSE
US airdate 20Feb56
Screenplay by Jerry McGill
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Finlay Currie
Gene Anderson
Patrick Holt

4.04 [121] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
NO SAMPLES
US airdate 27Feb56
Directed by Cy Roth
starring
Betty McDowall
Ron Randell
Al Mulock

4.05 [122] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A WALK IN THE WILDERNESS
5Mar56 [us] airdate
1Feb60 [uk] Tyne-Tees
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Cast:
Renee Asherson ........... Chloe
Betty McDowall ........... Anne Ross(NOT Roddy McDowall)
Ernest Clark ............. Dr. Simpson
Dandy Nichols ............ Mrs. Luck
Arthur Brander ........... Mr. Sloan
Anna Gerber .............. Julie
and:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr ..... Hugh Ross
Hugh Ross, a handsome and debonair Canadian test pilot, crashes
in a new jet plane within a few weeks of his marriage. He
survives as a severe case of "airman's burn", He will have
limited use of his hands in time - but not for flying: the
right side of his face will have to be entirely rebuilt.
During the long painful months in initial plastic surgery,
he is too sentivive to let his young wife Anne visit him,
and dreads the day of his return home.

4.06 [123] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
WELCOME MY WIFE
12Mar56 US
25Feb57 UK (rpt 26Jul57 ATV London)
Written by E.G. Cousins
adapted by Derry Quinn
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Cast:
James Hayter .............. Brannigan
Barry Keegan .............. Martin Figgis
Olga Dickie ............... Mrs Tooley
Tony Quinn ................ Meehal
Harry Hutchinson .......... Cromarty
Pamela Wright ............. Katie Figgis
The villagers of Tickelmacloragh are staggered to find out
that their most eligible bachelor is really married, but
they are willing to let the lady in question welcome.

4.07 [124] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
FIRST DAY
19Mar56 [us]
8Feb60 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Monday 10:50 pm
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Screenplay by Paul Dudley
Story by Bernard Glemser
starring
Tom McCauley
Frances Latemore
Mary Steele
It's Carol's first day in her first job - secretary at an
advertising agency. But she didn't realise what exciting -
and amusing - events it was to bring her.

4.08 [125] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A FLIGHT OF BIRDS
US airdate 26Mar56
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Margaret McCourt
Richard Palmer

4.09 [126] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE INTRUDER a.k.a. PERSONAL CALL (US TV Guide title)
US airdate 02Apr56
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Guest cast: [RF]
Phil Brown
Diane Hart
Synopsis:
A young American couple are in London on business. When the wife starts
getting telephone calls at all hours, their marriage seems headed for
the rocks. [RF]

4.10 [127] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A NEW LIFE
9Apr56 [us] airdate
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Ron Randell
Renee Asherson
June Rodney
When Susan Braden, a young woman doctor, joins a medical
mission in Malaya, she is appalled by the harsh methods
employed by Doctor Lambert, the old fashioned doctor in
charge of the mission. She decides to take action.

4.11 [128] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
DUNCE
US airdate 23Apr56
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Wolf Petersen .............. Paul Mueller
Gerhard Kittler ............ Walter Gotz
Eva Maria Meinecke ......... Karen
Heliane Bei ................ Anna Kobler
Rolf Kralowitz ............. Willi Brever
Till Kiwe .................. Hans Toller
Hans E. Pfleger ............ Frans Krebs
Synopsis:
Paul Mueller, a slow-witted merchant seaman, returns after fifteen
years to the Austrian village that knicknamed him "Dunce". He has
come to avenge the death of his sole benefactor, found dead in the
street six months before. His old persecutors and his fists soon
land him in trouble.
(29Feb60 Tyne-Tees UK Mon 11:00pm)

4.12 [129] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SHIP DAY
30Apr56 US airdate
21Apr56 UK A-R London (rpt 27Feb58)
Written by Johan Fabricius
Directed by Derek Twist
Cast:
Cyril Cusack .......... Dr. Macey
Clifford Evans ........ Capt. Dickson
John Rae .............. MacTaggert
Michael Hall .......... Ford
James Liggat .......... Blake
Alexander Gauge ....... Mr. Marks
Elspeth March ......... Mrs. Marks
Raymond Young ......... Wayne
Barry Fennel .......... Colin
Golda Casimir ......... Maire
On a small island the most exciting time of the month is the
day when the ship calls, bringing supplies. But on this
ship day, they need more than supplies - they need a doctor.

4.13 [130] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE MURDERER
US airdate 7May56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Marianne Wischmann
Howard Vernorl
Sullivan is a professional blackmailer, a crook and a murderer
whose domestic affairs are not going too well. Another man
hires him to kill someone else's husband - which turns out
to be himself.

4.14 [131] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
POINT OF VIEW
US airdate 14May56
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Bobby Howes
Barbara Mullen
Michael Ripper

4.15 [132] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MUTINY
US airdate 28May56
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Clifford Evans
Laurence Payne

4.16 [133] Douglas Fairbanks Presents: THE STORY OF PAN YUSEF
(c) 1955
US airdate 4Jun56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Original story by Ferdynand Goetel
Screenplay Guy Morgan
Cast:
Luciana Paoluzzi ..... Maria
Richard Palmer ........ Yanek
Hilda Schreiber ....... Felka
Jasper von ............ 1st Soldier
Horst G Loska ......... 2nd Soldier
And:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr .. Pan Yusef
Synopsis:
The ruthless leader of a band of revolutionairies becomes incensed when
the inhabitants of a small village ignore him. [RF]

4.17 [134] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A TRAIN TO THE SEA
US airdate 11Jun56
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Ian Hunter
Nora Swinburne

4.18 [135] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
A LIKELY STORY
US airdate 25Jun56 UK re-run 26Mar60 TTT
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Cast:
Betty McDowell ......... Phyllis Butler
William Franklyn ....... David Butler
Nicola Braithwaite ..... Susan Butler
Mary Jones ............. Miss Applegate
David and Phyllis Butler call their eight-year old daughter
"Miss Mitty" because in the secret world of her imagination
she is so many different people, never just Susan Butler.
They are worried though because she seems incapable of
distingushing between the truth and falsehood, and when she
comes home with the story of a man who jumped out of the hedge
with a pair of scissors and tried to snip off her pigtails,
they don't know whether she is telling the truth or not.

4.19 [136] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
PLAY ME A BLUE NOTE
US airdate 2Jul56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

4.20 [137] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE WAY HOME
(c)1955
US airdate 9Jul56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Original Screenplay by Anne Howard Bailey
cast:
Mary Kerridge ......... Rachel
Honor Blackman ........ Kathy
William Franklyn ...... Stanley
Rosamund Waring ....... Sue
Richard Caldicot ...... John
Lorraine Clewes ....... Mary
John le Mesurier ...... Dr Lloyd

4.21 [138] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
MISTER PURLEY'S PROFESSION
(c) 1955
US airdate 23Jul56
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Original Screenplay by Jack Roche
cast:
Roland Culver ........ Fred Purley
Jane Baxter .......... Martha
Leslie Perrins ....... Andy
Moira Lynd ........... Ethel
Tom Macaulay ......... Jim
Elspeth March ........ Lucy
Jack Hobbs ........... Harry
Eric Chitty .......... George
Robert Raglan ........ Inspector Bryant

4.22 [139] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TREASURE IN STORE
US airdate 20Aug56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
starring
Kathleen Harrison

4.23 [140] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
BELOVED STRANGER
(c) 1955
3Sep56 [us] NBC
1Jul60 [uk] Tyne-Tees
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Screenplay by Diana Morgan
From the Original Story "Pas de Quatre" by I.A.R. Wylie
Cast:
Ella Raines .............. Claire Calvert
Betty McDowall ........... Laura
Hugh Sinclair ............ Digby
and:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. .... Stephen
Claire Calvert, a beautiful and once active woman, is told
that she only has a few weeks to live. Faced with imminent
death calls her husband Digby, and Laura, a loyal family
friend, to her bedside and tells them that she hopes that
will marry after she has gone, for they are so obviously
falling in love with each other, though they are too loyal
to her to admit it. Digby and Laura agree, but then news is
received from Canada of a new untested serum that could
mean complete recovery for Claire ...

4.24 [141] Douglas Fairbanks Presents: THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE
US airdate 10Sep56
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Robert Beatty
Yolande Donlan
Synopsis:
A Canadian insurance salesman marries an American girl with trepidation. [RF]

4.25 [142] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TIMMY THE SHANKS
US airdate 17Sept56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Screenplay by Paul Vincent Carroll
starring
Richard O'Sullivan
Eddie Byrne
Peggy Marshall
Bee Duffell
Victor Brooks
Kevin Kelly
Synopsis:
A young boy runs away when he learns that his father is about to
remarry. [RF]

4.26 [143] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T ESCAPE
US airdate 1Oct56
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Hosted by & Starring:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Synopsis:
A general in a South American revolutionary army makes his brother
head of the university. [RF]

4.27 [144] Douglas Fairbanks Presents: WINNING SEQUENCE
US airdate 8Oct56
Directed by Leslie Arliss
starring
Jean Cadell
Harold Lang
Barbara Mullen
Synopsis:
Two spinsters receive a letter from their nephew asking for a loan. [RF]

4.28 [145] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LAST TOUR
(c) 1955
150ct56 [us] airdate
20Jul57 [uk] ATV London
28Feb58 [uk] A-R London
Written by Ann Howard Bailey
Directed by Derek Twist
Cast:
Charlton Thiele ....... Julia
Peter Capell .......... Peter
Gaby Fehling .......... Maria
Eva Pflug ............. Sara
Eduard Linkers ........ Karl Brandt
Lisolette Berger ...... Frau Dehren
Rolf van Nauckoff ..... Journalist
Erich Ebert ............ Willi Kronen
When Julia comes back to Hamburg after ten years in Hollywood
she finds it unexpectedly difficult to get a booking. Her
agent offers her a part in a second-rate play which she
accepts, but for one reason - she will play for a week in
Munich and that is where her ex-husband and daughter live.

4.29 [146] Rheingold Theatre: Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SOMEONE OUTSIDE
US airdate 22Oct56
Screenplay by Martin Worth
Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Lois Maxwell ...... Ann
Maurice Kaufmann ....... Ed Russell
Anton Diffring ....... Carlo
Cyril Shaps ........ Gaston
John Serret ........ Superintendent
Jean Driant
Synopsis 1:
A dramatic and thrilling story about a crazed French artist. A young American
doctor performs an operation on the artist's wife, but she dies. The artist
then decides to revenge himself on the doctor's girlfriend.
Synopsis 2:
His wife's death on the operating table is the cause of a young man's plot
to kill the surgeon's fiancee. [RF]

4.30 [147] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
ONE CAN'T HELP FEELING SORRY
Filmed in Germany
US airdate 29Oct56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
Screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Lois Maxwell
Rolf Von Nauckhoff
The small Bavarian village of Katzenhausen boasts an unusual
attraction in Kurt "Scarface" Remo, a deported American
Public Enemy No. 1, now restricted to the confines of his birth
place for the remainder of his days. The quiet of the village
is shattered when an American newpaperwoman arrives there to
interview the former gangster - and uncovers the most fantastic
story of her career.

4.31 [148] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
CROWN OF THE ANDES
US airdate 5Nov56
Directed by Francis Searle
starring
Christopher Rhodes

4.32 [149] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
HOMECOMING
US airdate 12Nov56
Screenplay by Joseph Schull
Directed by Joseph Sterling
starring
Barry Foster
Barbara Mullen
Eynon Evans
Anne Paige
Glyn Houston
Fanny Carby
A mother and father in a working class village in Wales await
the arrival of their son who is being released from prison
after serving a two-year sentence. The man, however, has
written to his parents saying that he may go to London instead
of returning home. The couple wait anxiously at home to see
what their son will do.

4.33 [150] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
RENDEZVOUS AT DAWN
US airdate 19Nov56
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
starring
Robert Beatty

4.34 [151] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
SCHEHEREZADE
US airdate 26Nov56
Produced and Directed by Howard Huth
starring
Maya Koumani
Hugh Williams
The city of Baghdad in the days of the Arabian Nights endures
a reign of terror when the ruler, Shayer. discovers that
his wife has been unfaithful. Following the executions of
his wife and her lover, Shayer has taken more than 700 of
Islam's most beautiful women for his brides. But because
he believes that the only chaste wife is a dead one, he has
all of his wifes beheaded the morning after the wedding.
Then he meets Scheherezade ...

4.35 [152] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TO WHAT GREAT HEIGHTS
Filmed in Germany
US airdate 3Dec56
Produced and Directed by Harold Huth
starring
Robert Beatty
Sean Barrett
Royal Belfont, a U.S. war hero and Air Force General, whose
hobby is mountaineering, celebrates his retirement into
civilian life by taking his 15 year-old son, Tony, on a
climbing holiday in the Bavarian Alps. Tony hero worships his
famous father and is desperately anxious not to disappoint him.
He dare not confess that he suffers from acrophobia - fear of
heights, but determines to try and conquer his fear secretly.

4.36 [153] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE BEST MAN
US airdate 14Jan57
Directed by Derek Twist
starring
Ron Randell
Betta St. John
A famous writer is best man at his friends wedding. He is
in love with the girl himself and decides to wreck the
marriage. He sets about his evil plan - with very strange
results.

4.37 [154] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE LUDLOW AFFAIR (verified on film)
US airdate 28Jan57
Screenplay by Irving Rubine
Directed by David Macdonald
Cast:
Robert Beatty ........ Bulldog Drummond
Greta Gynt ........... Mrs Ludlow
Michael Ripper ....... Kelly
William Franklyn ..... Roger Benning
Harry Lane ........... Kinsella
John le Mesurier ..... Inspector Burroughs
Michael Anthony ...... Dr Ludlow
Ian Fleming .......... Churchill
Synopsis:
Captain Drummond receives a phone call from the wife of a friend, who
tells him that her husband has been kidnapped. [RF]

4.38 [155] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
THE TROUBLE WITH DESTINY -aka- THE MARK OF THE SCORPION
US airdate 4Feb57
Directed by Barry Delmaine
starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

4.39 [156] Douglas Fairbanks Presents ...
TOGETHER (final episode)
US airdate 11Feb57
Directed by Lance Comfort
starring
Lee Patterson
Luciana Paluzzi

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