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The Chevy Mystery Show | |
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Also known as | Sunday Mystery Hour |
Genre | Anthology, mystery |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 18 |
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Production companies | Sewanee Productions, in association with NBC |
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Network | NBC |
Release | May 29 – September 25, 1960 |
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Columbo |
The Chevy Mystery Show, aka Sunday Mystery Hour, is an American television anthology series. [1] It was produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Dinah Shore's production company Sewanee.[ citation needed ]
The program was broadcast on NBC from May 1960 to September 1960 [1] as a summer replacement for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show [2] with Walter Slezak as host, except for the last three episodes, which had Vincent Price as host. The episodes with Slezak as host were re-run with the title Sunday Mystery Hour from July 1961 to September 1961 [1] (sustained by various "participating" advertisers).[ citation needed ]
There were a total of 18 episodes. Featured actors included Robert Culp, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Carlson, Janet Blair, and James Whitmore.[ citation needed ] A 1960 episode, "Enough Rope", was the first appearance of the fictional character Columbo, who would go on to star in his own show. [3]
Nº | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Air date | |
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1 | "The Machine Calls It Murder" | Marc Daniels | Harold Swanton | May 29, 1960 | |
This episode was a remake of "Mechanical Manhunt," which aired as a presentation of The Alcoa Hour on 28 April 1957. Screenwriter Swanton won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Mystery Teleplay after that original performance.[ citation needed ] | |||||
2 | "Thunder of Silence" | Paul Nickell | Adrian Spies | June 5, 1960 | |
3 | "The Summer Hero" | Marc Daniels, Walter Grauman | Charlotte Armstrong | June 12, 1960 | |
4 | "Dark Possession" | Unknown | Gore Vidal | June 19, 1960 | |
5 | "Fear Is the Parent" | Marc Daniels | Theodore Ferro | June 26, 1960 | |
Based on a novel by Mathilde Ferro | |||||
6 | "Murder Me Nicely" | Paul Nickell | Mann Rubin | July 3, 1960 | |
7 | "Dead Man's Walk" | Unknown | Stephen Kandel | July 10, 1960 | |
8 | "The Last Six Blocks" | Unknown | Adrian Spies | July 17, 1960 | |
9 | "I Know What I'd Have Done" | Marc Daniels | Charles Larson | July 24, 1960 | |
10 | "Enough Rope" | Don Richardson | Richard Levinson, William Link | July 31, 1960 | |
This episode was later made into the TV-movie Prescription: Murder , which became the pilot for Columbo . [4] | |||||
11 | "Trial by Fury" | Marc Daniels | Stephen Kandel | August 7, 1960 | |
12 | "Run-Around" | Paul Nickell | Norman Lessing | August 14, 1960 | |
From a story by A.E. Hotchner | |||||
13 | "The Inspector Vanishes" | Unknown | Unknown | August 21, 1960 | |
14 | "Femme Fatale" | Paul Nickell | John McGreevey | August 28, 1960 | |
15 | "Murder by the Book" | Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stephen Kandel | September 4, 1960 | |
16 | "Blind Man's Bluff" | Walter Grauman | Alan A. Armer, Walter Grauman | September 11, 1960 | |
17 | "The Suicide Club" | Richard Dunlap | Norman Lessing | September 18, 1960 | |
From a story by Robert Louis Stevenson | |||||
18 | "The Perfect Alibi" | Richard Dunlap | Norman Lessing | September 25, 1960 | |
From a story by A.A. Milne |