Pursuit
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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PURSUIT
CBS Production
Executive producer Norman Felton
Producer Peter Kortner, Charles Russell
for CBS Wed 8:00-9:00 (22Oct58-14Jan59)
US Dramatic Anthology series 1958-59 12 episodes x 60 min (live)
These episodes were aired live.
Original music by Bernard Herrmann
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CBS Wednesdays 8:00-9:00pm (22Oct58-14Jan59)
1.01 [--] Pursuit: THE VENGEANCE
22-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Adrian Spies
Directed by Herbert Hirschman
Guest cast:
Macdonald Carey ..... Harry Taback
Sal Mineo ........... Richie Rogart
Stuart Erwin ........ Detective Froelich
Carol Lynley ........ Elaine Hermann
Vivian Nathan ....... Mrs. Rogart
Robert H. Harris .... Mr. Hermann
Lee Kinsolving ...... Albie Taback
Synopsis:
Richie is just out of the Army. Earlier he had spent some time in a reformatory
for pushing another youngster down a flight of stairs, crippling him. Now Richie
finds it difficult to stay out of trouble, for he is hounded by the crippled boy's father,
who is a police detective.
*Note: Syndication airing on "Reckoning" 29Jul59. [RF]
1.02 [--] Pursuit: FREE RIDE
29-Oct-1958 CBS Wed
directed by David Greene
Guest cast:
Keenan Wynn ........ Detective Sergeant Long
Ralph Meeker ....... Leo Maxwell
Linda Darnell ...... Carol Wallace
Sidney Blackmer .... Mr. Carpenter
Synopsis:
Detective Sergeant Long has been assigned to pick up Leo Maxwell from
a Texas sheriff. It is Long's job to escort Maxwell safely to San Francisco where
he must stand trial for manslaughter. But as soon as Long picks up his prisoner,
it becomes apparent that someone is trying to
kill either the prisoner or the detective.
*Note: Syndication airing on "Reckoning" 08Aug59.
1.03 [--] Pursuit: TICKET TO TANGIER
05-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Irwin & Gwen Gielgud
Directed by David Greene
Guest cast:
Barry Sullivan ....... Henry Savage
Nina Foch ....... Mrs. Lu Claire Holden
Martin Balsam ....... Holden
Zachary Scott ....... Louis Martell
William Gargan ....... Mooney
Synopsis:
Henry Savage, former FBI agent who is now special investigator for an airline,
spots a suspicious looking couple in an airport. Savage thinks that he recognizes
the man from his days with the FBI so he checks with the bureau, then follows him. (tape) [RF]
1.04 [--] Pursuit: TIGER ON A BICYCLE
12-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
Directed by Paul Nickell
Guest cast:
Neville Brand
Laraine Day
Dan Duryea
Chester Morris
1.05 [--] Pursuit: KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER
19-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
Adapted by Leonard Kanter
From the story by Daphne Du Maurier
Directed by David Greene
Guest cast:
Jeffrey Hunter .... Lt. Aaron Gibbs
Myron McCormick ... Colonel
Margaret O'Brien
Mort Sahl
Mary Beth Hughes
Synopsis:
In a small town located near an Air Force base, a young airman is found stabbed
to death. Lt. Gibbs, a friend of the murdered man, is given permission by the head
of the Air Force to help the local sheriff track down
the murderer. (film) [RF]
1.06 [--] Pursuit: EAGLE IN A CAGE
26-Nov-1958 CBS Wed
Guest cast:
Robert Alda
Joan Caulfield
Marguerite Chapman
Fernando Lamas
Robert Middleton
Lyle Talbot
1.07 [--] Pursuit: EPITAPH FOR A GOLDEN GIRL
03-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
From a
story by Ross MacDonald
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Michael Rennie
Rick Jason
Rip Torn
Sally Forrest
Joan Bennett
1.08 [--] Pursuit: CALCULATED RISK
10-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Dick Berg
Guest cast:
John Cassavetes .... Sam Caldwell
E.G. Marshall ...... Tenner Hodges
Mona Freeman ....... Nina Hodges
Synopsis:
Sam Caldwell and Tenner Hodges, executives of the Caldwell Corporation,
are expecting two investigators from the Internal Revenue Department. Caldwell
and Hodges feel certain the agents will unduly nervous about one of their subsidiary
companies. One of the agents also finds himself attracted to Nina Hodges,
Tenner's daughter, which makes it difficult for him to be completely
objective in his investigation. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Reckoning 01Aug1959.
1.09 [--] Pursuit: THE LAST NIGHT IN AUGUST
17-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Paul Stanley
Guest cast:
Franchot Tone
Cameron Mitchell
Dennis Hopper
Leo Fuchs
1.10 [--] Pursuit: THE SILENT NIGHT
24-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Produced by Charles Russell
Written by Paul Monash
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Guest cast:
Lew Ayres ........ John Conrad
Patricia Neal .... Mrs. Conrad
Victor Jory ...... Cop
Frank Lovejoy .... Doctor
Eduard Franz
Steven Hill
Synopsis:
Christmas Eve bodes disaster for a couple trapped.
1.11 [--] Pursuit: THE DARK CLOUD
31-Dec-1958 CBS Wed
Directed by James Clark
Guest cast:
Ann Sheridan
Eduardo Ciannelli
Darryl Hickman
Gary Merrill
Fay Spain
James Westerfield
[--] Pursuit: no details
07-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
1.12 [--] Pursuit: 1.07 [--] Pursuit: THE HOUSE AT
MALIBU (Last episode of show)
14-Jan-1959 CBS Wed
(Rebroadcast 22Jun60 on Reckoning)
written by Joel Carpenter
directed by Buzz Kulik
Guest cast:
Dane Clark ........ Joe Jupiter
Jan Sterling ...... Allison Smith
Marie Windsor ..... Bessie
Synopsis:
Private eye Joe Jupiter is approached by the lawyer of the girl he loves.
The assignment: to investigate another man the girl is interested in. [RF]
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