Decision | |
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Genre | Anthology series |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | July 6 September 28, 1958 | –
Decision is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC in 1958 as a summer replacement for The Loretta Young Show. [1] [2] [3]
Six episodes of Decision were repeats of episodes previously aired on other anthology series. [2] [4] The other seven episodes were unsold television pilots. [2] [3] [4] Episodes starred William Bendix, Dennis Hopper, Richard Kiley, June Lockhart, Darren McGavin, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Rod Steiger, and James Whitmore, among many others. [3] Directors included Lamont Johnson, Lewis Allen, David Lowell Rich, and Fred Zinneman. The fifth episode, "Sudden Silence," was produced by Screen Gems. [3]
Decision′s premiere episode was the pilot for a television adaptation of the Owen Wister novel The Virginian, starring James Drury. Although the pilot broadcast on Decision in 1958 went unsold, Drury later starred in a different, and very successful television adaptation of Wister's novel, also titled The Virginian, which aired from 1962 to 1971. [2] [3] [5]
Decision was broadcast from 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays. [2] [3] [4] It premiered on July 6, 1958, and ran for 13 weeks. [1] [2] [3] Its last broadcast was on September 28, 1958. [1] [2] [3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Virginian" | Lamont Johnson | Leslie Stevens | July 6, 1958 | |
Judge Henry asks a man known as "the Virginian" to investigate mysterious setbacks in his efforts to bring a
railroad spur to his
ranch. Only the ranch's cook, Dora, is helpful to the Virginian, whose investigation brings the judge's disgruntled son, the
ranch foreman, and some of the ranch hands under suspicion. Starring
James Drury,
Andrew Duggan,
Stephen Joyce,
Robert Burton,
Jeanette Nolan,
Robert Gist, and
Dan Blocker. An unsold pilot for a television adaptation of
Owen Wister′s novel
The Virginian; a different adaptation, also starring Drury, later led to the successful series
The Virginian of 1962–1971. | |||||
2 | "Fifty Beautiful Girls" | Unknown | Unknown | July 13, 1958 | |
After a
serial killer begins murdering
taxi dancers, an attractive dancer who worries that she may be the next victim continues to dance in an effort to catch the murderer. Starring
Barbara Bel Geddes,
Edward Andrews, and
Royal Dano. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on June 21, 1957. | |||||
3 | "The Danger Game" | Unknown | Unknown | July 20, 1958 | |
A spy tries to uncover an assassination plot. An unsold pilot from the
William Morris Agency starring
Ray Danton. | |||||
4 | "The Tall Man" | Thomas Carr | Aaron Spelling | July 27, 1958 | |
When
Colonel T. J. Allen investigates the mysterious death of a child, a man becomes a suspect in the death. An unsold pilot starring
Michael Rennie,
William Phipps,
Henry Brandon,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Baynes Barron,
Jean Willes,
Ellen Corby,
John Cliff,
I. Stanford Jolley,
Jack Reitzen,
Earle Hodgins,
Annette Warren,
Hank Mann,
Kansas Moehring, and
Tex Palmer. | |||||
5 | "Sudden Silence" | Lewis Allen | Larry Marcus | August 3, 1958 | |
On the
19th-century
American frontier, the
Eastern-born wife of a
United States marshal cares for her ill son while her husband hunts a vengeful outlaw. Starring
Barbara Stanwyck,
Jimmy Baird,
Jeff Morrow,
Trevor Bardette,
Jim Hayward,
Ralph Dumke,
Charlotte Knight,
Robert Easton, and
Malcolm Atterbury. This episode previously aired as an episode of
The Ford Television Theatre on October 10, 1956. | |||||
6 | "Indemnity" | Unknown | Milton Gelman & Stedman Coles | August 10, 1958 | |
While one of its three guards is eating lunch at a roadside
diner, an
armored truck containing a
US$250,000
payroll disappears along with its other two guards, and
insurance fraud expert Paul Scott sets out to recover the missing money. An unsold pilot starring
Richard Kiley,
Chuck Webster,
George Chandler,
Ruth Lee,
Michael Healy,
Jan Saint,
John Kellins, and
Skip Fletcher. | |||||
7 | "Stand and Deliver" | Unknown | Unknown | August 17, 1958 | |
A
highwayman who also is a gallant champion of righteousness saves a boy from being
hanged. An unsold pilot starring
Louis Hayward. | |||||
8 | "Night of the Stranger" | Lewis Allen | Story by
William Heuman Teleplay by Lawrence B. Marcus | August 24, 1958 | |
Threatened by a homicidal mental patient, a
psychiatrist seeks safety in the home of a stranger. Starring
George Sanders,
Valentina Cortesa, and
Mike Lane. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on March 7, 1958. | |||||
9 | "Fear Has Many Faces" | Oscar Rudolph | Story by
Joseph Ruscoll and
Janet Ruscoll Teleplay by Russell S. Hughes | August 31, 1958 | |
After being forced to shoot another soldier who tried to flee to the rear during the
Korean War, a
sergeant finds it impossible to forget the experience even after he returns to civilian life. Starring
James Whitmore,
June Lockhart, and
Don Haggerty. This episode previously aired as an episode of
The Ford Television Theatre on January 2, 1957. | |||||
10 | "High Air" | Allan Dwan | A. I. Bezzerides | September 7, 1958 | |
A veteran "
sandhog" tries to keep his son from working with him in a
tunnel under the
Hudson River. Based on a story by
Borden Chase and starring
William Bendix,
Dennis Hopper, and
John Alderson. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Screen Directors Playhouse on September 12, 1956. | |||||
11 | "Markheim" | Fred Zinneman | John McGreevey & Paul Osborn | September 14, 1958 | |
While attempting to rob the corpse of a man he has killed on
Christmas Day, a degraded and prideless man meets a mysterious stranger who offers a tempting proposition. Based on a story by
Robert Louis Stevenson and starring
Ray Milland,
Rod Steiger,
Jay Novello,
Rex Evans, and
Marilee Phelps. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Screen Directors Playhouse on April 11, 1956. | |||||
12 | "Man Against Crime" | Richard Bare | Unknown | September 21, 1958 | |
After a gang war breaks out,
lawyer Dan Garrett defends a youth accused of killing a young punk. This was an unsold pilot for a new series starring
Darren McGavin that would have been a remake of an earlier series,
Man Against Crime, that starred
Ralph Bellamy and aired from 1949 to 1954. In addition to McGavin, the pilot starred
David Opatoshu,
Stanley Peck,
Joe Sullivan, and
Terry Greene. | |||||
13 | "Man on a Raft" | Unknown | Steve Fisher | September 28, 1958 | |
Ann Conway hires
private detective Michael Shayne to investigate the details of her playboy husband's death on a boat at sea because a large inheritance depends on the exact date of his demise. An unsold pilot based on a story by
Brett Halliday starring
Mark Stevens,
Diane Brewster,
Robert Brubaker,
Merry Anders,
Steven Mitchell,
William Kendis,
Mary Adams,
Gage Clarke,
Bob Stevenson, and
Sherwood Price. |
Decision | |
---|---|
Genre | Anthology series |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | July 6 September 28, 1958 | –
Decision is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC in 1958 as a summer replacement for The Loretta Young Show. [1] [2] [3]
Six episodes of Decision were repeats of episodes previously aired on other anthology series. [2] [4] The other seven episodes were unsold television pilots. [2] [3] [4] Episodes starred William Bendix, Dennis Hopper, Richard Kiley, June Lockhart, Darren McGavin, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Rod Steiger, and James Whitmore, among many others. [3] Directors included Lamont Johnson, Lewis Allen, David Lowell Rich, and Fred Zinneman. The fifth episode, "Sudden Silence," was produced by Screen Gems. [3]
Decision′s premiere episode was the pilot for a television adaptation of the Owen Wister novel The Virginian, starring James Drury. Although the pilot broadcast on Decision in 1958 went unsold, Drury later starred in a different, and very successful television adaptation of Wister's novel, also titled The Virginian, which aired from 1962 to 1971. [2] [3] [5]
Decision was broadcast from 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays. [2] [3] [4] It premiered on July 6, 1958, and ran for 13 weeks. [1] [2] [3] Its last broadcast was on September 28, 1958. [1] [2] [3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Virginian" | Lamont Johnson | Leslie Stevens | July 6, 1958 | |
Judge Henry asks a man known as "the Virginian" to investigate mysterious setbacks in his efforts to bring a
railroad spur to his
ranch. Only the ranch's cook, Dora, is helpful to the Virginian, whose investigation brings the judge's disgruntled son, the
ranch foreman, and some of the ranch hands under suspicion. Starring
James Drury,
Andrew Duggan,
Stephen Joyce,
Robert Burton,
Jeanette Nolan,
Robert Gist, and
Dan Blocker. An unsold pilot for a television adaptation of
Owen Wister′s novel
The Virginian; a different adaptation, also starring Drury, later led to the successful series
The Virginian of 1962–1971. | |||||
2 | "Fifty Beautiful Girls" | Unknown | Unknown | July 13, 1958 | |
After a
serial killer begins murdering
taxi dancers, an attractive dancer who worries that she may be the next victim continues to dance in an effort to catch the murderer. Starring
Barbara Bel Geddes,
Edward Andrews, and
Royal Dano. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on June 21, 1957. | |||||
3 | "The Danger Game" | Unknown | Unknown | July 20, 1958 | |
A spy tries to uncover an assassination plot. An unsold pilot from the
William Morris Agency starring
Ray Danton. | |||||
4 | "The Tall Man" | Thomas Carr | Aaron Spelling | July 27, 1958 | |
When
Colonel T. J. Allen investigates the mysterious death of a child, a man becomes a suspect in the death. An unsold pilot starring
Michael Rennie,
William Phipps,
Henry Brandon,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Baynes Barron,
Jean Willes,
Ellen Corby,
John Cliff,
I. Stanford Jolley,
Jack Reitzen,
Earle Hodgins,
Annette Warren,
Hank Mann,
Kansas Moehring, and
Tex Palmer. | |||||
5 | "Sudden Silence" | Lewis Allen | Larry Marcus | August 3, 1958 | |
On the
19th-century
American frontier, the
Eastern-born wife of a
United States marshal cares for her ill son while her husband hunts a vengeful outlaw. Starring
Barbara Stanwyck,
Jimmy Baird,
Jeff Morrow,
Trevor Bardette,
Jim Hayward,
Ralph Dumke,
Charlotte Knight,
Robert Easton, and
Malcolm Atterbury. This episode previously aired as an episode of
The Ford Television Theatre on October 10, 1956. | |||||
6 | "Indemnity" | Unknown | Milton Gelman & Stedman Coles | August 10, 1958 | |
While one of its three guards is eating lunch at a roadside
diner, an
armored truck containing a
US$250,000
payroll disappears along with its other two guards, and
insurance fraud expert Paul Scott sets out to recover the missing money. An unsold pilot starring
Richard Kiley,
Chuck Webster,
George Chandler,
Ruth Lee,
Michael Healy,
Jan Saint,
John Kellins, and
Skip Fletcher. | |||||
7 | "Stand and Deliver" | Unknown | Unknown | August 17, 1958 | |
A
highwayman who also is a gallant champion of righteousness saves a boy from being
hanged. An unsold pilot starring
Louis Hayward. | |||||
8 | "Night of the Stranger" | Lewis Allen | Story by
William Heuman Teleplay by Lawrence B. Marcus | August 24, 1958 | |
Threatened by a homicidal mental patient, a
psychiatrist seeks safety in the home of a stranger. Starring
George Sanders,
Valentina Cortesa, and
Mike Lane. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on March 7, 1958. | |||||
9 | "Fear Has Many Faces" | Oscar Rudolph | Story by
Joseph Ruscoll and
Janet Ruscoll Teleplay by Russell S. Hughes | August 31, 1958 | |
After being forced to shoot another soldier who tried to flee to the rear during the
Korean War, a
sergeant finds it impossible to forget the experience even after he returns to civilian life. Starring
James Whitmore,
June Lockhart, and
Don Haggerty. This episode previously aired as an episode of
The Ford Television Theatre on January 2, 1957. | |||||
10 | "High Air" | Allan Dwan | A. I. Bezzerides | September 7, 1958 | |
A veteran "
sandhog" tries to keep his son from working with him in a
tunnel under the
Hudson River. Based on a story by
Borden Chase and starring
William Bendix,
Dennis Hopper, and
John Alderson. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Screen Directors Playhouse on September 12, 1956. | |||||
11 | "Markheim" | Fred Zinneman | John McGreevey & Paul Osborn | September 14, 1958 | |
While attempting to rob the corpse of a man he has killed on
Christmas Day, a degraded and prideless man meets a mysterious stranger who offers a tempting proposition. Based on a story by
Robert Louis Stevenson and starring
Ray Milland,
Rod Steiger,
Jay Novello,
Rex Evans, and
Marilee Phelps. This episode previously aired as an episode of
Screen Directors Playhouse on April 11, 1956. | |||||
12 | "Man Against Crime" | Richard Bare | Unknown | September 21, 1958 | |
After a gang war breaks out,
lawyer Dan Garrett defends a youth accused of killing a young punk. This was an unsold pilot for a new series starring
Darren McGavin that would have been a remake of an earlier series,
Man Against Crime, that starred
Ralph Bellamy and aired from 1949 to 1954. In addition to McGavin, the pilot starred
David Opatoshu,
Stanley Peck,
Joe Sullivan, and
Terry Greene. | |||||
13 | "Man on a Raft" | Unknown | Steve Fisher | September 28, 1958 | |
Ann Conway hires
private detective Michael Shayne to investigate the details of her playboy husband's death on a boat at sea because a large inheritance depends on the exact date of his demise. An unsold pilot based on a story by
Brett Halliday starring
Mark Stevens,
Diane Brewster,
Robert Brubaker,
Merry Anders,
Steven Mitchell,
William Kendis,
Mary Adams,
Gage Clarke,
Bob Stevenson, and
Sherwood Price. |