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The Eleventh Hour | |
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Genre | Medical drama |
Starring | Wendell Corey Jack Ging Ralph Bellamy |
Theme music composer | Cecil King Palmer Harry Sukman |
Opening theme | "The Film Opens" |
Composers | Harry Sukman Morton Stevens John Williams |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 62 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Norman Felton |
Producer | Sam Rolfe |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 45–48 min |
Production companies | Arena Productions MGM Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 3, 1962 – April 22, 1964 |
The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy, which aired on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964. [1]
The Eleventh Hour was about psychiatry, both as it helped individuals deal with their problems and as it helped law enforcement agencies. The first season focused on psychiatrists Theodore Bassett and Paul Graham as they worked with people. The show's title related to "patients who came to them 'in the eleventh hour' — on the verge of breakdown". [2] In addition to Bassett's clinical practice, he advised the police department and the state's department of correction. Many episodes had him evaluating people charged with crimes with regard to their mental competency. [2]
In the second season, Bassett was replaced by L. Richard Starke, and he and Graham became more directly involved in cases. [2]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Ann Costigan: A Duel on a Field of White" | Fielder Cook | Harry Julian Fink | October 3, 1962 | 6701 |
2 | 2 | "There Are Dragons in This Forest" | Boris Sagal | Theodore Apstein | October 10, 1962 | 6715 |
3 | 3 | "Make Me a Place" | Paul Wendkos | Harry Fink & S.S. Schwietzer | October 17, 1962 | 6716 |
4 | 4 | "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House" | Don Medford | Harry Fink & Mark Rodgers | October 24, 1962 | 6719 |
5 | 5 | "The Seventh Day of Creation" | William Graham | Harry Fink & Eric Stone | October 31, 1962 | 6711 |
6 | 6 | "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things" | Walter Grauman | Theodore Apstein | November 7, 1962 | 6724 |
7 | 7 | "Angie, You Made My Heart Stop" | Boris Sagal | Harry Fink & Oliver Crawford & Dick Nelson | November 14, 1962 | 6714 |
8 | 8 | "Hooray, Hooray the Circus is Coming to Town" | Lawrence Dobkin | Harry Fink & Gene L. Coon | November 21, 1962 | 6718 |
9 | 9 | "Cry a Little for Mary Too" | William Graham | Harry Fink & Sheldon Stark | November 28, 1962 | 6710 |
10 | 10 | "Eat Little Fishie Eat" | Walter Grauman | Harry Fink & Leonard Kanter | December 5, 1962 | |
11 | 11 | "The Blues My Baby Gave to Me" | William Graham | Harry Fink & Alfred Brenner | December 12, 1962 | 6721 |
12 | 12 | "Along About Late in the Afternoon" | Paul Nickell | Harry Fink & Gene L. Coon | December 26, 1962 | 6705 |
13 | 13 | "Which Man Will Die?" | Elliot Silverstein | Harry Fink & Leonard Kantor & Dick Nelson | January 2, 1963 | 6735 |
14 | 14 | "Where Have You Been, Lord Randall, My Son?" | Paul Nickell | Harry Fink & Alfred Brenner & Jerome Ross | January 9, 1963 | 6704 |
15 | 15 | "My Name is Judith, I'm Lost, You See" | Lawrence Dobkin | Harry Fink & Pat Fielder | January 16, 1963 | 6725 |
16 | 16 | "Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night" | Byron Paul | Harry Fink & Raphael Hayes | January 23, 1963 | 6734 |
17 | 17 | "Advice to the Lovelorn and Shopworn" | Richard Donner | Sam Ross | January 30, 1963 | 6732 |
18 | 18 | "Why Am I Grown So Cold?" | Byron Paul | Harry Fink & Robert Bloch & Dick Nelson | February 6, 1963 | 6729 |
19 | 19 | "Like a Diamond in the Sky" | Jack Arnold | Harry Fink & Alfred Brenner | February 13, 1963 | 6733 |
20 | 20 | "Beauty Playing a Mandolin Underneath a Willow Tree" | Abner Biberman | Harry Fink & Pat Fielder | February 20, 1963 | 6744 |
21 | 21 | "A Tumble from a High, White Horse" | William Graham | Jack Jacobs & Dick Nelson | February 27, 1963 | 6739 |
22 | 22 | "Five Moments Out of Time" | Jack Smight | Harry Fink & Jerry de Bono | March 6, 1963 | 6737 |
23 | 23 | "The Wings of the Morning" | Jack Arnold | Harry Fink & Ellis Marcus | March 20, 1963 | 6748 |
24 | 24 | "Hang by One Hand" | Boris Sagal | Harry Fink & Mort R. Lewis & Ellis Marcus | March 27, 1963 | 6746 |
25 | 25 | "Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room" | Robert Gist | Harry Fink & Jerry de Bono | April 3, 1963 | 6750 |
26 | 26 | "Everybody Knows You've Left Me" | Jack Arnold | Harry Fink & Alfred Brenner | April 10, 1963 | 6747 |
27 | 27 | "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" | Don Medford | Theodore Apstein & Jerry De Bono | April 17, 1963 | 6740 |
28 | 28 | "I Feel Like a Rutabaga" | Richard Donner | Harry Fink & Ellis Marcus | April 24, 1963 | 6755 |
29 | 29 | "A Medicine Man in This Day and Age?" | John Peyser | S.S. Schweitzer | May 1, 1963 | 6726 |
30 | 30 | "The Man Who Came Home Late" | Don Medford | Harry Fink & Dick Nelson | May 8, 1963 | 6745 |
31 | 31 | "Pressure Breakdown" | Alex March | Harry Fink & Howard Dimsdale | May 15, 1963 | 6756 |
32 | 32 | "The Middle Child Gets All the Aches" | William Graham | Harry Fink & Hilda Rolfe | May 22, 1963 | 6758 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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33 | 1 | "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" | John Newland | Theodore Apstein | October 2, 1963 | 6776 |
34 | 2 | "The Silence of Good Men" | Unknown | Unknown | October 9, 1963 | 6779 |
35 | 3 | "Fear Begins at 40" | Leonard Horn | Unknown | October 16, 1963 | 6760 |
36 | 4 | "And Man Created Vanity" | Alan Reisner | Unknown | October 23, 1963 | 6778 |
37 | 5 | "Oh, You Shouldn't Have Done It" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Unknown | October 30, 1963 | 6751 |
38 | 6 | "The Bronze Locust" | Alan Crossland, Jr. | Unknown | November 6, 1963 | 6770 |
39 | 7 | "What Did She Mean by Good Luck?" | Don Medford | Harry Fink & Ellis Marcus | November 13, 1963 | 6765 |
40 | 8 | "This Wonderful Madman Calls Me Beauty" | James Goldstone | Unknown | November 20, 1963 | 6771 |
41 | 9 | "Four Feet in the Morning" | Jack Smight | Jerry De Bono | November 27, 1963 | 6775 |
Part two of a crossover with Dr. Kildare | ||||||
42 | 10 | "The Bride Wore Pink" | Robert Gist | Unknown | December 4, 1963 | 6731 |
43 | 11 | "There Should Be an Outfit Called Families Anonymous!" | Robert Gist | Unknown | December 11, 1963 | 6765 |
44 | 12 | "La Belle Indifference" | Leonard Horn | Jerome B. Thomas & John D.F. Black | December 18, 1963 | 6764 |
45 | 13 | "Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?" | Richard Donner | Unknown | December 25, 1963 | 6752 |
46 | 14 | "My Door is Locked and Bolted" | Alan Buckhantz | Unknown | January 1, 1964 | 6741 |
47 | 15 | "Sunday Father" | Marc Daniels | Alvin Boretz & Lee Erwin | January 8, 1964 | 6781 |
48 | 16 | "How Do I Say I Love You?" | Leonard Horn | Unknown | January 15, 1964 | 6781 |
49 | 17 | "You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?" | Marc Daniels | Unknown | January 22, 1964 | 6788 |
50 | 18 | "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Unknown | January 29, 1964 | 6723 |
51 | 19 | "Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive" | Leon Benson | Unknown | February 5, 1964 | 6767 |
52 | 20 | "The Only Remaining Copy is in the British Museum" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Henry Misrock & Madeline Misrock | February 12, 1964 | 6792 |
53 | 21 | "87 Different Kinds of Love" | Don Medford | Unknown | February 19, 1964 | 6784 |
54 | 22 | "The Secret in the Stone" | Bernard Girard | Pat Fielder | February 26, 1964 | 6757 |
55 | 23 | "A Full Moon Every Night" | Alan Reisner | Robert Presnell, Jr. | March 4, 1964 | 7303 |
56 | 24 | "Who is to Say How the Battle is to Be Fought?" | Marc Daniels | Unknown | March 11, 1964 | 7302 |
57 | 25 | "Prodigy" | John Newland | Unknown | March 18, 1964 | 6774 |
58 | 26 | "Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1" | James Goldstone | Unknown | March 25, 1964 | 6769 |
59 | 27 | "Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2" | James Goldstone | Unknown | April 1, 1964 | 6793 |
60 | 28 | "A Pattern of Sundays" | Seymour Robbie | Unknown | April 8, 1964 | 7308 |
61 | 29 | "To Love is to Live" | James Goldstone | Henry Misrock | April 15, 1964 | 7312 |
62 | 30 | "The Color of Sunset" | Leo Penn | Unknown | April 22, 1964 | 7310 |
The executive producer was Norman Felton. [1] Herbert Hirschman was the producer, Fielder Cook was the director, and Harry Julian Fink was the writer. [8]
The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, [2] following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage . [9]
In June 2016, Warner Archive Collection released The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on Region 1 DVD as a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release. [10]
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