Robert Montgomery Presents - Season 8

Robert Montgomery Presents - Season 8

Season 8

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DatesSep 10, 1956 - Jun 24, 1957
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Episodes

Soldier from the Wars Returning
Season 8Episode 160 min

Soldier from the Wars Returning

An Army sergeant assigned to escort the body of another sergeant to his hometown for burial. The Korean War is long over and the sergeant finds people apathetic to his mission and he wonders if the fight has been in vain.

Sep 10, 1956
Onions in the Stew
Season 8Episode 260 min

Onions in the Stew

A housewife living on a small island off the coast of Seattle has plenty of problems with her two teenage daughters, one of them wants to sing in a Jazz band and the other wants to date the plumbers son.

Sep 17, 1956
After All These Years
Season 8Episode 360 min

After All These Years

A man walks out on his wife and son for no apparent reason. Feeling the pressures of life mounting to beyond what he can handle he deserts them.

Sep 24, 1956
Last Trip of the Hindenburg
Season 8Episode 460 min

Last Trip of the Hindenburg

A dramatization of the final hours aboard the huge dirigible that climaxed in its tragic end.

Oct 1, 1956
September Affair
Season 8Episode 560 min

September Affair

An airplane's forced landing in Naples leads to a romance which changes the lives of a pretty young concert pianist and an unhappily married engineer. The two decide to spend the spare time together, and become so absorbed in each other that they forget about the time.

Oct 8, 1956
Pilgrimage
Season 8Episode 660 min

Pilgrimage

A doctor leaves his practice after his wife divorces him and winds up on an epidemic-ridden Caribbean Island.

Oct 15, 1956
Goodbye, Grey Flannel
Season 8Episode 760 min

Goodbye, Grey Flannel

Terry Major, top man in an advertising agency, is about to retire to a peaceful New England town, far from the hustle and bustle of Madison Avenue. He plans to spend his days growing apples, but soon learns that it's not so easy to give up a lifetime of ad-writing!

Oct 22, 1956
One Bright Day
Season 8Episode 860 min

One Bright Day

Julian Prescott, president of a leading drug company, returns after a long illness and finds many things changed, including the ingredients of some best-selling medicines. He postpones a planned recuperation trip to find out just what is going on.

Oct 29, 1956
Mr. Tutt Goes West
Season 8Episode 960 min

Mr. Tutt Goes West

Mr. Tutt does battle against a crooked store owner in a small Montana town, is trying to bilk a young mining engineer out of a good diggings.

Nov 5, 1956
The Misfortunes of Mr. Minihan
Season 8Episode 1060 min

The Misfortunes of Mr. Minihan

Mr. Minihan's misfortunes all stem from the fact that, through no fault of his own, he spreads unhappiness and trouble wherever he goes. In other words, Mr. Minihan is a jinx, and no matter how much his friends love him, they can't afford to spend too much time in his company. Thus they are forced to devise schemes to send Mr. M. far, far away.

Nov 19, 1956
Plainfield Teachers College
Season 8Episode 1160 min

Plainfield Teachers College

A group of gentlemen who frequent a New York City poolroom, evolve a plan to fool both the newspapers and the local bookmaker. They create a mythical college and endow it with an equally mythical, but very successful football team. Each week they phone in Plainfield's winning scores to the newspapers, which gullibly print them.And each week they also bet on their team and collect a handsome sum from the bookie.

Nov 26, 1956
Sunset Boulevard
Season 8Episode 1260 min

Sunset Boulevard

An aging star of the silent screen's emotional involvement with a young writer ends up in tragedy as she tries to regain her former glory.

Dec 3, 1956
The Young and Beautiful
Season 8Episode 1360 min

The Young and Beautiful

For teenager Josephine Perry, growing up in the World War I period is not a carefree process. For though this intense and sensitive young girl is constantly searching for love, she finds herself incapable of returning it, and this eventually alienates her from other people.

Dec 10, 1956
Miracle at Lensham
Season 8Episode 1460 min

Miracle at Lensham

An American actor starring in a film on location in England, donates $50. to a rundown church. The money disappears and amidst much publicity the donations and tourists pour in.

Dec 17, 1956
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Season 8Episode 1560 min

Amahl and the Night Visitors

The story of the three kings on their journey to Bethlehem to see the newborn King.

Dec 24, 1956
Music for Your New Year's Eve
Season 8Episode 1660 min

Music for Your New Year's Eve

Robert Montgomery departs from his usual format to present one hour of music. Montgomery himself will introduce the numbers.

Dec 31, 1956
The Liar
Season 8Episode 1760 min

The Liar

A young girl prepares for her wedding to a young man who doesn't know that she is a pathological liar.

Jan 7, 1957
Give and Take
Season 8Episode 1860 min

Give and Take

A tragic marriage when a woman married into a wealthy family comes to hate her husband and his family because she can give him nothing in return for his kindness and chivalry.

Jan 14, 1957
Crisis at Sand Cave
Season 8Episode 1960 min

Crisis at Sand Cave

True story of the attempts to rescue Floyd Collins, cave explorer, from a cave-in comes under the heading of sure-fire material.

Jan 21, 1957
The Clay Pigeon
Season 8Episode 2060 min

The Clay Pigeon

A test pilot finds love with a woman already engaged.

Jan 28, 1957
The Week the World Stood Still
Season 8Episode 2160 min

The Week the World Stood Still

Swedish industrialist Birger Dahlerus devoted a week trying to stave off war in Europe by shuttling back and forth between Berlin and London carrying proposals for peace right up until September 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland

Feb 4, 1957
The Grand Prize
Season 8Episode 2260 min

The Grand Prize

A secretary wins a quiz show and gets to boss her boss for a day.

Feb 11, 1957
Wait for Me
Season 8Episode 2360 min

Wait for Me

The younger sister of a very pretty girl lacks self-confidence and tries to rehabilitate her life with the help of a social service agency.

Feb 18, 1957
Reclining Figure
Season 8Episode 2460 min

Reclining Figure

Reclining figure, the Broadway comedy of a few seasons ago about a wealthy American art collector anxious to get his hands on a valuable Renoir painting. He enters into negotiations with an idealistic young dealer, who is willing to sacrifice a great deal to make the transaction. Romance and forgery enter the story before it's complete.

Feb 25, 1957
The Enemy
Season 8Episode 2560 min

The Enemy

In Japan lives a dedicated young surgeon who was educated in America, as was his lovely wife Hana. Now that the U.S. and Japan are at war, Sadao is kept from the front lines to tend the dangerous ailment of an important general. Even during this time of war with America, Sadao and Hana realize that many influences of their American sojourn are still with them. One day, a wounded American sailor is washed up on the shore near their home. As a surgeon, Sadao must try to save the dying man, whether comrade or enemy. But this act jeopardizes the welfare of his whole household, because of the attitude of the Japanese authorities.

Mar 4, 1957
Last Train to Kildevil
Season 8Episode 2660 min

Last Train to Kildevil

A suburban wife is having marital problems. Her husband Tom, anxious for a big business deal with Robert Farrand, an influential member of their community, accuses Marietta of being rude to Farrand. But Tom doesn't know that Farrand has made a play for Marietta. He is also unaware that Marietta has been seeing her former sweetheart in the city. The main elements of their conflicts are brought to a head when the Jacksons and Farrand are among the riders on the commuter train's last trip to Manhattan.

Mar 11, 1957
His Name Was Death
Season 8Episode 2760 min

His Name Was Death

An ordinary man murders his wife and begins to think of himself as a master criminal and commits more murders.

Mar 18, 1957
One Minute to Ditch
Season 8Episode 2860 min

One Minute to Ditch

Concerns the Pan American B-377 Stratocruiser which was ditched successfully in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast on March 26, 1955.

Mar 25, 1957
A Slice of Life
Season 8Episode 2960 min

A Slice of Life

Now that her children are grown and her salesman husband is on the road much of the time, Mrs. White is concerned about Grizel, her Scottish maid, and Tony, Grizel's sweetheart. Grizel and Tony do not have enough money to get married, but Tony thinks up a scheme.

Apr 1, 1957
Victoria Regina
Season 8Episode 3060 min

Victoria Regina

The story of the tragic love affair of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, beginning with Victoria at age 18 to the celebration of her diamond jubilee in 1897 covering a 60 year period of her life and that timeless love story of Victoria and Albert.

Apr 8, 1957
Fear Street
Season 8Episode 3160 min

Fear Street

During Prohibition, two brothers on opposite sides of the law are plunged into mortal conflict with a girl they both love.

Apr 15, 1957
The Trial of Pontius Pilate
Season 8Episode 3260 min

The Trial of Pontius Pilate

Already bitter over his assignment as Governor to the relatively small Judea, when he thought he merited assignment to Egypt. Pilate's life is further complicated when he is called upon to judge Jesus. Mindful of his own political future and following the advice of Claudia, Pilate washes his hands of the matter. Pilate's one fear is that he will be forgotten, but he is assured by a sage that as long as there is a world he will be remembered.

Apr 22, 1957
The New World
Season 8Episode 3360 min

The New World

The drama of the last suspenseful weeks leading up to the first successful nuclear chain reaction (at Stagg Field Chicago) which made the atomic bomb a practical possibility.

Apr 29, 1957
Longing for to Go
Season 8Episode 3460 min

Longing for to Go

A romantic comedy of a producer and his girl friday who's looking for more than a work relationship.

May 6, 1957
Return Visit
Season 8Episode 3560 min

Return Visit

A successful New York businessman goes back to a small Midwestern railroad town to meet the family and friends he had rejected. He comes to grips with his past and finds out a startling truth about himself.

May 13, 1957
Sturdevant's Daughter
Season 8Episode 3660 min

Sturdevant's Daughter

A young woman suspects a romance between her mother and a doctor and attempts to entice the doctor herself.

May 27, 1957
One Smart Apple
Season 8Episode 3760 min

One Smart Apple

A country girl comes to New York to work for an advertising agency and shows the city "slickers" a thing or two.

Jun 3, 1957
The Weather Lover
Season 8Episode 3860 min

The Weather Lover

A diabolically sophisticated man controls the weather of the world and tries to stretch his luck by controlling love as well.

Jun 17, 1957
Faust '57
Season 8Episode 3960 min

Faust '57

A scientist, Faust is striving to solve a difficult equation. Suddenly, Green, the Devil's assistant, appears and tells Faust that he can have the answer if he will agree to the Devil's conditions.

Jun 24, 1957

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