Alcoa Premiere Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

Flashing Spikes

Thu, Oct 4, 196253 mins

An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.

Episode 2

Guest in the House

Thu, Oct 11, 196260 mins

A war hero turned grifter returns to an air force buddy's life and helps his family through a crisis.

Episode 3

The Long Walk Home

Thu, Oct 18, 196260 mins

If a high school football coach doesn't lose a championship game, a a blackmailer will circulate a photograph the coach doesn't want anyone to see.

Episode 4

The Voice of Charlie Pont

Thu, Oct 25, 196260 mins

Charlie Pont (Bradford Dillman) is back in town. Good old Charlie. Good-looking Charlie. George (Robert Redford) and Liza (Diana Hyland) are not at all sure that Charlie's visit, and the memories it will stir up, will be welcome.

Episode 5

Mr. Lucifer

Thu, Nov 1, 196260 mins

In the guise of Mr. Lucifer, a Madison Avenue executive, the devil summons all of his powers and know-how, including his attractive young assistant Hecate, to break the will and sinlessness of a young, kind, hardworking, and happily married architect named Tom Logan.

Episode 6

The Masked Marine

Thu, Nov 8, 196260 mins

A marine sergeant is irritated by a private and decides to teach him a lesson.

Episode 7

Ordeal in Darkness

Thu, Nov 15, 196260 mins

Always independent John Miller (Richard Conte) forges ahead despite temporary blindness. His wife, however, believes he should depend more on their teenaged son (Keir Dullea).

Episode 8

Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?

Thu, Nov 22, 196260 mins

A reporter asks that question about Miss Illinois and other losers of national contests.

Episode 9

The Hands of Danofrio

Thu, Nov 29, 196260 mins

An art critic catalogs the complete works of a dead sculptor and suddenly a new work turns up.

Episode 10

The Contenders

Thu, Dec 6, 1962

Three unprincipled actresses vie for the best-performance award at a film festival.

Episode 11

The Way from Darkness

Thu, Dec 13, 196260 mins

Invalid Meg Fletcher (Shelley Winters) just loves having her sister stay with her: she makes such a wonderful servant.

Episode 12

The Potentate

Thu, Dec 20, 196260 mins

"Disquieting is the word for Stefan Tamarov's first visit to New York City. As Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade for a Communist satellite country, Tamarov has no trouble with his official duties; it's the 'little' things that bother him. His daughter Svezda is seeing an American reporter much too often, and his best friend Andreas Vrim, his country's UN delegate, has confided a few thoughts to Stefan that could be interpreted as treason."--TV guide, June 20, 1963.

Episode 13

Blues for a Hanging

Thu, Dec 27, 196260 mins

Fred Astaire stars as Ted Miller, a down-on-his-luck musician, who was in a drunken fight last night and begins to think he could have murdered a man. His loving girlfriend Connie (Janis Paige) refuses to believe this, and together they piece together what really transpired.

Episode 14

Impact of an Execution

Thu, Jan 3, 196360 mins

A doctor tries to convince a mother to approve a life saving operation for her boy while his daughter's murderer is due to be executed. A judge tries to convince the doctor to petition the Governor to halt the execution.

Episode 15

Lollipop Louie

Thu, Jan 10, 196360 mins

Happy-go-lucky Lollipop Louie (Aldo Ray) leaves his California fishing boat to head for the big city.

Episode 16

The Glass Palace

Thu, Jan 17, 196360 mins

There's trouble afoot when ice skater Vince Gallard (Ricardo Montalban) begins to slip: a coming ice show depends on him.

Episode 17

Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks

Thu, Jan 24, 196360 mins

After several years in Europe, a temperamental jazz drummer returns to the U.S.

Episode 18

George Gobel Presents

Thu, Jan 31, 196360 mins

Episode 19

The Hat of Sergeant Martin

Thu, Feb 7, 196360 mins

Marines Michael Lujack and Clinton Martin fight over women, but fight well together when it comes to Latin American revolutionaries. Stationed in a turbulent country during the Thirties, they hunt down insurgents in the mountains.

Episode 20

Blow High, Blow Clear

Thu, Feb 14, 196360 mins

Doyle, a young seaman just arrived from New Orleans, is in a quandary: His friend Harlan is deeply disturbed over parental problems, and Doyle has stumbled onto something in the French Quarter which could throw Harlan - and his family - into a real spin.

Episode 21

Chain Reaction

Thu, Feb 21, 196360 mins

Scientists Mark Ames and Walter Mitchell work for the same lab, but Ames is brash and brilliant while Mitchell is cautious and reliable - a volatile relationship that becomes explosive with the addition of a female.

Episode 22

Hornblower

Thu, Feb 28, 196360 mins

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, British Royal Navy Captain Horatio Hornblower leads an expedition in the English Channel to find the empire's missing ship HMS Flame. Hornblower locates the ship, but finds a mutinous crew has seized control from their barbaric captain.

Episode 23

The Best Years

Thu, Mar 7, 196360 mins

Episode 24

Jenny Ray

Thu, Mar 14, 196360 mins

When her grandmother dies, timid Jeeney Ray (Brenda Scott) must move in with her hostile brother and sister-in-law.

Episode 25

The Dark Labyrinth

Thu, Mar 21, 196360 mins

Despite an earthquake hazard, five tourists insist on visiting a famous labyrinth in Crete.

Episode 26

Of Struggle and Flight

Thu, Mar 28, 196360 mins

Karen Evans (Janice Rule) seems normal enough to her husband, but now, for the second time, the Missing Persons Bureau has been sent searching for her, and this time her clothes have washed up on the beach.

Episode 27

The Broken Year

Thu, Apr 4, 196360 mins

Eric and Hilary's romance becomes filled with hatred and bitterness when she blames herself for his crippling accident.

Episode 28

This Will Kill You

Thu, Apr 11, 196360 mins

Meek Willy Longo (Howard Morris) is traveling to Las Vegas to see what his brother Larry (Louis Nye) is really like.

Episode 29

Million Dollar Hospital

Thu, Apr 18, 196360 mins

Young Dr. Grant (William Shatner) answers a medical-journal ad offering a "rewarding practice" for $1,000,000, but the run-down emergency hospital he finds hardly seems a lucrative enterprise.

Episode 30

The Town That Died

Thu, Apr 25, 196360 mins

Successful businessman Adam returns to an island where he used to live and finds it barren and poverty-stricken. The major industry, a cannery that he and his brother Will owned, had been forced out of business due to a strike in which Will was killed. Now the remaining inhabitants want to kill Adam, but he convinces them that if they work together they can rebuild the island.