The Chevy Mystery Show
The Chevy Mystery Show, aka Sunday Mystery Hour, is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week. It was produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Dinah Shore's production company {Sewanee}, and aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show with Walter Slezak as host.
- 1960-1960
- 1 season
- NBC
- Suspense
The Chevy Mystery Show, aka Sunday Mystery Hour, is an American television anthology series featuring a different mystery each week. It was produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Dinah Shore's production company {Sewanee}, and aired on NBC in 1960 as a summer replacement for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show with Walter Slezak as host.
Season 1 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1960
Episode 1
The Machine Calls It Murder
Sun, May 29, 1960 60 mins
An insurance company statistician compiles computer figures for accidental deaths to young women and finally develops it to such detail that it indicates that several girls may have been actually murdered by the same man. Investigating further, he's sure he can predict who the next victim will be.
Episode 2
Thunder of Silence
Sun, Jun 5, 1960 60 mins
Flames break out in a state school for deaf children, and only quick action by firemen saves the terrified youngsters.
Episode 3
The Summer Hero
Sun, Jun 12, 1960
Seventeen year old Dotty Halsey, who lives in a resort town, falls prey to suave actor Damian Shea. Shea appears every year in the town's summer stock theater and is idolized for his supposed act of bravery the previous summer during a local fire. However, Shea is neither brave nor heroic. He schemes to eliminate Dotty, the only person who can expose his secret.
Episode 4
Dark Possession
Sun, Jun 19, 1960 60 mins
A widow is accused of murder by a poison-pen letter.
Episode 5
Fear Is the Parent
Sun, Jun 26, 1960 60 mins
Simon Dow is a neurotic man constantly living in fear. After his wife Avery notes his increased agitation when the topic of murder is discussed, Simon is compelled to share one of his fears with his wife. His confession and subsequent bizarre behavior lead Avery to her own cycle of fear.
Episode 6
Murder Me Nicely
Sun, Jul 3, 1960 60 mins
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, embittered schoolteacher Alfred Emerson decides to end life on his terms. He subsequently devises a monstrous plan to blackmail Peter Montopolis, a popular student he jealously loathes, into killing him. However, the scheme might not go off as planned.
Episode 7
Dead Man's Walk
Sun, Jul 10, 1960 60 mins
A man wakes up in a hospital emergency ward to learn he's been fished out of the river. He's got no idea how he got there or who he is, but police suspect he's the victim of foul play and may be involved with the racketeers who control the city.
Episode 8
The Last Six Blocks
Sun, Jul 17, 1960
Joseph Teague is an American doctor who lives in Guatemala and has a somewhat tarnished reputation. Then U.S. consul Greyson gives Teague an important job - find Andrew Glenn, an American youth who's on a bender somewhere in the city.
Episode 9
I Know What I'd Have Done
Sun, Jul 24, 1960 60 mins
A teacher refuses to help a woman who claims she's been assaulted.
Episode 10
Enough Rope
Sun, Jul 31, 1960 60 mins
Psychiatrist Dr. Roy Fleming has fallen in love with pretty patient Susan Hudson. There's just one problem: Fleming is married, and divorcing his wealthy wife Claire isn't an option, so Fleming decides to eliminate her with the help of Susan. Their foolproof plan for the perfect murder could be foiled by Columbo, a tenacious and suspicious police lieutenant.
Episode 11
Trial by Fury
Sun, Aug 7, 1960 60 mins
Attorney Jim Powell becomes his own client following a false accusation of murder. After he is tried and acquitted of the crime, the widow of the victim, Elizabeth Marshall, convenes her own personal trial in order to get justice for her late husband's premature death, but is Powell really guilty?
Episode 12
Run-Around
Sun, Aug 14, 1960
Actor and former box office gold Francis Rushmore finds his career in sharp decline. While drowning his sorrows in a tavern he eavesdrops on two men who are plotting the murder of influential but much loathed agent Michael Semmes. Rushmore then launches a valiant effort to warn Semmes of the unfolding plot, unaware that he has ordered everyone to give Rushmore the "run around" to prevent him from begging for acting work.
Episode 13
The Inspector Vanishes
Sun, Aug 21, 1960 60 mins
Walter Slezak pulls double duty in this telecast, acting as both the series host and the lead actor of a story in which he plays the efficient, successful Chief Inspector Pierre Dumourier of the Paris Bureau of Missing Persons. The bureau has just received four new missing persons cases, three from the general public, and one from within as Dumourier himself suddenly vanishes, leaving his assistant Beschamps to search for him. But, Beschamps has reason to not want his superior found.
Episode 14
Femme Fatale
Sun, Aug 28, 1960
The husbands and boyfriends of Lisa Townsend had something in common: they all met with violent deaths. When husband No. 3 has a near-fatal accident, it's another unusual coincidence. Or is it?
Episode 15
Murder by the Book
Sun, Sep 4, 1960 60 mins
When popular mystery novelist John Clayton's career begins to wane, he steals a clever plot written by an amateur writer who has since passed away. However, Clayton's scheme unexpectedly goes awry when his plagiarized story is discovered to be the blueprint for a real life unsolved murder for which he is now considered to be the number one suspect.
Episode 16
Blind Man's Bluff
Sun, Sep 11, 1960 60 mins
Ray, a young war veteran, participates in a bank robbery which is accidentally captured on television cameras recording a man-on-the-street series. With his face broadcast across the country, he decides to hide inside a place where no one can recognize him, a home for the blind. Meanwhile, as he contemplates surrendering, both the police and his angry accomplices desperately attempt to locate him.
Episode 17
The Suicide Club
Sun, Sep 18, 1960 60 mins
In deep depression, Prince Florizel discovers an organization which helps people to commit suicide. The thing is, they don't like these people to change their minds.
Episode 18
The Perfect Alibi
Sun, Sep 25, 1960 60 mins
Two prisoners given life by an English judge in Kenya vow to murder the judge, if they ever get out. When the judge is found sitting at his desk, dead, the search is on for the culprits.