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The DuPont Show of the Week Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
The Outpost
Sun, Sep 16, 196260 mins
At a military outpost in a desert wilderness, a young lieutenant arrives and is shocked to find only four other soldiers there, each with a stain against their military record.
Episode 2
The Interrogator
Sun, Sep 23, 1962
A drama set in Cyprus in 1957 during the height of the conflict between British colonial rule and Greek and Turkish terrorists.
Episode 3
Fire Rescue
Sun, Sep 30, 196260 mins
A documentary about the Rescue Company One of the New York Fire Dept., a small corps of firefighters whose training and skills have equipped them for the most challenging assignments.
Episode 4
Big Deal in Laredo
Sun, Oct 7, 196260 mins
A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers. There's lots of money at stake, and he insists to his disapproving wife that he's got a winning hand. When he has a heart attack, she must take over.
Episode 5
The Betrayal
Sun, Oct 21, 1962
A colonel of the East German People's Police is assassinated by Richard Thaelman, a young underground hero and son of Professor Gretchen Thaelman. Richard flees to the apartment of Carl Richter, a non-political student of the professor.
Episode 6
The Shadowed Affair
Sun, Nov 4, 1962
A Nobel Prize-winning novelist is interviewed by a young journalist, who observes the strange relationship between him and his psychotic wife.
Episode 7
Emergency Ward
Sun, Nov 18, 196260 mins
A documentary about the experiences of a young doctor confronted with a succession of crises in one of the world's busiest hospitals, Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Episode 8
Mutiny
Sun, Dec 2, 1962
In 1842, the U.S.S. Bowers returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard from a training cruise. One cadet was killed during the voyage and a Naval Court of Inquiry summons the ship's captain to a hearing on charges of murder.
Episode 9
The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon
Sun, Dec 16, 196260 mins
Dr. Robert Shannon, a brilliant American physician in Edinburgh, faces pressures from his friends, medical superiors and the woman he loves in his effort to find the right vaccine against a new and fatal influenza germ.
Episode 10
Windfall
Sun, Jan 13, 196360 mins
When Emily and Frank find $92,000 in a sink they bought in a junk shop, they decide to turn it over to the police. Friends call them fools, but the IRS thinks they have more money to report.
Episode 11
Two Faces of Treason
Sun, Feb 10, 196360 mins
Cpl. William Yarrow is asked to to assume the identity of a Communist agent who has just died - an agent who bore a striking resemblance to him. If the ruse succeeds, Yarrow's country will benefit. If he fails, he could pay with his life.
Episode 12
Comedian Backstage
Sun, Mar 10, 1963
Profile of comedian Shelley Berman filmed during a 24-hour period prior to his opening night at a Hollywood, Florida nightclub. An illustration of the tense, nerve-wracking and serious business of stand-up comedy.
Episode 13
Diamond Fever
Sun, Mar 24, 1963
A financially pressed jeweler concocts a scheme whereby he would be the victim of the theft of his fabulous diamond. But he needs an embittered diamond cutter to turn the stone into an article of priceless beauty.
Episode 14
The Shark
Sun, Apr 7, 1963
Fred once saved Harry from being killed by a shark, so when he visits Harry and his family he's treated like a guardian angel. But Fred needs to confide in his friend that he has just killed a prostitute. How Harry will take it?
Episode 15
Prisoner at Large
Sun, Apr 21, 196360 mins
A documentary about the personal relationship between a parole officer, Joseph McCormick, and John Hackett (not his real name), who was paroled after serving seven years for armed robbery.
Episode 16
Something to Hide
Sun, May 5, 1963
Howard Holt, a second rate author who is married to his wealthy publisher, Karen, is having an affair with Julie Grant. Karen runs over Julie and Howard tells her not to call the police, because they will charge her with manslaughter. Karen calls them anyway and D.A. Davies arrives with questions in hand.
Episode 17
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Sun, May 19, 1963
What really happened to the famous film star Lylah Clare, whose life (and death) forms the subject of a proposed new movie?
Episode 18
The Triumph of Gerald Q. Wert
Sun, Jun 9, 196360 mins
In a totalitarian world where laughter is deemed revolutionary, the last comedian on earth, Gerald Q. Wert, is the subject of a worldwide search by those who want him dead.
Episode 19
San Francisco Detective
Sun, Jun 16, 1963
A documentary about police work in San Francisco, featuring murder sights, scenes of a line-up, the interrogation of witnesses and the work of the crime lab.
Episode 20
A Dozen Deadly Roses
Sun, Jun 23, 196360 mins
Lorraine Boswell is acquitted of killing her wealthy husband thanks to the testimony of a total stranger, Martin Pitt. They fall in love and marry. But there's more to this relationship than Lorraine realizes.
Episode 21
Opening Night
Sun, Jun 30, 196360 mins
A behind-the-scenes study of the launching of a new play, "The Dragon," a story of tyranny in the guise of a fairy tale, which opened April 9, 1963 at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City.
Episode 22
To Bury Caesar
Sun, Jul 7, 196360 mins
A courtroom melodrama about an English parliamentarian's fight for his political life.