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The Elgin Hour is a 60-minute live American anthology drama that aired from October 5, 1954 to June 14, 1955, on ABC, alternating with The U.S. Steel Hour.
Original Release
10/05/1954 on ABC
US Release
10/05/1954
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Cassavetes | Frankie Dane / Private Tommy Fitch |
| William Redfield | Hopper / Lyman Poole |
| Polly Bergen | Betty West / Dawn Desmond |
| E.G. Marshall | Brady Weeks / Saul Hirsch |
| Gertrude Berg | Hannah Hirsch / Bessie |
| Charles Dingle | Green Castle / Miles Virdin |
| Joe Mantell | Bellboy / Muggsy |
| Malcolm Lee Beggs | O'Neil / Jim Fuller |
| Boris Karloff | Mr. Mycroft |
| Robert Preston | Ben Wagner |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floodtide | Tuesday, 05 October 1954 |
| 2 | Family Crisis | Tuesday, 19 October 1954 |
| 3 | High Man | Tuesday, 02 November 1954 |
| 4 | Warm Clay | Tuesday, 16 November 1954 |
| 5 | Hearts and Hollywood | Tuesday, 30 November 1954 |
| 6 | Yesterday's Magic | Tuesday, 14 December 1954 |
| 7 | Falling Star | Tuesday, 28 December 1954 |
| 8 | The Bridge | Tuesday, 11 January 1955 |
| 9 | Family Meeting | Tuesday, 25 January 1955 |
| 10 | Days of Grace | Tuesday, 08 February 1955 |
| 11 | Sting of Death | Tuesday, 22 February 1955 |
| 12 | Crime in the Streets | Tuesday, 08 March 1955 |
| 13 | The $1,000 Window | Tuesday, 22 March 1955 |
| 14 | Black Eagle Pass | Tuesday, 05 April 1955 |
| 15 | Midsummer Melody | Tuesday, 19 April 1955 |
| 16 | Driftwood | Tuesday, 03 May 1955 |
| 17 | San Francisco Fracas | Tuesday, 17 May 1955 |
| 18 | Mind Over Momma | Tuesday, 31 May 1955 |
| 19 | Combat Medics | Tuesday, 14 June 1955 |
Directors
Daniel Petrie, Don Richardson, Sidney Lumet, Herbert Hirschman
Writers
David Davidson, Alvin Sapinsley, Michael Dyne, Joseph Schull, Mark Hellinger, Gertrude Berg, Luigi Pirandello, Reginald Rose, Morton Wishengrad, Halsted Welles, Virginia Mazer, James Yaffe, William McCleery, Jack Gordun, Winifred Wolfe, George Faulkner, Gerald Heard, Marjorie Faulkner
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Cassavetes | Frankie Dane / Private Tommy Fitch |
| William Redfield | Hopper / Lyman Poole |
| Polly Bergen | Betty West / Dawn Desmond |
| E.G. Marshall | Brady Weeks / Saul Hirsch |
| Gertrude Berg | Hannah Hirsch / Bessie |
| Charles Dingle | Green Castle / Miles Virdin |
| Joe Mantell | Bellboy / Muggsy |
| Malcolm Lee Beggs | O'Neil / Jim Fuller |
| Boris Karloff | Mr. Mycroft |
| Robert Preston | Ben Wagner |
| Glenda Farrell | Mrs. Dane |
| Robert Flemyng | Mr. Silchester |
| Hermione Gingold | Alice |
| Mark Rydell | Lou Macklin |
| Martyn Green | Mr. Hargrove |
| Van Dyke Parks | Richie Dane |
| Will Kuluva | Mr. Gioia |
| Ivan Cury | 'Baby' Gioia |
| David Winters | Glasses |
| Jerry Wynne | Blockbuster |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Herbert Brodkin | Producer |
