All Episodes of The Richard Boone Show
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Season 1
8.4/1013 votesStatement Of Fact
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1963
Chris Dale is the chief trial deputy for the district attorney. He is a sharp-tongued, egocentric man who is dominating and abusive to his wife. He learns that Ellen Randle Dudley, accused of murdering her husband with an ax, has been captured in the town of Evanston--which is outside of his jurisdiction. Dale promptly travels to Evanston, rides rough-shod over the local sheriff, and settles down to an intense, grueling interrogation of the woman. It becomes clear that the woman's relationship to her husband mirrored Dale's own marriage. As he comes to realize this, Dale is both repulsed by and attracted to the woman.
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: Unknown
- 8.7/107 votes
All The Comforts Of Home
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1963
Southern banjo player Luke Stringer had headed to New York to find fame and fortune. He returns to his sister's farm, sad, defeated, and with just twelve dollars in his pocket. Hoping to put the pieces of his life back together, he meets up with the town's recluse and her blind daughter. The woman, Ruthie, is known as "the snake lady" because she makes and sells snakeskin articles. Luke takes a liking to her and begins teaching her daughter to play the banjo.
Director: Robert Gist
Writer: Unknown
- 9.5/109 votes
Wall to War War
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1963
The employees of an insurance company located on the nineteenth floor of a Philadelphia office building are anticipating the upcoming weekend as Friday afternoon approaches. Cal Brown, a Korean War veteran, suddenly pulls a gun and announces to his co-workers that they are going to take Hill 902. He begins to train his "platoon", and, as the evening progresses, they come to understand the horrors of war.
Director: Robert Gist
Writer: Unknown
- 7.3/108 votes
Where Do You Hide An Egg?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1963
Three dim-witted guys decide to rob the corner saloon while the owner is away. What they don't know is that saloon is owned by the Mafia
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Joseph Petracca
- 8.7/108 votes
The Stranger
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1963
At night, on a coastal road, a boy is nearly hit by a car. The car's passengers, stopping to see if the boy is all right, are disturbed by his strange behavior.
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Dale Wasserman
- 9.1/1010 votes
Sorofino's Treasure
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1963
A young Mexican fisherman uses a pearl he found to pay off his debts at the local store. But his wife, who thinks the pearl is worth much more, wants it back.
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: Unknown
- 8.7/107 votes
Vote No on 11!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1963
When aged Jessie McCoony allowed a photographer to take her picture for 50 dollars, she didn't know that it would be used on a poster asking citizens to vote down a slum-clearance bill that Jessie and her neighbors definitely favor. Young Daphne is also affected by the poster: she's afraid that she'll be a mirror-image of the pitiful old woman if she doesn't escape the slums soon.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1011 votes
The Fling
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1963
Story of a poor couple living the desert south west. The woman is crippled and although he loves her very much, he is tempted into cheating on her.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Unknown
- 9.4/108 votes
Captain Al Sanchez
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1963
Capt. Al comes to Mexico from California each month, spending money like water. He meets a poor Mexican girl named Dolores who begs him to take her back with him. But Al has a secret which he must keep from her.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Unknown
- 8.8/106 votes
Don't Call Me Dirty Names
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1963
Wealthy Tom Graham arrives home from work and is informed by his wife that their younger daughter Terry, at college in San Francisco, has just called home to say that she is pregnant by one of her professors. Terry, who is very impetuous, is contemplating an abortion--or suicide. Graham rushes to San Francisco to try and cope with the situation.
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Big Mitch
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1963
Big Mitch lives in a dream world that begins to collapse when his daughter announces her plans to marry.
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: Unknown
- 8.2/106 votes
Which Are the Nuts? Which Are the Bolts?
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1963
Ex-boxer Joey Briggs has been in an institution for three years, being treated for drug and alcohol abuse and emotional trauma. His psychiatrist now feels he is ready to re-enter society. As he takes a train journey to an unspecified destination, he contemplates his past through mental flashbacks and conversations with a friendly porter, and tries to come to terms with himself. A young blind girl he meets on the train may help him.
Director: Robert Gist
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/107 votes
Where's The Million Dollars?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1963
Peter Zandocus was sent to jail for three years for tax evasion, but will get out a year early for good behavior. He will be released in a week. Sidney Hagen of the IRS, fraud division, is convinced that Zandocus stashed away a million dollars before going to jail. He sends a special agent, Ray March, to cozy up to Norma Jean Fryburger, the girl who testified on Zandocus' behalf and who Hagen believes is holding the money out of fear for her life.
Director: Robert Gist
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1011 votes
The Mafia Man
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1964
An exiled member of the Mafia promises to testify before a crime hearing, if the U.S. government will escort him safely to this country for a brief visit with his son.
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: Unknown
- 8.9/109 votes
The Hooligan
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1964
Rancher Steve Gregg, broke and about to lose his ranch, comes to town looking for the saloon owner who owes him a thousand dollars. McBride, the saloon owner, claims that all his money is tied up in inventory, whereupon Gregg proceeds to destroy some of said inventory, the saloon, and a few bouncers, before being knocked out with a mallet. Gregg then calls on Maurice Holden, who also owes him money, only to find his widow, who doesn't care to discuss finances at the moment, and orders Gregg thrown off her ranch. Gregg and the feisty Widow Holden shout, insult, threaten...and fall in love.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Writer: Walter Newman
- N/A/100 votes
Welcome Home, Dan
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1964
Famous foreign correspondent Dan Wilson arrives at his home town, to be met by the mayor, his mother, and a glamorous girlfriend from his past, Min Adams. Once at home, it's learned through his mother's probing that Wilson has, at most, a year to live.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Writer: Unknown
- 8.7/107 votes
First Sermon
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1964
Father Leonard Winger is nervously preparing for his first sermon, concerned that he does not know "how to touch a human heart". As he rehearses, he receives a frantic call for a priest. He finds a young man, who thinks that he has killed his unfaithful girlfriend at a masquerade party. Father Leonard locates the party and finds the girl unconscious in a back room; she dies at the hospital. Detective Sergeant Prouser investigates, knowing that Father Leonard knows what happened, but is holding to the sanctity of the confessional.
Director: Richard Boone
Writer: Unknown
- 9.6/109 votes
A Tough Man To Kill
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1964
Intelligent, cultured Henry Fell Shannon is a "bodyguard extraordinaire" who is for hire to prevent assassinations or take on other humanitarian tasks. A New York editor assigns his associate society editor, Peggy Harriman, to get a "true adventure feature" on Shannon. Meanwhile, a "trigger boy" from the 1940's, Joey Wilson, is getting out of jail after twenty years, and the syndicate wants him dead for ratting on some key men during his stay in prison. To get her story, Harriman poses as a friend of Wilson's, and hires Shannon to get Wilson safely to Mexico and an anonymous existence.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/109 votes
Occupational Hazard
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1964
Wealthy William and Margareta Krespie are being blackmailed by George Masters Sherman. Sherman knows that, years ago, Krespie killed one of his employees when he threatened to expose Krespie's illegal business practices. The Krespies hire a suave, cold-blooded hit man, Carl Bannister, to get rid of their blackmailer. Bannister becomes attracted to the Krespies' shy daughter Dorcas, much to the alarm of Rosa, the Krespies' cook, who is a devoted protector of Dorcas.
Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: Unknown
- 9.1/109 votes
Run, Pony, Run
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1964
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Director: Robert Gist
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/109 votes
The Arena: Part 1
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1964
District Attorney Joseph Campbell is running for United States senator. His major opponent is Maggie Clements, widow of a popular senator who is being backed by her influential father-in-law. The nominating convention is being held in Campbell's city at the same time that he is dealing with a tricky prosecution. Jeanette Brown, who is under eighteen, is being held on a murder charge and the decision must be made whether to try her as an adult or a juvenile. Campbell asks the judge for a continuance so that he can seek the nomination without the trial being a factor, but the judge refuses. Part one ends with the convention in a deadlock on the sixth ballot.
Director: Richard Boone
Writer: Unknown
- 9.2/106 votes
The Arena: Part 2
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/1964
With the convention still deadlocked, Maggie Clements offers to withdraw from the race if Campbell promises to prosecute Jeanette Brown as an adult. This would also gain Campbell favor with a powerful newspaper tycoon who will promise his support. Campbell refuses and addresses the convention in a climactic speech.
Director: Richard Boone
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
All the Blood Of Yesterday
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1964
An American, Carl, and a Frenchman, Paul, who served together during World War II meet again in Paris. Paul is in trouble and needs Carl's help.
Director: Richard Boone
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/108 votes
A Need Of Valor
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/1964
A narcotics addict, desperately in need of a fix, holds a young woman hostage while he vainly tries to steal enough money to buy drugs.
Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: Unknown