Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Season 41963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.

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29 Episodes

E01 A Killing At Sundial

A young interloper comes between a disgruntled wife and her older husband.

October 4, 1963

E02 Something About Lee Wiley

The story of jazz singer Lee Wiley, her failed marriage to bandleader Jess Stacy.

October 11, 1963

E03 Seven Miles of Bad Road

In a small southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to handsome Gabe Flanders, who is hitchhiking to California. Trouble ensues.

October 18, 1963

E04 Bob Hope Variety Special

Also appearing in this variety special are Beryl Davis and and Los Angeles Dodger stars Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Tommy Davis.

October 25, 1963

E05 Four Kings

Four Kings is a World War II drama where four prisoners are serving life sentences. They are pulled out of jail by the US military and given an opportunity for a pardon. The ""brass"" isn't asking for much: all the four lifers are expected to do is sneak into Germany and steal the secret plans for the V2 missile.

November 1, 1963

E06 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Under Stalin, it was inconceivable that anyone could publish a book attacking Soviet injustice. But under Khrushchev, a limited but distinct thaw has taken place. Prime evidence of this change was open publication of One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, an exposÃ© of Stalin's labor camps where the author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, himself did time. Tonight's adaptation of the novel is set in 1951 in Siberia. A group of prisoners persuade the authorities to transfer them to warmer work by promising to top the previous work record on the first day. But if they fail, it's back to laying barbed wire in the snow. One officer, Lieutenant Volkovoi, would like nothing better.

November 8, 1963

E07 The House Next Door

Easterner George Warren thinks he has made quite a steal when he purchases a home in fashionable Waverly Hills, Cal. George is unaware that his next-door neighbor is mobster Ernie Santee.

November 15, 1963

E08 The Fifth Passenger

A British Intelligence Officer suspects a Naval War Hero of giving secret information to the Soviets.

November 29, 1963

E09 The Candidate

Things seem to be closing in on campaign manager Parker Hite: he can't get any supporters for his candidate, and his marriage is beginning to collapse.

December 6, 1963

E10 It's Mental Work

Ernie Wigman is tired of the bar he owns and wants to get rid of it. Rich, his bartender, might be a good customer for it, only Rich doesn't seem to have the cash.

December 20, 1963

E11 Corridor 400

Anita King, an undercover FBI agent. Posing as a nightclub singer, Anita gets a job in a nightclub owned by Ralph Traven. He takes quite a fancy to her; she wants to prove that he's a kingpin in a narcotics ring.

December 27, 1963

E12 War of Nerves

Two suitors drive a beautiful woman crazy with their pursuit of her.

January 3, 1964

E13 Runaway

When folksinger Richie Darden fails to show up for a performance, his girlfriend Cress thinks club owner Mig Semple should put Richie's expensive guitar in his safe. And Cress has the right idea--two customers are planning to steal the instrument.

January 10, 1964

E14 The Seven Little Foys

The story of vaudeville performer Eddie Foy, widowed father of a brood of good-natured but exasperating children who are trying to get an education while at the same time continuing to perform with him on stage.

January 24, 1964

E15 Two is the Number

Hoodlum Joey Rome is electrocuted in his home, and police suspect that middle-aged spinster Jenny Dworak is responsible. The murder investigation brings together two lonely people: Jenny Dworak, who runs a pawnshop, and a police investigator who is a widower.

January 31, 1964

E16 A Wind of Hurricane Force

During a terrible storm in Mexico two men come to heads for the treasure they both seek.

February 7, 1964

E17 Wake Up Darling

Polly Emerson, has aspirations to be an actress. Her husband, Don, is a successful advertising man, who yearns to be a playwright, and has a shelf of unproduced plays to his credit. Don, understandably, isn't too happy when Polly comes home with Deerfield Prescott, a very young man who has written Broadway's next musical hit - or so he tells Polly and Don.

February 21, 1964

E18 The Meal Ticket

Eddie a fly by night kind of guy, finds romance with a wealthy woman.

February 28, 1964

E19 The Square Peg

Comedy about a gangster who hires a ""personnel psychologist"" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang.

March 6, 1964

E20 White Snow, Red Ice

Secret agent Piper finds beauty and brains intriguing and disruptive to his assignment.

March 13, 1964

E21 Her School For Bachelors

Miss Westcott runs her agency with the finese of the best businessmen and runs several clients ragged with her demands.

March 20, 1964

E22 A Slow Fade to Black

Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now, four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his waning authority on a temperamental movie star, browbeats his alcoholic wife, rebellious daughter and longtime yes-man associate Landers, and vainly attempts to push through an outdated pet movie project. Finally he is wrenched off his throne by a former assistant, who is now in cahoots with the conglomerate buying the studio. Kirsch is left alone to weep in his projection room as one of his past hits plays upon the screen.

March 27, 1964

E23 A Case of Armed Robbery

Montrose is an angry young man whose bitterness alienates him from his father, Alfred, his girlfriend, Jean, and his work foreman. He blames his ex-wife, Carol, for their marriage failure and clumsily attempts to show love for his son Danny. In his resentment he plans to rob a gas station, ends up getting involved with unsavory characters and doing worse.

April 3, 1964

E24 Bob Hope Comedy Special

The first 45 minutes is all entertainment, opening with a Hope monolog. Martha and Bob team up for a spoof of the movie Tom Jones, and Tony and Jack join in to present a new act--The Japanese Beatles. In the awards portion, TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk and Bob make the presentations in Hollywood.

April 17, 1964

E25 Time For Elizabeth

After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed Davis has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to retire to Florida with his wife.

April 24, 1964

E26 The Game with Glass Pieces

A deadly game of cat and mouse, where everything isn't what it seems to be.

May 1, 1964

E27 The Command

Major Morgan holds his Commander as coward and attempts to overtake his command.

May 22, 1964

E28 The Sojourner

Called home because of his father's failing health, foreign correspondent John Ferris recalls the events that led to the collapse of his marriage.

May 29, 1964

E29 Echo of Evil

Ex-crime boss Oscar Teckla, now out of the rackets and involved with respectable enterprise, Teckla would like nothing more than to bury the past. But the district attorney is anxious to break up Teckla's old mob. To do this, he must get Teckla on the stand--any way he can.

June 5, 1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

E01 A Killing At Sundial

E02 Something About Lee Wiley

E03 Seven Miles of Bad Road

E04 Bob Hope Variety Special

E05 Four Kings

E06 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

E07 The House Next Door

E08 The Fifth Passenger

E09 The Candidate

E10 It's Mental Work

E11 Corridor 400

E12 War of Nerves

E13 Runaway

E14 The Seven Little Foys

E15 Two is the Number

E16 A Wind of Hurricane Force

E17 Wake Up Darling

E18 The Meal Ticket

E19 The Square Peg

E20 White Snow, Red Ice

E21 Her School For Bachelors

E22 A Slow Fade to Black

E23 A Case of Armed Robbery

E24 Bob Hope Comedy Special

E25 Time For Elizabeth

E26 The Game with Glass Pieces

E27 The Command

E28 The Sojourner

E29 Echo of Evil

Eek! The Cat

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

In Time with You

Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight

Covek koji pravi razliku

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!

E! True Hollywood Story

Tracy Beaker Returns

Tu cara me suena

Property Wars

Life Matters

The Andromeda Breakthrough

Elizabeth I

Q10

The Young Ones

عيش تشوف

All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals

Recipe for Farewell

E01 A Killing At Sundial

E02 Something About Lee Wiley

E03 Seven Miles of Bad Road

E04 Bob Hope Variety Special

E05 Four Kings

E06 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

E07 The House Next Door

E08 The Fifth Passenger

E09 The Candidate

E10 It's Mental Work

E11 Corridor 400

E12 War of Nerves

E13 Runaway

E14 The Seven Little Foys

E15 Two is the Number

E16 A Wind of Hurricane Force

E17 Wake Up Darling

E18 The Meal Ticket

E19 The Square Peg

E20 White Snow, Red Ice

E21 Her School For Bachelors

E22 A Slow Fade to Black

E23 A Case of Armed Robbery

E24 Bob Hope Comedy Special

E25 Time For Elizabeth

E26 The Game with Glass Pieces

E27 The Command

E28 The Sojourner

E29 Echo of Evil