Elizabeth Montgomery Movies

While Darrin is busy at the office, Samantha joins her mother Endora on a quickie shopping excursion -- to Paris. There, the two ladies meet Darrin's vacationing boss, Larry Tate, who later places a call to Darrin. Upon learning what Sam has been up to, Darrin begins to question the wisdom of wedding a witch. A pre-superstardom Raquel Welch appears as a stewardess. Written by Bernard Slade, "Witch or Wife" originally aired on November 12, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Marion Lorne makes her first series appearance as Samantha's dotty Aunt Clara. On this occasion, Clara and Sam are offended by the picture of an ugly witch on the advertisements for the Halloween candy manufactured by Darrin's new client, Mr. Brinkman (Shelley Berman). Combining their powers, the two ladies endeavor to "persuade" Brinkman to adopt a more politically correct approach. Written by Bernard Slade, "The Witches Are Out" was originally telecast on October 29, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

When Darrin expresses frustration over his inability to come up with a suitable slogan for the Caldwell Soup Company, Samantha offers to help. Worried that Sam intends to use witchcraft to bail him out, Darrin tells her in so many words to mind her own business. But has that ever stopped Sam before? Charlie Ruggles guest stars as soup tycoon Philip Caldwell. Written by Danny Arnold, "Help, Help, Don't Save Me" originally aired on October 15, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

At a dinner party, Samantha is pestered by Darrin's flirtatious new client, Rex Barker (Jack Warden). When she can stand no more of this unwarranted attention, Sam turns the client into a dog. Sam's problem now is to restore the man to his original human form without revealing to the world that she is a witch, but the outcome of the story is determined by the mortal behavior of Darrin. Written by Jerry Davis, "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" first aired on October 1, 1964, in place of the episode originally slated for that evening, "Mother, Meet What's His Name." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this offbeat crime drama, Mafia boss Johnny Colini (Marc Lawrence) has run afoul of the law and is being deported back to his native Sicily. Colini is not at all happy about this, and after he saves the life of a young thug, Johnny Giordano (Henry Silva), he knows the perfect way for Giordano to pay him back. Colini teaches Giordano the fine art of being a hit man, then sends him to America as Johnny Cool, with a long list of people who he believes informed on him to the police. Johnny Cool begins knocking off Colini's old enemies with a brutal violence that betrays the cool detachment of his personality; along the way, he meets Dare Guinness (Elizabeth Montgomery), a beautiful but promiscuous woman with whom Johnny falls in love. Several gangsters wanting to stop Johnny Cool's reign of terror rough up Dare as a warning to the hit man, but this only serves to make him all the more bloodthirsty. Produced in part by Peter Lawford, Johnny Cool features an interesting variety of notables as Johnny's associates and victims, including Telly Savalas, Mort Sahl, Joey Bishop, Jim Backus, and Sammy Davis, Jr., who also sings the theme song. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Season Three of Twilight Zone got off to a flying start with this episode, written and directed by Montgomery Pittman. Some five years after a devastating war that wiped out virtually all mankind, a pair of surviving soldiers from opposing armies confront each other in the deserted streets of a bombed-out city. Only the male soldier, played by Charles Bronson, has any dialogue; the female soldier, played by Elizabeth Montgomery, prefers to do her "talking" with a high-powered rifle. While the episode's ending is inevitable, the buildup to that ending takes a variety of unexpected twists and turns. Filmed on the old Hal Roach Studios backlot, "Two" originally aired September 15, 1961. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A distraught man named Carl (Gary Merrill) climbs onto a skyscraper ledge, apparently planning to jump off. Several police officials and psychiatrists show up hoping to talk Carl out of suicide, but he refuses to talk to them, and in fact won't even reveal the reason that he has decided to end it all. Only when Officer Barrett (Mark Richman) arrives on the scene does Carl explain that his wife has recently killed herself after cheating on him with a man named Steve -- but why is Barrett able to succeed where so many others have failed? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide