Addison Richards Movies

Invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Commerce Bank building, the Clampetts show up with picks, shovels, and hammers in hand, intending to help build the structure. They soon learn that the ceremony is, well, merely ceremonial. But this doesn't stop them from invading the construction site after everyone else has gone home and putting up their own jerry-built version of the new bank. The exteriors for this episode were clearly filmed on a very windy day, as indicated by the actors' tendency to shout their lines in the climactic scene. "The Bank Raising" first aired on April 8, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

While hunting down a wolf, Adam Cartwright accidentally shoots and nearly kills his own brother Joe. Thoroughly disgusted by the violence indigenous to the West, Adam vows to leave Nevada for good. In this he is encouraged by Sheila (Carolyn Kearney), an ardent-but as it turns out, misguided-pacifist. Featured in the cast are Brendan Dillon as Emmet, Ken Lynch as Doud, Addison Richards as Dr. Kay, and Jason Johnson as Vince. Originally broadcast April 7, 1963, "My Brother's Keeper" was written by Seeleg Lester. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the conclusion of a two-part story, railroad president Norman Curtis (Roy Roberts) has decided--for now--not to scrap the Hooterville Cannonball. This would be good news but for the fact that, in his eagerness to run the engine himself, Curtis accidentally breaks the throttle. With the Cannonball out of commission, how will the locals be able to attend the annual jamboree held at Kate Bradley's (Bea Benadaret) Shady Rest Hotel? This episode boasts the talents of two of Hollywood's finest character actors, Douglass Dumbrille and Addison Richards. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Pat Hingle guest stars as Mike Decker, a Chicago newspaper columnist who has always believed in the innocence of accused murderer Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Managing to make contact with the fugitive Kimble, Decker agrees to mount a widespread search for the elusive One-Armed Man (Bill Raisch) who actually committed the murder. The fly in the ointment is Mike's alcoholic wife Paula, whose reckless behavior may end up betraying Kimble to his relentless pursuer Lt. Gerard (Barry Morse). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Flight that Disappeared sugars its Vital Message with a sci-fi/fantasy coating. Three nuclear scientists prepare to deliver their report on the potentials of atomic weaponry to the President. En route to Washington, the scientists' plane disappears from view. They awaken to find themselves in the presence of benign aliens, possibly residents of the Afterworld. Before the scientists are permitted to leave, they have been persuaded that their nuclear report will need a healthy dose of anti-bomb rhetoric. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

After seizing control of the booze traffic in Chicago, Capone lieutenant Meyer Wartel (Robert Middleton) oversteps his bounds by murdering a reporter who had been crusading against him. The only person who can "finger" Wartel is Herman Kihn (George Voskovec), the gunsmith who fashioned the silencer used on the murder weapon. Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) advises Kihn to testify against Wartel, warning him that there is already a contract on his life. Meanwhile, professional assassin Pittsburg Phil (Rip Torn), a man truly in love with his work, prepares to pull off what he considers his "Masterpiece" by bumping off Kihn in full view of Ness and his fellow Untouchables--without making a sound. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Jim Stockton (James Davis) leads a group of pioneers into California and trouble in this routine western by director Edward L. Cahn. Stockton gets caught up in the battles and grievances between the Mexicans, white Californians, and Native Americans that rage during the 1840s -- the Mexican-American war, in other words. With enough action scenes to keep the story, such as it is, moving right along, and with scenic views of the scrub-filled desert and lead female Consuela (Nancy Hadley), the 68-minute running time passes fairly quickly. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

In this western, an Eastern gambler buys a mail-order ranch, heads out to claim it and discovers that the deed is unregistered, the rightful owner is dead, and that the land has been taken over by cattle rustlers. Strapping on the title weapon, the fellow rectifies the situation, but only after proving himself innocent of murder charges. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Robert Preston plays the flip side of his eternally ebullient Professor Harold Hill in Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Preston portrays an early 20th-century harness salesman, fully aware that his product is rapidly becoming obsolete. He tries to compensate for his own lack of self-esteem by cheating on his patient wife Dorothy McGuire; Preston's "other woman" is played by Angela Lansbury. Meanwhile, daughter Shirley Knight falls in love with Jewish boy Lee Kinsolving, who kills himself in the face of relentless bigotry. And McGuire's sister Eve Arden is stuck in a loveless marriage with spineless Frank Overton. Robert Eyer plays the young alter-ego of William Inge, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning play on which this film is based. Eyer's fear of the "dark at the top of the stairs" is meant to be symbolic of the other characters' inner demons, a fact that Inge drives home every three minutes or so. In typical Inge fashion, an unlikely happy ending is reached just before "The End." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Answering a call from a prison warden (Addison Richards, series host John Newland) is told a strange story about a young convict named Tom (played by a pre-Baretta Robert Blake). In flashback, we learn that Tom had wanted to participate a jailbreak masterminded by a hardened con named Gypsy (Johnny Seven), who has already agreed to take his pals Abe (Murvyn Vye) and Folger (John Kellogg) "over the wall." But Gypsy has had a premonition that a fourth escapee will bring bad luck--and as it turns out, he's right. Seriously wounded during the breakout, Gypsy tries to persuade Tom to give himself up...leading to a surprising denoument. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

As the Oregon Territory prepares to welcome settlers in 1846, wagons traveling the Oregon trail face increasing hostility from the Native Americans who have vowed to protect their land. Dispatched to investigate rumors that President Polk is sending troops to the Oregon Territory disguised as pioneers, New York Herold reporter Neal Harris (Fred MacMurray) is captured by angry natives as he makes his way back to the city. Enlisting the help of a comely Native American maiden to make a daring escape, Harris makes it out just in time to warn the trrops of a potentially devistating attack. Subsequently resigning from his position as a reporter, Harris decides to make a home for himself and his faithful maiden in the new territory. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This drama is another adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's popular novel that follows the exploits of a white scout who was raised by the Mohicans. He comes to the aid of a settler's colony that is plagued by warring Indians. He becomes entangled with an old white trader and his two daughters when he rescues them from the wrath of the Huron tribe. The trader hates the Indians because they killed his wife and took her scalp. Now he scalps any Indian he encounters. It turns out that all the Hurons want are the scalps he has taken so that the spirits of the dead can rest. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi