Ina Victor Movies
- 1966
General Burkhalter "liberates" a priceless French painting from the Louvre, intending to add the masterpiece to Hermann Goering's private collection. Hogan and LeBeau take it upon themselves to keep the painting from falling into the wrong hands. To do this, our heroes pay a covert visit to Paris and use Sgt. Schultz as their unwitting dupe (when has Schultz ever been a witting dupe???) First telecast on December 30, 1966, "Art for Hogan's Sake" was written by Laurence Marks. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, (more)
- 1965
Held in thrall by a gang of rustlers, the local cattleman's association hires a professional gunman named Simmons (Robert Wilke) to deal with the outlaws. The Cartwrights vote against engaging the services of Simmons, fearing that he will cause more harm than good. Their predictions apparently come true when one of the rancher's wives is mysteriously killed. Also appearing are Earl Holliman as Clegg and Don Collier as Tatum. First telecast January 31, 1965, "The Flannel-Mouth Gun" was cowritten by actor Leo Gordon and Paul Leslie Wilke. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, (more)
- 1964
This episode marks a rare joint appearance by John Cassavetes and his wife, Gena Rowlands. Married to Charles Justin (Murray Matheson), an elderly diamond merchant, young Diana Justin (Rowlands) decides to finance a stage play with her husband's money -- and hires an ex-lover of hers, actor Lee Griffin (Cassavetes), for the leading role. Not surprisingly, Diana and Lee are soon plotting Charles' murder, with a key element of the plot being Lee's impersonation of Charles while pulling off a lucrative business transaction in Europe. What Lee doesn't know is that the late Mr. Justin had performed one last act of retribution before shuffling off his mortal coil. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, (more)
- 1963
Season One of My Favorite Martian literally begins with a bang as young reporter Tim O'Hara (Bill Bixby) witnesses the crash-landing of a UFO. Surveying the wreckage, Tim is startled to find a somewhat surly and imperious Martian (Ray Walton), who claims to be 450 years old (but doesn't look a day over 39!) Providing shelter for both the Martian and his crippled spaceship at his home, Tim has to do some quick thinking to hide the fact from his snoopy landlady Lorelei Brown (Pamela Britton). Thus it is that the Martian is rechristened "Uncle Martin"--and the series takes off (as it were!) from here. This is one of the few episode to feature Mrs. Brown's pesky daughter Angela (Ann Marshall) and her inquistive niece Annabelle (Ina Victor) (who, in the original unedited pilot, was supposed to have been Angela's sister!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who gets an unusual assignment from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, owner of a successful hotel chain, and one of his most prominent clients. Chloe has three daughters, sensible Kate (Mitzi Gaynor), bohemian Jan (Leslie Parrish), and heath food fanatic Bonnie (Julie Newmar), and she wants Deke to find them husbands. Though Deke protests that matchmaking is outside his traditional area of expertise, Chloe is insistent, and he ends up taking the job. To be sure that he's going through with it, Chloe assigns her security chief Joe (William Bendix) to keep his eye on Deke. Eventually, Deke fixes up Bonnie with Harvey Wofford (Richard Sargent), a meek IRS agent, and pairs Jan with artist Sam Travis (William Windom), but Kate turns out to be the hardest Brasher sister to marry off, until he throws his own hat into the ring. Richard Sargent would later shorten his first name to Dick and find success on the popular television comedy Bewitched. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, (more)
- 1960
While vacationing in the mountain community of Fawnskin, Perry (Raymond Burr) becomes intrigued by the plight of recently paroled Phil Beecher (Ray Hemphill), who is despised by the townfolk because he was responsible for the death of Aggie Norris--who happened to be the daughter of Perry's good friend, Sheriff Eugene Norris (Barton MacLane). Apparently no one hates Phil more than Aggie's sister Charlotte (Ina Victor), who hopes to send the man back to jail by framing him for robbery. When Charlotte turns up murdered, Phil may end up the guest of honor at a lynching party unless Perry can prove his innocence. (Curiously, in the original TV Guide synopsis for this episode, the murder victim is identified as Aggie Norris' brother!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
