The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)

The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy, which aired on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.[1]

The Eleventh Hour
Jack Ging (right) as Paul Graham with guest stars Keenan Wynn and Linda Evans.
GenreMedical drama
StarringWendell Corey
Jack Ging
Ralph Bellamy
Theme music composerCecil King Palmer
Harry Sukman
Opening theme"The Film Opens"
ComposersHarry Sukman
Morton Stevens
John Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes62
Production
Executive producerNorman Felton
ProducerSam Rolfe
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time45–48 min
Production companiesArena Productions
MGM Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 3, 1962 (1962-10-03) –
April 22, 1964 (1964-04-22)

Plot

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The Eleventh Hour was about psychiatry, both as it helped individuals deal with their problems and as it helped law enforcement agencies. The first season focused on psychiatrists Theodore Bassett and Paul Graham as they worked with people. The show's title related to "patients who came to them 'in the eleventh hour' — on the verge of breakdown".[2] In addition to Bassett's clinical practice, he advised the police department and the state's department of correction. Many episodes had him evaluating people charged with crimes with regard to their mental competency.[2]

In the second season, Bassett was replaced by L. Richard Starke, and he and Graham became more directly involved in cases.[2]

Cast

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Guest stars

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Episodes

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Season 1 (1962–63)

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No.
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No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Ann Costigan: A Duel on a Field of White"Fielder CookHarry Julian FinkOctober 3, 1962 (1962-10-03)6701
22"There Are Dragons in This Forest"Boris SagalTheodore ApsteinOctober 10, 1962 (1962-10-10)6715
33"Make Me a Place"Paul WendkosHarry Fink & S.S. SchwietzerOctober 17, 1962 (1962-10-17)6716
44"I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House"Don MedfordHarry Fink & Mark RodgersOctober 24, 1962 (1962-10-24)6719
55"The Seventh Day of Creation"William GrahamHarry Fink & Eric StoneOctober 31, 1962 (1962-10-31)6711
66"Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things"Walter GraumanTheodore ApsteinNovember 7, 1962 (1962-11-07)6724
77"Angie, You Made My Heart Stop"Boris SagalHarry Fink & Oliver Crawford & Dick NelsonNovember 14, 1962 (1962-11-14)6714
88"Hooray, Hooray the Circus is Coming to Town"Lawrence DobkinHarry Fink & Gene L. CoonNovember 21, 1962 (1962-11-21)6718
99"Cry a Little for Mary Too"William GrahamHarry Fink & Sheldon StarkNovember 28, 1962 (1962-11-28)6710
1010"Eat Little Fishie Eat"Walter GraumanHarry Fink & Leonard KanterDecember 5, 1962 (1962-12-05)
1111"The Blues My Baby Gave to Me"William GrahamHarry Fink & Alfred BrennerDecember 12, 1962 (1962-12-12)6721
1212"Along About Late in the Afternoon"Paul NickellHarry Fink & Gene L. CoonDecember 26, 1962 (1962-12-26)6705
1313"Which Man Will Die?"Elliot SilversteinHarry Fink & Leonard Kantor & Dick NelsonJanuary 2, 1963 (1963-01-02)6735
1414"Where Have You Been, Lord Randall, My Son?"Paul NickellHarry Fink & Alfred Brenner & Jerome RossJanuary 9, 1963 (1963-01-09)6704
1515"My Name is Judith, I'm Lost, You See"Lawrence DobkinHarry Fink & Pat FielderJanuary 16, 1963 (1963-01-16)6725
1616"Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night"Byron PaulHarry Fink & Raphael HayesJanuary 23, 1963 (1963-01-23)6734
1717"Advice to the Lovelorn and Shopworn"Richard DonnerSam RossJanuary 30, 1963 (1963-01-30)6732
1818"Why Am I Grown So Cold?"Byron PaulHarry Fink & Robert Bloch & Dick NelsonFebruary 6, 1963 (1963-02-06)6729
1919"Like a Diamond in the Sky"Jack ArnoldHarry Fink & Alfred BrennerFebruary 13, 1963 (1963-02-13)6733
2020"Beauty Playing a Mandolin Underneath a Willow Tree"Abner BibermanHarry Fink & Pat FielderFebruary 20, 1963 (1963-02-20)6744
2121"A Tumble from a High, White Horse"William GrahamJack Jacobs & Dick NelsonFebruary 27, 1963 (1963-02-27)6739
2222"Five Moments Out of Time"Jack SmightHarry Fink & Jerry de BonoMarch 6, 1963 (1963-03-06)6737
2323"The Wings of the Morning"Jack ArnoldHarry Fink & Ellis MarcusMarch 20, 1963 (1963-03-20)6748
2424"Hang by One Hand"Boris SagalHarry Fink & Mort R. Lewis & Ellis MarcusMarch 27, 1963 (1963-03-27)6746
2525"Something Crazy's Going on in the Back Room"Robert GistHarry Fink & Jerry de BonoApril 3, 1963 (1963-04-03)6750
2626"Everybody Knows You've Left Me"Jack ArnoldHarry Fink & Alfred BrennerApril 10, 1963 (1963-04-10)6747
2727"Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday"Don MedfordTheodore Apstein & Jerry De BonoApril 17, 1963 (1963-04-17)6740
2828"I Feel Like a Rutabaga"Richard DonnerHarry Fink & Ellis MarcusApril 24, 1963 (1963-04-24)6755
2929"A Medicine Man in This Day and Age?"John PeyserS.S. SchweitzerMay 1, 1963 (1963-05-01)6726
3030"The Man Who Came Home Late"Don MedfordHarry Fink & Dick NelsonMay 8, 1963 (1963-05-08)6745
3131"Pressure Breakdown"Alex MarchHarry Fink & Howard DimsdaleMay 15, 1963 (1963-05-15)6756
3232"The Middle Child Gets All the Aches"William GrahamHarry Fink & Hilda RolfeMay 22, 1963 (1963-05-22)6758

Season 2 (1963–64)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
331"Cold Hands, Warm Heart"John NewlandTheodore ApsteinOctober 2, 1963 (1963-10-02)6776
342"The Silence of Good Men"UnknownUnknownOctober 9, 1963 (1963-10-09)6779
353"Fear Begins at 40"Leonard HornUnknownOctober 16, 1963 (1963-10-16)6760
364"And Man Created Vanity"Alan ReisnerUnknownOctober 23, 1963 (1963-10-23)6778
375"Oh, You Shouldn't Have Done It"Alan Crosland, Jr.UnknownOctober 30, 1963 (1963-10-30)6751
386"The Bronze Locust"Alan Crossland, Jr.UnknownNovember 6, 1963 (1963-11-06)6770
397"What Did She Mean by Good Luck?"Don MedfordHarry Fink & Ellis MarcusNovember 13, 1963 (1963-11-13)6765
408"This Wonderful Madman Calls Me Beauty"James GoldstoneUnknownNovember 20, 1963 (1963-11-20)6771
419"Four Feet in the Morning"Jack SmightJerry De BonoNovember 27, 1963 (1963-11-27)6775
Part two of a crossover with Dr. Kildare
4210"The Bride Wore Pink"Robert GistUnknownDecember 4, 1963 (1963-12-04)6731
4311"There Should Be an Outfit Called Families Anonymous!"Robert GistUnknownDecember 11, 1963 (1963-12-11)6765
4412"La Belle Indifference"Leonard HornJerome B. Thomas & John D.F. BlackDecember 18, 1963 (1963-12-18)6764
4513"Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?"Richard DonnerUnknownDecember 25, 1963 (1963-12-25)6752
4614"My Door is Locked and Bolted"Alan BuckhantzUnknownJanuary 1, 1964 (1964-01-01)6741
4715"Sunday Father"Marc DanielsAlvin Boretz & Lee ErwinJanuary 8, 1964 (1964-01-08)6781
4816"How Do I Say I Love You?"Leonard HornUnknownJanuary 15, 1964 (1964-01-15)6781
4917"You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?"Marc DanielsUnknownJanuary 22, 1964 (1964-01-22)6788
5018"Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?"Alan Crosland, Jr.UnknownJanuary 29, 1964 (1964-01-29)6723
5119"Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive"Leon BensonUnknownFebruary 5, 1964 (1964-02-05)6767
5220"The Only Remaining Copy is in the British Museum"Alan Crosland, Jr.Henry Misrock & Madeline MisrockFebruary 12, 1964 (1964-02-12)6792
5321"87 Different Kinds of Love"Don MedfordUnknownFebruary 19, 1964 (1964-02-19)6784
5422"The Secret in the Stone"Bernard GirardPat FielderFebruary 26, 1964 (1964-02-26)6757
5523"A Full Moon Every Night"Alan ReisnerRobert Presnell, Jr.March 4, 1964 (1964-03-04)7303
5624"Who is to Say How the Battle is to Be Fought?"Marc DanielsUnknownMarch 11, 1964 (1964-03-11)7302
5725"Prodigy"John NewlandUnknownMarch 18, 1964 (1964-03-18)6774
5826"Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1"James GoldstoneUnknownMarch 25, 1964 (1964-03-25)6769
5927"Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2"James GoldstoneUnknownApril 1, 1964 (1964-04-01)6793
6028"A Pattern of Sundays"Seymour RobbieUnknownApril 8, 1964 (1964-04-08)7308
6129"To Love is to Live"James GoldstoneHenry MisrockApril 15, 1964 (1964-04-15)7312
6230"The Color of Sunset"Leo PennUnknownApril 22, 1964 (1964-04-22)7310

Production

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The executive producer was Norman Felton.[1] Herbert Hirschman was the producer, Fielder Cook was the director, and Harry Julian Fink was the writer.[8]

Release

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Broadcast

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The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time,[2] following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage.[9]

Home media

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In June 2016, Warner Archive Collection released The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on Region 1 DVD as a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 255. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  2. ^ a b c d Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 304. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
  3. ^ Peros, Mike (October 11, 2016). Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4968-0995-7. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Wagner, Laura (August 12, 2011). Anne Francis: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-7864-8600-7. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Adams, Val. "2 Shows on Negroes", The New York Times, January 18, 1964, p.47 Retrieved October 27, 2018
  6. ^ Napier, Alan; Bigwood, James (November 2, 2015). Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2289-7. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Sculthorpe, Derek (June 21, 2022). Ruth Roman: A Career Portrait. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-4766-8824-4. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  8. ^ "The Eleventh Hour". Variety. October 10, 1962. p. 33. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  9. ^ 1962-1963; 1963-1964 American network television schedule; from appendix of Total Television
  10. ^ Jay, Robert (July 7, 2018). "June 2016: The Month in Home Media". Television Obscurities. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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