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Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller, Robert Florey, and Lewis Allen (director). A total of 81 episodes aired from April 1956 to March 1957 on CBS and from April 1957 to April 1958 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

Original Release

04/08/1956 on CBS

US Release

04/08/1956

Cast

Name	Character

John Nesbitt	Self - Host
Frank Baxter	Self - Host
Basil Howes	George Coe
Robert Lowell	(as Mark Lowell)
Richard Karlan	Friday
Jean Byron	Miss Morton
Leonard Mudie	2nd Official
Herbert Anderson	Nathaniel Bowditch
Peter Miller	Reporter
Edgar Buchanan	Horace Greeley

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Revenge	Tuesday, 10 September 1957
2	Here Lies Francois Gold	Tuesday, 17 September 1957
3	Campaign for Marriage	Tuesday, 24 September 1957
4	The Gadfly	Tuesday, 01 October 1957
5	Hole in the Wall	Tuesday, 08 October 1957
6	The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink	Tuesday, 15 October 1957
7	Under Seventeen	Tuesday, 22 October 1957
8	The Other Van Gogh	Tuesday, 29 October 1957
9	Arithmetic Sailor	Tuesday, 05 November 1957
10	I Get Along Without You Very Well	Tuesday, 12 November 1957
11	Alice's Wedding Gown	Tuesday, 19 November 1957
12	The Rescue	Tuesday, 26 November 1957
13	Novel Appeal	Tuesday, 03 December 1957
14	Sam Houston's Decision	Tuesday, 10 December 1957
15	The Frying Pan	Tuesday, 17 December 1957
16	A Picture of the Magi	Tuesday, 24 December 1957
17	Death of a Nobody	Tuesday, 31 December 1957
18	Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows	Tuesday, 07 January 1958
19	Cavalry Surgeon	Tuesday, 14 January 1958
20	A Stubborn Fool	Tuesday, 21 January 1958
21	Flight for Life	Tuesday, 28 January 1958
22	The Immortal Eye	Tuesday, 04 February 1958
23	Recipe for Success	Tuesday, 11 February 1958
24	The Checkered Flag	Tuesday, 18 February 1958
25	The Vestris	Tuesday, 25 February 1958
26	War Against War	Tuesday, 04 March 1958
27	The Quality of Mercy	Tuesday, 11 March 1958
28	Man of Principle	Tuesday, 25 March 1958
29	Trail Blazer	Tuesday, 01 April 1958

Directors

Erle C. Kenton, Lewis Allen, Robert B. Sinclair, Allen H. Miner, Roy Kellino, Owen Crump, Arthur Hiller, Don Taylor, George Waggner, Justus Addiss, Hugo Haas, Laslo Benedek, Eugene Lourie, Robert Florey, Christian Nyby, James Mason, Norman Z. McLeod, Felix E. Feist, Arnold Laven, Peter Godfrey, Abby Berlin, Rod Amateau, Peter Tewksbury, Richard Kinon, Gilbert Kay, Wilhelm Thiele

Writers

John Nesbitt, Donald S. Sanford, László Vadnay, David Evans, Norman Lessing, Joseph Landon, Maxine Rasco, Palmer Thompson, Jerry D. Lewis, Herbert Ellis, Marina Koshetz, Oliver Crawford, David Duncan, Frank L. Moss, D.D. Beauchamp, Zoe Akins, Marion Hargrove, John H. Kafka, John T. Kelley, James Thurber, Milton Geiger, Peter Packer, William P. Rousseau, Clifford E. Barry Nobles, Howard R. Evans, Paul Rink, William Harmon, A.M. Brown, Joseph Calvelli, Daniel V. Gallery, C.M. Nelson, Z. Stypulkowski, Sims Carter, Leonard St. Clair, Jack Bennett, Henry F. Greenberg

Cast

Name	Character

John Nesbitt	Self - Host
Frank Baxter	Self - Host
Basil Howes	George Coe
Robert Lowell	(as Mark Lowell)
Richard Karlan	Friday
Jean Byron	Miss Morton
Leonard Mudie	2nd Official
Herbert Anderson	Nathaniel Bowditch
Peter Miller	Reporter
Edgar Buchanan	Horace Greeley
Sean McClory	Officer McTeague
Addison Richards	Col. Lugenbeel
Byron Foulger	Mr. Purdy
Bob Okazaki	Cha Hak Do
Bob Okazaki	Pit-a-Pit's father
Robert Barrat	Dr. Otto Graff
Ned Wever	Judge
Roberto Contreras	Mexican Spy
Jessica Tandy	Bertha Kinsky
Paul Birch	President