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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Season 1

26 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 1963 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

A Killing At Sundial

Oct 4, 1963

A young interloper comes between a disgruntled wife and her older husband.

S1·E2 Core

Something About Lee Wiley

Oct 11, 1963

The story of jazz singer Lee Wiley, her failed marriage to bandleader Jess Stacy.

S1·E3 Core

Seven Miles of Bad Road

Oct 18, 1963

In a small southern town, the sheriff's wife is attracted to handsome Gabe Flanders, who is hitchhiking to California. Trouble ensues.

S1·E4 Core

Four Kings

Nov 1, 1963

Four prisoners, who are all serving life sentences, are pulled out of jail by the US military and given an opportunity for a pardon. They are expected to do is sneak into Germany a

S1·E5 Core

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Nov 8, 1963

Under Stalin, it was inconceivable that anyone could publish a book attacking Soviet injustice. But under Khrushchev, a limited but distinct thaw has taken place. Prime evidence of

S1·E6 Core

The House Next Door

Nov 15, 1963

Easterner George Warren thinks he has made quite a steal when he purchases a home in fashionable Waverly Hills, Cal. George is unaware that his next-door neighbor is mobster Ernie

S1·E7 Core

The Fifth Passenger

Nov 29, 1963

A British Intelligence Officer suspects a Naval War Hero of giving secret information to the Soviets.

S1·E8 Core

The Candidate

Dec 6, 1963

Things seem to be closing in on campaign manager Parker Hite: he can't get any supporters for his candidate, and his marriage is beginning to collapse.

S1·E9 Core

It's Mental Work

Dec 20, 1963

Ernie Wigman is tired of the bar he owns and wants to get rid of it. Rich, his bartender, might be a good customer for it, only Rich doesn't seem to have the cash.

S1·E10 Core

Corridor 400

Dec 27, 1963

Anita King, an undercover FBI agent. Posing as a nightclub singer, Anita gets a job in a nightclub owned by Ralph Traven. He takes quite a fancy to her; she wants to prove that he'

S1·E11 Core

War of Nerves

Jan 3, 1964

Two suitors drive a beautiful woman crazy with their pursuit of her.

S1·E12 Core

Runaway

Jan 10, 1964

When folksinger Richie Darden fails to show up for a performance, his girlfriend Cress thinks club owner Mig Semple should put Richie's expensive guitar in his safe. And Cress has

S1·E13 Core

The Seven Little Foys

Jan 24, 1964

The story of vaudeville performer Eddie Foy, widowed father of a brood of good-natured but exasperating children who are trying to get an education while at the same time continuin

S1·E14 Core

Two is the Number

Jan 31, 1964

Hoodlum Joey Rome is electrocuted in his home, and police suspect that middle-aged spinster Jenny Dworak is responsible. The murder investigation brings together two lonely people:

S1·E15 Core

A Wind of Hurricane Force

Feb 7, 1964

During a terrible storm in Mexico two men come to heads for the treasure they both seek.

S1·E16 Core

Wake Up Darling

Feb 21, 1964

Polly Emerson, has aspirations to be an actress. Her husband, Don, is a successful advertising man, who yearns to be a playwright, and has a shelf of unproduced plays to his credit

S1·E17 Core

The Meal Ticket

Feb 28, 1964

Eddie a fly by night kind of guy, finds romance with a wealthy woman.

S1·E18 Core

The Square Peg

Mar 6, 1964

Comedy about a gangster who hires a ""personnel psychologist"" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang.

S1·E19 Core

White Snow - Red Ice

Mar 13, 1964

Secret agent Piper finds beauty and brains intriguing and disruptive to his assignment.

S1·E20 Core

A Slow Fade to Black

Mar 27, 1964

Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now, four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his wani

S1·E21 Core

A Case of Armed Robbery

Apr 3, 1964

Montrose is an angry young man whose bitterness alienates him from his father, Alfred, his girlfriend, Jean, and his work foreman. He blames his ex-wife, Carol, for their marriage

S1·E22 Core

Time For Elizabeth

Apr 24, 1964

After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed Davis has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to retire to Florida with his wife.

S1·E24 Core

The Command

May 22, 1964

Major Morgan holds his Commander as coward and attempts to overtake his command.

S1·E25 Mytharc

The Sojourner

May 29, 1964

Called home because of his father's failing health, foreign correspondent John Ferris recalls the events that led to the collapse of his marriage.

S1·E26 Mytharc

Echo of Evil

Jun 5, 1964

Ex-crime boss Oscar Teckla, now out of the rackets and involved with respectable enterprise, Teckla would like nothing more than to bury the past. But the district attorney is anxi

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