Robert Montgomery Presents: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Robert Montgomery Presents Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Unclouded Summer
Sep 1, 1952 · 60 min
An American traveling abroad falls in love with an already married British noblewoman.
The Law Abiding
Sep 8, 1952 · 60 min
An operative of the U.S. government has the task of spying on Dr. Anton Radjak, a Czech scientist, who's snooping around London. He's very interested in stealing the new discovery
The Fairfield Lady
Sep 15, 1952 · 60 min
An ambitious woman is determined to rise to the top of the publishing business and will not let anything, or anyone, stand in her way. An ambitious woman is determined to rise to t
There Once Was a Diamond Ring
Sep 22, 1952 · 60 min
A man, still in love with his wife, tries to save his crumbling marriage by giving her a diamond ring. She could care less and loses it down the drain. A plumber eventually finds t
Precinct
Sep 29, 1952 · 60 min
A police lieutenant working in a big city department takes his duties seriously. He is so dedicated, in fact, that he neglects his 18-year-old son who becomes involved in drugs.
Senora Isobel
Oct 6, 1952 · 60 min
A rising political figure faces a crisis at home thanks to years of neglecting his wife while pursuing his career.
The Fall Guy
Oct 13, 1952 · 60 min
A college football star is offered a lucrative contract to play in the professional leagues. He's torn between going for the sports career or staying in school and entering a more
Keane vs. Keane
Oct 20, 1952 · 60 min
A wealthy heiress discovers that her husband was merely a gold-digger so she sues him for divorce.
The Sheffield Story
Oct 27, 1952 · 60 min
A trusted German general during World War II was actually a secret agent for the British.
The Bench in the Park
Nov 3, 1952 · 60 min
A man's sour outlook on life brings about important changes in the lives of those who encounter him.
The Biarritz Scandal
Nov 10, 1952 · 60 min
An American loses everything gambling in a French casino. This leads to his involvement in a dangerous scheme.
The Davidian Report
Nov 17, 1952 · 60 min
A secret document known as the "Davidian Report" smuggled out of Berlin and for sale to the highest bidder. In this spy tale set on a flight from New York to Los Angeles, any one o
The Valari Special
Nov 24, 1952 · 60 min
An Italian racer is distraught after learning that he has been replaced. The race team went with someone younger--his own son. His mechanic still has faith in "old man" Valeri and
The Post Road
Dec 1, 1952 · 60 min
Emily Madison owns a Connecticut tourist home on Boston's Post Road. One night, mysterious Dr. Spender arrives with his nurse, chauffeur and a patient--a young woman who surprising
The Inward Eye
Dec 8, 1952 · 60 min
A mother is caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity that results in her seven-year-old son being kidnapped.
Victory
Dec 15, 1952 · 60 min
A baron living on a remote South Pacific island seldom travels to the mainland. On a rare occasion that he does, he rescues a girl from her job working for a hateful hotel owner. T
The Christmas Cards
Dec 22, 1952 · 60 min
A lonely man purchases three Christmas cards and mails each to someone chosen at random.
The Closed Door
Dec 29, 1952 · 60 min
Detective Peter Handley is in the hospital for treatment of a memory block after his girlfriend is found murdered. He's unable to recall if he did or didn't kill the young woman so
Keep Your Head Up, Mr. Putnam
Jan 5, 1953 · 60 min
This episode is based on the autobiography of Peter Putnam, a young man who lost his sight in a hunting accident. Wanting to pursue his education, he attends the Seeing Eye Institu
Ricochet
Jan 12, 1953 · 60 min
A sleazy reporter makes his name exposing the skeletons in other people's closets. Eventually, all of his dirt-digging backfires on him.
Maggie, Pack Your Bags
Jan 19, 1953 · 60 min
An ex-Army officer is enjoying his retirement in Mexico with his second wife--until his son and a general arrive to disrupt his quiet life.
The Outer Limit
Jan 26, 1953 · 60 min
The military sends up a pilot in a rocket-boosted plane to reach the outer limit of the atmosphere. They lose communication with him as he travels beyond their radar's upper range.
Element of Risk
Feb 2, 1953 · 60 min
While taking a supposedly relaxing country vacation, a famous actor gets anything but rest. His gorgeous next door neighbor has just been acquitted of murdering her husband. The ac
The Shadow Line
Feb 9, 1953 · 60 min
A young sailor who's had his fill of the sailing life announces his retirement from the sea. For his final voyage, he agree to captain a ship back home from the Siam Sea.
The Burtons
Feb 16, 1953 · 60 min
The owner of a carriage shop in 1910 New England is informed that his business stands in the path of a proposed new highway. he chooses to ignore the state's orders and refuses to
Dinah, Kip, and Mr. Barlow
Feb 23, 1953 · 60 min
A man from a small town, a career woman, and an unemployed-but-talented older man are each unknowingly competing for the same advertising agency job. The two younger people end up
Betrayed
Mar 2, 1953 · 60 min
The widow of a Korean war soldier works in an isolated mountain laboratory where research on atomic weapons is being conducted. She befriends a couple that tells her that her husba
The Centrifuge
Mar 9, 1953 · 60 min
A research scientist joins a team working at a secret lab in Britain. Their project is to beat the Communists in developing deadly bacteria for use in biological warfare. The docto
Tomorrow We'll Sing
Mar 16, 1953 · 60 min
A United States airman tries to change the resentment that Italians villagers have towards Americans during their occupation of the town in World War II.
The Big Night
Mar 23, 1953 · 60 min
A former pilot in the Air Force finds it tough making the adjustment to the boring life of the civilian world.
Burden of Proof
Mar 30, 1953 · 60 min
In a British courtroom, a spoiled son is on trial for the murder of his father. Also on hand are his shrewish wife and loving daughter.
Second-Hand Sofa
Apr 6, 1953 · 60 min
After recovering from a nervous breakdown, Lacey Holden and her husband, Gates, move into an apartment in the city. The previous tenant is in a hurry to catch a boat out of the cou
The Glass Gage
Apr 13, 1953 · 60 min
Adam Foster is such a punctual and predictable employee that co-workers refer to him as "Mr. Tick Tock, the Human Clock". Everyone is surprised when the meticulous man is accused o
World by the Tail
Apr 20, 1953 · 60 min
In this romantic comedy, a ballerina and foreign attaché call off their romance. So do the ballerina's roommate and her boyfriend. The two lovers who just got dumped happen to meet
Summer Tempest
Apr 27, 1953 · 60 min
A war widow must decide whether to live in the past or begin a new life in the present. She faces serious objections on re-marriage from the mother-in-law of her late husband.
Linda
May 4, 1953 · 60 min
Broadway star Linda Coles gives the performance of a lifetime to the press when her husband dies in a small plane crash. What they don't know is that Linda and her husband's best f
Appointment in Samarra
May 11, 1953 · 60 min
Set against the middle upper class of a small Pennsylvania town in 1930, a man's world self-destructs as the Great Depression takes its toll.
The Wind Cannot Read
May 18, 1953 · 60 min
A pilot for the Royal Air Force is lucky to be alive after his plane goes down in a Burmese jungle. While in India during World War II, he falls in love with his Japanese tutor.
All Things Glad and Beautiful
May 25, 1953 · 60 min
The story of a devoted mother and her son is told from his birth until he becomes a GI during World War II.
No Head for Midnight
Jun 8, 1953 · 60 min
This light comedy chronicles the romantic misadventures of an airline pilot on vacation at the beach. Before it's over, he's proposed to two different women, one right after the ot
The Woman Who Hated Children
Jun 22, 1953 · 60 min
A woman wants to have nothing to do with any children following the death of her son. Concerned over his wife's continued grief, her husband warms up to a friendly tyke from the sl
Half a Kingdom
Jun 29, 1953 · 60 min
One man convinces the rest of the jury to vote "not-guilty" on charges against a wealthy industrialist. Now, he feels the cleared man owes him big.
The Half Millionaire
Jul 6, 1953 · 60 min
A boarding house is the setting for a murder, underworld criminals, the police, and $500,000 in cash.
Two of a Kind
Jul 13, 1953 · 60 min
In this comedy, a husband does his best to prevent jealousy between his home and his office.
A Summer Love
Jul 20, 1953 · 60 min
The star of a theater group, an aging Lothario with several marriages to his credit, falls for a younger actress in the cast. After meeting her family, he realizes that his past wi
Anne's Story
Jul 27, 1953 · 60 min
Anne was raised in a tawdry environment and constantly overshadowed by her successful, sexy younger sister. She enrolls in an art class for relief from her drudgery and meets a han
Duet for Two Hands
Aug 3, 1953 · 60 min
A pianist has lost both of his hands in a tragic accident. A respected surgeon performs the impossible by grafting the hands of a recently-hanged killer onto the disabled musician.
Red Robin Rides Again
Aug 10, 1953 · 60 min
A woman who lives with her brother and his daughter decide to reach out across the ocean and invite a British exchange student to stay with them. The visitor is an American actor,
Pierce 3098
Aug 17, 1953 · 60 min
A husband who's carrying on an affair cannot get his wife to give him a divorce. Harold arranges for Alice to have an "accident"; he tampers with phone lines so that when he calls
Grass Roots
Aug 24, 1953 · 60 min
An ex-military man from rural farm country runs for senator on a platform of cleaning up political corruption.