Robert Montgomery Presents: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
The People You Meet
Sep 6, 1954 · 60 min
In this comedy, the problems are worked out of a new play in Boston before it goes to Broadway.
Ten Minute Alibi
Sep 13, 1954 · 60 min
A man could lose his girlfriend to a blackmailer who's making his life miserable. That prompts him to plot a murder.
Diary
Sep 20, 1954 · 60 min
A small-town girl leaves her unhappy home to find her way in a large city. There she meets an unsavory character who, nevertheless, offers her the only understanding help she has e
A Dreamer of Summer
Sep 27, 1954 · 60 min
A Brooklyn bookkeeper falls in love with a Bronx shipping clerk at a summer resort. Meanwhile, each fears that the other will discover their secret; it seems they both exaggerated
Two Wise Women
Oct 4, 1954 · 60 min
A married American banker falls for a French reporter while in Berlin.
Autumn Crocus
Oct 11, 1954 · 60 min
When love finally arrives for a spinster school teacher, she must reject it. The young innkeeper she's fallen for is already married.
A Foreign Affair
Oct 18, 1954 · 60 min
This comic romance begins in the post-war rubble of 1947 Berlin, Germany. Captain Pringle is in love with a U. S. Congresswoman on an investigation and the woman being investigated
Remote
Oct 25, 1954 · 60 min
In this fictional documentary, a man campaigning for the governorship of a Southern state goes on trial for the murder of his secretary. The effects of television coverage on justi
The Gentleman
Nov 1, 1954 · 60 min
A man is obsessed with the way things used to be. Rather than accepting and appreciating the present, he sadly retreats to living his life in the past.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Part 1)
Nov 8, 1954 · 60 min
Subtitled "The Beastliness of Beauty", Victor Hugo's classic is adapted for television. It's the story of the hideous bell-ringing Quasimodo at the Cathederal of Notre Dame and the
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Part 2)
Nov 15, 1954 · 60 min
Subtitled The Beauty of the Beast, Victor Hugo's classic is adapted for the small screen. It's the story of the hideous bell-ringing Quasimodo at the Cathederal of Notre Dame and t
Homecoming
Nov 22, 1954 · 60 min
On the weekend of the big homecoming game, a college football star plans for an improved future. The rich co-ed he's dating could be his ticket to an upgrade in his status.
Judith
Nov 29, 1954 · 60 min
Judith is a beautiful woman who proceeds to destroy the man she claims to have loved. She receives a well-earned retribution for her actions.
Dr. Ed
Dec 6, 1954 · 60 min
This inspirational story is based on real-life physician Dr. Edward Conner of Pennsylvania. In his life, he was able to start a clinic for handicapped kids, despite his personal ba
End of a Mission
Dec 13, 1954 · 60 min
A pilot who's thought to have died during a crash decides to "play dead" so he can remain near the woman he loves. Eventually, he wishes to return to the United States, as both a d
David Copperfield: the Search (Part 1)
Dec 20, 1954 · 60 min
In the first of two parts, young and motherless David is sent by his uncaring stepfather to live with the impoverished Micawbers in London. He barely survives, working at a warehou
David Copperfield: the Reward (Part 2)
Dec 27, 1954 · 60 min
In the second of two parts, David conducts his romance with the spoiled Dora Spenlow and, with the help of Micawber, unmasks Uriah Heep as a scheming thief. This episode is subtitl
Death and the Sky Above
Jan 3, 1955 · 60 min
An innocent man convicted for the murder of his wife escapes to search for the guilty party, but is ultimately recaptured. Back in the death house, the moments tick by as the time
A Night for Dreaming
Jan 10, 1955 · 60 min
Three girls share a New York apartment, each with a dream they're pursuing. One wants to meet someone to love, one wants to marry a rich man, and last wishes to become a star. Each
The Cypress Tree
Jan 17, 1955 · 60 min
A widow tries to move on following the death of her husband, but her sisters stand in the way. One wants her to forge ahead while the other wants her to go into seclusion in memory
Joe's Boy
Jan 24, 1955 · 60 min
A self-centered father is determined to see that his son, the soldier, gets married to a proper girl and starts a respectable career.
Deadline
Jan 31, 1955 · 60 min
A small town girl moves to the city and falls in love with her ruthless, cut-throat boss. During the time she awaits his proposal, she transforms into a hard-boiled career woman. W
The Lost Weekend
Feb 7, 1955 · 60 min
Robert Montgomery takes the starring role in this version of the famous film about a man slowly dying from alcoholism.
The Breaking Point
Feb 14, 1955 · 60 min
A pre-med college professor, whose wife died on the operating table, makes exams especially difficult for his students. His aim is to weed out those unworthy of the trust of the me
Coming of Age
Feb 21, 1955 · 60 min
Fears lead to upheaval in Terry Ballard's life as he suffers a mid-life crisis at his 40th birthday. His wife wants them to buy a new house and he's been offered a new position at
A Very Special World
Feb 28, 1955 · 60 min
On the eve of his debut as a major league baseball player, a man is committed to a tuberculosis sanatorium. He tries to adjust to his new life with the help of two women who love h
A Matter of Dignity
Mar 7, 1955 · 60 min
An arrogant man who has treated family, friends, and employees with disrespect and abuse finds his life threatened and no one to turn to for help.
A Stone for His Son
Mar 14, 1955 · 60 min
Prejudice almost destroys a family when a successful rancher disowns his only son for marrying a woman who's grandmother was a Sioux. The secret of the man's bigotry is revealed be
N.Y. to L.A.
Mar 21, 1955 · 60 min
This show business story tells of an actor who ruthlessly pursues a studio contract with no regard for whom he steps on or uses along the way. His girlfriend is the last to realize
The Iron Cobweb
Mar 28, 1955 · 60 min
An author returns to the hospital following the loss of her new-born. While there, she realizes that someone wants to make her seem unhinged by the infant's death.
The Tender Leaves of Hope
Apr 4, 1955 · 60 min
After suffering a serious accident, an accomplished surgeon fears that his skills are lost. He turns to a psychiatrist for help.
P. J. Martin and Son
Apr 18, 1955 · 60 min
A domineering mother controls the family business with a steely grip--the same one she uses to control her two sons.
The Tall Dark Man
Apr 25, 1955 · 60 min
A girl known for spinning fanciful stories witnesses a murder outside of her schoolroom window. Because of her reputation, no one believes her. What's worse, she realizes that the
Bella Fleace Gave a Party
May 2, 1955 · 60 min
Octogenarian Bella Fleace decides to have one last fling and give a great ball, but no one attends.
The Great Gatsby
May 9, 1955 · 60 min
In an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "roaring twenties" book, a man pines for the woman who discarded him years earlier.
The Cage
May 16, 1955 · 60 min
In London during World War II, British counter intelligence agents track down a wily Nazi spy.
The Drifter
May 23, 1955 · 60 min
In the Old West, a Civil War veteran and a dance hall gal are awarded a stage coach line by its dying owner.
Now or Never
May 30, 1955 · 60 min
Jack and Liz meet on the Stamford, Connecticut express train. Through flashbacks, we learn they first met at the same location and began a torrid, though short-lived, love affair.
The Killers
Jun 6, 1955 · 60 min
Guilt plagues a number of people who feel that, perhaps, their indifference was a cause for a man's death.
Second Chance
Jun 13, 1955 · 60 min
A son feels so indebted to his family for having sacrificed to send him to college that he almost ruins his academic career.
There's No Need to Shout
Jun 20, 1955 · 60 min
Real-life newspaperwoman Frances Warfield jeopardizes her success by not addressing her hearing loss.
Towhead
Jun 27, 1955 · 60 min
The young new teacher in a small town tries to gently let down a young student who has a crush on her.
The Fourth of July
Jul 4, 1955 · 60 min
A determined police detective works to force a crooked former politician to face the music.
The Paper Hero
Jul 11, 1955 · 60 min
An unmarried middle-aged clerk at a marriage license bureau is a true romantic. He's always writing poems and bringing flowers for the young lovers who visit his office. He eventua
The Diamond Curtain
Jul 18, 1955 · 60 min
A young woman moves to New York City and becomes a success, only to become entrapped by a life of superficiality.
Decision by Morning
Jul 25, 1955 · 60 min
A tough moral and professional decision faces a gifted eye surgeon. He can chose an action that may save a child's vision, but it would compromise medical standards.
A Slightly Important Man
Aug 1, 1955 · 60 min
A shrewish wife considers her husband's theater career to be competition for his affections. She forces him to make a choice.
Uncle Snowball
Aug 8, 1955 · 60 min
Two worldly gentlemen vie for the affections of an equally cosmopolitan woman in this light comedy.
Late Love
Aug 15, 1955 · 60 min
Rosie escapes her dull life as an office secretary engaged for a decade to a dentist through her elaborate daydreams. When Rosie loses her job, she indulges her imagination by head
Rosie
Aug 22, 1955 · 60 min
An office secretary has been engaged to a dentist for 10 years. The doctor feels he must have security before he settles down to wed and start a family.
The Return of Johnny Burro
Aug 29, 1955 · 60 min
One half of a once-dangerous criminal duo is now reformed. His ex-partner arrives, looking for a place to hide out for a while.