Robert Montgomery Presents: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
My Dear Emily
Sep 5, 1955 · 60 min
In the final summer stock performance of the season, a father's extreme possessiveness of his daughter ruins her life.
Woman in the Window
Sep 12, 1955 · 60 min
A reserved college professor is fascinated by the portrait of a woman that hangs near his mens' club. While admiring the picture one day, he happens to meet its gorgeous blonde sub
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Sep 19, 1955 · 60 min
On his own while his wife's away in Europe, henpecked Mr. Monroe decides he'll be the suave and adventurous man of his imagination. In his fantasies, he captures a diamond smuggler
Along Came Jones
Sep 26, 1955 · 60 min
A soft-spoken cowboy shows up in a small western town looking for work. The locals mistakenly assume he's a murderous troublemaker, causing great tension when he starts dating the
The Stranger
Oct 3, 1955 · 60 min
Authorities hope that their release a low-level war criminal will lead them to a Nazi Germany leader who "disappeared" after World War II. Following the released man, they're led t
Paper Town
Oct 10, 1955 · 60 min
A family is at odds when the father, successful in the lumber business, insists his son take over the company. The son, married and expecting a child soon, wants to finish law scho
Tomorrow is Forever
Oct 17, 1955 · 60 min
An American soldier, whose disfigured face was reconstructed by Austrian plastic surgeons, returns home after twenty years, but no one recognizes him. His widow is married to anoth
Man Lost
Oct 24, 1955 · 60 min
A Navy man loses his will to live following the death of his wife. He witnesses an A-bomb test in the Pacific and then goes "on leave" in Hawaii where he makes positive discoveries
In a Foreign City
Oct 31, 1955 · 60 min
The truth eventually catches up with a sad man when his life is revealed to have been nothing but lies.
The World to Nothing
Nov 7, 1955 · 60 min
Being an incredible actor is not enough as a performer feels nothing but loneliness even though he has a wife and daughter.
Cry Silence
Nov 14, 1955 · 60 min
When a farmer's young wife dies in an "accident", the local police have doubts about how accidental her death actually was.
Isobel
Nov 21, 1955 · 60 min
The successful writer of detective stories is the last person to see a young woman alive. The girl, Isobel, also shares the name of the heroine in one of the author's novels.
End of the Rainbow
Nov 28, 1955 · 60 min
The heads of two immigrant families feud constantly, even though they are are neighbors and work at the same factory. It's practically inevitable that two of their youngsters would
Lucifer
Dec 5, 1955 · 60 min
A publishing manager who has caused a great deal of unhappiness throughout his career gets his turn in the hot seat.
See the Man
Dec 12, 1955 · 60 min
A young mechanic hides a shameful secret-- he's unable to read, having left school early because of poverty. He believe his illiteracy is standing in the way of his success.
Quality Town
Dec 19, 1955 · 60 min
A man who climbed the ladder from wildcatter to oil tycoon spoils his daughter with the material things he never had.
The Second Day of Christmas
Dec 26, 1955 · 60 min
This is the story of the young Hans Christian Anderson's love for singer Jenny Lind and her refusal to give up her singing career.
Three Men from Tomorrow
Jan 2, 1956 · 60 min
Three individual one-act stories are told, each involving young men facing moral or ethical decisions which will have profound effects on their futures. Act one profiles a high sch
The End of the Tether
Jan 9, 1956 · 60 min
An elderly mariner is making his final voyage as the captain of a non-seaworthy boat owned by shady characters. Determined to retire with his dignity, the captain takes the ragged
The Tyrant
Jan 16, 1956 · 60 min
A small town newspaper editor takes a stand against a powerful local citizen who acts with dictatorial rule.
Aftermath
Jan 23, 1956 · 60 min
A lawyer who finds himself at a murder scene quickly leaves town, fearing that the crime will be pinned on him. He returns five years later with a shocking revelation.
Mr. Tutt Baits the Hook
Jan 30, 1956 · 60 min
Eccentric lawyer Ephriam Tutt puts his unconventional methods to use to help a young man charged with murder.
Good Friday 1865
Feb 6, 1956 · 60 min
A teen-aged boy gets a bit part in a play so he can meet his idol, Abraham Lincoln. Instead, he ends up witnessing the assassination of the president at the Ford Theater.
The Man Who Vanished
Feb 13, 1956 · 60 min
A middle-aged man decides that the joys of youth were preferable to the success he now enjoys in business. As he retreats into the dreams of his carefree youth, he physically begin
An Excuse for Shanks
Feb 20, 1956 · 60 min
A shy, young man in a small town has been disliked by people his whole life. He makes his first real friend, the wife of the local pool hall owner, and falls madly in love with her
End of Morning
Feb 27, 1956 · 60 min
A school bus driver steers his vehicle into the path of an on-coming train and four children are killed. As a man who once believed he had all of life's answers finds himself strug
Adam's Son
Mar 5, 1956 · 60 min
A judge's campaign for the governorship has his son feeling that he can never live up to his father's achievements. At least that's the case until the judge makes a serious mistake
The Briefcase
Mar 12, 1956 · 60 min
A young couple's marriage is on the rocks because of the husband's failure to get ahead at work. He encounters obstacles from an underhanded office worker in the grocery business.
The Secret
Mar 19, 1956 · 60 min
A lumberjack actively guards a mysterious black box in his possession. This piques the curiosity of the others in the logging camp. Everyone has a theory about its contents, rangin
The Long Way Home
Mar 26, 1956 · 60 min
A commuter suffers a heart attack in Grand Central Station as he's heading home to Connecticut.
Death Insurance
Apr 2, 1956 · 60 min
An auto mechanic unhappy with his lot in life plans to kill his wife and collect on the insurance policy he just opened on her. When the "accident" he arranged for her fizzles, he
Pistolero
Apr 9, 1956 · 60 min
A gas station owner in a small prairie town decides to expose the local political boss as the evil that he is. The angry strongman responds by hiring a hit man to kill the troublem
Portrait of a Man
Apr 16, 1956 · 60 min
The life of the genius Albert Einstein is highlighted in this biography. His early years in Prague, when he proposed his famed Theory of Relativity, are presented. The show then fo
The Baobab Tree
Apr 23, 1956 · 60 min
A South African plantation is home to a baobab tree, a large native plant which is said to kill all other life near it. The action centers on a woman who flirts shamelessly and the
Don't Do Me Any Favors
Apr 30, 1956 · 60 min
A singer discovers that success can carry a high price when he gets swept up by fast-talking con men. As he rises to the top, he finds the people around him are more interested in
Jack Be Nimble
May 7, 1956 · 60 min
A bigamist has two different wives in two different cities that he travels between for business. Neither knows about the other, until one fateful day. Unable to justify his behavio
The Right Thing
May 14, 1956 · 60 min
Following the death of a girl in a car accident, Bob Slater is tortured by the idea that he was somehow negligent in his driving that day.
All Expenses Paid
May 21, 1956 · 60 min
A naive salesclerk is named "Miss Courtesy" by her store and is awarded an all-expenses paid trip to Nassau. While vacationing at the exotic locale, she falls under the spell of a
Who?
May 28, 1956 · 60 min
In this unusual drama, seven actors portray the same character as he's seen through the eyes of different people. The "Standard Who" is how the man sees himself, along with the "In
Honored Guest
Jun 4, 1956 · 60 min
Krisons Rigo, a recent immigrant, settles in a small Long Island town. Though he taught in the old country, he cannot get a certificate here, so he takes a job as a school janitor.
Storm Over Swan Lake
Jun 11, 1956 · 60 min
A teacher's opposition to dismissal by a tyrannical school superintendent throws a small town into turmoil.
The Soldier Room
Jun 18, 1956 · 60 min
An unhappy wife is forbidden by her psychotic husband to even have friends. he's a man who retired early to play with his toy soldier collection. When she falls in love with anothe
An Elephant for Peanuts
Jun 25, 1956 · 60 min
A young boy nicknamed Peanuts desperately wants an elephant for a pet. He steals a purchase order from his father's work and buys a baby pachyderm that he hides in their garage.
Dream No More
Jul 2, 1956 · 60 min
A college professor is obsessed with getting a piece of property owned by the mother of one of his students. He tries to charm the the property from her, before attempting to destr
A Matter of Conscience
Jul 9, 1956 · 60 min
A husband and wife have begun to drift apart after nine years of marriage. The husband spends more and more time at his law office, convincing his spouse that he's having an affair
Day of Grace
Jul 16, 1956 · 60 min
A meek editor at a religious publishing house believes that only a large sum of money could give him the life he wants and the nerve to propose to the woman he loves. Upon discover
Catch a Falling Star
Jul 23, 1956 · 60 min
Ken Reed, once a big name actor in Hollywood, refuses to accept that he's no longer the star he thinks he is. Even though he hasn't had a film role in two years, he continues to li
Southern Exposure
Jul 30, 1956 · 60 min
In this comedy set in Mississippi, an aging Southern belle grudgingly opens her mansion to tacky Yankee tourists during the annual azalea festival. Needing the money to keep the ba
Maybe Tomorrow
Aug 6, 1956 · 60 min
Bernice has spent her whole life working in her father's store and being dominated by her beautiful mother. When she finally finds love in the form of a salesman, her mother disapp
The Company Wife
Aug 27, 1956 · 60 min
An accountant who's a rabid baseball fan is chosen to umpire the game between his office and their biggest competitor. When he makes a close call against his company's team, he fin
Mr. Parker's Rhubarb
Sep 3, 1956 · 60 min
An accountant is picked to umpire the baseball game between his firm and it's competitor. The ump makes a critical decision against his own team and this doesn't make him a hero ar