The Elgin Hour

Joe Mantell holds a gun on Orson Bean, Theodore Bikel and Polly Bergen in "The San Francisco Fracas", 1955

The Elgin Hour is a 60 minute live American anthology drama that aired October 5, 1954, to June 14, 1955, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), alternating with U.S. Steel Hour. There were a total of 19 episodes that featured actors John Cassavetes, Boris Karloff, Roddy McDowall, Kim Stanley, Teresa Wright, Joanne Woodward, and Robert Preston, among dozens of others.

Its directors included the later notable feature directors, Daniel Petrie and Sidney Lumet. One of its writers was Reginald Rose, famous for writing 12 Angry Men. It was produced by Herbert Brodkin, a pioneering producer of early drama series that touched on social issues.

Episodes

External links

• The Elgin Hour at the Internet Movie Database
• The Elgin TV Hour at CTVA with list of episodes