The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
The Dick Powell Show (Season 2)
Special Assignment (Episode 1)
Air date: 1962-09-25
Runtime: 60 min
Tomorrow the Man (Episode 2)
Air date: 1962-10-02
Runtime: 60 min
Run Till It's Dark (Episode 3)
Air date: 1962-10-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Stacy Palmer is on the run and tries to lose herself in a crowd at a Las Vegas casino. Young Jake Cobb, out on one last fling before his marriage, is attracted to Stacy.
The Doomsday Boys (Episode 4)
Air date: 1962-10-16
Runtime: 60 min
The Sea Witch (Episode 5)
Air date: 1962-10-23
Runtime: 60 min
The Great Anatole (Episode 6)
Air date: 1962-10-30
Runtime: 60 min
The Honorable Albert Higgins (Episode 7)
Air date: 1962-11-06
Runtime: 60 min
Days of Glory (Episode 8)
Air date: 1962-11-13
Runtime: 60 min
In Search of a Son (Episode 9)
Air date: 1962-11-20
Runtime: 60 min
Borderline (Episode 10)
Air date: 1962-11-27
Runtime: 60 min
Pericles on 31st Street (Episode 11)
Air date: 1962-12-04
Runtime: 60 min
The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff (Episode 12)
Air date: 1962-12-11
Runtime: 60 min
Crazy Sunday (Episode 13)
Writer: James Poe
Air date: 1962-12-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tyro screenwriter Joel Coles makes a fool of himself at a Hollywood party, and finds out a few hard truths about life in the movie business.
The Big Day (Episode 14)
Air date: 1962-12-25
Runtime: 60 min
Project X (Episode 15)
Air date: 1963-01-08
Runtime: 60 min
The Losers (Episode 16)
Air date: 1963-01-15
Runtime: 60 min
Everybody Loves Sweeney (Episode 17)
Air date: 1963-01-22
Runtime: 60 min
The Rage of Silence (Episode 18)
Writer: Jules Maitland
Air date: 1963-01-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Carol Lynley plays a deaf woman who teaches at a school for the deaf. Peter Falk also plays a deaf character who is smitten with her, and misinterprets her kindness toward him as affection. Falk is unable to communicate with her and is completely helpless and frustrated by the hearing world. This frustration eventually erupts into an act of violence that shatters everyone's lives.
The Judge (Episode 19)
Air date: 1963-02-05
Runtime: 60 min
Luxury Liner (Episode 20)
Air date: 1963-02-12
Runtime: 60 min
Apples Don't Fall Far (Episode 21)
Air date: 1963-02-19
Runtime: 60 min
Tissue of Hate (Episode 22)
Air date: 1963-02-26
Runtime: 60 min
Thunder In A Forgotten Town (Episode 23)
Air date: 1963-03-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ten years as a prisoner of the Chinese Reds hasn't made the folks in John Reardon's home town feel any differently about him - they still remember when he was the town hellion. (Several well known stars made cameo appearances.
Colossus (Episode 24)
Air date: 1963-03-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: In 1912, immigrants Eric Tegman and John Michael Reardon purchase some land in California's San Fernando Valley - infuriating native son Dan Corbett, who wanted the property for his ranch.
Charlie's Duet (Episode 25)
Air date: 1963-03-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Night-club owner Charlie Harris is in love with singer Linda Baxter, but that means trouble for her --- gambling king Louis Samson is threatening her life as a way of cutting himself in on Charlie's business.
The Third Side of a Coin (Episode 26)
Air date: 1963-03-26
Runtime: 60 min
Epilogue (Episode 27)
Air date: 1963-04-02
Runtime: 60 min
The Last of the Big Spenders (Episode 28)
Writer: Richard Alan Simmons
Air date: 1963-04-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Paul Oakland is uneasily reunited with his long-unseen son, Nick.
The Old Man and the City (Episode 29)
Air date: 1963-04-23
Runtime: 60 min
The Last of the Private Eyes (Episode 30)
Air date: 1963-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
