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5.3/10 TV Opening theme "The Film Opens" First episode date 3 October 1962 Number of episodes 62 Number of seasons 2 | 8.1/10 IMDb Genre Medical drama Country of origin United States Final episode date 22 April 1964 Network NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Wendell Corey
Jack Ging
Ralph Bellamy Theme music composer C. King Palmer
Harry Sukman Composer(s) Harry Sukman
Morton Stevens
John Williams Cast Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Eleanor Parker, Angela Lansbury Similar Going My Way, Sam Benedict, Alcoa Premiere, The Gallant Men, Target: The Corruptors! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The eleventh hour 1962 tv series
The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired 62 new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.
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Premise
The series, loosely comparable to the 1961 NBC hit Dr. Kildare, starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey, reveals the human stories of people who come to the psychiatrist either through private practice, a hospital, or a court of law. In 1963, the series shared a two-part crossover episode with Dr. Kildare; both programs used the theme of wise teacher and young intern.
The term "eleventh hour" refers to a time of last resort in an aggrieved person's life, as he faces a potential nervous breakdown. Ging appeared in both seasons as Dr. Paul Graham, a clinical psychologist to Corey's first-season character of the psychiatrist Dr. Theodore Bassett, advisor to the Department of Corrections. The first season hence offered episodes about the mental health of criminals.
In the second season, which ended new episodes on April 22, 1964, Bellamy replaced Corey in the role of Dr. Richard Starke, a psychiatrist engaged in private practice. The executive producer was Norman Felton; Sam Rolfe was the producer.
Scheduling
The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage. In its first season, The Eleventh Hour was placed opposite the alternating anthology series, Armstrong Circle Theatre and The United States Steel Hour on CBS and the last season of Naked City on ABC.
In the second season, The Eleventh Hour faced The Danny Kaye Show variety program on CBS and Channing, a drama series about life on the campus of a small college, which aired on ABC.
DVD release
On June 7, 2016, Warner Archive Collection will release The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.