Behind Closed Doors (1958)
Plot.
Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. Behind Closed Doors is based on the files and experiences of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who offers comments at the end of each segment.
Behind Closed Doors, a Screen Gems production, replaced Jackie Cooper's sitcom The People's Choice, followed the NBC quiz show, Twenty-One, and preceded the The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Its competition was The Pat Boone Chevy Show on ABC and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater western anthology series on CBS.
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Cast & Crew.
Bruce Gordon
Commander Matson
Samuel Gallu
Producer / Director
Sue England
Ruzena
Simon Scott
Douglas Kincaid
Chana Eden
Lisa Kardash
John Peyser
Director
Paul Wendkos
Director
John English
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Gerd Oswald
Director
Robert Leslie Bellem
Writer
Fenton Earnshaw
Writer
Alan Caillou
Writer
John Hawkins
Writer
Gertrude Fass
Writer
Stanley Niss
Writer
Henry F. Greenberg
Teleplay
Paul Monash
Writer
Herbert Abbott Spiro
Writer
Richard Tregaskis
Writer
Charles Bennett
Writer
Malvin Wald
Teleplay
Jon Manchip White
Story
Irving Wallace
Writer
Robert C. Dennis
Writer
Jacqueline Hazard
Writer
Leonard Lee
Writer
George Fass
Writer
Virginia Christine
Julie Hollister
Francis Lederer
Brauer
Lester Matthews
Colonel Brookston
Kenneth Tobey
Colonel Pete Kellogg
Denver Pyle
Roger Woodson
John Doucette
Capt. John Benson
Richard Davies
Werner
James Best
Webb
Florence Marly
Marie Savit
Richard Webb
James Foster
Eric Pohlmann
Drigo
William Henry
Herb Goodwin
Arlene Martel
Maria
Reginald Gardiner
Ernest Farrington
Jim Bannon
Colonel Patterson
Judith Evelyn
Clara Koller
Bill Quinn
Col. Barrett Cole
Alex Gerry
Barnes
Myron Healey
Lister
John Banner
Prosecutor Hoxa
Abraham Sofaer
Fadhil
Peter Whitney
Edwin Getty
Jack Kruschen
Ruchef
Ruth Terry
Sally Anderson
Angela Greene
Hazel Shaw
Jeanne Baird
Nina
Olan Soule
Hotchkiss
Ferdy Mayne
General Racz
Joe Maross
Wayne Hollister
John Wengraf
Von Elm
Joseph Marievsky
Alexis Shtaravna
Tom McKee
Collins
Peter Coe
Lieutenant Tarkhanov
Melinda Byron
Janet Kellogg
Douglas Evans
Kincaid
Linda Leighton
Leona
John McNamara
Ingram
Sam Buffington
Horne
Bek Nelson
Kitty
James Todd
Clarke
Stewart Bradley
Sam Lombardi
John Damler
Dan Radford
Ruth Lee
Mrs. Gates
William Bryant
Capt. Peter Shiller
Ralph Clanton
Ed Bailey
Robert Knapp
Fred Lang
Walter Maslow
Salvatori
Dick Rich
Martin
Ellis M. Zacharias
Self (as Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias)
Jacques Aubuchon
Charlie Meyers / Shulnik
Gil Frye
Selim
Francis De Sales
Commander Rogers
Marya Stevens
Rakya Ahmed
Richard Flato
Serko
Keith Richards
Andrew Fleming
George Keymas
Aman
Ziva Rodann
Jessica Tabor
John Sutton
Shaw
Sheldon Lawrence
Blake Adams
Carl Duering
Rienk
Jeanette Sterke
Sarah Fletcher
Gabriel Curtiz
Russian Scientist
Marc Snow
Captain
Kathleen O'Malley
Sue-Ellen
Glyn Owen
Ray Danton
Gregory Gaye
Paul Picerni
Richard Jaeckel
Brad Dexter
Werner Klemperer
Walter Gotell
Harry Bartell
Richard Alexander
Richard Caldicot
Dean Harens
Barney Phillips
Robert Warwick
Edwin Richfield
David Opatoshu
Dermot Walsh
Nan Leslie
Lawrence Dobkin
Richard Bull
Berry Kroeger
Liliane Montevecchi
Booth Colman
Robert H. Harris
Carl Jaffe
Emil Sitka
Robert Ayres
Milton Frome
Details.
Release DateOctober 2, 1958
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes26
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
cold war
military
anthology
Scripted