Behind Closed Doors (1958)
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
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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

Gerd Oswald
Director

Boris Sagal
Director

John English
Director

Fenton Earnshaw
Writer

Alan Caillou
Writer

Robert Leslie Bellem
Writer

Richard Tregaskis
Writer

Jon Manchip White
Story

George Fass
Writer

Paul Monash
Writer

Charles Bennett
Writer

Irving Wallace
Writer

Gertrude Fass
Writer

Stanley Niss
Writer

Leonard Lee
Writer

John Hawkins
Writer

Robert C. Dennis
Writer

Herbert Abbott Spiro
Writer

Malvin Wald
Teleplay

Henry F. Greenberg
Teleplay

Jacqueline Hazard
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
Shulnik / Charlie Meyers

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

John Conwell
Halek

Barney Phillips

Robert Warwick

Richard Alexander

Richard Jaeckel

Glyn Owen

Werner Klemperer

Walter Gotell

Harry Bartell

Richard Caldicot

Edwin Richfield

Dean Harens

Dennis Patrick

Robert Ellenstein

David Opatoshu

Robert H. Harris

Lawrence Dobkin

Carl Jaffe

Emil Sitka

Robert Ayres

Milton Frome

Wendell Holmes

Booth Colman

Liliane Montevecchi

Berry Kroeger

Richard Bull

Nan Leslie

John Warburton
Details.
Release DateOctober 2, 1958
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes26
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
cold war
anthology
military
Scripted
Wiki.
Behind Closed Doors is an American spy drama television series. It stars Bruce Gordon and aired on NBC during the 1958β59 television season.