Telephone Time – Season 1 – Episode 1 – Golden Junkman | John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac

A Greek immigrant to the US goes to work at a junkyard owned by his friend. As he becomes more successful, he brings his wife and sons over from Greece, but his wife dies in a flu epidemic, leaving him to raise his sons alone. The sons eventually win a scholarship to a prestigious military school, and when they return home they find that their father now has his own “empire” of more than 20 junkyards and is known as “The Golden Junkman”. But his success is tempered by the scorn and ridicule heaped on his sons because their “junkman” father’s lack of education. He resolves to solve that problem and make his sons as proud of him as he is of them.

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller, Robert Florey, and Lewis Allen (director). A total of 81 episodes aired from April 1956 to March 1957 on CBS, and from April 1957 to April 1958 on ABC

Directed by Erle C. Kenton, Lewis Allen, Robert B. Sinclair
Starring John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac

Cast
John Nesbitt as Self – Host
Frank Baxter as Self – Host
Maurice Marsac as Tall Postman
Florenz Ames as Barber
Norbert Schiller as Leader No.1
Paul Bryar as Crew Boss
Gene Roth as Prison Guard
Hugo Haas as Christopher Ludwick
Grandon Rhodes as McClellan