The Professor (28 May 1961)

Crime boss Doc Stehlemyer gets paroled from prison and goes back to his old haunts with a "foolproof" plan for a million-dollar jewel robbery. Unfortunately for Doc, this foolproof scheme begins to fall apart almost immediately.

Director:

Herman Hoffman

Writers:

George Bellak (teleplay), John Huston (story),

Stars:

Philip Carey, Frank Overton, Milton Selzer

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Philip Carey	...	Tennessee
Frank Overton	...	Phil Kevison
Milton Selzer	...	Doc Stehlmeyer
Lew Gallo	...	Don Shannon
Sydney Pollack	...	Louie
Joan Staley	...	Alice
Kay Doubleday	...	Clara
Robert Bice	...	Police officer
Guy Raymond	...	Tommy McAlister
Joan Tompkins	...	Mrs. McAlister
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Smith	...	Sgt. Danny Keller

Storyline

Crime boss Doc Stehlemyer gets paroled from prison and goes back to his old haunts with a "foolproof" plan for a million-dollar jewel robbery. Unfortunately for Doc, this foolproof scheme begins to fall apart almost immediately.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 1961 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Episode a remake of the 1950 film

"The Professer" is an episode of the short-lived TV series "The Asphalt Jungle" from 1961. This one episode is a quick remake of the 1950 film of the same name. The main diff being that the regular detective squad has been written into the story. We have Phil Carey playing the Sterling Hayden role, Milton Selzer the Jaffe bit, Sydney Pollack doing Marc Lawrence. Then we have Guy Raymond in the Tony Caruso part, Kay Doubleday in the Jean Hagen role, Joan Staley in Monroe's bit and lastly Frank Overton in the Calhern role. It is a quick retelling of the of the film with just the highlights being touched on. Jack Warden, Arch Johnson and a young William Smith play the detectives. This was a good TV series which only ran for 13 episodes.

Fine time-wasters.