The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy, which aired on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.
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Plot
The Eleventh Hour was about psychiatry, both as it helped individuals deal with their problems and as it helped law enforcement agencies. The first season focused on psychiatrists Theodore Bassett and Paul Graham as they worked with people. The show's title related to "patients who came to them 'in the eleventh hour' — on the verge of breakdown". In addition to Bassett's clinical practice, he advised the police department and the state's department of correction. Many episodes had him evaluating people charged with crimes with regard to their mental competency.
In the second season, Bassett was replaced by L. Richard Starke, and he and Graham became more directly involved in cases.
Cast
Wendell Corey as Dr. Theodore Bassett (season 1)
Ralph Bellamy as Dr. L. Richard Starke (season 2)
Jack Ging as Dr. Paul Graham
Episodes
Production
The executive producer was Norman Felton. Herbert Hirschman was the producer, Fielder Cook was the director, and Harry Julian Fink was the writer.
Release
Broadcast
The Eleventh Hour aired on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall and Espionage.
Home media
In June 2016, Warner Archive Collection released The Eleventh Hour- The Complete First Season on Region 1 DVD as a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release.