TV Guide (August 7, 1954)

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TUESD AY AUGUST 10 All limes ore Chicago Daylight Saving Time. In Standard Time areas, subtract one hour. o BADGE 714—Drama "The Big Shakedown." An extortion racket in which the victims are forced into bookmaking confronts Detective Sgt. Joe Friday. Jack Webb stars. Sponsored by Chicago Motor Club. 8:30 0 SUSPENSE—Drama "The Iron Cop," by Frank de Feliita. A cop about to retire puts all of his en¬ ergies into one last case, when his niece is murdered by a sneak thief. He pits his wits against those of an electric thinking machine. © 0 TOP PLAYS OF 1954 "Wonderful Day For a Wedding." At the last minute, the bride changes her mind and refuses to make the march to the altar, A sultry next-door neighbor is only too happy to console the disap¬ pointed groom-to-have-been. Cast Susan Farrington ..Joan Leslie Wade Roberts —..Scott Brady Serene Crane .Rita Moreno Aunt Cordelia .Spring Byington 0 CENTER STAG E-Drama "The Desdemona Murder Case," by Joseph Schull. A ruthlessly ambitious mother is determined to capitalize on the genius of her 10-year-old son. The boy already memorized most of Shakes¬ peare's plays, and Mama wishes him to appear on the stage. Cast Gerda Matthews .Martha Scott Philip ..Rex Thompson- Ryerson .-.Donald Woods Mr. Matthews .Russell Hardie Gordon .Vinton Hayworth 0 HOLLYWOOD SHOWCASE 9:00 0 DANGER-Mystery © 0 TRUTH OR CONSE¬ QUENCES—Quiz Game Jack Bailey emcees the show. 0 48TH STREET THEATER "On Four Wheels." Sid Melton, Iris Ad¬ rian, and Tom Neal. 9:30 0 TUESDAY THEATER-Drama "A Quarter For Your Trouble." A depart¬ ment store skip-tracer who hasn't the nerve it takes to capture a crook finds a murder suspect. Richard Haydn. 0 TRIANGLE THEATER-Drama "Work Of Art." Fear, romance and gralitude carry a grotesque candlestick the full circle in its wanderings that shape the lives of many people. Adolphe Menjou narrates. © BIG PICTURE-Army Films 0 NAME'S THE SAME-Panel Robert Q. Lewis moderates for panelists Joan Alexander, Gene Rayburn, and Bess Myerson. 0 1 LED 3 LIVES-Film FBI Counterspy Herb Philbrick; as por¬ trayed by Richard Carlson, is ordered to develop Communist plans to launch a "depression scare." 10:00 0 NEWS-Fahey Flynn Cartoonist P. J. Hoff gives weather report. 0 THE WORLD WE LIVE IN © WEATHER—Clint Youle 0 LIFE OF RILEY-Comedy "Riley and the Suggestion Contest." When a suggestion box is installed at the fac¬ tory, Riley figuratively falls into it, and his suggestions meet with little favor. William Bendix and Marjorie Reynolds. Sponsored by Household Finance Corp. 0 MOVI E-Drama "Enemy Of Women." The secret loves of the Nazi Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propoganda. Paul Andor, Donald Woods. A-30