Sam Benedict The Boiling Point (Season 1, Episode 18)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Sam Benedict

The Boiling Point (Season 1, Episode 18)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

A police lieutenant is obsessed with finding a charge to hang on a former gangster who has served his prison time. The lieutenant blames the man for his daughter's paralysis.

Director

Richard Donner

Writers

Paul Mason (teleplay by) | Shimon Wincelberg (story by) (as S. Bar-David)

Producer

William Froug

Composer

Jeff Alexander (music score by)

Cinematographer

William W. Spencer

Editor

Ira Heymann

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 12, 1963

Release date

Jan 12, 1963 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Edmond O'Brien Sam Benedict Sam Benedict See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Richard Rust Hank Tabor Hank Tabor See fewer	Colors (1988)
David Wayne Eddie Jerome Eddie Jerome See fewer	The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Gary Merrill Sgt. Bill Merriman Sgt. Bill Merriman See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Abner Biberman Carl Grodek Carl Grodek See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Joan Tompkins Trudy Wagner Trudy Wagner See fewer	Thriller (1960)
Kenneth Tobey Lt. Pete Kender Lt. Pete Kender See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Alexander Lockwood Judge Owen Baker Judge Owen Baker See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Elizabeth MacRae Gretchen Jerome Gretchen Jerome See fewer	The Conversation (1974)
John McLiam Inspector Inspector See fewer	First Blood (1982)
William Sargent Art Walters Art Walters See fewer	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Jo Helton Claudia Merriman Claudia Merriman See fewer	Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Arthur Hanson Tom Alderson Tom Alderson See fewer	Zero Hour! (1957)
Susan Adams Iris Walters Iris Walters See fewer	Sam Benedict (1962)
Lisa Froug Carole Merriman Carole Merriman See fewer	Big Hawaii (1977)
Dick Cherney Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited) See fewer	Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953)