Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 1949
Suspense
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
The story
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
Cast
Mildred NatwickSuspicious Woman · Nadia Demarest
Anthony RossAlbert · Andy Barnes · Cruze
Eileen HeckartMargaret Quartermain · Mrs. Haskell · Mollie
Conrad JanisTommy · Sprad · Richard
Royal DanoLucky · Policeman · Marvin the Push
Cloris LeachmanRuth Shaw · Margaret Sou
Boris KarloffRasputin · Bronson · Toff
Brian KeithKip Caley · Johnny · Lt. Jim Connor · Idaho
Judith EvelynMrs. Collins
William PrinceCunningham
Nina Foch
George ReevesRoger Sherman · D.P. Bradford · Bill Reed
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Paul LangtonWinters
Ruth McDevittJenny · Mrs. Barret · Mrs. Griffin · Mrs. Waters
Walter SlezakFrank Cadwallader · Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
John ForsytheWiltshire · David
E.G. MarshallEddie Hunt · Abner Snopes · Gavin Stevens
Peter CapellGunner
Leslie NielsenSerge Soudekine
Joseph AnthonyZevich
Richard KileyWebb Wilson
Richard CooganInvestigator Westcott
Morton StevensPadre · Mr. O'Farrell · Higgins
Cara WilliamsMyra Wilson · Nellie · Betty Marshall · Babe
Harold J. StoneMax · Eagle Moran
Francis L. Sullivan
Meg Mundy
Rusty LaneJesse
Sidney BlackmerDr. Steven Archer
Eva GaborMadeleine De Rochefort
Edward Binns
Olive DeeringMuriel Torres
Hume CronynDr. Violet · Sig
Robert H. HarrisTakama · Dr. Tabor
Betty GardeEve · Mamie Kelly
Jackie CooperMurderer · Williams · Dan Crowley
Berry KroegerFulco · Lord Sannox
Gaby RodgersJoanie Lennox · Alexia
Martin E. BrooksHarry Raymond · Meros Leckow
Henry HullSheriff
Jeffrey LynnJohn Bantreagh · Don Ashley
Ray WalstonHerbert the Hook · Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Anne Bancroft
Cedric Hardwicke
Joseph Wiseman
John Emery
Harry Townes
Charlton Heston
Otto KrugerChester Crabtree
Catherine McLeod
Edith AtwaterLouise Lord
Ross Martin
Dick Haymes
Wally CoxAce McCoy
Margaret Hayes
Art Carney
Marjorie GatesonFlorence Hackett
Signe HassoMarilyn Roth
James GregoryJerry
Neva PattersonMrs. Haley · Kelly Davis
Luis van RootenMonsieur Vidocq · Police Inspector Jules Maigret
Basil RathboneSherlock Holmes · Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Claude DauphinRedl
Chester MorrisEdwards
Herbert BerghofDurand
Hugh ReillyBurt Hastings
Geraldine FitzgeraldAnna
Jack PalanceCount Alessandro di Cagliostro · Tom Walker
John DallJim
Everett SloaneNikolayev
Mike KellinMr. Wohler · Policeman
Stella AdlerMother · Lady Sannox
Parker Fennelly
Mark RobertsDr. Joseph Parker · Ned Bassett
Jack Livesey
Steven HillDolph Romano
Darren McGavinTed Larson
Thomas MitchellDr. Paul Morgan · Henry Brown
Will HareTony Grisalla · Ernest Bowers
Henry JonesMr. Matches · Man at Train Station
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