''Shadow of the Cloak'' was a spy drama
live television
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series broadcast on the now-defunct
DuMont Television Network.
Helmut Dantine
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played secret agent Peter House.
John Gay wrote some of the 36 episodes.
The first episode aired June 6, 1951, and the last episode March 20, 1952. The 30-minute show aired Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET through November 1951 and then Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET from December until March 20, 1952. From January 1952 until the end of the run, ''Shadow of the Cloak'' alternated with ''
Gruen Playhouse
''Gruen Playhouse'' (also known as ''Gruen Guild Playhouse'') is a dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
Sponsored by the Gruen Watch Company, the series aired on ABC on Thursdays at 9:30pm E ...
''.
DuMont History website Programs M–Z
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Preservation status
One episode, "The Last Performance" (aired January 10, 1952), written by Rod Serling, is known to have survived.
See also
* List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they orig ...
* List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recove ...
* 1951–52 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1951–52 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1951 through March 1952. The schedule is followe ...
Citations
General bibliography
* Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
* McNeil, Alex. ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books
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, 2004)
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0043231
List of episodes at CTVA
1951 American television series debuts
1952 American television series endings
1950s American drama television series
American live television series
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows
Espionage television series
Lost television shows