Crossroads (1955 TV series)

All of the series' episodes dramatized clergymen's experiences, including personal and professional problems that they encountered. Many faiths were represented over the course of the series. The episodes, which often had deep spiritual themes, were usually set in the 1950s, but some were framed for an earlier era. Chevrolet sponsored Crossroads. Bernard L. Schubert was the producer-packager, and Harry Joe Brown was the series' originator. Episodes were filmed at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. == Guest stars ==

The series featured numerous guest stars, many of whom appeared in several episodes throughout the series' run. James Dean appeared in a 1955 episode, "Broadway Trust", along with Lloyd Bridges and Mary Treen. The episode aired five weeks after Dean died in an automobile crash in September 1955. Victor Jory was cast in the 1957 episode "Lone Star Preacher", a dramatization of the Texas Baptist pastor George Washington Truett, with Barbara Eiler as his wife, Jo Truett. Other guest stars include: • Luther Adler • Hugh Beaumont • Noah Beery, Jr. • Ray Boyle • Edgar Buchanan • Robert Cabal • Charles Cane • Albert Cavens • Spencer Chan • John Cliff • G. Pat Collins • Howard Duff • Barbara Eden • Stuart Erwin • Yvonne Lime Fedderson • Arthur Franz • Terry Frost • Robert Fuller (actor) • John Goddard • Virginia Gregg • Barbara Hale • Taylor Holmes • Clark Howat • Vivi Janiss • Russell Johnson • Jonathan Hale • Jess Kirkpatrick • Peg LaCentra • Michael Landon • Nolan Leary • Gene Lockhart • Jimmy Lydon • Barton MacLane • Maggie Mahoney • Hugh Marlowe • Strother Martin • Kevin McCarthy • Charles McGraw • Eve Miller • Martin Milner • Gerald Mohr • Donald Murphy • J. Carrol Naish • Jeanette Nolan • Pat O'Brien • Susan Oliver • Maureen O'Sullivan • Gregg Palmer • Jerry Paris • Leo Penn • Vincent Price • Roy Roberts • Frank J. Scannell • Fred Sherman • Lyle Talbot • Regis Toomey • Lee Van Cleef • Bobs Watson • Will J. White • James Whitmore • Grant Withers ==Broadcast history==

Crossroads was broadcast on ABC on Fridays from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time from October 1955 through September 1957. Sample episodes: • "A Bell for O'Donnell" – A reverend (Edmund Lowe) learns a lesson in forgiveness when he is swindled by a fast-talking con man. • "Call for Help" – A priest (Richard Carlson) works with troubled youths when a gang fight leads to a fatal shooting. • "Cleanup" – A pastor (Vincent Price) exhorts his parishioners to take back their city from the gangsters and corrupt politicians who have taken it over. • "Dig or Die, Brother Hyde" – A new preacher (Hugh Marlowe) on the harsh Dakota frontier is severely tested. • "God of Kandikur" (January 25, 1957) ==References==