Prime-time network TV listings for Monday July 27, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Gunsmoke [Reg]: Kiowa
Season 15, episode 21 W: Ron Bishop D: Bernard McEveety With Victor French (Ed Vail), Dub Taylor (Reverend Cox), Jean Allison (Martha Vail), Joyce Ames (Melissa Vail), John Beck (Albert Vail), Lucas White (Russ Vail), Richard Lapp (Tomani), Angela Carrol (Indian Woman), Richard Angarola (Quichero). Matt Dillon and a country preacher join a vengeful rancher and his two sons on the mysteriously-visible trail of a band of Indians who have kidnapped the man's daughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1970)
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| [ABC 7:30] It Takes A Thief [Reg]: The King Of Thieves
Season 3, episode 9 W: Glen A. Larson D: Bruce Kessler With Edward Binns (Wally), Lionel Stander (Max), Martha Hyer (Rhoda Michaels), Lex Barker (Kurt Matson), Marino Mase (Collie), Tony Young (Ramsey), Ben Ekland (Dorn), Michele Cochrane (Deborah Matson), Alex Lucas (Doctor), Phillip Gittelman (Reporter). When the daughter of a U.S. senatorial candidate is kidnapped in Rome, Alex Mundy recruits the city's "king of petty thieves" to help get her back. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/20/1969)
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| [NBC 7:30] My World And Welcome To It [Reg]: Rules For A Happy Marriage
Season 1, episode 21 W: Rick Mittleman, Danny Arnold, Melville Shavelson D: John Rich With Frank Aletter (Nathan Williams), Stuart Margolin (Arthur Charles), Margaret Muse (Margaret Greeley), Olive Dunbar (Ruth Jensen), Buddy Lester (Bartender). Engrossed in a discussion of the shortcomings of wives, John Monroe forgets to keep a luncheon date with his. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/2/1970)
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| [NBC 8:00] Monday Theater: Me And Benjy
With Kevin Herron (Benjy Saunders), Tony Fraser (Homer Baker), John Lupton (Mr. Baker), Audrey Dalton (Mrs. Baker), Bernie Hamilton (Mr. Saunders), Kim Hamilton (Mrs. Hamilton), Cindy Cassell (Winifred). Comedy pilot about two boys, 9 and 7, who become embroiled in a series of misadventures when a box of baseball falls into their hands.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Lucy Show [Reg]: Lucy And Phil Harris
Season 6, episode 20 D: Jack Donohue With Gerald Mohr (Ruby), Phil Harris (Phil Stanley), Kasey Rogers (Miss Carroll). When Lucy's singing at a piano bar drives the pianist up the wall and off the wagon, she decides to help him with his drinking problem. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/5/1968)
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| [ABC 8:30] Movie: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
W: William Asher, Leo Townsend D: William Asher With Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, Linda Evans, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde. The surfing gang rescues a beautiful singer from evil bikers.
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: The Fortune Cookie (1966)
W: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond D: Billy Wilder With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West, Lurene Tuttle, Marge Redmond, Harry Holcombe. Serio-comedy of a television cameraman induced by his attorney brother-in-law into suing -- and pretending he's hurt worse than he is -- when a pro football player literally runs over him.
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| [CBS 9:00] Mayberry R.F.D. [Reg]: Goober's Niece
Season 2, episode 15 W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Hal Cooper With Arlene Howes (Waitress), Gene R. Wallace (Tommy), Erica Chandler (Beverly), Kathy Davis (Kathy), William Benedict (Uncle Whitmore). Uncle Goober becomes fanatically protective when his pretty teenage niece comes to visit. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1970)
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: The Duke Returns
Season 2, episode 24 W: Jack Elinson, Norman Paul D: Denver Pyle With Larry Storch (Duke Farentino), Michael Lerner (Mr. Murray), George Dunn (Hillbilly), Margaret Wheeler (Mrs. Forbush). Storch recreates his role of Duke Farentino, prize-fighter turned dance instructor, who turns to Doris for help with his labor problems. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/23/1970)
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| [CBS 10:00] Wild, Wild West [Reg]
James West and Artemus Gordon investigate when the appearance of a repertory company near the site of several stagecoach holdups seems more than coincidence. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:30] Now: Poisoned Planet
ABC News probes the pros and cons of of the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. The program considers whether we can afford the risk involved in the continued use of various chemicals or, if they are discontinued, possibly serious reduction in the nation's food supply. ABC science editor Jules Bergman hosts and narrates.
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