The Incredible Jewel Robbery
General Electric Theater - S7 - E23
The Incredible Jewel Robbery was an episode of General Electric Theater, broadcast by CBS on March 8, 1959. It was the first appearance of all three Marx Brothers together in the same scene since A Night in Casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in The Story of Mankind in 1957, and in pairs in Love Happy in 1949. Jewel Robbery would prove to be their last joint TV appearance. Harpo and Chico play Harry and Nick, two inept would-be robbers who try to pull a jewelry heist. Chico is disguised in a police uniform, and Harpo wears, of all things, a Groucho Marx disguise. When they are caught and placed in a police lineup, the real Groucho shows up inexplicably and is immediately fingered as the thief. Groucho then delivers the only line in the otherwise silent program: "We won't talk until we see our lawyer!" Everybody gives each other their leg, and the You Bet Your Life duck drops down with "The End" in its beak. CBS explained the show as follows: "If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms, his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna."
General Electric Theater: Season 7 - 32 Episode s
7x1 - Blaze of Glory
September 21, 1958
A plumber receives a late night call for a job that turns out to be with a gang of jewel thieves.
7x2 - One is a Wanderer
September 28, 1958
7x3 - Auf Wiedersehen
October 5, 1958
Robert "Spider" Johnson is stationed in Germany in 1951, where he is "adopted" as a father by an orphaned boy. Spider is a taciturn man, preferring to remain alone to hide the pain of his own orphaned youth. When he encounters an abandoned boy nicknamed Joe Louis, however, Spider feels an emotional bond with the child. He becomes unnerved though, when the boy mistakenly believes that the soldier is his father. Spider leaves town, denying that he has become attached to the orphan. But when Joe hides in the back of Spider's jeep, the soldier must confront his paternal ...
7x4 - The Castaway
October 12, 1958
7x5 - The World's Greatest Quarterback
October 19, 1958
A football hero on the skids returns to his hometown. He and his ex-wife Mary purchased a rare Picasso for a song on their honeymoon, and he needs cash.
7x6 - At Miss Minner's
October 26, 1958
Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.
7x7 - Battle for a Soul
November 2, 1958
A man serving time for stealing jewels insists that he is innocent and spends every waking moment plotting revenge against those he claims framed him.
7x8 - A Question of Romance
November 9, 1958
7x9 - The Falling Angel
November 16, 1958
The one-ring circus run by Anthony Mullins begins to prosper when a handsome trapeze artist, Angeli, joins the troupe. But Mullins is upset when his fiancee, Sue Ellen, becomes fascinated with Angeli.
7x10 - A Turkey for the President
November 23, 1958
7x11 - The Last Rodeo
December 7, 1958
A champion rodeo rider, though getting older, refuses to retire to a ranch house, even though his fiancée begs him to. After another rider and friend of them both is killed during a show, she gives him a choice, quit and marry her or she'll leave him.
7x12 - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
December 14, 1958
7x13 - The Odd Ball
December 28, 1958
7x14 - And One Was Loyal
January 4, 1959
7x15 - Man on a Bicycle
January 11, 1959
Paul Ashcroft is traveling through the French Riviera equipped with a bicycle and a kit for disguises. He gains entrance to a vacant mansion, passing himself off as one M. Durobat, and proceeds to work his charm on local gambling devotees.
7x16 - The Stone
January 18, 1959
Retelling of the biblical tale of David and Goliath.
7x17 - Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?
January 25, 1959
7x18 - No Man Can Tame Me
February 1, 1959
In this musical comedy set in the 1870s, Silas Haley wants his daughter to marry a city slicker. Matilda, however, has her eyes on a good looking trapper.
7x19 - The Last Lesson
February 8, 1959
7x20 - I Was a Bloodhound
February 15, 1959
A ransom is demanded for a baby elephant missing from a hotel room.
7x21 - The Family Man
February 22, 1959
7x22 - Deed of Mercy
March 1, 1959
Setting out on his vacation, newspaper reporter Mike Hackett comes across an auto accident. The injured driver is a well-known Hungarian scientist. His unharmed passenger, a young lady hitchhiker, blames the accident on the scientist.
7x23 - The Incredible Jewel Robbery
March 8, 1959
The Incredible Jewel Robbery was an episode of General Electric Theater, broadcast by CBS on March 8, 1959. It was the first appearance of all three Marx Brothers together in the same scene since A Night in Casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in The Story of Mankind in 1957, and in pairs in Love Happy in 1949. Jewel Robbery would prove to be their last joint TV appearance. Harpo and Chico play Harry and Nick, two inept would-be robbers who try to pull a jewelry heist. Chico is disguised in a police uniform, and Harpo wears, of all things, a Groucho Marx disguise. When they are caught and placed in a police lineup, the real Groucho shows up inexplicably and is immediately fingered as the thief. Groucho then delivers the only line in the otherwise silent program: "We won't talk until we see our lawyer!" Everybody gives each other their leg, and the You Bet Your Life duck drops down with "The End" in its beak. CBS explained the show as follows: "If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms, his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna."
7x24 - Train for Tecumseh
March 15, 1959
7x25 - The Lady's Choice
March 22, 1959
It is the year 1880, and Elizabeth a lovely miss from the East, is preparing to journey West to marry her fiance. Elizabeth's mother cautions her about the Wild West, but the young girl assures her that the pioneer country has been tamed.
7x26 - Beyond the Mountains
March 29, 1959
7x27 - The Flying Wife
April 5, 1959
Martha Allen's husband and teenage offspring seem to be taking her for granted. To win recognition, she decides to learn how to fly an airplane.
7x28 - Caesar and Cleopatra
April 12, 1959
When Julius Caesar and his roman legions prepare to enter the Egyptian kingdom of Cleopatra, the terrified young queen flees.
7x29 - Robbie and His Mary
April 19, 1959
7x30 - Nora
May 3, 1959
Nora's husband Judge Wayne Douglas has been nominated for DA. He fires his campaign manager Neil Watson for receiving a questionable campaign contribution. Neil then asks Nora for a favor, reminding her of the favor he once did for her.
7x31 - Nobody's Child
May 10, 1959
Todays theme is Nobody's Child.
7x32 - The Indian Giver
May 17, 1959