Television's Lost Classics: Volume Two: Four Rare Pilots

From TV’s Golden Age come these rarely seen pilot episodes. First, Lon Chaney, Jr. stars in "The Life of Riley" (1948), in a role that went to Jackie Gleason when the series went into production. Next, the pilot for the series "Racket Squad," "The Case of the Sure Thing," originally aired as its final episode in 1953. Reed Hadley stars. The one-off "Cool and Lam" (1958) follows a pair of private detectives (Benay Venuta, Billy Pearson). And, William Shatner co-stars in the stand-alone "Nero Wolfe" (1959). With Kurt Kasznar in the title role. 111 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; bloopers.