Cast
Joan Bennett
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
mysterious matriarch of Collinwood, she rules the family and the business with an iron hand.
Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
perpetually menaced heroine and governess of David Collins.
Mitchell Ryan as Burke Devlin
millionaire ex-convict, man of mystery and nemesis of the Collins family.
Louis
Edmonds as Roger Collins
Liz's brother; theoretical head man of the Collins cannery and all-around family embarrassment.
Mark Allen as Sam Evans
self-employed artist and drunk, mysteriously linked to Roger's past misdeeds.
Joel
Crothers as Joe Haskell
Carolyn's longtime boyfriend, he's an honest, friendly, sincere person. What he's doing in Collinsport is anyone's guess.
Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard
Liz's spoiled, temperamental and (by implication) promiscuous daughter.
George Mitchell as Matthew Morgan
Collinwood's surly caretaker and resident homicidal maniac.
Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
Sam's daughter, a waitress at the Collinsport Hotel. Originally a smart-mouthed "young Eve Arden", she quickly mellowed.
David Henesy as David Collins
"the little monster", Roger calls his son. Truer words were never spoken...
Conrad Bain as Mr. Wells
desk clerk at the Collinsport Hotel; his duties seem to consist mainly of warning people not to meddle with the Collins family.
Michael Currie as Constable Jonas Carter
he investigated Roger's car accident, was promptly replaced by Sheriff Patterson, and never mentioned again.
Frank Schofield as Bill Malloy
manager of the Collins Cannery, he had romantic leanings toward Liz - but she didn't even think much of him as an employee.
Barnard Hughes as Stuart Bronson
Bob O'Connell
as Andy, the Blue Whale bartender
Jane Rose as Mrs. Mitchell
a friendly passenger on the train that brought Vicki to Collinsport.
Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Hopewell
administrator of the Hammond Foundling Home, where Vicki grew up.
Joseph Julian as Wilbur Strake
a private detective employed by Burke to investigate the Collins family.
Katharine Bruce as Sandy
Vicki's roommate and fellow teacher at the foundling home.
Alfred Hinckley as the Train Conductor
on the train that brought Vicki to Collinsport.
Fred Stewart as Dr. Reeves
a wryly humorous country doctor who tends to Roger after his car "accident".
Colleen Kelly as Susie
Characters mentioned, but never seen
Harriet, the lady who answers the phone at the Collinsport Sheriff's Office.
Lucy Cameron, a patient of Dr. Reeves, who gave birth on the night of Roger's crash.
Jim Hardy, one of Constable Carter's men; he is present at the scene after Roger's accident.
Lt. Frank Palmer, a New York policeman and friend of Carter's, who runs a check on Burke's background at the constable's request.
Harry, one of Carter's men.
Mrs. Turner, a local citizen who gets on Carter's nerves; first she forgets to tie up her dog, then reports it stolen when it wanders off.
Mrs. Evans, Maggie's mother, she died
several years ago. Burke describes her as a beautiful woman.
Isaac Collins, the 17th century ancestor who came over from England and founded Collinsport.
Benjamin and Theodore Collins, ancestors whose portraits hang in the drawing room of Collinwood.
Staff
Producer: Robert Costello
Writer: Art Wallace
Director: Lela Swift
Portrait Gallery for Story 1
