USA
/ NBC / x30m-e / January 4,
1965-November 5,
1965 Broadcast Mon.-Fri. 2-2:30
p.m. black and white
Moment
of Truth was the only network
soap opera taped in Canada
(specifically Toronto), and its
use of a few scenes taped
outdoors was also a rarity at
the time. It starred American
actor Douglass Watson as Dr.
Robert Wallace, a psychology
professor at an unidentified
university in the Midwest. In
addition to teaching, Wallace
served as counselor to some
characters, such as Wilma
Leeds, who was in a strained
marriage with Walter Leeds and
had an even touchier
relationship with son-in-law
Jack Williams, and as an
adversary to others, such as his
daughter Sheila, who blamed him
for her brother Johnny's illness
early in the run. He also
endured a job suspension, a
murder charge, and frequent
arguments with wife Nancy.
His colleague Dr. Russell
Wingate had his own woes too,
with a failing marriage to
Monique that included bitter
words exchanged during several
dinners with the Wallaces.
Monique later got together with
Dexter. Adding to this
unpleasant mix were Vince
Conway, who had a secret
marriage he revealed in May
which naturally ended in divorce
in September; Barbara Harris, a
teenage
runaway upset with the world
around her; Linda Harris,
Barbara's mother, who had the
hots for Vince; Nancy's sister
Lila; Lila's daughter Diane, who
saw Jack briefly; and Diane's
boyfriend Eric, who proposed to
her before the series ended,
after just 10 months on the air.
Cast
Ivor Barry.... Dr.
Russell Wingate
Anne Campbell .... Diane Wallace
Michael Dodds .... Johnny
Wallace
Peter Donat.... Vince Conway
Fernande Giroux.... Monique
Wingate
Robert Goodier.... Walter Leeds
Lynne Gorman.... Wilma Leeds
Anna Hagan.... Linda Harris
John Horton .... Eric
Louise King .... Nancy Wallace
Stephen Levy ).... Jack Williams
Cec Linder.... Dean Hogarth
Mira Pawluk.... Barbara Harris
Barbara Pierce .... Sheila
Wallace
Sandra Scott .... Lila Wallace
Toby Tarnow.... Carol Williams
Douglass Watson.... Dr. Robert
Wallace
Chris Wiggins .... Dexter
