East Side/West Side "One Drink At A Time"
4 videos • 817 views • by freenewyork Episode 16 of the TV series "East Side/West Side." Originally aired on the CBS network on January 27, 1964. Molly (Maureen Stapleton) and Sam (J. D. Cannon) are a poverty-stricken couple: he, a skid-row alcoholic addicted to paint thinner, and she, a love-struck bag lady who can't pull herself away from Sam's side. At her behest, social worker Neil Brock (George C. Scott) intervenes to help her onto a slightly better path than the one she's carved out for herself--but will Sam follow? This is just one out of twenty-six remarkable episodes that ran on CBS during the 1963-1964 season. I hope this entire series becomes available on DVD at some point. I would buy that box in an instant.