S1E3

The Black Eye

Leave It to Beaver

calendar_todayOct 18, 1957 schedule25 min

Beaver comes home with a black eye and Ward is upset when he learns that Beaver didn't fight back. This leads Ward to teach Beaver how to defend himself. Little does Ward know that the person who punched Beaver is a girl, Violet Rutherford, the daughter of one of Ward's co-workers.

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ABC
CBS

star Guest Stars

Hugh Beaumont

Hugh Beaumont

Ward Cleaver

Tony Dow

Tony Dow

Wally Cleaver

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

Fred Rutherford

Burt Mustin

Burt Mustin

Gus the Fireman

Jeri Weil

Jeri Weil

Judy Hensler

person

Rory O'Connor

Beaver (double)

person

Wendy Winkelman

Violet Rutherford

person

Philip Grayson

First Boy

Julie Bennett

Julie Bennett

Waitress

person

Lonnie Thomas

Second Boy

person

Tommy Berwald

Third Boy

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Richard Smiley

Fourth Boy