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September 16, 1956

Season 5

01. The Great Lady

Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.

30min
September 16, 1956

02. The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

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30min
September 23, 1956

03. The Professor's Punch

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30min
September 30, 1956

04. The Pot of Gold

Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".

30min
October 7, 1956

05. The Enemies

Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.

30min
October 14, 1956

06. The Invitation

After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.

30min
October 21, 1956

07. The Second Stranger

In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.

30min
October 28, 1956

08. The Rider on the Pale Horse

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30min
November 4, 1956

09. The Charlatan

A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

30min
November 11, 1956

10. The Road That Led Afar

A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.

30min
November 25, 1956

11. Orphans

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30min
December 2, 1956

12. The Breach

Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.

30min
December 9, 1956

13. The Chess Game

A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.

30min
December 16, 1956

14. A Child is Born

A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.

30min
December 23, 1956

15. The Shadow Outside

Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.

30min
December 30, 1956

16. Never Turn Back

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30min
January 6, 1957

17. The Earring

Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

30min
January 13, 1957

18. Lady of the House

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30min
January 20, 1957

19. The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.

30min
January 27, 1957

20. No Skin Off Me

A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.

30min
February 3, 1957

21. The Town with a Past

Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

30min
February 10, 1957

22. The Big Shooter

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30min
February 17, 1957

23. Flight from Tormendero

During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.

30min
February 24, 1957

24. The Fenton Touch

A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.

30min
March 3, 1957

25. With Malice Toward None

An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.

30min
March 10, 1957

26. The Victorian Chaise Lounge

Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

30min
March 17, 1957

27. Too Good with a Gun

An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.

30min
March 24, 1957

28. Bargain Bride

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30min
April 7, 1957

29. Cab Driver

A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.

30min
April 14, 1957

30. Bitter Choice

An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.

30min
April 21, 1957

31. I Will Not Die

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30min
April 28, 1957

32. Angel of Wrath

After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.

30min
May 5, 1957

33. A Question of Survival

A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.

30min
May 12, 1957

34. The Man Who Inherited Everything

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30min
May 19, 1957

35. A New Girl in His Life

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30min
May 26, 1957