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Season 5

35 episodes · 1956

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    The Great Lady

    Sep 16, 195630 min

    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.

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    The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

    Sep 23, 195630 min

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    The Professor's Punch

    Sep 30, 195630 min

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    The Pot of Gold

    Oct 7, 195630 min

    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".

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    The Enemies

    Oct 14, 195630 min

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

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    The Invitation

    Oct 21, 195630 min

    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.

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    The Second Stranger

    Oct 28, 195630 min

    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.

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    The Rider on the Pale Horse

    Nov 4, 195630 min

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    The Charlatan

    Nov 11, 195630 min

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

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    The Road That Led Afar

    Nov 25, 195630 min

    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.

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    Orphans

    Dec 2, 195630 min

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    The Breach

    Dec 9, 195630 min

    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.

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    The Chess Game

    Dec 16, 195630 min

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

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    A Child is Born

    Dec 23, 195630 min★ 6.5

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

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    The Shadow Outside

    Dec 30, 195630 min

    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.

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    Never Turn Back

    Jan 6, 195730 min

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    The Earring

    Jan 13, 195730 min

    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.

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    Lady of the House

    Jan 20, 195730 min

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    The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

    Jan 27, 195730 min

    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.

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    No Skin Off Me

    Feb 3, 195730 min★ 7.4

    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.

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    The Town with a Past

    Feb 10, 195730 min★ 7.4

    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.

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    The Big Shooter

    Feb 17, 195730 min

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    Flight from Tormendero

    Feb 24, 195730 min

    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.

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    The Fenton Touch

    Mar 3, 195730 min★ 8.3

    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.

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    With Malice Toward None

    Mar 10, 195730 min★ 8.8

    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.

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    The Victorian Chaise Lounge

    Mar 17, 195730 min★ 8.2

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

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    Too Good with a Gun

    Mar 24, 195730 min★ 6.8

    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.

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    Bargain Bride

    Apr 7, 195730 min

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    Cab Driver

    Apr 14, 195730 min

    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.

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    Bitter Choice

    Apr 21, 195730 min

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

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    I Will Not Die

    Apr 28, 195730 min

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    Angel of Wrath

    May 5, 195730 min

    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.

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    A Question of Survival

    May 12, 195730 min

    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.

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    The Man Who Inherited Everything

    May 19, 195730 min

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    A New Girl in His Life

    May 26, 195730 min