Kraft Television Theatre

Season 9

49 episodes · Sep 28, 1955

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  • S9E1

    The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

    Sep 28, 1955

    A prep school student named Percy Washington becomes friends with his schoolmate John Unger. Percy invites John to spend the holidays at his family's isolated Montana mansion. It sits atop a mountain of solid diamond. John begins to worry about his safety when he learns the the father, Mr. Washington, is paranoid about his wealth. He shoots down planes that fly over the house and then kills the pilots. The crazed patriarch does the same with children who drop in.

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  • S9E2

    The Beautiful Time

    Oct 5, 1955
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  • S9E3

    Trucks Welcome

    Oct 12, 1955
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  • S9E4

    I, Mrs. Bibb

    Oct 19, 1955

    Despite having no political aspirations or experience, Mrs. Bibb is asked to fill the seat of her deceased husband. Aiding her is her husband's assistant, Ned, who is engaged to the Bibbs' daughter. Events take an ugly turn when it Ned is suspected of having taken a bribe from a contractor.

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  • S9E5

    One

    Oct 26, 1955
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  • S9E6

    Number Four with Flowers

    Nov 2, 1955

    The bullet-riddled body of a big-time gambler is brought to the morgue in this tongue-in-cheek comedy. Out of the blue, a naive young waitress steps forward to claim the dead man's remains. Soon, she finds herself with three boyfriends: a mortician, a tough police officer and the murdered crook's business partner. Soon she's being taken on her "last ride" and she manages to even charm the gunman.

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  • S9E7

    The Ticket and the Tempest

    Nov 9, 1955

    A delicatessen owner who buys an Irish Sweepstakes ticket in a friend's name. When it wins $28,000, trouble abounds for the poor man.

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  • S9E8

    Summer's End

    Nov 16, 1955
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  • S9E9

    Day of Judgment

    Nov 23, 1955
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  • S9E10

    Once a Genius

    Nov 30, 1955
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  • S9E11

    Lady Ruth

    Dec 7, 1955
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  • S9E12

    A Nugget from the Sunrise

    Dec 14, 1955
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  • S9E13

    A Christmas Dinner

    Dec 21, 1955
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  • S9E14

    Eleven O'Clock Flight

    Dec 28, 1955
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  • S9E15

    The Thieving Magpie

    Jan 4, 1956
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  • S9E16

    The Sears Girl

    Jan 11, 1956
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  • S9E17

    The Devil as a Roaring Lion

    Jan 18, 1956

    A young boy finds a wounded, dying man hiding in his family's boat house. The man, a prospector who has just killed his partner in a dispute, at first frightens the boy, but as the two begin to get to know each other, they become friends. Eventually the boy suspects that the man might not be all he claims to be.

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  • S9E18

    Home Is the Hero

    Jan 25, 1956

    A man who in a drunken rage killed a neighbor is released from prison after serving five years. Paddo returns home and takes out his rage on his friends and family members. His son Willie stands up to the brute and proves that Paddo is neither needed nor wanted by the family.

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  • S9E19

    Five Minutes to Live

    Feb 1, 1956
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  • S9E20

    Good Old Charlie Faye

    Feb 8, 1956
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  • S9E21

    The Man on Roller Skates

    Feb 15, 1956
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  • S9E22

    Snapfinger Creek

    Feb 22, 1956
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  • S9E23

    Bobbie

    Feb 29, 1956
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  • S9E24

    The Fool Killer

    Mar 7, 1956

    The Fool Killer is a mythical figure who chops the heads off of those who make fools of themselves. In the days after the American Civil War, a young boy who is haunted by this creature in his dreams. When he runs away from home he encounters the beast in the flesh.

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  • S9E25

    The Lost Weekend

    Mar 21, 1956
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  • S9E26

    A Night to Remember

    Mar 28, 1956
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  • S9E27

    Paper Foxhole

    Apr 4, 1956
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  • S9E28

    The Last Showdown

    Apr 11, 1956

    A big city real estate mogul gets involved in a shady tax deal. Facing exposure, he plans to flee the country, leaving his son-in-law behind to take the blame. His daughter learns of his scheme and puts a stop to it.

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  • S9E29

    No Riders

    Apr 18, 1956
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  • S9E30

    The Gentle Grafter

    Apr 25, 195660m

    Jeff Peters uses his personal magnetism to fleece the mayor of a hick town, run a shady matrimonial agency and establish a monopoly on the rot-gut whiskey business. Peters is joined in these schemes by a right-hand man and a beautiful widow. The trio thinks that they are unstoppable until they meet up with a former master of the con game.

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  • S9E31

    A Night to Remember

    May 2, 1956

    On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • S9E32

    Death Is a Spanish Dancer

    May 9, 1956
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  • S9E33

    A Profile in Courage

    May 16, 1956
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  • S9E34

    Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall

    May 23, 1956
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  • S9E35

    Box 704

    May 30, 1956
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  • S9E36

    The Night of May Third

    Jun 6, 1956
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  • S9E37

    Boy in a Cage

    Jun 13, 1956
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  • S9E38

    Flying Object at Three O'Clock High

    Jun 20, 1956
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  • S9E39

    Starfish

    Jun 27, 1956
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  • S9E40

    Tear Open the Skies

    Jul 4, 1956
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  • S9E41

    Long Arm

    Jul 11, 1956

    An attractive young woman flirts with a store clerk at a pawn shop, inviting him to join her for lunch. While he's gone, the store is robbed and the owner is killed. The clerk is without an alibi because the woman with whom he dined worked for the criminals.

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  • S9E42

    Babies for Sale

    Jul 18, 1956
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  • S9E43

    Prairie Night

    Jul 25, 1956
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  • S9E44

    One Way West

    Aug 1, 1956
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  • S9E45

    Anna Santonello

    Aug 8, 1956
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  • S9E46

    The Magic Box

    Aug 15, 1956
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  • S9E47

    The Girls Who Saw Too Much

    Aug 29, 1956
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  • S9E48

    Mock Trial

    Sep 5, 1956

    As part of its law school training, a college stages mock trials for students to gain experience. One of its mock trials turns real when the city's mayor is put on the stand and the misuse of taxpayers' money is revealed.

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  • S9E49

    Shadow of Evil

    Sep 12, 1956
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