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Season 5

57 episodes · Aug 26, 1954

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  • S5E1

    To Each His Own

    Aug 26, 195460m

    An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.

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  • S5E2

    Welcome, Stranger

    Sep 2, 195460m
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  • S5E3

    Christmas in July

    Sep 9, 195460m

    An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize. As a result, he gets a promotion, buys presents for all of his family and friends, and proposes to his girl. When the truth comes out, he's not prepared for the consequences.

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  • S5E4

    Hold Back the Dawn

    Sep 16, 195460m

    Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

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  • S5E5

    The Heiress

    Sep 23, 195460m

    A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.

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  • S5E6

    Meet Jo Cathart

    Sep 30, 195460m
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  • S5E7

    The Mansion

    Oct 7, 195460m

    Young Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South and a Northern hussy.

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  • S5E8

    A Visit from Evelyn

    Oct 14, 195460m
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  • S5E9

    An Angel Went AWOL

    Oct 21, 195460m
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  • S5E10

    September Tide

    Oct 28, 195460m
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  • S5E11

    Imperfect Lady

    Nov 4, 195460m
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  • S5E12

    Five Star Final

    Nov 11, 195460m

    The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.

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  • S5E13

    Captive City

    Nov 18, 195460m
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  • S5E14

    A Medal for Benny

    Nov 25, 195460m

    Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.

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  • S5E15

    Craig's Wife

    Dec 2, 195460m

    A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.

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  • S5E16

    Ladies in Retirement

    Dec 9, 195460m

    The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.

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  • S5E17

    Double Indemnity

    Dec 16, 195460m

    An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

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  • S5E18

    September Affair

    Dec 23, 195460m

    An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

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  • S5E19

    The Chase

    Dec 30, 195460m

    Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

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  • S5E20

    Sunset Boulevard

    Jan 6, 195560m

    A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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  • S5E21

    Penny Serenade

    Jan 13, 195560m

    A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

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  • S5E22

    Love Letters

    Jan 20, 195560m
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  • S5E23

    So Evil My Love

    Jan 27, 195560m

    Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes her lodger, then her lover. Olivia falls so completely under amoral Mark's spell that he's able to overcome her scruples, and soon she's his willing tool in an ambitious scheme of theft and blackmail...maybe too ambitious.

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  • S5E24

    One Foot in Heaven

    Feb 3, 195560m

    Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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  • S5E25

    A Bell for Adano

    Feb 10, 195560m

    Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life. The relations between the lovable U.S. officers and equally lovable natives of occupied countries is interesting. Edmond O'Brien was effective as the idealistic Major Joppolo, and Charles Bronson played that familiar folk hero, the tough sergeant with the heart of gold.

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  • S5E26

    The Copperhead

    Feb 17, 195560m

    Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abraham Lincoln to tell no one.

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  • S5E27

    So Dark the Night

    Feb 24, 195560m

    A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who had been betrothed to a neighboring farmer, but who hopes to marry him and move to Paris. On the evening of their engagement, both the fiancée and the farmer disappear. What has happened to them? Who is responsible? Can the famed detective apply his talents to a rural mystery?

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  • S5E28

    Casablanca

    Mar 3, 195560m

    Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

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  • S5E29

    The Life of Emile Zola

    Mar 10, 195560m

    The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.

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  • S5E30

    It Grows on Trees

    Mar 17, 195560m

    What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.

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  • S5E31

    Shadow of a Doubt

    Mar 24, 195560m

    A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.

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  • S5E32

    My Name is Julia Ross

    Mar 31, 195560m

    Julia Ross is a young woman alone in the world and is in search of a job. She is hired by an elderly woman named Mrs. Hughes to act as her live-in personal secretary. One of Mrs. Hughes' stipulations is that whomever she hire treat this job as one of a long term nature, meaning no current boyfriends or marriage on the horizon. The closest person to Julia was Dennis Bruce, who lived at the same boarding house and who was somewhat sweet on Julia but left to get married to another woman. As such, Julia is grateful for her new job. When Julia awakens after her first night...

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  • S5E33

    The Browning Version

    Apr 7, 195560m

    Forced to retire from an English public school. a disliked professor must confront his utter failures as a teacher, a husband, and a man.

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  • S5E34

    No Sad Songs for Me

    Apr 14, 195560m

    Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow ...

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  • S5E35

    An Act of Murder

    Apr 21, 195560m

    A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.

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  • S5E36

    The Great McGinty

    Apr 28, 195560m

    Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.

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  • S5E37

    Remember the Night

    May 5, 195560m

    Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

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  • S5E38

    Eight Iron Men

    May 12, 195560m

    Tensions arise when a WW II squadron is ordered not to rescue a squad mate pinned down by the enemy, for fear of risking more lives.

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  • S5E39

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    May 19, 195560m

    An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

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  • S5E40

    Thunder on the Hill

    May 26, 195560m

    Convicted murderess Valerie Carns is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer.

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  • S5E41

    The Suspect

    Jun 2, 195560m

    A middle aged man commits murder when he feels that his happiness is threatened. Without remorse the man continues on believing he's executed the perfect crime and won't be caught.

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  • S5E42

    Lightning Strikes Twice

    Jun 9, 195560m

    Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

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  • S5E43

    The Inside Story

    Jun 16, 195560m

    When money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds of problems.

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  • S5E44

    Forever Female

    Jun 23, 195560m

    An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.

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  • S5E45

    Last Year's Snow

    Jun 30, 195560m
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  • S5E46

    The Creaking Gate

    Jul 7, 195560m
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  • S5E47

    Dark Tribute

    Jul 14, 195560m

    Murder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.

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  • S5E48

    Desparate Glory

    Jul 21, 195560m
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  • S5E49

    The Bride Came C.O.D.

    Jul 28, 195560m

    A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

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  • S5E50

    The Nine-Penny Dream

    Aug 4, 195560m

    A dream of winning a penny pool is realized by the meek owner of an English pub, but the prestige he expected eludes him.

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  • S5E51

    Perilous Deception

    Aug 11, 195560m

    A man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.

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  • S5E52

    Nor All Your Tears

    Aug 18, 195560m
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  • S5E53

    June Bride

    Aug 25, 195560m

    A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.

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  • S5E54

    The Last Confession

    Sep 1, 195560m
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  • S5E55

    The Happy Man

    Sep 8, 195560m

    A man finds a wallet in a taxicab with a lot of money in it. He turns it in to the police, who--according to the law--will hold it for 90 days, and if no one claims it, the wallet and its content will be given to the person who found it. However, when his friends and neighbors find out that he turned in the wallet, they ridicule him mercilessly, and he begins to wonder if he did the right thing or not.

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  • S5E56

    The Lucky Finger

    Sep 15, 195560m
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  • S5E57

    The Eyes of Father Tomasino

    Sep 22, 195560m

    When a gentle older priest is found killed a young man quota the force so he can devote all his time to finding the killer.

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