Season 5
57 episodes · Aug 26, 1954
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- S5E1
To Each His Own
Aug 26, 195460mAn unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
- S5E3
Christmas in July
Sep 9, 195460mAn 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.
- S5E4
Hold Back the Dawn
Sep 16, 195460mStopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
- S5E5
The Heiress
Sep 23, 195460mA young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
- S5E7
The Mansion
Oct 7, 195460mYoung Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South and a Northern hussy.
- S5E12
Five Star Final
Nov 11, 195460mThe City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.
- S5E14
A Medal for Benny
Nov 25, 195460mOutcast 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.
- S5E15
Craig's Wife
Dec 2, 195460mA domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
- S5E16
Ladies in Retirement
Dec 9, 195460mThe housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.
- S5E17
Double Indemnity
Dec 16, 195460mAn insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
- S5E18
September Affair
Dec 23, 195460mAn 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.
- S5E19
The Chase
Dec 30, 195460mChuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
- S5E20
Sunset Boulevard
Jan 6, 195560mA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
- S5E21
Penny Serenade
Jan 13, 195560mA couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
- S5E23
So Evil My Love
Jan 27, 195560mOlivia 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.
- S5E24
One Foot in Heaven
Feb 3, 195560mEpisodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
- S5E25
A Bell for Adano
Feb 10, 195560mMajor 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.
- S5E26
The Copperhead
Feb 17, 195560mMilt 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.
- S5E27
So Dark the Night
Feb 24, 195560mA 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?
- S5E28
Casablanca
Mar 3, 195560mSet in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
- S5E29
The Life of Emile Zola
Mar 10, 195560mThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
- S5E30
It Grows on Trees
Mar 17, 195560mWhat happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
- S5E31
Shadow of a Doubt
Mar 24, 195560mA young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.
- S5E32
My Name is Julia Ross
Mar 31, 195560mJulia 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...
- S5E33
The Browning Version
Apr 7, 195560mForced to retire from an English public school. a disliked professor must confront his utter failures as a teacher, a husband, and a man.
- S5E34
No Sad Songs for Me
Apr 14, 195560mMary 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 ...
- S5E35
An Act of Murder
Apr 21, 195560mA hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
- S5E36
The Great McGinty
Apr 28, 195560mDan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
- S5E37
Remember the Night
May 5, 195560mJust 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?
- S5E38
Eight Iron Men
May 12, 195560mTensions 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.
- S5E39
Make Way for Tomorrow
May 19, 195560mAn elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
- S5E40
Thunder on the Hill
May 26, 195560mConvicted 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.
- S5E41
The Suspect
Jun 2, 195560mA 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.
- S5E42
Lightning Strikes Twice
Jun 9, 195560mSent 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.
- S5E43
The Inside Story
Jun 16, 195560mWhen money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds of problems.
- S5E44
Forever Female
Jun 23, 195560mAn aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.
- S5E47
Dark Tribute
Jul 14, 195560mMurder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.
- S5E49
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Jul 28, 195560mA financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
- S5E50
The Nine-Penny Dream
Aug 4, 195560mA dream of winning a penny pool is realized by the meek owner of an English pub, but the prestige he expected eludes him.
- S5E51
Perilous Deception
Aug 11, 195560mA man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.
- S5E53
June Bride
Aug 25, 195560mA magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
- S5E55
The Happy Man
Sep 8, 195560mA 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.
- S5E57
The Eyes of Father Tomasino
Sep 22, 195560mWhen a gentle older priest is found killed a young man quota the force so he can devote all his time to finding the killer.