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Season 3

53 Episodes1953

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Ep 1

The Perfect Secretary

1953-09-04N/A
An architect finds that romance can hurt a working relationship.
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Ep 2

Lost and Found

1953-09-11N/A
Embezzler Mark Andrews trains a dog as a killer to exact revenge from his ex-boss.
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Ep 3

Boomerang

1953-09-18N/A
A crime-bent college student's carefully laid plans for robbery boomerang.
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Ep 4

Desert Tragedy

1953-09-25N/A
Prospector Jake Simpson unwittingly allows a killer to join his search for a gold mine.
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Ep 5

The Prize

1953-10-02N/A
A farmer tries to strike up a romance with the Professor of animal husbandry.
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Ep 6

The Long Shot

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1953-10-0930m
After three other cargo planes have mysteriously disappeared, an army air corps crew is informed that their plane is carrying a hidden time bomb. Since a powerful storm has made visibility virtually nil, the airmen desperately search their craft for the explosives. The Episode was Directed by Ted Post and stars Charles Bronson as Sgt. Roy Smith, and Pitt Herbert as Rouke.
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Ep 7

In the Pincers

1953-10-16N/A
A long-ago crime is exposed in a letter disrupts the comfortable life of a married couple
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Ep 8

Second Sight

1953-10-23N/A
A man blinded by an accident is forced to borrow money from a racketeer in order to support his wife.
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Ep 9

The Sail

1953-10-30N/A
Aspiring artist Mark Norton is financed by his father---who thinks he's studying agriculture.
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Ep 10

Lineman's Luck

1953-11-06N/A
Two brothers fall for the same girl.
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Ep 11

Lucky Thirteen

1953-11-13N/A
An honest man learns that he can save his daughter from being swindled only by resorting to fraud himself.
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Ep 12

Fresh Start

1953-11-20N/A
Despondent shop girl Norma Bailey decides to end it all by gas asphyxiation. Before it can take effect, a young man breaks in and stops it, but he's there by chance, running from the police, pursuing him for a stolen diamond bracelet. Later, Norma falls in love with him and tries to persuade the victim not to press charges.
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Ep 13

Closed Door

1953-11-27N/A
A heartless businessman has spent the last three weeks in a single room of his home. He's developed a psychosomatic affliction which makes it unable for him to turn the room's doorknob. He refuses to leave until he can open the door himself, and refuses psychiatric help. A family with a sick child takes refuge in his home during a severe storm against his wishes.
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Ep 14

Storm Swept

1953-12-04N/A
The wife of a fugitive from the law escapes with him to a far away island. Their tiny refuge becomes the scene of great emotional and physical upheaval with the arrival of a mysterious detective and a tropical storm.
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Ep 15

No Compromise

1953-12-11N/A
In the 1870s, Texas Ranger Earl Webb must escort wanted gunman John Fenner by passenger train through the state of Louisiana to get back home. However, the long, grueling journey is fraught with danger, including many of Fenner's trigger happy relatives trying to free the prisoner.
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Ep 16

Part of the Game

1953-12-18N/A
An opponent of a boxer who goes blind during a fight is tormented by the fact that he may have caused the blindness.
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Ep 17

The Baker of Barnbury

1953-12-25N/A
A baker discovers talents other than baking during the holidays.
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Ep 18

Go Away a Winner

1954-01-01N/A
Vi divorces her husband after he be comes involved with crooks and goes to prison for a gas station holdup. She gets on with her life with her son and new husband. Seven years later, out of prison, Marty shows up at the amusement park shooting gallery she operates. He's angry and wants her to know he's good with a gun.
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Ep 19

Rim of Violence

1954-01-08N/A
A young policeman's daily contact with ugliness and heartbreak shakes his faith in humanity.
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Ep 20

Pearl Handled Guns

1954-01-15N/A
A colorful outlaw is the object of a boy's hero-worship.
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Ep 21

At the Natchez Inn

1954-01-22N/A
An adventurer impersonates the lost Dauphin to elude Napoleon's men.
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Ep 22

Give the Guy a Break

1954-01-29N/A
An officer comes to the aid of his friend who is being sought for murder.
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Ep 23

Four Things to Do

1954-02-05N/A
A man heads out west to get rich mining gold and breaks a lot of promises along the way.
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Ep 24

Man from Outside

1954-02-12N/A
A police lieutenant serving time in a state penitentiary is trying to obtain evidence for a man facing execution on a false charge.
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Ep 25

The Jungle Trap

1954-02-19N/A
While leading a safari, a professional hunter encounters the judge who sentenced his innocent brother to death for a crime he did not commit.
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Ep 26

Night Ride to Butte

1954-02-26N/A
A young woman is forced to choose between two detectives who love her.
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Ep 27

The Great Lady

1954-03-05N/A
A retired actress defends a woman on a murder charge.
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Ep 28

Groundloop

1954-03-12N/A
An ex-pilot's restlessness threatens his marriage.
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Ep 29

Her Kind of Honor

1954-03-19N/A
A corporal in Napoleon's army faces death for his alleged romantic involvement with Josephine.
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Ep 30

The Edge of Battle

1954-03-26N/A
An Army lieutenant is held captive by a troubled G.I.
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Ep 31

Tapu

1954-04-02N/A
A man returns to an island to claim buried gold.
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Ep 32

The Plugged Nickel

1954-04-09N/A
After an argument with his wife, a man embarks on an auto trip that throws him into contact with an escaped killer.
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Ep 33

Something Wonderful

1954-04-16N/A
A young actress must decide between marriage and a stage career.
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Ep 34

Dawn at Damascus

1954-04-23N/A
An engineer, caught in a romantic triangle, is almost killed by the woman he loves.
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Ep 35

Decision at Sea

1954-04-30N/A
On a hospital ship, a Navy doctor tries to help a wounded marine who has lost the will to live.
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Ep 36

Prisoner in the Town

1954-05-07N/A
Angry townspeople persecute a deputy sheriff who tries to defend a girl accused of murder.
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Ep 37

The Pearl Street Incident

1954-05-14N/A
A beauty parlor owner finds herself caught in the middle of escaping criminals.
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Ep 38

Blizzard Bound

1954-05-21N/A
A trio is trapped by a raging blizzard. Their group is joined by a thug who managed to escape a plane wreck.
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Ep 39

Little War at San Dede

1954-05-28N/A
Three Americans are arrested in a small South American country as a revolution is about to take place. The authorities believe that one of the three is the leader of the revolt and threaten to kill all three men unless the ring-leader comes forward.
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Ep 40

The Whale on the Beach

1954-06-04N/A
A retired sea captain has problems when he finds a whale washed up on his doorstep after a storm.
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Ep 41

The Treasure of Santo Domingo

1954-06-11N/A
A vacationing bookkeeper gets involved in a bizarre struggle for life and treasure with an escaped convict.
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Ep 42

The Black Mate

1954-06-18N/A
No-nonsense sailor Bunter signs on as first mate on a sailing ship helmed by an eccentric skipper. The Captain is a firm believer in spiritualism which Bunter dismisses as idiotic superstition. But one strange night, Bunter falls on the deck, saying he's seen a ghost. The next morning, his hair is completely white.
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Ep 43

The Man Who Escaped from Devil's Island

1954-06-25N/A
After two years on Devil's Island, a prisoner escapes and is befriended by a policeman.
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Ep 44

How the Brigadier Won His Medal

1954-07-02N/A
Napoleon sends one of his Brigadiers (Claude Dauphin) on a special mission to the King of Spain.
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Ep 45

Rabbit's Foot

1954-07-09N/A
Small town police are about to search the swamps for the murderer of a local cop when a man emerges from the bayou. He says he's a detective on the trail of a payroll thief and shot the robber/cop killer in a shootout. The man shows off a bag full of the stolen money which he says he retrieved and must return to the city immediately. Before he can catch a train out of town, the deputy realizes the "detective" isn't who he claims to be and a chase back into the swamps ensues.
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Ep 46

Showdown at Sunset

1954-07-16N/A
In the Old West, a boy's life is jeopardized by gunmen who want to take control of his father's land.
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Ep 47

The General's Boots

1954-07-23N/A
A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.
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Ep 48

By-Line

1954-07-30N/A
A reporter's girlfriend tries to keep him from stepping into a deadly trap set by his vicious managing editor.
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Ep 49

The Roman and the Renegade

1954-08-06N/A
In ancient Rome, a general's daughter falls under the spell of her enemy -- the invading Hannibal.
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Ep 50

Gift of the Devil

1954-08-13N/A
A young sheepman is torn between a blacksmith's daughter and a woman who promises to help him win a fortune at cards.
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Ep 51

Captain in Command

1954-08-20N/A
A destitute pilot takes the only flying job offered him, then begins to suspect that his employers are criminals.
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Ep 52

Hemmed In

1954-08-27N/A
A recluse, locked in an elevator, faces death.
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Ep 53

Delay at Fort Bliss

1954-09-03N/A
A small army garrison is surrounded by Apaches who threaten to wipe out the entire command unless an Indian prisoner is set free.