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Season 5

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Episodes (57)

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Ep 1

To Each His Own

6.0
1954-08-2660m
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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Ep 2

Welcome, Stranger

1954-09-0260m
No description available for this episode.
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Ep 3

Christmas in July

1954-09-0960m
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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Ep 4

Hold Back the Dawn

1954-09-1660m
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
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Ep 5

The Heiress

1954-09-2360m
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
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Ep 6

Meet Jo Cathart

1954-09-3060m
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Ep 7

The Mansion

1954-10-0760m
Young Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South and a Northern hussy.
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Ep 8

A Visit from Evelyn

1954-10-1460m
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Ep 9

An Angel Went AWOL

1954-10-2160m
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Ep 10

September Tide

1954-10-2860m
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Ep 11

Imperfect Lady

1954-11-0460m
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Ep 12

Five Star Final

1954-11-1160m
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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Ep 13

Captive City

1954-11-1860m
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Ep 14

A Medal for Benny

1954-11-2560m
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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Ep 15

Craig's Wife

1954-12-0260m
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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Ep 16

Ladies in Retirement

1954-12-0960m
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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Ep 17

Double Indemnity

1954-12-1660m
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
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Ep 18

September Affair

1954-12-2360m
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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Ep 19

The Chase

1954-12-3060m
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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Ep 20

Sunset Boulevard

1955-01-0660m
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Ep 21

Penny Serenade

1955-01-1360m
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
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Ep 22

Love Letters

1955-01-2060m
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Ep 23

So Evil My Love

1955-01-2760m
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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Ep 24

One Foot in Heaven

1955-02-0360m
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Ep 25

A Bell for Adano

9.0
1955-02-1060m
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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Ep 26

The Copperhead

7.0
1955-02-1760m
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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Ep 27

So Dark the Night

1955-02-2460m
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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Ep 28

Casablanca

1955-03-0360m
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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Ep 29

The Life of Emile Zola

6.0
1955-03-1060m
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
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Ep 30

It Grows on Trees

1955-03-1760m
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
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Ep 31

Shadow of a Doubt

1955-03-2460m
A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.
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Ep 32

My Name is Julia Ross

1955-03-3160m
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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Ep 33

The Browning Version

1955-04-0760m
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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Ep 34

No Sad Songs for Me

1955-04-1460m
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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Ep 35

An Act of Murder

1955-04-2160m
A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
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Ep 36

The Great McGinty

1955-04-2860m
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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Ep 37

Remember the Night

1955-05-0560m
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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Ep 38

Eight Iron Men

1955-05-1260m
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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Ep 39

Make Way for Tomorrow

1955-05-1960m
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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Ep 40

Thunder on the Hill

1955-05-2660m
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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Ep 41

The Suspect

1955-06-0260m
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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Ep 42

Lightning Strikes Twice

1955-06-0960m
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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Ep 43

The Inside Story

1955-06-1660m
When money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds of problems.
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Ep 44

Forever Female

1955-06-2360m
An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.
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Ep 45

Last Year's Snow

1955-06-3060m
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Ep 46

The Creaking Gate

1955-07-0760m
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Ep 47

Dark Tribute

1955-07-1460m
Murder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.
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Ep 48

Desparate Glory

1955-07-2160m
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Ep 49

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1955-07-2860m
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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Ep 50

The Nine-Penny Dream

1955-08-0460m
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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Ep 51

Perilous Deception

1955-08-1160m
A man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.
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Ep 52

Nor All Your Tears

1955-08-1860m
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Ep 53

June Bride

1955-08-2560m
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
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Ep 54

The Last Confession

1955-09-0160m
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Ep 55

The Happy Man

1955-09-0860m
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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Ep 56

The Lucky Finger

1955-09-1560m
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Ep 57

The Eyes of Father Tomasino

1955-09-2260m
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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