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Season 10 · 34 episodes · Sep 10, 1961

  1. Episode 1

    The Golden Years

    Sep 10, 1961

  2. Episode 2

    The Iron Silence

    Sep 24, 1961

    In a Cold War tale, two Soviets are in an occupied Eastern European country. One is the womanizing martinet who gets himself murdered, and the other is the sympathetic Russian.

  3. Episode 3

    Cat in the Cradle

    Oct 1, 1961

  4. Episode 4

    A Musket for Jessica

    Oct 8, 1961

    In the pioneering days of the 1760's in frontier Pennsylvania, a spirited Amish woman takes matters into her own hands when her husband-to-be refuses to bear arms against the Indians threatening the community.

  5. Episode 5

    The $200 Parlay

    Oct 15, 1961

    An office worker named Alma can't get her bookkeeper boy friend Stanley to pop the question. His excuse: no nest egg. Her solution: make a killing at the races - with money from the office petty cash box.

  6. Episode 6

    The Wish Book

    Oct 22, 1961

    A young mountain girl plans on buying fine dresses with the prize money she hopes to win for her woodcarving at the county fair.

  7. Episode 7

    The Great Alberti

    Nov 5, 1961

  8. Episode 8

    Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story

    Nov 12, 1961

    General Electric Theater

  9. Episode 9

    A Voice on the Phone

    Nov 19, 1961

    Newlyweds Paul and Carol Madsen have scarcely settled in their new apartment when the phone begins ringing. The caller is a psychotic crank who drives Carol to near hysteria.

  10. Episode 10

    Money and the Minister

    Nov 26, 1961

    A wealthy recluse felt that her last years had been made happier by the guidance of Reverend Theodore Carlisle, and she named him as the major beneficiary of her will.

  11. Episode 11

    We're Holding Your Son

    Dec 3, 1961

    Successful businessman, George Harris, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from the police. His teen-age boy, Sonny, is being held for grand larceny.

  12. Episode 12

    Call to Danger

    Dec 10, 1961

    The exploits of Robert Hale, a US Treasury Department agent. Hale recruits a civilian locksmith named Johnny Henderson to help retrieve stolen currency plates.

  13. Episode 13

    Tippy-Top

    Dec 17, 1961

    Young Randy's insistence that his invisible friend Tippy-Top is real causes friction between his mother and the man she intends to marry. Mom humors her son, but Bob wants to convince the boy that his best buddy is imaginary.

  14. Episode 14

    A Friendly Tribe

    Dec 31, 1961

  15. Episode 15

    The Wall Between

    Jan 7, 1962

    The gridiron feats of Bud Austin are still talked about in his home town, but Bud's infant son will never grow up to follow in his father's footsteps. Tests have shown that the year-old baby is mentally disabled.

  16. Episode 16

    The Hold-Out

    Jan 14, 1962

    When his daughter Margie announces her intention to marry young Fred Judson, John Graham is disturbed. He believes the couple is too young for marriage and, more importantly, unprepared for the independence he believes marriage requires. Margie and Fred seem content to live on hand-outs from their parents, but John seems the only parent to think that's a bad idea. No matter what he says, the two insist on marrying, even if John won't attend the wedding. Eventually, it's what John doesn't say that affects their decision.

  17. Episode 17

    The Little Hours

    Jan 21, 1962

  18. Episode 18

    Go Fight City Hall

    Jan 28, 1962

    Todays theme is Go Fight City Hall.

  19. Episode 19

    Shadow of a Hero

    Feb 4, 1962

    A high school basketball coach is concerned when his star player skips practice to study for an exam.

  20. Episode 20

    Badge of Honor

    Feb 11, 1962

    Howard Douglas is driving through a deserted section of the city when he notices a body lying in the street. Stopping to investigate, he finds himself surrounded by a gang of teenagers armed with zip guns and switchblades.

  21. Episode 21

    The Free Wheelers

    Feb 18, 1962

  22. Episode 22

    Ten Days in the Sun

    Mar 4, 1962

    Max Grossblatt, an elderly Chicago tailor, dreams of being able to visit his son Larry in California. But on a tailor's salary, all that Max can afford is dreams

  23. Episode 23

    A Very Special Girl

    Mar 11, 1962

    Successful, attractive society-reporter, Alice Lockman, wouldn't mind being married. But the available eligible bachelors really don't measure up to Alice's standards - or her mother's either.

  24. Episode 24

    My Dark Days (1)

    Mar 18, 1962

    After a housewife attends a meeting of the Alien Protection Committee, an FBI agent informs her that the Committee is suspected of being a Communist front organization. He asks her to join as a spy

  25. Episode 25

    My Dark Days (2)

    Mar 25, 1962

    After Marion Miller testifies before a Congressional committee concerning her years as an anti-communists spy, she looks forward to a peaceful life as a housewife. But it seems the Communists have other ideas.

  26. Episode 26

    Hercule Poirot

    Apr 1, 1962

    Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the disappearance of Mr. Davenheim.

  27. Episode 27

    The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky

    Apr 15, 1962

    Orlovsky, a Russian defector, falls in love with Miriam Raskin, the widowed daughter of a rabbi. Although Orlovsky moved away from religion as a child, he re-connects to his Jewish tradition through Miriam, who is preparing to celebrate her son's bar mitzvah.

  28. Episode 28

    The Troubled Heart

    Apr 22, 1962

    After eight years of marriage, a woman is happy to finally become pregnant. Her doctors discover she has a heart defect that could kill her if she goes through childbirth.

  29. Episode 29

    Mister Doc

    Apr 29, 1962

    Western comedy about a pharmacist and his son at the turn of the 20th century.

  30. Episode 30

    The Unstoppable Gray Fox

    May 6, 1962

  31. Episode 31

    Acres and Pains

    May 13, 1962

  32. Episode 32

    Somebody Please Help Me!

    May 20, 1962

  33. Episode 33

    The First Hundred Years

    May 27, 1962

    The Story of Ben, an engineering student works nights in a supermarket to support his family.

  34. Episode 34

    The Roman Kind

    Jun 3, 1962