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General Electric Theater

Season 5 · 35 episodes · Sep 16, 1956

  1. Episode 1

    The Great Lady

    Sep 16, 1956

    Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.

  2. Episode 2

    The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

    Sep 23, 1956

  3. Episode 3

    The Professor's Punch

    Sep 30, 1956

  4. Episode 4

    The Pot of Gold

    Oct 7, 1956

    Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".

  5. Episode 5

    The Enemies

    Oct 14, 1956

    Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.

  6. Episode 6

    The Invitation

    Oct 21, 1956

    After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.

  7. Episode 7

    The Second Stranger

    Oct 28, 1956

    In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.

  8. Episode 8

    The Rider on the Pale Horse

    Nov 4, 1956

  9. Episode 9

    The Charlatan

    Nov 11, 1956

    A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

  10. Episode 10

    The Road That Led Afar

    Nov 25, 1956

    A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.

  11. Episode 11

    Orphans

    Dec 2, 1956

  12. Episode 12

    The Breach

    Dec 9, 1956

    Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.

  13. Episode 13

    The Chess Game

    Dec 16, 1956

    A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.

  14. Episode 14

    A Child is Born

    Dec 23, 1956

    A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.

  15. Episode 15

    The Shadow Outside

    Dec 30, 1956

    Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.

  16. Episode 16

    Never Turn Back

    Jan 6, 1957

  17. Episode 17

    The Earring

    Jan 13, 1957

    Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

  18. Episode 18

    Lady of the House

    Jan 20, 1957

  19. Episode 19

    The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

    Jan 27, 1957

    Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.

  20. Episode 20

    No Skin Off Me

    Feb 3, 1957

    A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.

  21. Episode 21

    The Town with a Past

    Feb 10, 1957

    Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

  22. Episode 22

    The Big Shooter

    Feb 17, 1957

  23. Episode 23

    Flight from Tormendero

    Feb 24, 1957

    During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.

  24. Episode 24

    The Fenton Touch

    Mar 3, 1957

    A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.

  25. Episode 25

    With Malice Toward None

    Mar 10, 1957

    An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.

  26. Episode 26

    The Victorian Chaise Lounge

    Mar 17, 1957

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

  27. Episode 27

    Too Good with a Gun

    Mar 24, 1957

    An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.

  28. Episode 28

    Bargain Bride

    Apr 7, 1957

  29. Episode 29

    Cab Driver

    Apr 14, 1957

    A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.

  30. Episode 30

    Bitter Choice

    Apr 21, 1957

    An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.

  31. Episode 31

    I Will Not Die

    Apr 28, 1957

  32. Episode 32

    Angel of Wrath

    May 5, 1957

    After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.

  33. Episode 33

    A Question of Survival

    May 12, 1957

    A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.

  34. Episode 34

    The Man Who Inherited Everything

    May 19, 1957

  35. Episode 35

    A New Girl in His Life

    May 26, 1957