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The Ford Television Theatre
1952 - 1957 7.3 (3 votes) 8 Seasons
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The Ford Television Theatre

Overview

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

Seasons

Season 1 (1952)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley
1952-10-02

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Junior
1952-10-09

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Episode 3: National Honeymoon
1952-10-16

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Episode 4: Birth of a Hero
1952-10-23

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Episode 5: Girl in the Park
1952-10-30

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Episode 6: Edge of the Law
1952-11-06

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Episode 7: Protect Her Honor
1952-11-13

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

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Episode 8: Sunk
1952-11-20

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

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Episode 9: The Divided Heart
1952-11-27

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Episode 14: They Also Serve
1953-01-01

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Episode 16: This Is My Heart
1953-01-15

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Episode 17: The Sermon of the Gun
1953-01-22

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Episode 18: Adventure in Connecticut
1953-01-29

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Episode 19: The First Born
1953-02-05

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Episode 22: All's Fair in Love
1953-02-26

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Episode 26: Double Exposure
1953-03-26

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Episode 27: To Any Soldier
1953-04-02

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Episode 28: Just What the Doctor Ordered
1953-04-09

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Episode 29: Allison, Ltd.
1953-04-16

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Episode 30: The Life of the Party
1953-04-23

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Episode 33: Look for Tomorrow
1953-05-14

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Episode 34: Sweet Talk Me, Jackson
1953-05-21

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Episode 37: The Trestle
1953-06-11

A boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.

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Season 2 (1953)

No overview available.

34 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Tangier Lady
1953-10-01

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Episode 2: The Doctor's Downfall
1953-10-08

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Episode 3: Emergency
1953-10-15

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Episode 4: The Bachelor
1953-10-22

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Episode 5: Tomorrow's Men
1953-10-29

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Episode 6: The World's My Oyster
1953-11-05

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Episode 7: The Ming Lama
1953-11-12

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Episode 8: As the Flame Dies
1953-11-19

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Episode 9: Double Bet
1953-11-26

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Episode 10: Kiss and Forget
1953-12-03

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Episode 11: And Suddenly, You Knew

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Episode 12: Gun Job
1953-12-17

A former sheriff comes into conflict with a tough cattleman who refuses to recognize the law.

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Episode 13: Ever Since the Day
1953-12-24

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Episode 14: Alias Nora Hale
1953-12-31

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Episode 15: The Fugitives
1954-01-07

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Episode 16: The Ardent Woodsman
1954-01-14

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Episode 17: The Happiest Day
1954-01-21

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Episode 18: Mantrap
1954-01-28

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Episode 19: Lucky Tommy Jordan
1954-02-04

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Episode 22: Marriageable Male
1954-02-25

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Episode 24: Come On, Red
1954-03-11

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Episode 25: The Last Thirty Minutes
1954-03-18

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Episode 26: The Taming of the Shrewd
1954-03-25

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Episode 27: Turn Back the Clock
1954-04-01

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Episode 29: Sister Veronica
1954-04-15

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Episode 30: Wedding March
1954-04-22

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Episode 31: Night Visitor
1954-04-29

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Episode 32: A Season to Love
1954-05-06

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Episode 33: Wonderful Day for a Wedding
1954-05-15

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Episode 34: Beneath These Waters
1954-05-20

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Episode 36: The Unlocked Door
1954-06-03

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Episode 37: The Mason-Dixon Line
1954-06-10

To win a new house, an engaged couple enters a contest for married people, planning to marry if they win. They quarrel but they win, so they draw a line down the middle of the house, evenly dividing their property.

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Episode 38: The Tryst
1954-06-17

A girl tries to shift a scandal from herself to her brother's fiancee.

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Episode 39: Indirect Approach
1954-06-24

A girl gets the man she wants by pretending she wants another.

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Season 3 (1954)

No overview available.

31 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Trouble with Youth
1954-09-30

A middle-aged theatrical producer suddenly begins mixing with the younger set.

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Episode 2: Daughter of Mine
1954-10-07

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Episode 3: Shadow of Truth
1954-10-14

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Episode 4: Segment
1954-10-21

During a convention in a large city, a visiting family consisting of a man, his wife and daughter checks into a hotel. When the girl leaves, the wife's incessant nagging pushes the man into a rage building for years, and he snaps. He's going to murder his wife with a long sharp piece of glass

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Episode 5: Trip Around the Block
1954-10-28

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Episode 6: Remember to Live
1954-11-04

Remember to Live

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Episode 7: The Road Ahead
1954-11-11

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Episode 8: The Summer Memory
1954-11-18

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Episode 9: The Legal Beagles
1954-11-25

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Episode 10: Girl in Flight
1954-12-02

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Episode 11: Charlie C Company
1954-12-09

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Episode 12: Portrait of Lydia
1954-12-16

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Episode 13: Slide, Darling, Slide
1954-12-23

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Episode 14: The Unbroken Promise
1954-12-30

A man brings his fiance home to meet his teenage daughter.

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Episode 15: Magic Formula
1955-01-06

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Episode 16: ..... and Son
1955-01-13

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Episode 17: The Stars Don't Shine
1955-01-20

A man commits a robbery to meet payments on his fishing boat, accidentally blinding a girl in the process.

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Episode 18: Letters Marked Personal
1955-01-27

A man tries to capture the romance he and his wife once shared.

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Episode 19: Touch of Spring
1955-02-03

A wife is overcome with romance one afternoon, forgets she's married, and flirts with a handsome young doctor. She get caught up in the moment and makes a date with the man for that evening. Upon arriving home, she tells her husband about the silly predicament she's now in. Hubby decides the "other man" should come over as planned for a lesson on romance.

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Episode 20: Pretend You're You
1955-02-10

An honest boy meets and falls in love with an engaged girl. The boy's less than honest family decides to help the romance along.

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Episode 21: Tomorrow We'll Love
1955-02-17

During the Indochina War, a girl meets a young flier at a wedding. They fall in love, but the flier, sure he will be killed shortly, refuses to give up his reckless way of life.

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Episode 22: Too Old for Dolls
1955-02-24

Parents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name of her imaginary childhood friend, Dad arranges for one of the boys from the office to escort her. It turns out that Al really does exist.

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Episode 23: The Lilac Bush
1955-03-03

On her son's fifth birthday a mother plants a lilac bush. When the boy dies, she flies into a fit of rage and attempts to destroy the bush.

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Episode 24: Second Sight
1955-03-10

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Episode 25: Celebrity
1955-03-17

Heiress Myla Marshall is a tabloid fixture for living the high life. The public, and her abusive ex-husband, are unaware of the son she's secretly kept at boarding schools since his birth. She was determined to save the child from the savage hands of his father. When news of the boy is leaked to the press, her hateful ex reappears and begins to rough her up. He ends up dead and Myla faces a murder trial.

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Episode 26: Garrity's Sons
1955-03-24

A boxing promoter gets word that his conniving brother is returning home. Years before he turned into a cheating, crooked fighter, and now is slipping. He broke the heart of a girl that still loves him, He also must win one last fight-if his brother can help him.

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Episode 27: Hanrahan
1955-03-31

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Episode 28: Deception
1955-04-07

A woman learns that her son, reported missing in action, is alive and returning home from Korea.

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Episode 29: Sunday Mourn
1955-04-21

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Episode 33: Mimi
1955-05-19

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Episode 36: One Man Missing
1955-06-09

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Season 4 (1955)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: All That Glitters
1955-10-06

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 2: Husband
1955-10-13

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Episode 3: The Lady in the Wind
1955-10-20

Since her parent's death, a young woman has looked to her employer for guidance. When she marries a young artist who expresses his emotions on canvas rather that in words, she again turns to her employer for understanding.

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Episode 4: Twelve to Eternity
1955-10-27

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Episode 5: Johnny, Where Are You?
1955-11-03

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Episode 8: Passage to Yesterday
1955-11-24

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Episode 12: A Kiss for Santa
1955-12-22

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Episode 13: A Set of Values
1955-12-29

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Episode 15: Dear Diane
1956-01-12

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Episode 16: Never Lend Money to a Woman
1956-01-19

A jilted loan-company employee advances money to his ex-fiancee.

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Episode 17: Try Me for Size
1956-01-26

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Episode 18: Tin Can Skipper
1956-02-02

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Episode 20: Airborne Honeymoon
1956-02-16

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Episode 26: The Face
1956-03-29

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Episode 27: Autumn Fever
1956-04-05

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Episode 31: The Payoff
1956-05-03

A private investigator is hired by a pretty blonde to collect an envelope at a boxing match and deliver it to her the next day. What's in the envelope causes some inconvenience.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 33: The Kill
1956-05-17

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Episode 37: Panic
1956-06-14

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Episode 38: Remembrance Day
1956-06-21

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Episode 39: A Past Remembered
1956-06-28

A former all-American college football player attends a 20-year school reunion. He confronts his future by lying about his past.

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Season 5 (1957)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 2: Sudden Silence
1956-10-10

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Episode 3: Emergency
1953-10-15

An escaped convict invades the home of a ordinary American family.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 4: Measure of Faith
1956-10-24

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Episode 5: Black Jim Hawk
1956-10-31

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Episode 8: The Menace of Hasty Heights
1956-11-21

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Episode 9: Stand by to Dive
1956-11-28

A young naval officer is assigned to the submarine his father commands. He has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child.

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Episode 11: The Marriage Plan
1956-12-12

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Episode 12: Duffy's Man
1956-12-19

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Episode 14: Fear Has Many Faces
1957-01-02

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Episode 15: The Quiet Stranger
1957-01-09

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Episode 16: Sweet Charlie
1957-01-16

Private detective Vic Chambers is hired by a dancer to crack a murder case she's a suspect in, but she too is murdered. The entire case seems to hinge on a single fingerprint. The search for the killer is complicated by the fact his leading suspect is his rival Scoop Donnelly.

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Episode 18: Mrs. Wane Comes to Call
1957-01-30

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Episode 19: The Connoisseur
1957-02-06

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Episode 20: Ringside Seat
1957-02-13

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Episode 21: With No Regrets
1957-02-20

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Episode 25: The Man Across the Hall
1957-03-20

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Episode 30: Footnote on a Doll
1957-04-24

Following her turn as the nation's First Lady, Dolley Madison's life continued to be colorful.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 38: Desperation
1957-06-19

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Episode 39: Adventure for Hire
1957-06-26

Adventure for Hire

Runtime: 30 min
Season 6 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 7 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 8 (1956)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Catch at Straws
1956-10-03

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Episode 2: Sudden Silence
1956-10-10

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Episode 3: Paris Edition
1956-10-17

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Episode 4: Measure of Faith
1956-10-24

A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.

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Episode 5: Black Jim Hawk
1956-10-31

As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge.Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.

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Episode 6: Sometimes It Happens
1956-11-07

A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.

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Episode 7: The Woman Who Dared
1956-11-14

In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.

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Episode 8: The Menace of Hasty Heights
1956-11-21

As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.

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Episode 9: Stand By To Dive
1956-11-28

A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.

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Episode 18: Mrs. Wane Comes to Call
1957-01-30

Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son

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