Screen Director's Playhouse

1. S01E01Meet The GovernorOctober 5, 1955—A "bumpkin-type" lawyer runs for governor until the opposition digs into his past.
2. S01E02Day is DoneOctober 12, 1955—During the catastrophic 1951 retreat of American troops in Korea, a recruit finds a Chinese bugle. His sargeant then attempts to use it to i
3. S01E03Midsummer DaydreamOctober 19, 1955—A young man who wants desperately to get married finds "The Girl" in, of all places, a marriage license bureau. But the happy ending is thre
4. S01E04ArroyoOctober 26, 1955—A small New Mexican town enjoys a reasonably peaceful existence under the rule of self-appointed judge Lamar Kendall. This state of affairs
5. S01E05Want ad WeddingNovember 2, 1955—A young naval officer, alone in a strange city, is planning to be married. Having no friends in town, he places an ad in the newspaper adver
6. S01E06The Life of Vernon HathawayNovember 9, 1955—A meek little watch repairman daydreams himself into exciting adventures. When his alter ego takes over, he begins living his dreams in real
7. S01E07The Final TributeNovember 16, 1955—A nurse in a small-town doctor's office protests the attitude of the new young physician. His cold, impersonal treatment of patients is exac
8. S01E08The Brush RoperNovember 23, 1955—Grandpa Atkins tries to live up to his tales of former glory as a cowpoke. He learns a dangerous bull is at large in the brush, saddles up,
9. S01E09Tom and JerryNovember 30, 1955—It's Christmas Eve at the Macy house. Tom Macy plays Santa for he and wife Jerry's little boy, Tommy. It is obvious that Jerry is not happy
10. S01E10Rookie of the YearDecember 7, 1955—A small-town newspaper sports writer harbors an ambition to work for a big city daily. He sees his chance to achieve his goal while attendin
11. S01E11Lincoln's Doctor's DogDecember 14, 1955—Discouraged and saddened by the War Between the States, President Lincoln is cheered by the gift of a puppy from his physician.
12. S01E12The Silent PartnerDecember 21, 1955 6.0Watching the TV broadcast of the Academy Awards presentation, a faded actress realizes that the patron at another table in the restaurant wa
13. S01E13Season's bestTitanic IncidentDecember 28, 1955 7.0A cardsharp and his wife aboard the Titanic on its fateful last voyage pick a wealthy Britisher as their pigeon. The cardsharp sets up the B
14. S01E14Hot CargoJanuary 4, 1956 7.0A chorus girl, stranded in a waterfront town in the Orient, is befriended by the skipper of a freighter. She marries the skipper and then me
15. S01E15It's Always SundayJanuary 11, 1956 6.0A kindly minister who believes in doing good for the unfortunate befriends a pair of itinerants who arrive in town.
16. S01E16Number Five Checked OutJanuary 18, 1956 7.0A young deaf woman is left alone to look after the resort cabins owned by her father. Two dangerous bank robbers move in, using the secluded
17. S01E17Prima DonnaFebruary 1, 1956 5.0A philanthropic concert artist takes an interest in a 13-year-old newsboy with an outstanding singing voice. She runs into difficulties when
18. S01E18Cry JusticeFebruary 15, 1956 5.5Bitter because his law partner married the woman he loved, a man plots his own disappearance, making it appear he has been murdered by his p
19. S01E19Affair in SumatraFebruary 22, 1956—A beautiful half-caste girl is torn between love for her people and love for a man.
20. S01E20One Against ManyMarch 7, 1956 5.0A scientist devoted to saving lives is faced with a difficult decision: he may be forced to kill in order to prevent a state-wide livestock
21. S01E21It's a Most Unusual DayMarch 14, 1956 6.0A married couple take in a night club show starring Jimmy McHugh, and are prompted by his melodies to relive their past.
22. S01E22The Sword Of VillonApril 4, 1956 5.0The swashbuckling poet Francois Villon fights for love and liberty while preventing the assassination of the King of France by a scheming co
23. S01E23MarkheimApril 11, 1956 7.0Late on Christmas Day, a man coaxes an antiques shopkeeper to let him in under the pretense of needing a gift for his fiancée, but it is soo
24. S01E24ClaireApril 25, 1956—A young doctor brings his second wife to his lakeside home to live. She is taunted by the presence of his pet cat, which serves to remind he
25. S01E25A Ticket For ThaddeusMay 9, 1956—A humble refugee from war-torn Poland has never been able to shed his fear of anyone in uniform. When the immigrant is involved in a minor t
26. S01E26The DreamMay 16, 1956—In France in 1887 an impressionable youth gives his mother cause for alarm. The young man has a recurrent dream in which he searches for his
27. S01E27What Day is it?June 6, 1956—A husband and wife dance team bicker backstage when the husband can't remember what special date his wife is observing. Between song and dan
28. S01E28Every Man Had Two WivesJune 13, 1956—In the spring, when one gentleman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of a former love, his wife decides to take drastic action. She and hubby
29. S01E29PartnersJuly 4, 1956—A rodeo star befriends an orphan boy who yearns to compete.
30. S01E30White CorridorsJuly 11, 1956—An American tourist in London accompanies a friend to the hospital for an emergency operation. At the hospital, she claims she has witnessed
31. S01E31The Carroll FormulaJuly 18, 1956—A college professor stumbled across a fantastic formula for reducing the size of things in the unpublished mathematical works of C.L. Dodgso
32. S01E32Apples on the Lilac TreeJuly 25, 1956—A couple's peculiar marital arrangement is the talk of the town. It seems that the husband loves to do the housework, while his wife spends
33. S01E33Bitter WatersAugust 1, 1956—In a fashionable German resort at the turn of the century, a wealthy young American touring Europe with his uncle meets a woman and her wido
34. S01E34The Day I met CarusoSeptember 5, 1956—On a train between Boston and New York, a ten-year-old Quaker girl meets Enrico Caruso. She takes him to task for his worldliness and extrav
35. S01E35High AirSeptember 12, 1956—Long separated, a river-tunnel foreman and his son come face to face during an under-river disaster which almost takes their lives.

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