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The Millionaire

TV·1955–1960·6 seasons, 207 episodes·CBS·Drama·30m

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An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0123Episodes1955AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Amy Moore StoryJanuary 19, 1955Amy Moore, trying to raise her invalid son on a clerk's wages, thinks the check will solve all her problems.
  2. S01E02The Carl Nelson StoryJanuary 26, 1955Carl Nelson becomes obsessed with money, which jeopardizes his relationships.
  3. S01E03The Joe Iris StoryFebruary 2, 1955When he spends some of his million, low level criminal and ex-convict Joe Iris has difficulty convincing the police and former higher level
  4. S01E04The Dan Mulcahy StoryFebruary 9, 1955Bessie Mulcahy wants to spend her husband's gift of $1,000,000. to get a rich society husband for their eligible daughter.
  5. S01E05The Emily Short StoryFebruary 16, 1955When Emily Short receives the million dollar cheque she flies over to Paris. Oh the flight she meets Mark Ryan. Falling head over heels for
  6. S01E06The Margaret Browning StoryFebruary 23, 1955The widow of a renowned actor uses her million to produce a screenplay of her future son-in-law and hopes to propel her daughter from a mino
  7. S01E07The Harvey Blake StoryMarch 2, 1955Three hobos make what money they can by selling pamphlets in the local park, decrying the evils of worshiping money. When one of them, Harve
  8. S01E08The Nancy Marlborough StoryMarch 9, 1955An English teacher's use of her money to invest in a boxer puts her in conflict with school administration and crooked promoters.
  9. S01E09The Betty Jane Ryan StoryMarch 16, 1955A private detective hired by Anthony to find a missing nurse of exemplary character engaged to a doctor discovers a past possibly very much
  10. S01E10The Charles Lomar StoryMarch 23, 1955Charles Lamar is in service to his old country employers from nobility for whom he struggles to have live within their means while maintaini
  11. S01E11The Ken Fowler StoryMarch 30, 1955A couple, who live clandestinely to protect custody of a child adopted outside the regular channels, seek legal help with their million just
  12. S01E12The Pev Johnson StoryApril 6, 1955Bill Bartlett gets slothful Pev Johnson a job in his bank because his daughter does not feel she can marry Bill until Pev has means but susp
  13. S01E13The Quentin Harwood StoryApril 13, 1955Tightwad Quentin Harwood does not adjust his excessively frugal habits even after receiving his million much to the chagrin of his deprived
  14. S01E14The Fred Malcolm StoryApril 20, 1955Life threatening events cause Fred Malcolm to believe that his much younger wife is planning his murder to gain the entire million because h
  15. S01E15The Luke Fortune StoryApril 27, 1955Rodeo champion Luke Fortune must on their wedding day explain to his new bride a month's long period of absence with no contact as relates t
  16. S01E16The Jack Martin StoryMay 4, 1955A man facing imminent execution for a murder he was framed of doing uses his million to buy evidence that he hopes will prove his innocence.
  17. S01E17The Walter Carter StoryMay 11, 1955Walter Carter has had mental care and has had hallucinations about receiving a fortune since a business failure has broke him hurting his pa
  18. S01E18The Merle Roberts StoryMay 18, 1955A young woman who lives with an abusive mother and a detached and selfish step family meets a young scientist who wants to marry her but the
  19. S01E19The Uncle Robby StoryMay 25, 1955Uncle Robby dies just after receiving his million before he can change his will that forces his favorite niece and her husband to spend ever
  20. S01E20The Sam Donovan StoryJune 1, 1955Unassuming Sam Donovan seems to spend his million frivolously without abandon much to the consternation of his controlling parsimonious fian
  21. S01E21The Vickie Lawson StoryJune 8, 1955A personal secretary use her million to mock sophistication for and compatibility with a hero writer who she hopes to marry but who is also
  22. S01E22The Cobb Marley StoryJune 15, 1955When Cobb Morley's wife is killed by a burglar just prior to his receiving the million, the money cast more suspicion on him as the already
  23. S01E23The Mildred Milliken StoryJune 22, 1955Millie who makes a meager living renting rooms is incautiously desperate to marry when she receives her million so she can adopt a group of

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0237Episodes1955–56AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01The Rita Keeley StorySeptember 28, 1955A burlesque performer hounded by her brother's underworld pals uses her million to return to college in her hometown where she falls in love
  2. S02E02The Robert Croft StoryOctober 5, 1955An antisocial writer of a lone successful novel unable to produce further work engages in self destructive and reckless behavior which inten
  3. S02E03The Joe Seaton StoryOctober 12, 1955A couple who have traded identify with a man who has done so to pay for medical care for his ailing wife plan to kill the man and his wife t
  4. S02E04The Iris Millar StoryOctober 19, 1955A selfish career woman thinks her million will allow her to marry a dedicated young doctor whose attention she has cynically accepted and wh
  5. S02E05The Ralph McKnight StoryOctober 26, 1955Ralph McKnight use his money to hire a detective to track for sworn payback several fellow soldiers who made his military service nearly unb
  6. S02E06The Tom Bryan StoryNovember 2, 1955Tom Bryan returns home after five years in prison for a crime of which he is innocent to be hounded by an unconvinced police inspector and t
  7. S02E07The Peggy Demos StoryNovember 9, 1955A soldier in Korea agonizes over the source of his wife's fortune because he believes that she is receiving money from her parents whose sup
  8. S02E08The Jerome Wilson StoryNovember 16, 1955Jerome Wilson crashes the plane he has bought with some of his million while returning to an old life but loses his memory and cannot explai
  9. S02E09The Nora Paul StoryNovember 23, 1955Nora desperately seeks the son she gave for adoption so when she gets her million she uses to the money to find the son and gain a job as go
  10. S02E10The Steve Carey StoryNovember 30, 1955A boorish bakery truck driver spends some of his money to make over a dowdy coworker and also neighbor to prove the shallowness of their bos
  11. S02E11The Don Lewis StoryDecember 7, 1955A struggling newspaper ad salesman, who is deeply involved with a dishonest aspiring actress, takes a job as a chauffeur for the paraplegic
  12. S02E12The Jeff Ellis StoryDecember 14, 1955Jeff Ellis puts his pending marriage in jeopardy to find and thank the man who saved his life during the Korean War but finds the man who sa
  13. S02E13The Wilbur T. Gerrold StoryDecember 21, 1955
  14. S02E14The Philip Sargent StoryDecember 28, 1955While on the honeymoon ride, Philip Sargent's new wife thinks he is a bank robber because she hears a news bulletin on the radio and finds a
  15. S02E15The Chris Hall StoryJanuary 4, 1956Botanist Hall, hired by Branch, the sadistic and controlling manger of a Brazilian rubber plantation whose owner he controls by financial du
  16. S02E16The Reverend John Hardin StoryJanuary 11, 1956Reverend Hardin wants to improve the attitude of his disbelieving future son-in-law who is working on a vaccine for viral pneumonia so when
  17. S02E17The Cindy Bowen StoryJanuary 18, 1956A salesgirl while working as a hospital volunteer alongside society girls draws the romantic interest of the young board chairman and the un
  18. S02E18The Jean Griffith StoryJanuary 25, 1956A husband who is aggrieved over his wife's extreme jealousy concerning business meetings with women has to face his own feelings when the wi
  19. S02E19The Larry Evans StoryFebruary 1, 1956Dr. Larry Evans learns that he has only six months to live. Then he gets his check for a million dollars.
  20. S02E20The Brian Hendricks StoryFebruary 8, 1956Brian Hendricks framed for fraud by a partner hires a man to kill him so his family can receive funds from life insurance but learns the man
  21. S02E21The Arthur Darner StoryFebruary 15, 1956A diffident travel agent who dislikes children because his wife died in pregnancy as they were about to take a world trip opts to take the t
  22. S02E22The Victor Volante StoryFebruary 22, 1956An aerialist long distraught over the performance death of his wife descends into gambling and irresponsible behavior until transformed by l
  23. S02E23The Candy Caldwell StoryFebruary 29, 1956A beautiful model scarred in an automobile accident uses a portion of her money for plastic surgery to restore her looks and then plans reve
  24. S02E24The Rip Matson StoryMarch 7, 1956An abnormally fearless test pilot eschews depth in personal relationships until he meets a beautiful psychologist while she is conducting a
  25. S02E25The Rita Hanley StoryMarch 14, 1956A modest, thrifty and handy woman must repay funds embezzled by a domineering, social climbing husband after the man's accidental death to g
  26. S02E26The Eric Vincent StoryMarch 21, 1956Eric and Helen Vincent are about to lose the orphanage they have been running for war orphans. The gift of a million dollars seems to solve
  27. S02E27The Bedelia Buckley StoryMarch 28, 1956A woman placed in a decrepit old women's home at the behest of her daughter-in-law over the woman's permissiveness toward the granddaughter
  28. S02E28The Tom Mead StoryApril 4, 1956An insurance investigator uses his million to investigate the robbery of a finance company because he has evidence the accused woman for whi
  29. S02E29The Lucky Swanson StoryApril 11, 1956A man receives the million-dollar check returns to a small village in France to repay the kindness that the villagers showed him during the
  30. S02E30The Jane Costello StoryApril 18, 1956Jane Costello uses her money to send her daughter away to separate the daughter from her boyfriend because Jane believes they are too young
  31. S02E31The Ed Murdock StoryApril 25, 1956Detective Ed Murdock 's wife pleads with him to leave the force after they receive the million but Murdock is determined to bring to justice
  32. S02E32The Louise Williams StoryMay 2, 1956The use by a charismatic secretary of her money at the same time a man comes to ready the office to function in absence of the ill boss draw
  33. S02E33The Todd Burke StoryMay 9, 1956A man's jealous, anxious and suspicious mother attempts to sabotage a new bride's simple appeal and the marriage.
  34. S02E34The Captain John Carroll StoryMay 16, 1956A military bomb disposal expert receives his million dollar check just as he is ready to separate from the service but is forced to disarm o
  35. S02E35The Sally Delaney StoryMay 23, 1956Sally Delaney, an assistant to an overbearing fashion designer, uses her million to open her own fashion business but much to her remorse sh
  36. S02E36The Olivia Grainger StoryMay 30, 1956A dispassionate and extremely focused doctor tries to pay a disreputable mariner to forget his romance with her sister but feels her dispass
  37. S02E37The Jill Mayfield StoryJune 6, 1956Michael Anthony delivers the million dollar check to Jill Mayfield, an aspiring actress, who decides to use the gift to further her career.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0339Episodes1956–57AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01The Kathy Munson StorySeptember 12, 1956Kathy Munson becomes ill and her twin sister Marion takes her place in order to keep the family business afloat. Complications unsue when Ma
  2. S03E02The Jane Carr StorySeptember 19, 1956After receiving her check, a woman goes undercover at a trucking company that her reporter husband was investigating in connection with a na
  3. S03E03The Anna Hartley StorySeptember 26, 1956A loyal wife believes so much in her artist husband despite her mother's protestations that the husband is a freeloader and a pretend artist
  4. S03E04The Charles Hartford Simpson StoryOctober 3, 1956Charles Simpson uses his money to move from a home for indigent World War I veterans whose residents he dislikes to luxurious surroundings b
  5. S03E05The Fred Graham StoryOctober 10, 1956Fred Graham editor of the Surfside Sun, decides to do good and ends up falling for a gangster's daughter.
  6. S03E06The Virginia Lennart StoryOctober 17, 1956Hamburger waitress Virginia Lennart receives the million and takes her best friend Emmy and they go through Europe looking for romance and f
  7. S03E07The Denny Havens StoryOctober 24, 1956
  8. S03E08The Joey Diamond StoryOctober 31, 1956A no-good punk gets a chance to make something of his life and ends up endangering his girl, via ""The Wild One"" rip-off street race.
  9. S03E09The David Tremayne StoryNovember 7, 1956A young lawyer becomes politically active and runs against the political crooks who try to destroy his character.
  10. S03E10The Waldo Francis Turner StoryNovember 14, 1956Butler Waldo Francis Turner receives the million dollars and helps out his employer and his son unaware that everyone thinks he is in love w
  11. S03E11The Jay Powers StoryNovember 21, 1956After serving time in prison for embezzlement and receiving the million dollars, Jay Powers sets out to prove his innocence.
  12. S03E12The Harvey Borden StoryNovember 28, 1956Harvey Borden the savior of the underdogs comes to the aide of an orphan against his wife's wishes.
  13. S03E13The Valerie Hunt StoryDecember 5, 1956When a woman's first husband believed killed in war returns after years in a prison camp, the woman must choose between the brusque first hu
  14. S03E14The Salvatore Michelangelo Buonarotti StoryDecember 12, 1956A struggling immigrant shoemaker uses his entire check to buy the painting of his dreams which he must exchange for a copy to use the money
  15. S03E15The Mildred Kester StoryDecember 19, 1956When Henry Denson deduces that his sister-in-law Mildred has a great sum of money, he plots the murder of Mildred and her husband to be Fred
  16. S03E16The Betty Perkins StoryDecember 26, 1956Betty moves to Miami to find love and excitement instead she finds a switchboard operator job and snobs.
  17. S03E17The Nick Cannon StoryJanuary 2, 1957Nick Cannon secretly uses his money and openly his time to rehabilitate a boy that in his reckless youth he has injured in a hit and run and
  18. S03E18The Nancy Wellington StoryJanuary 9, 1957Widow Nancy Wellington who has made due after her husband's death longs for romance from a man from her past. Her daughter feels her mother
  19. S03E19The Russell Herbert StoryJanuary 16, 1957Michael Anthony can't believe that a hermit could be the correct recipient of the check.
  20. S03E20The Anton Bohrman StoryJanuary 23, 1957Charles Korvin portrays a renowned Polish pianist whose fingers were damaged during World War II by the Nazis for refusing to divulge inform
  21. S03E21The Charles Wyatt StoryJanuary 30, 1957Charles Wyatt uses his money to search for his son, reported missing during the War.
  22. S03E22The Jim Driskill StoryFebruary 6, 1957Deep sea diver and adventurer Jim Driskill finds more than he was looking for.
  23. S03E23The Professor Amberson Adams StoryFebruary 13, 1957Professor Adams has his hands full when he falls for one of his students and sets his friend out to woo her.
  24. S03E24The Judge William Westholme StoryFebruary 20, 1957An ex-con goes after the judge who sentenced him and his target is the Judge's family.
  25. S03E25The Jerry Bell StoryFebruary 27, 1957Jerry Bell believes that he is unloved because he is ugly but finds love with a blind woman and uses his million to cure her blindness altho
  26. S03E26The Jerry Patterson StoryMarch 6, 1957Pete Hill starts a stalking campaign against Jerry Patterson who was his best friend and business partner because Pete believes Jerry's appa
  27. S03E27The Jimmy Reilly StoryMarch 13, 1957Jimmy Reilly uses his check to look for an Italian girl he met during the War.
  28. S03E28The Rose Russell StoryMarch 27, 1957
  29. S03E29The Doctor Alan March StoryApril 3, 1957Dr. Alan March lets down a very good friend who dies on the operating table, holding himself responsible he quits his practice and searches
  30. S03E30The Crystal Sands StoryApril 10, 1957A waitress in love with a philandering Airline pilot finds true love with his brother.
  31. S03E31The Maggie Sheeler StoryApril 17, 1957Widow Maggie Sheeler is perplexed by her son who won't accept her new boyfriend.
  32. S03E32The Carol Wesley StoryApril 24, 1957Actress Carol Wesley falls in love with a producer.
  33. S03E33The Hub Grimes StoryMay 1, 1957Football player Hub Grimes has been crippled by polio.
  34. S03E34The Chris Daniels StoryMay 8, 1957A horse trainer buys after receiving his check a horse being sought by a wealthy stable owner whose daughter he courts so is accused by the
  35. S03E35The Josef Marton StoryMay 15, 1957Tortured by his conscience, a revolutionary refugee from a failed rebellion uses his money to find and provide for a small boy whose parents
  36. S03E36The Ted McAllister StoryMay 22, 1957Ted McAllister, a parole officer for juvenile deliquents, helps them take a trip around the world - against his wife's wishes to just let th
  37. S03E37The Dan Larsen StoryMay 29, 1957Dan Larsen. head supermarket cashier of extreme punctuality and regimentation, is robbed of a sizable deposit despite a complicated system t
  38. S03E38The Diane Loring StoryJune 5, 1957
  39. S03E39The Bob Fielding StoryJune 12, 1957Hotel desk clerk Bob Fielding gets into a poker game and his so-called friends take advantage of him after they learn he has money to burn.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0435Episodes1957–58AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01The Matt Kirby StorySeptember 18, 1957A newspaper man who ruthlessly embellishes the misdeeds of others in his stories uses his million to buy controlling interest in his paper b
  2. S04E02The Pete Marlowe StorySeptember 25, 1957After spending 20 years in prison Pete Marlowe tries to reconnect with the family he left behind.
  3. S04E03The Roy Delbridge StoryOctober 2, 1957An ex-GI is unable to dance due to his war wounds.
  4. S04E04The Carl Bronson StoryOctober 9, 1957A former show business star, who has fallen on hard times, is tracked down by Michael Anthony to a seedy hotel and presented with the millio
  5. S04E05The Laura Hunter StoryOctober 16, 1957A policewoman uses her million in an attempt to prove that her policeman boyfriend was framed by whom she believes is an unscrupulous fur de
  6. S04E06The Larry Parker StoryOctober 23, 1957Larry Parker pines for a French woman he met in the war so much that he takes for granted a loving wife but is able to resolve the conflict
  7. S04E07The Ruth Ferris StoryOctober 30, 1957Ruth Ferris' envious sister's engages in campaign to drive a wedge between Ruth and her new husband by suggesting the man has married Ruth f
  8. S04E08The Hap Connolly StoryNovember 13, 1957Drifter Hap Connolly harbors a runaway orphan boy for whose parents he worked prior to their deaths and comes into conflict with a young tea
  9. S04E09The Frank Keegan StoryNovember 20, 1957
  10. S04E10The Steve Logan StoryNovember 27, 1957Steve Logan uses his money to start a construction business with his Korean War buddy Larry who has been crippled by a job accident saving S
  11. S04E11The Anitra Dellano StoryDecember 4, 1957Seamstress Anitra Dellano meets a socialite at the Mardi Gras and is ashamed to tell him about her occupation.
  12. S04E12The Hugh Waring StoryDecember 11, 1957Anthony's research concerning the story of man on death row who he just gave a million that is wife is alive and framed him for her murder c
  13. S04E13The Barbara Lydon StoryDecember 18, 1957Barbara Lydon forsakes her longtime hometown love and uses her million to travel to Switzerland where she becomes romantically involved with
  14. S04E14The Regina Wainwright StoryDecember 25, 1957Wheelchair bound and of faded fortune, Regina Wainwright of southern aristocratic heritage hides her million to make her daughter think that
  15. S04E15The Rod Matthews StoryJanuary 1, 1958To give the million Anthony traces Rod Matthews to a secluded island where he hides after being unjustly court marshaled and disowned by fam
  16. S04E16The Marjorie Martinson StoryJanuary 8, 1958An actress ' misguided effort to use her money to revive a long faded career is interrupted when the demands of an old love forces to her re
  17. S04E17The Peter Barkley StoryJanuary 15, 1958Peter Bartley wants to use his money to find and help his two younger brothers who were separated from him by adoption from a Catholic orpha
  18. S04E18The Jonathan Bookman StoryJanuary 22, 1958An art dealer uses his million to start an island artists' colony while dealing with an uncooperative and shrewish wife and becoming increas
  19. S04E19The Doris Winslow StoryJanuary 29, 1958After Elliot Smith marries nurse Doris Winslow who is unaware of Smith's great family wealth, another jealous nurse jeopardizes the marriage
  20. S04E20The Michael Holm StoryFebruary 5, 1958When Michael Holm receives his million, he decides to leave his meager and unrewarding law practice to become a man of leisure until his gir
  21. S04E21The Martha Crockett StoryFebruary 12, 1958Martha decides to use her check to sponsor her husband's violin recital at Carnegie Hall.
  22. S04E22The John Richards StoryFebruary 26, 1958A high school principal, the check recipient , must guide his son in dealing with a group of young hoodlums who beat his friend to death and
  23. S04E23The Johanna Judson StoryMarch 5, 1958Johanna Judson abruptly leaves her employment as a companion for a grumpy woman but asks the woman's charming nephew to enter into a marriag
  24. S04E24The Raymond Dupar StoryMarch 12, 1958After acquiring his million dollar cheque, quiet librarian Raymond DuPar is followed around by gangsters. He's also a bit deaf, and hadn't h
  25. S04E25The Neal Bowers StoryMarch 19, 1958An American medical student in Paris losing in his rivalry for an American art student to a French composer due to her sympathy for the man
  26. S04E26The John Smith StoryMarch 26, 1958A man who has suffered amnesia in a hotel fire uses his money to search his identity and discovers his involvement in a romantic triangle wh
  27. S04E27The Susan Birchard StoryApril 2, 1958Childhood sweethearts meet up later in life by accident and fall in love all over again.
  28. S04E28The Tony Drummond StoryApril 9, 1958Young architect Tony Drummond insists he must make a success of himself before he'll marry his rich heiress fiancée. She offers to finance a
  29. S04E29The Thorne Sisters StoryApril 16, 1958Three spinster sisters receive jointly the million and start a spending spree that draws suspicion, particularly of busybody Atwood, on sist
  30. S04E30The Rafe Peterson StoryApril 23, 1958A big game hunter in Africa has an encounter with a rogue elephant that nearly kills him. The incident scares him so much he loses his nerve
  31. S04E31The Andrew Sterling StoryApril 30, 1958The recipient this week is a retired widower who has just been joined by his son, a recent graduate of law school but not ready to start his
  32. S04E32The Wally Bannister StoryMay 7, 1958Wally Banister is shunned and even fired from his job for hanging a jury in a murder trial so when he gets his million he uses the money to
  33. S04E33The Jack Garrison StoryMay 14, 1958Because Phil Williams sees Garrison kiss Helen Rawlings to whom Williams is engaged, Phil threatens to kill Garrison while on an Air Force a
  34. S04E34The Paul Taylor StoryMay 21, 1958Paul Naylor believes that his wife and daughter value him only for the things he provides for them so when he receives his million he withdr
  35. S04E35The Russ White StoryMay 28, 1958When Russ White goes to thank and offer financial help to the family of the man who gave White his cornea, he is initially rebuffed because

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0537Episodes1958–59AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01The Betty Hawley StorySeptember 3, 1958After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is
  2. S05E02The Norman Conover StorySeptember 10, 1958Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay awa
  3. S05E03The Fred Morgan StorySeptember 17, 1958Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's bo
  4. S05E04The Ken Leighton StorySeptember 24, 1958Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling s
  5. S05E05The David Barrett StoryOctober 1, 1958Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main hous
  6. S05E06The Martin Scott StoryOctober 8, 1958Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an e
  7. S05E07The Ellen Curry StoryOctober 15, 1958Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
  8. S05E08The William Vaughan StoryOctober 22, 1958William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
  9. S05E09The Cat StoryOctober 29, 1958Soon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew
  10. S05E10The Dan Howell StoryNovember 5, 1958Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives th
  11. S05E11The Newman Johnson StoryNovember 12, 1958Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy emplo
  12. S05E12The Lee Randolph StoryNovember 19, 1958Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and
  13. S05E13The Frank Harrigan StoryDecember 3, 1958Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting
  14. S05E14The Pete Hopper StoryDecember 10, 1958Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to t
  15. S05E15The Eric Lodek StoryDecember 17, 1958Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, a
  16. S05E16The William Courtney StoryJanuary 7, 1959William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
  17. S05E17The Terrence Costigan StoryJanuary 14, 1959Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
  18. S05E18The Irene Marshall StoryJanuary 21, 1959Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
  19. S05E19The Julia Conrad StoryJanuary 28, 1959Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
  20. S05E20The Emily Baker StoryFebruary 4, 1959A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she t
  21. S05E21The John Rackham StoryFebruary 11, 1959
  22. S05E22The Father Gilhooley StoryFebruary 18, 1959A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
  23. S05E23The Hank Butler StoryFebruary 25, 1959Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
  24. S05E24The Charlie Weber StoryMarch 4, 1959
  25. S05E25The Angela Temple StoryMarch 11, 1959Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
  26. S05E26The Alicia Osante StoryMarch 18, 1959Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams,
  27. S05E27The Marcia Forrest StoryMarch 25, 1959New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted o
  28. S05E28The Henry Banning StoryApril 1, 1959Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million
  29. S05E29The Sally Simms StoryApril 8, 1959When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband
  30. S05E30The Ann Griffin StoryApril 15, 1959Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the hu
  31. S05E31The Karl Miller StoryApril 22, 1959Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants t
  32. S05E32The Gilbert Burton StoryApril 29, 1959Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts hi
  33. S05E33The Susan Ballard StoryMay 6, 1959Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.
  34. S05E34The Bill Franklin StoryMay 13, 1959Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consi
  35. S05E35The Louise Benson StoryMay 20, 1959Artist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco wate
  36. S05E36The Martha Halloran StoryMay 27, 1959Clint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his
  37. S05E37The Charles Bradwell StoryJune 10, 1959Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out an

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0636Episodes1959–60AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01The Mark Fleming StorySeptember 15, 1959When Mark Fleming uses his check to travel to Vienna to search for his sister who might have survived a WWII death camp that his parents did
  2. S06E02The Harry Brown StorySeptember 22, 1959A bickering couple with a child can't afford a divorce, until Michael Anthony delivers a millionaire dollar check to the husband.
  3. S06E03The Lorraine Daggett StorySeptember 29, 1959A woman is only shortly married to a man who fakes his death to avoid the wrath of his gangster pal and then is suspected of complicity in a
  4. S06E04The Phillip Burnell StoryOctober 6, 1959Phillip Burnell maintains a summer house seemingly as a shrine to his deceased wife to the chagrin of his insecure new wife Cathy and when P
  5. S06E05The Doctor Joseph Frye StoryOctober 20, 1959A doctor and his nurse wife are kidnapped by a murderous bank robber to heal the robber's wounded partner on pain of death and the doctor us
  6. S06E06The Jim Hayes StoryOctober 27, 1959Jim Hayes' wife is fed up with her husband bringing home unannounced guests leaving her with a mess every morning and treating her as an emp
  7. S06E07The Maureen Reynolds StoryNovember 3, 1959Maureen Reynolds upon receiving letters from her engineer husband of short duration marked deceased goes to South America and discovers the
  8. S06E08The Jeff Mercer StoryNovember 10, 1959A responsible young boy with a desire to help his financially challenged family is the recipient of the million dollar check but cannot pers
  9. S06E09The Tom Hampton StoryNovember 18, 1959Millionaire Tom Hampton is afraid to tell his wife about the million dollar check because she's known to constantly spill secrets.
  10. S06E10The Sergeant Matthew Brogan StoryNovember 24, 1959Matthew Brogan secretly makes it financially possible for Jim Phillips, the man who saved his life in Korea, to marry his long term sweethea
  11. S06E11The Mitchell Gunther StoryDecember 1, 1959Mitchell Gunther uses his million in a plan to make it appear that his partner Ray Wilson murdered him because he wants revenge for a ruinou
  12. S06E12The Andrew C. Cooley StoryDecember 8, 1959Andrew Cooley who has unsuccessfully worked a gold mine for years spends money freely when he receives his check and is pressured by devious
  13. S06E13The Nancy Pearson StoryDecember 15, 1959
  14. S06E14The Jackson Greene StoryDecember 22, 1959Bohemian Jackson Greene wants his money to build a beatnik artists' colony on land a citizens committee wants to add a wing to a children's
  15. S06E15The Timothy Mackail StoryDecember 29, 1959A cab driver feeling generous after receiving his money offers a ride gratis to a pretty woman but the woman does not return from the house
  16. S06E16The Elizabeth Tander StoryJanuary 5, 1960New York file clerk Elizabeth Tander after receiving her check vacations in Los Angeles where she meets a hotel clerk and aspiring actor Dav
  17. S06E17The Sylvia Merrick StoryJanuary 12, 1960Adopted daughter Sylvia Merrick, hated by the biological son of a father whose fortune the brother has squandered, is the victim just before
  18. S06E18The Whitney Ames StoryJanuary 19, 1960Whitney Ames' daughter Linda returns from college to find her father has a big new house and a new bride which leads her to anxiously think
  19. S06E19The Janie Harris StoryJanuary 26, 1960When Janie Harris reconnects in France with the Lothario who once breached his promise of marriage to her, she devises a plan for revenge th
  20. S06E20The Margaret Stoneham StoryFebruary 2, 1960Public defender Margaret Stoneham makes use of her sudden fortune to prove the innocence of a client sentenced to death.
  21. S06E21The Jerry Mitchell StoryFebruary 9, 1960Korean veteran Mitchell learns that family business has collapsed so promises to pay all the debts even though not legally bound but when he
  22. S06E22The Sandy Newell StoryFebruary 16, 1960After receiving his check, Sandy Newell who has gone to Alaska to make a fortune to marry the woman he loves returns home to discover why th
  23. S06E23The Larry Maxwell StoryMarch 1, 1960Because Larry Maxwell receives an unacceptable contract, the million is used to buy the pitcher's baseball team under his wife's maiden name
  24. S06E24The Karen Summers StoryMarch 8, 1960A small town librarian with aspirations to be a writer is mistaken as the secretive writer of racy romance novels by town folk and the fact
  25. S06E25The Jessica March StoryMarch 15, 1960
  26. S06E26The Julie Sherman StoryMarch 22, 1960Gallery secretary Julie Sherman falls for aspiring artist Adam Spencer who cancels his proposal when Julie's boss determines Spencer is not
  27. S06E27The Tony Rogers StoryMarch 29, 1960
  28. S06E28The Susan Johnson StoryApril 5, 1960Teenager Susan Johnson's use of her money to promote her boyfriend's recording career has unforeseen consequences.
  29. S06E29The Nancy Cortez StoryApril 12, 1960Newlywed Nancy Cortez believes her million dollars is a means to remove her famous matador husband from the dangers of the bullring but face
  30. S06E30The Katherine Boland StoryApril 19, 1960A woman uses her check in an attempt to capture her youth and lost social standing by planning a cotillion for her ward niece although the n
  31. S06E31The Mara Robinson StoryApril 26, 1960A Gypsy woman uses her million dollars to pursue a man who has shown an attraction to her at party where he assumed she was guest while unaw
  32. S06E32The Dixon Cooper StoryMay 3, 1960Dixon Cooper tries to court a widow who wants more financial security for her two children than she thinks he can provide as a milkman.
  33. S06E33The Vance Ludlow StoryMay 10, 1960A locksmith gets his million dollar check and takes an armful of gifts to the apartment of a pretty client, but he finds someone else there.
  34. S06E34The Peter Longman StoryMay 24, 1960Locksmith Peter Longman falls for a woman for whom he unlocks a door from which she is locked out but when he goes to later see the woman he
  35. S06E35The Maggie Dalton StoryMay 31, 1960Maggie searches New York and Paris for a Frenchman she met at the top of the Empire State Building to thank him for the words he said that b
  36. S06E36The Patricia Collins StoryJune 7, 1960

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