Armstrong Circle Theatre

- Season 5

(1954)

A housewife upsets her husband when she enters the Mrs. Universe beauty pageant.

A family learns of the mistake it has made in obtaining a baby through an illegal adoption ring.

A widowed father is doing his best to raise his nine-year-old daughter Judy. He tries to convince the young girl not to spend her allowance money on a hat that is "too adult".

A mining disaster leads two brothers to react differently towards the responsibility of the explosion.

A boy's military school comes under fire when the school's commandant decides to severely punish on his own son.

Tired of the pressures of being a lawyer, a man returns to his boyhood home and his aunt and uncle who raised him.

A cab driver wants to prove that he's not a coward to a girl he's smitten with who's currently dating a detective.

A young jewelry store employee is accused of stealing from his firm.

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Fred Allen narrates three comedy stories.

A man who has lost interest in life finds new hope when he makes a strange purchase.

Tired of dealing with is immature wife and her family, a man reaches his breaking point.

Paul Newman plays a boxer who begins to question his career path.

A woman is trapped in her apartment during a hurricane. Without power or phone, she must find help for her very sick child.

A jazz artist returns to the scene to make a name for himself.

A couple of thieves posing as Santa and his helper attend a party at an affluent home and make off with bags full of valuables.

A young man must make a choice between his immature romantic ideas and the responsibilities of life and love when a dream of adventure is put to the test.

An embittered prisoner of war in Korea decides to turn traitor as a means of revenge against his heartless father.

A scheming mother's plans to marry her daughter off to wealth go awry.

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A story of a family in conflict.

A luckless young suitor finds himself caught in a nightmare of lies perpetrated to impress his prospective father-in-law.

A shy librarian befriends a hobo who comes to the library one wintry day. Though they are of vastly different backgrounds, they share the common bond of loneliness.

The true story of uranium-prospector Charles Steen and his single-minded battle against intense poverty and desert hardships to find, at last, a 60-million-dollar uranium lode.

When 14 man are feared lost on a fishing boat, two women appear at the dock to keep a vigil for the same man.

Old World tradition and New World non-conformity are dashed when the eldest daughter of a poor Portuguese-American fishing family threatens to marry the man of her choice.

A fire in a theater gives a down-and-out entertainer a big break and a chance to regain his prominent place in show biz.

A bitter 'old maid' sister lives in fear that her brother will fall in love and leave her side.

The husbands are feeling neglected when coming home from work as their families are transfixed by the television. They join together in banning them but aren't prepared for the consequences of so much attention.

Clay Cochran's reputation as a gunslinger has preceded him to his new post as the Wells Fargo man in Meade City, Kansas. But when he arrives, it is observed that he isn't carrying any guns.

One of the members of a ski team from behind the Iron Curtain injures himself while preparing for an international meet in Vermont. Though he must stay in bed, he has been warned not to talk with the family with whom the team is lodged.

Emily's husband has made her such a household drudge that she almost forgets the days before her marriage when an artist loved and painted her 'beauty.' A collector arrives to find the now-dead artist's works. Set in the jungles of Malaya.

A woman has believed that it was her husband's memories of his first wife that were destroying their marriage. Now she discovers that there is another reason for the tension she feels.

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A disabled hero abandons hope of ever walking again and resigns himself to a life of comfort and acclaim until his wife has other ideas.

The taciturn captain of a Finnish tanker has brought his lovely young wife along on a voyage to an undisclosed port. Suspicions about the destination of its cargo have made the crew rebellious.

A young college president must decide whether or not to accept a donation that carries with it certain conditions. If he does not accept, the college must close. If he does accept, his integrity and the school's will be deeply affected.

A former DP, now living in the United States, spends an anxious night in the hospital, where his very sick wife is about to give birth.

What happens when a congresswoman is faced with telling her husband that she has decided to leave hearth and home to rerun for election on her party's ticket?

A small town girl meets and falls in love with a traveling salesman during carnival time.

The story of a man who must believe either his son or his boss when a football is stolen.