Episodes (39)

Catch at Straws
S05E01 · Catch at Straws

Oct 03, 1956

When Fred Karnes is beaten by Bill Corby and two friends for dating Bill's sister Carol, DA Sloan's prosecution is difficult because Karnes is considered low class and a traitor while Carol is quiet to preserve her family's influence.

Sudden Silence
S05E02 · Sudden Silence

Oct 10, 1956

Faced with saving face and respect with the townspeople, a sheriff is faced with a rancher bent on eye for an eye revenge after his sons trial and hanging.

Paris Edition
S05E03 · Paris Edition

Oct 17, 1956

Curiously no one remembers that Dan Doyle has been with a man who saved his life on D-day and whom he has by chance encountered in post war Paris under an assumed name and then learns the man is a black marketeer who may be murdered.

Measure of Faith
S05E04 · Measure of Faith

Oct 24, 1956

A priest of a poor parish gains a benefactor but identifies as his patron his cruel Red Chinese prison interrogator and must decide whether to report the man to authorities while the man threatens to kill himself and wife if captured.

Black Jim Hawk
S05E05 · Black Jim Hawk

Oct 31, 1956

After Sam Houston as governor of Tennessee refuses outlaw Jim Hawk as a boy to save his father from hanging, Hawk vows to kill Houston but. as a result of a teacher's influence, rejects opportunity to kill Houston as President of Texas.

Sometimes It Happens
S05E06 · Sometimes It Happens

Nov 07, 1956

A successful advertising woman finds love through a mystical test from the folklore of her Welsh origin despite the skepticism and pressure to compromise from her brother and brother's wife.

The Women Who Dared
S05E07 · The Women Who Dared

Nov 14, 1956

In 1870, a woman doctor dreams of serving the people in a small western town. But the townspeople hate this woman who has dared to enter a male profession.

The Menace of Hasty Heights
S05E08 · The Menace of Hasty Heights

Nov 21, 1956

An escaped convict fails to impress a busy housewife.

Stand by to Dive
S05E09 · Stand by to Dive

Nov 28, 1956

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.

Front Page Father
S05E10 · Front Page Father

Dec 05, 1956

A newspaperman prints unfounded criticism of the juvenile crime unit and particularly of its chief officer until the gang beating of his son causes him to realize the struggles of the officer and awakens him to his own shortcomings.

The Marriage Plan
S05E11 · The Marriage Plan

Dec 12, 1956

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Duffy's Man
S05E12 · Duffy's Man

Dec 19, 1956

Mr. Duffy's secretive stableman under suspicion is asked by Julie on town's behalf to leave but she alters her feelings when the man singlehandedly defends the town against outlaw Clip Hart gang's plan to use the town as getaway station.

Model Wife
S05E13 · Model Wife

Dec 26, 1956

A traveling salesman gets a surprise every time he comes home from the road, from the other fast-talking Ewings: his wife and voluptuous teenage daughter. The daughter's charity organization "The Spinsters" is appearing in a calendar, and when she's deemed too hippy for a swimsuit pose, she vows to make the cocky young photographer regret his assessment, by enrolling in modeling school.

Fear Has Many Faces
S05E14 · Fear Has Many Faces

Jan 02, 1957

A police detective troubled by memories of the Korean War has his already fragile mental health tested when he starts receiving calls from a man he had to kill in the war to preserve his unit.

The Quiet Stranger
S05E15 · The Quiet Stranger

Jan 09, 1957

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Sweet Charlie
S05E16 · Sweet Charlie

Jan 16, 1957

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.

The Penlands and the Poodle
S05E17 · The Penlands and the Poodle

Jan 23, 1957

A troublesome Poodle upsets the marital bliss of a young couple.

Mrs. Wane Comes to Call
S05E18 · Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

Jan 30, 1957

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

The Connoisseur
S05E19 · The Connoisseur

Feb 06, 1957

A painter and his American wife who enjoy an unconventional life style in Europe want their daughter to marry but the father questions his daughter's conventional leanings and develops some regret about the life he has chosen.

Ringside Seat
S05E20 · Ringside Seat

Feb 13, 1957

Matty Curran loses his championship box title to a younger fighter. Matty's young son is afraid that his father has become a coward, and has let him down at a crucial moment.

With No Regrets
S05E21 · With No Regrets

Feb 20, 1957

At a grade school, several boys seem to be drawn to bad behavior because of one delinquent. Wise old Miss Emerson doesn't believe he's really so bad, and bucks the school board's plans to expel him, reminding them of another antisocial student, back in the early 1920's, who was also given to breaking rules, and how she helped him.

The Man Who Beat Lupo
S05E22 · The Man Who Beat Lupo

Feb 27, 1957

Count Da Salvaggio has fought as a professional swordsman under the alias Lupo to hide his nobility and now must find a way avoid a forbidden duel with his unsuspecting American friend whose fiancée he has stolen.

Broken Barrier
S05E23 · Broken Barrier

Mar 06, 1957

When coerced by his disapproving girlfriend, a cynical man reluctantly goes to see his estranged father after receiving a letter from his envied brother stating the father is dying.

Fate Travels East
S05E24 · Fate Travels East

Mar 13, 1957

A successful female novelist leaves her husband after they disagree about the amount of time she devotes to her career. On the train, she discovers an anonymous suicide note, and is afraid her husband wrote it.

The Man Across the Hall
S05E25 · The Man Across the Hall

Mar 20, 1957

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House of Glass
S05E26 · House of Glass

Mar 26, 1957

Louise Warner has witnessed a murder. She hesitates to go to the police for fear of losing her parole, and the killer is now tracking her down.

Exclusive
S05E27 · Exclusive

Apr 03, 1957

When a newspaper reporter losses a note from a potential Russian defector in a meeting with his estranged newspaper reporter daughter, the daughter vengefully publishes the story without considering the consequences to the defector.

Moment of Decision
S05E28 · Moment of Decision

Apr 10, 1957

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Singapore
S05E29 · Singapore

Apr 17, 1957

A well-to-do female casino owner seeks to separate a man from his wealthy wife to abandon him as revenge for the man allowing his parents to annul their youthful marriage and arrange a marriage to his present wife.

Footnote on a Doll
S05E30 · Footnote on a Doll

Apr 24, 1957

Following her turn as the nation's First Lady, Dolley Madison's life continued to be colorful. As a widow in Washington, she's invited to a tea party by Beatrice Trent, the spiteful wife of a senator who's convinced Dolley prevented her husband from getting an ambassadorship. Determined to humiliate the former first lady, she invites Dolley's alcoholic son from a previous marriage to disrupt the festivities.

Strange Disappearance
S05E31 · Strange Disappearance

May 01, 1957

When a playwright of declining fortune persuades an old lover and a popular actress to do his new play, his quarrelsome, jealous wife disappears and, when the clues point to murder, the man's alibis are oddly contradicted by the facts.

The Idea Man
S05E32 · The Idea Man

May 08, 1957

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The Gentle Deceiver
S05E33 · The Gentle Deceiver

May 15, 1957

Hobo Duke by power of suggestion convinces a small town he is an eccentric millionaire and begins to change the attitude and fortunes of the town.

Miller's Millions
S05E34 · Miller's Millions

May 22, 1957

Irony ensues as a humble bank treasurer's defalcation of a reserve fund for philanthropic purposes causes him to be perceived as a rich heir which perception requires he continue the embezzlement to avoid detection.

Torn
S05E35 · Torn

May 29, 1957

A woman with a hat full of hope, newly released from a psychiatric facility, keeps making embarrassing gaffes after she moves back onto the Cartwright family's ancestral ranch. She can't believe that her recovering mind is playing tricks on her, though her psychiatrist assures her that no one can remember everything, she's becoming forlorn. The psychiatrist has a bonanza on his hands, because the woman is wealthy, a whiz at business, and in love with him. Is suave, arrogant Dr. Gregg playing diabolical tricks on her, or is she experiencing hallucinations due to ...

The Lie
S05E36 · The Lie

Jun 05, 1957

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Cross Hairs
S05E37 · Cross Hairs

Jun 12, 1957

After a dock foreman is murdered because of his knowledge of thefts, a hired gunman moves across the street from the assistant foreman to execute a hit but the wife recognizes the gunman from a police photo after a neighborhood encounter.

Desperation
S05E38 · Desperation

Jun 19, 1957

New bride Alison Stevens keeps making costly gaffes after she unexpectedly moves into the Stevens family's ancestral home. She blames each screw-up on her disabled brother-in-law Russel, a pianist who's long been cared for by the groom, Bruce Stevens. Is Russel playing diabolical tricks on her, or is she cracking up in the lonely, unfriendly surroundings ?

Adventure for Hire
S05E39 · Adventure for Hire

Jun 26, 1957

Pilot Dan Crawford is hired by a man and his wife to fly them to Las Vegas. But when the plane is approaching Las Vegas, the man draws a gun and forces Dan to land on the airstrip of a ranch.

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The Ford Television Theatre Season 5 (1956) is released on Oct 03, 1956 and the latest season 5 of The Ford Television Theatre is released in 1956. Watch The Ford Television Theatre online - the English Comedy TV series from United States. The Ford Television Theatre is directed by James Neilson,Ted Post,Anton Leader,Fred F. Sears and created by Karen DeWolf with Philip Carey and Laraine Day.

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Estrellas del teatro, All-Star Theatre, The Ford Television Theatre, Kraft TV Theatre(syndication title), The Ford Television Theatre(Japanese)

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United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Ford Motor Company, Screen Gems Television

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