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Season 1
1 :01x01 - The Long Goodbye (Oct/07/1954)
Private eye Phillip Marlowe decides to help out an old pal when the chum's wife is found brutally murdered. Then he finds himself accused of the murder.
Guest Stars: Dick Powell as Phillip Marlowe, Cesar Romero as Mendy Mendez, Teresa Wright as Eileen Wade, Horace McMahon as Detective Farmer, Tom Drake (1) as Terry Lennox, Tristram Coffin as Corpse
Director: William H. Brown Jr.
Story: Raymond Chandler (1) | Teleplay: E. Jack Neuman
 
2 :01x02 - The Thirteenth Chair (Oct/14/1954)
After a murder, a seance is staged to capture the killer but the killer strikes again.
Guest Stars: John Alvin as Sir Roscoe Crosby, Lamont Johnson (2) as Lionel Trent, Arthur Franz as Dick Crosby, Joan V. Evans as Helen O'Neill, Dennis O'Keefe as Inspector Marney, Ethel Barrymore as Rosalie LaGrange
Director: Allen Reisner
Story: Bayard Veiller | Teleplay: Walter Brown Newman
 
3 :01x03 - Casino Royale (Oct/21/1954)
Adventurer Jimmy Bond tries to foil master criminal Le Chiffre by defeating him at the baccarat table.
Guest Stars: Gene Roth as Basil, Kurt Katch as Zolto, Jean Del Val as Croupier, Eugene Borden as Chef DeParte, Michael Pate as Clarence Leiter, Peter Lorre (1) as Le Chiffre, Linda Christian as Valerie Mathis, Barry Nelson as Jimmy Bond
Director: William H. Brown Jr.
Story: Ian Fleming (1) | Teleplay: Charles Bennett, Antony Ellis (2)
 
4 :01x04 - Sorry, Wrong Number (Nov/04/1954)
An invalid woman who's only contact with the outside world is her telephone overhears, because of a crossed wire, a murder plot. She then gradually comes to realize that the intended victim happens to be herself.
Guest Stars: Henry Blair as guest star, Robert Williams (7) as guest star, Eve McVeagh as guest star, Paula Winslowe as guest star, Clayton Post as guest star, Joe Forte as guest star, Charlotte Lawrence as guest star, Barbara Slate as guest star, Don Brodie as guest star, Dennis King (1) as guest star, Ralph Peters as guest star, Don Megowan as guest star, Paul Picerni as guest star, Lillian Bronson as guest star, Paul Guilfoyle (2) as guest star, Nestor Paiva as guest star, Shelley Winters as Leona Stevenson
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Lucille Fletcher
 
5 :01x05 - The Gioconda Smile (Nov/11/1954)
A husband is the leading suspect in the murder of his crippled wife. Only a close family friend believes in his innocence.
Guest Stars: Eduard Franz as Dr. James Lifford, Franchot Tone as Henry Hutton, Dorothy McGuire as Janet Spence
Story: Aldous Huxley
 
6 :01x06 - The After House (Nov/25/1954)
A man thinks he's got a skate job after wrangling a position as a steward aboard a yacht. But things aren't so cushy when two of his fellow crew members turn up dead.
Guest Stars: Steve Cochran as Ralph Leslie, Patricia Medina as Laura
Story: Mary Roberts Rinehart
 
7 :01x07 - An Error in Chemistry (Dec/02/1954)
A carnival con man ends up getting hoisted on his own petard in the adaptation of a William Faulkner short story.
Guest Stars: Edmond O'Brien (1) as Joel Flint, Maggie Mahoney as Melissa
Director: William H. Brown Jr.
Story: William Faulkner | Teleplay: David Dortort
 
8 :01x08 - Epitaph for a Spy (Dec/09/1954)
On holiday in France, an Iron Curtain refugee is used as a dupe by a pair of French traitors. Military intelligence then recruits the refugee to turn the tables on the baddies.
Guest Stars: Nicholas Joy as guest star, Hilda Plowright as guest star, Maurice Marsac (1) as guest star, Robert F. Simon (3) as guest star, Ivan Triesault as guest star, Sheila Bromley as guest star, David O'Brien as guest star, Marjorie Lord as guest star, Melville Cooper as guest star, Edward G. Robinson (1) as Josef Vadassy
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Donald S. Sanford, David Friedkin
Story: Eric Ambler
 
9 :01x09 - The White Carnation (Dec/16/1954)
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Guest Stars: Teresa Wright as guest star, Boris Karloff as Dr. Philip Nestri, Claudette Colbert as guest star
Story: Raymond Chandler (1)
 
10 :01x10 - Nightmare in Copenhagen (Dec/30/1954)
In Copenhagen, a woman is used as bait to uncover and apprehend a ruthless traitor.
Guest Stars: Lilia Skala as Helga
Story: Martha Albrand
 
11 :01x11 - The Bigger They Come (Jan/06/1955)
Private eyes Donald Lam and Bertha Cool become involved in a case of thievery and legal chicanery.
Guest Stars: Art Carney as Donald Lam, Jane Darwell as Bertha Cool
Story: Erle Stanley Gardner
 
12 :01x12 - Escape From Fear (Jan/13/1955)
An American engineer crosses into East German on business and runs afoul of the secret police
Guest Stars: Jay Novello as guest star, Tristram Coffin as guest star, Mari Blanchard (1) as guest star, Howard Duff as guest star
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Bernard Girard
Story: A. J. Cronin
 
13 :01x13 - The Mojave Kid (Jan/27/1955)
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Guest Stars: John Lupton as Mojave Kid, Barbara Ruick as Judith Kale, Ward Bond as Sheriff, Ricardo Montalban as Pete McLean
Story: Louis L'Amour
 
14 :01x14 - The Leaf Out of the Book (Feb/03/1955)
A career woman soon has cause to regret giving the daughter of an old friend a job.
Guest Stars: Ron Brogan as guest star, George Sherwood as guest star, Linda Williams as guest star, Tom Powers as guest star, Louis Jean Heydt as guest star, Hugh Beaumont as guest star, George Brent as guest star, Sylvia Sidney as guest star, Diana Lynn as guest star, Tony Michaels as guest star
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: David Friedkin, Morton Fine
Story: Margaret Cousins
 
15 :01x15 - The Valiant Men (Feb/10/1955)
While a submarine crew celebrates New Year's Eve in New York City, they're unaware that danger is lurking nearby.
Guest Stars: Robert Young (1) as LCDR Knowles
Writer: Antony Ellis (2)
Story: Nicholas Monsarrat
 
16 :01x16 - The Box of Chocolates (Feb/24/1955)
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Guest Stars: Robert Preston as William Struthers, Pat O'Brien (2) as Lt. Moore, Vanessa Brown as Vera, Victor Jory as Robert
Story: Anthony Berkley
 
17 :01x17 - South of the Sun (Mar/03/1955)
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Guest Stars: Margaret O'Brien as Kathy Fathian, Edward Arnold as Jock Fathian, Natalie Schafer as Lucrece Durhurst, Thomas Gomez as Senor Torres, Jeffrey Hunter as Wesley Jerome Penn
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Wade Miller, E. Jack Neuman
Story: John D. Macdonald
 
18 :01x18 - The Great Impersonation (Mar/10/1955)
Espionage drama set in East Africa of 1914 right after the onset of World War I.
Guest Stars: Leonard Carey as guest star, Justice Watson as guest star, Anthony Eustrel as guest star, Milton Parsons as guest star, Lilliam Kemble Cooper as guest star, Lumsden Hare as guest star, Steven Geray as guest star, Paul Cavanagh (1) as guest star, Zsa Zsa Gabor as Princess Stephanie, Maureen O'Sullivan as Lady Dominey, Michael Rennie as Lord Edward Dominey/Major General Von Raggenstein
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: William Kozlenko
 
19 :01x19 - The Darkest Hour (Mar/24/1955)
An ex-cop, who served five years on a manslaughter rap, sets out to get the racketeers who framed him.
Guest Stars: Zachary Scott as Steve Rollins, Joanne Dru as Marcia
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Adrian Spies
Story: William P. McGivern
 
20 :01x20 - The Champion (Mar/31/1955)
Flashbacks show the rise of a boxer from the Chicago slums to a world championship at the expense of his friends and associates.
Guest Stars: Stephen Roberts as guest star, Richard Monda as guest star, Tommy Garland as guest star, John Craven (1) as guest star, Charlotte Knight as guest star, Lewis Charles as Lou Hirsch, Peggy Maley as Grace Knight, Tommy Cook as Connie Haley, Wally Brown (1) as Tommy Haley, Wallace Ford as Bunco Kelly, Ray Collins as Jerome Hatch, Geraldine Brooks as Emma Hatch, Rory Calhoun as Midge Kelly
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Rod Serling
Story: Ring Lardner
 
21 :01x21 - Private Worlds (Apr/07/1955)
Drama about a female psychiatrist and her work at a mental institution.
Guest Stars: Eve March as Carrie, Glen Vernon as Glenn, Mike Ross as Jerry, Peter Camlin as Attar, Ann Seaton as Nurse, William Tannen as McLean, Katherine Warren as Matron, Warren Stevens as Dr. Alec McGregor, Marilyn Erskine as Sally McGregor, Marguerite Chapman as Myra Saunders, Lorne Greene as Dr. Charles Saunders, Claudette Colbert as Dr. Jane Everest
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Mel Dinelli
 
22 :01x22 - Flight 951 (Apr/21/1955)
A disgraced doctor, who's now a businessman, is forced to return to his prior profession due to an emergency on board an airplane.
Guest Stars: Tom Avera as guest star, Peter Camlin as guest star, Booth Colman as guest star, Roger Etienne as guest star, Randy Cramer as guest star, James M. Jones as guest star, Mary Lawrence (1) as guest star, Robert H. Harris (5) as guest star, Kenneth Tobey as Captain Coleridge, Paul Douglas (1) as Dr. Merle Gardner, Barbara Britton as Duana Clarke, Cathy O'Donnell as Mona Herbert, Irene Hervey as Nancy Blount, John Emery (2) as Abel Dennis, Lili Darvas as Ingrid Lorne
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Milton Geiger
 
23 :01x23 - The First and the Last (Apr/28/1955)
An ambitious lawyer's concern for his own career puts the life of an innocent man in jeopardy.
Guest Stars: Peggy Ann Garner as Nora Wallen, Robert Newton (2) as Keith Dorrant, John Agar as Larry Dorant, John Carradine as John Evans
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: William Kozlenko
Story: John Galsworthy
 
24 :01x24 - The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia (May/05/1955)
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Guest Stars: Claudette Colbert as Sister Cecilia
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen
Story: William Brinkley
 
25 :01x25 - No Stone Unturned (May/19/1955)
A Scottish student steals a historic and valuable stone from Westminster Abbey. His purpose--to get Great Britain to recognize Scotland's independence.
Guest Stars: Jeff Donnell as Kay Matheson, Dan O'Herlihy as Ian Hamilton, Cedric Hardwicke as Professor Robertson, Tom Drake (1) as Alan
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Whitfield Cook
 
26 :01x26 - A Farewell to Arms (May/26/1955)
During the Italian theater of World War I, an American ambulance driver falls in love with a British nurse.
Guest Stars: Veronika Pataky as guest star, Tony De Mario as guest star, Gil Frye as guest star, Peter S. Davis (1) as guest star, Angie De Panza as guest star, Robert Canto as guest star, Jerry Lazarre as guest star, John Mylong as guest star, Michael Vallon as guest star, Katherine Warren as guest star, Betty Caulfield as guest star, Martin E. Brooks as guest star, Guy Madison as guest star, Diana Lynn as Catherine Barkley, Nicky Blair as unknown
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Gore Vidal
Story: Ernest Hemingway
 
27 :01x27 - The Unimportant Man (Jun/02/1955)
An ordinary man's life is changed when he witnesses the murder of his employer's brother.
Guest Stars: Elliott Reid (1) as Scotty Henderson, Ruth Hussey as Katharine Benson, MacDonald Carey as John Benson
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Marie Baumer, John Cavanaugh
 
28 :01x28 - The Dark Fleece (Jun/16/1955)
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Guest Stars: Lloyd Bridges as Jason Burrage, Joan Bennett as Honora, Phyllis Thaxter as Olive
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen
 
29 :01x29 - To Wake at Midnight (Jun/23/1955)
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Guest Stars: Akim Tamiroff as Albert Ganz, Maria Riva as Marie, Wendell Corey as Lt. Erich Ganz
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Rod Serling
 
30 :01x30 - The Dance (Jun/30/1955)
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Guest Stars: Frieda Inescort as Martha Hale, Robert Middleton (3) as Sheriff, Addison Richards as Papa, Jan Merlin as Joe Cable, Barbara Baxley as Catherine Jones, Ethel Waters as Aunt Kate, Vanessa Brown as Marie Bannerman, Richard Kiley as Charlie Kincaid, Janet Blair as Joan Hale
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: James P. Cavanagh (1)
Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
31 :01x31 - Wild Stallion (Jul/07/1955)
A fortune hunting ne'er-do-well from South America makes his home with an affluent Southern family. At first he romances the daughter but that changes when he discovers that her mother holds the key to the family fortune.
Guest Stars: Roy Glenn as guest star, Gladys Holland as guest star, Kathleen Crowley as Hence Cayley, Wilton Graff as Gavin Stevens, Richard Long as Max Harris, Mary Astor as Mrs. Harris, Evelyn Keyes as Laura Harris, Paul Henreid as Sebastian Gualdres
Director: Herbert B. Swope, Jr.
Story: William Faulkner | Teleplay: DeWitt Bodeen
 
32 :01x32 - The Escape of Mendes-France (Jul/14/1955)
Dramatization about future French Premier Pierre Mendes-France's escape from his Vichy government captors duriing World War II.
Guest Stars: Jan Arvan as guest star, Jean Del Val as guest star, Peter Norman as guest star, Alphonse Martell as guest star, Walter Cronkite as Narrator, Rick Vallin as guest star, Jerry Lazarre as guest star, Werner Klemperer as guest star, Kurt Katch as guest star, Maurice Marsac (1) as guest star, Eva Raif as guest star, Louis Jourdan as Pierre Mendes-France
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Whitfield Cook
 
33 :01x33 - The Healer (Jul/21/1955)
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Guest Stars: Marguerite Chapman as Mrs. Carter, Bonita Granville Wrather as Laura Jordan, Arthur Franz as Dr. Joyce, Geraldine Fitzgerald (1) as Miriam Lambert, Barry Sullivan as Dr. Donald Carter
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen
 
34 :01x34 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Jul/28/1955)
Dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror tale about kindly Dr. Henry Jekyll's experiments into the dual nature of man which transform him into the nefarious Edward Hyde.
Guest Stars: Barbara Morrison as guest star, Diane Doxee as guest star, Harry Fields as guest star, Keith McConnell as guest star, Gil Stuart as guest star, Karen Scott as guest star, John Hoyt as guest star, Mary Sinclair as Girl, Cedric Hardwicke as Utterson, Lowell Gilmore as Dr. Lanyon, Michael Rennie as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Director: Allen Reisner
Story: Robert Louis Stevenson (6) | Teleplay: Gore Vidal
 
35 :01x35 - One Night Stand (Aug/04/1955)
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Guest Stars: Donald Buka as Bob Zurko, Bob Sweeney (1) as Gil Rodin, Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Sullivan, John Forsythe as Joe Sullivan, Bing Crosby as Himself
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Bernard Girard
Story: Bing Crosby
 
36 :01x36 - Edge of Terror (Aug/11/1955)
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Guest Stars: Jean Porter as Joan, Joe Downey as Barber, Edward Binns as Lt. Lewis, Tom Laughlin (2) as Paisan, Raymond Greenleaf as Saunders, Karen Steele as Gloria, Dennis O'Keefe as Evans, Lloyd Bridges as Joe Donner, Phyllis Kirk as Mrs. Evans
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Irving Elman
 
37 :01x37 - Fear Strikes Out (Aug/18/1955)
True story about baseball player Jimmy Piersall's battle against mental illness.
Guest Stars: Mona Freeman as guest star, John Conte (1) as guest star, Lori Nelson as guest star, Tab Hunter as Jimmy Piersall
Story: Jimmy Piersall
 
38 :01x38 - Deal a Blow (Aug/25/1955)
After his son gets into a heated dispute with a movie theater manager, a domineering father doesn't give the boy a chance to explain his version of events.
Guest Stars: William Hughes (3) as Doorman, Gil Frye as Police Clerk, Steve Terrell as Lynn Spears, Byron Foulger as Man in Theater, Jeffrey Silver as Jerry, Edward Arnold as Lt. Shipley, Phyllis Thaxter as Helen Ditmar, Whit Bissell as Grubbs, James MacArthur as Hal Ditmar, MacDonald Carey as Tom Ditmar
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Robert Dozier
 

Season 2
39 :02x01 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Sep/01/1955)
Dramatization of Mark Twain's classic novel about a young boy's coming of age when he takes a trip down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave.
Guest Stars: Bobby Hyatt as Jim, Elizabeth Patterson as Widow Douglas, Walter Catlett as Judge Thatcher, John Carradine as Duke, Charles Taylor (1) as Huckleberry Finn, Thomas Mitchell (1) as Old Man Finn
Director: Herbert B. Swope, Jr.
Story: Mark Twain | Teleplay: DeWitt Bodeen
 
40 :02x02 - Public Pigeon #1 (Sep/08/1955)
After being cheated by stock swindlers, a cafeteria worker winds up in jail but the crooks have to bust him out of the joint in order to recover the loot which was stashed in his safety deposit box.
Guest Stars: Leonard Bremen as guest star, John Connors as guest star, Mari Blanchard (1) as guest star, Ralph Sanford as guest star, Jan Arvan as guest star, Dick Ryan as guest star, Ray Kellogg as guest star, Frank Wilcox as guest star, Jimmy Cross (1) as guest star, Vici Raaf as guest star, Brad Dexter as guest star, Ann Rutherford as Edith Enders, Red Skelton as Rusty Morgan
Director: Seymour Berns
Writer: Devery Freeman
 
41 :02x03 - Silent Decision (Sep/15/1955)
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Guest Stars: Katharine Bard (1) as Lisa Janson, John Baragrey as Perry Bates, Betty Furness as Beth Jaynes, Franchot Tone as Dr. Ken Jaynes
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Adrian Spies
 
42 :02x04 - Night of Execution (Sep/22/1955)
After years of abuse, a mother decides to take action against her cruel husband.
Guest Stars: Amzie Strickland as Jane, Bart Burns as District Attorney, Kathryn Card (1) as Mrs. Craig, Peter Votrian as Keith Rone, Harry Bellaver as Craig, Dick Foran as Robert Maxwell, Nina Foch as Emily Rone, Vincent Price as Gideon Rone
Director: Allen Reisner
Story: Faith Baldwin | Teleplay: James P. Cavanagh (1)
 
43 :02x05 - Sailor on Horseback (Sep/29/1955)
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Guest Stars: Lloyd Nolan as Jack London, Mercedes McCambridge as Charmaine, Mary Sinclair as Eliza
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Paul Monash
 
44 :02x06 - Thin Air (Oct/13/1955)
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Guest Stars: Robert Sterling as Husband, Pat O'Brien (2) as Lieutenant, Marguerite Chapman as Wife
Writer: Ben Starr
 
45 :02x07 - House of Shadows (Oct/20/1955)
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Guest Stars: Jane Darwell as Mrs. Koestler, Ernest Truex as Uncle William, Diana Lynn as Ruth Barrows, James Daly (1) as George Norren
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Devery Freeman
 
46 :02x08 - The Pink Cloud (Oct/27/1955)
An ex-con heads for New York City to track down the man really responsible for the crime for which he was convicted.
Guest Stars: Brian Donlevy as Sam Marvin, Sally Forrest as Jean Hamilton/Cherry Carson, Jay C. Flippen as Joe, Doris Dowling as Maria
Writer: Ben Starr
 
47 :02x09 - Scheme to Defraud (Nov/10/1955)
An insurance underwriter and his secretary fall in love and decide to cash in a fraudulent $70,000 insurance claim.
Guest Stars: Phyllis Thaxter as Joan Long, Marilyn Erskine as Alice James, Dennis O'Keefe as Fred Long
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Marc Brandel
 
48 :02x10 - A Promise to Murder (Nov/17/1955)
A young London attorney gets his palm read by a soothsayer who's prophecies begin coming true with alarming accuracy.
Guest Stars: Ann Harding (1) as Lady Bertha Weatherby, Peter Lorre (1) as Vorhees, Louis Hayward as Randy Townsend
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: John Kneubuhl
Story: Oscar Wilde
 
49 :02x11 - Portrait in Celluloid (Nov/24/1955)
A has-been writer, now an agent, sees an opportunity to regain his former glory when a young writer presents him with a great script.
Guest Stars: John Gallaudet as guest star, Robert F. Simon (3) as guest star, Audrey Totter as Edna Shaddock, Kim Hunter as Barbara Williams, Don Taylor (1) as John Appleby, Jack Carson (1) as Art Shaddick
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Rod Serling
 
50 :02x12 - A Man of Taste (Dec/01/1955)
An Englishman living in Paris sponsors a young artist but his motives for doing so are purely for profit.
Guest Stars: Alphonse Martell as guest star, Fay Roope as guest star, Sallie Brophy as Laurie, Werner Klemperer as guest star, John Kerr (2) as Matt Sloane, Zsa Zsa Gabor as Madame Florizel, Michael Rennie as Charles Martin Westling
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Leonard Spigelgass
Story: Judy Ross, George W. George
 
51 :02x13 - The Passport (Dec/08/1955)
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Guest Stars: Charles Korvin as General Stack, Viveca Lindfors as Soledad Barojo, Frank Lovejoy as Ben Dana
Director: John Frankenheimer
 
52 :02x14 - The Day They Gave the Babies Away (Dec/22/1955)
On Christmas Eve in 1860 Wisconsin, a 12 year old boy finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters after the death of their parents.
Guest Stars: Lenore Kingston as guest star, Gail Bonney as guest star, Ralph Sanford as guest star, Louise Lewis as guest star, Tiger Fafara as guest star, Robert Bice as guest star, Mary Treen as guest star, Milton Parsons as guest star, Nolan Leary as guest star, Terry Burnham as guest star, Jean Chandler as guest star, Brandon de Wilde as Robbie Funson, Barbara Hale as Mamie Funson, Leif Erickson as guest star, Joan V. Evans as Narrator, Stephen Wootton as guest star, Bobby Clark (4) as guest star, Mimi Gibson as guest star, Lizz Slifer as guest star
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Katherine Eunson, Dale Eunson
 
53 :02x15 - Bailout at 43,000 Feet (Dec/29/1955)
Three servicemen react differently while preparing to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber.
Guest Stars: William Hughes (3) as guest star, Gil Frye as guest star, Don Donaldson as guest star, Charles Davis (1) as guest star, Harvey Grant as guest star, John Gallaudet as guest star, Bart Burns as guest star, Lee Marvin as Captain Cavallero, Nancy Reagan as Carol Peterson, Richard Boone as Colonel Hughes, Charlton Heston as Lt. Paul Peterson
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Paul Monash
 
54 :02x16 - The Prowler (Jan/05/1956)
A rancher's wife is bored with her life when her mother-in-law inadvertently suggests the perfect escape to her.
Guest Stars: Blanche Yurka as Margaret, Wallace Ford as Sheriff, Pat O'Brien (2) as Ed Talbot, Claire Trevor as Phyllis Talbot, Cameron Mitchell as Sam
Writer: F. W. Durkee, Jr.
 
55 :02x17 - The Hanging Judge (Jan/12/1956)
A notoriously rigid British judge stands trial for a murder which he did not commit and places his trust in the infallibility of British law.
Guest Stars: Alex Frazer as guest star, Queenie Leonard as guest star, Thomas P. Dillon as guest star, Lumsden Hare as guest star, Reginald Denny as guest star, Alan Marshal (1) as guest star, Hurd Hatfield as Ted, John Carradine as Colonel Archer, John Williams (1) as Sir Keith Nottingham, Cedric Hardwicke as Sir Francis Brittain, Raymond Massey as Sir George Sidney
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Whitfield Cook
Story: Raymond Massey
 
56 :02x18 - The Secret of River Lane (Jan/26/1956)
A town is indignant when charges of murder are not brought against the son of a prominent attorney because of "lack of evidence."
Guest Stars: Beulah Bondi as Aunt Caroline, Dick Foran as Luke Bradshaw, Gigi Perreau as Laurette Bradshaw, Victor Jory as Sam Bellows, Bobby Driscoll (1) as Gary, Lon Chaney, Jr. as Frank Wiggins, James Dunn (1) as Eldon Abernathy
Writer: Adrian Spies
 
57 :02x19 - Gamble on a Thief (Feb/02/1956)
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Guest Stars: Elizabeth Patterson as Jane Connor, Dewey Martin as Rocky Webb, MacDonald Carey as Allen Moore, Phyllis Kirk as Amy Connor
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: James P. Cavanagh (1)
 
58 :02x20 - The Fifth Wheel (Feb/09/1956)
Two priests on a fishing holliday become involved with car thieves and stolen money.
Guest Stars: James Gleason (2) as Father McCorkle, John Lupton as Eddie Nolan, Buddy Baer as Moe, Arthur Treacher as Bishop Thornley, Bonita Granville Wrather as Molly, Peter Lorre (1) as Normie, Hume Cronyn as Father Joseph Muldoon
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Whitfield Cook
Story: Leo Gallen
 
59 :02x21 - Nightmare by Day (Feb/23/1956)
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Guest Stars: Mary Astor as Ethel Allen, Coleen Gray as Amanda Shepard, Warner Anderson as David Allen, Katy Jurado as Margo Nieto, Gene Nelson (1) as Jess Shepard
Director: John Frankenheimer
 
60 :02x22 - The Sound of Silence (Mar/01/1956)
A priest is tormented when a killer confesses his crime to him.
Guest Stars: Peter Mamakos as guest star, Robert Bice as guest star, Dorothy Adams as guest star, Joseph Vitale as guest star, Mike Ross as guest star, Raymond Greenleaf as guest star, Mary Sinclair as Maria Sanchez, Raymond Burr as Lt. Shea, Lloyd Bridges as Mark Gillis, Jean-Pierre Aumont as Father James Cannon
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: George Bruce
Story: Jack Dewitt
 
61 :02x23 - The Louella Parsons Story (Mar/08/1956)
Dramatization about the life of famed Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons.
Guest Stars: Ann Seaton as guest star, Mary Grey as guest star, Harriet Brest as guest star, Jeri Lou James as guest star, Marilee Phelps as guest star, Helen Winston as guest star, Tyler McVey as guest star, Nestor Paiva as guest star, Teresa Wright as Louella Parsons, William Talman as guest star, Whit Bissell as guest star, William Roerick as guest star, Addison Richards as guest star
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Whitfield Cook
Story: Louella Parsons
 
62 :02x24 - Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Mar/22/1956)
A young woman fears that her recurring dream is a foretelling of a real tragedy. Things come to a head when she falls for a soldier about to be shipped overseas.
Guest Stars: Robin Morse (2) as guest star, Dick Elliott as guest star, Byron Foulger as guest star, Charles Davis (1) as guest star, Ralph Dumke as guest star, Lili Darvas as guest star, Ann Rutherford as Mary Townsend, John Forsythe as Adam Barclay, Dorothy McGuire as Miranda
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: F. W. Durkee, Jr.
Story: Katherine Ann Porter
 
63 :02x25 - An Episode of Sparrows (Mar/29/1956)
A young girl living in the slums steals a packet of seeds from a playmate in order to grow flowers.
Guest Stars: J. Carrol Naish as Combie, Jessie Royce Landis as Olivia Chesney, Lynn Bari as Mrs. Combie, Patricia McCormack (1) as Lovejoy Mason, Brandon de Wilde as Tip Malone
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Eleanore Griffin
 
64 :02x26 - Spin into Darkness (Apr/05/1956)
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Guest Stars: Vincent Price as Casey Lodge, Ruth Roman as Suzanne Wayne, Charles Drake (1) as Mickey Wayne, Virginia Grey as Edna
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Hagar Wilde
 
65 :02x27 - The Lou Gehrig Story (Apr/19/1956)
Re-telling of the life story of baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig whose life was cut short by a terminal disease.
Guest Stars: Harry Carey, Jr. (1) as Bill Dickey, James Gregory (1) as Miller Huggins, Jean Hagen as Eleanor Gehrig, Wendell Corey as Lou Gehrig
Director: Fielder Cook
Writer: Mel Goldberg
 
66 :02x28 - Sit Down with Death (Apr/26/1956)
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Guest Stars: Constance Ford as Ellen McKenzie, Vicki Cummings as Lisa Farley, John Williams (1) as Harold Johnson, William Talman as Joe McKenzie, Ralph Bellamy as Phillip Hardecker
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: James P. Cavanagh (1)
Story: Cornell Woolrich
 
67 :02x29 - The Empty Room Blues (May/03/1956)
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Guest Stars: Celeste Holm as Mary Miller, Gerald Mohr as Quinn, Peggy Webber as Inez Harley, Richard Carlyle as George Harley
Writer: Adrian Spies
 
68 :02x30 - Flame-Out on T-6 (May/17/1956)
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Guest Stars: Sidney Blackmer as Professor Watson, Royal Dano as Sergeant, Kevin McCarthy (1) as Brooks, Shepperd Strudwick as Doc, Richard Carlson as Colonel Dobie, Jack Warden as Lieutenant Ravenna
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: George Lowther
 
69 :02x31 - The Shadow of Evil (May/24/1956)
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Guest Stars: Skip Homeier as John Moran, Eduardo Ciannelli as Amelio, Richard Boone as David Neff, Jan Sterling as Dinah Lake, Raymond Burr as Philip Moran, Elizabeth Montgomery (1) as Betsy
Writer: Hagar Wilde
 
70 :02x32 - Figures in Clay (May/31/1956)
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Guest Stars: Henry Hull as Abel Kirsch, Georgann Johnson (1) as Julie Bellamy, Lloyd Bridges as Paul Bellamy, Edmond O'Brien (1) as Leo Waldek
Director: John Frankenheimer
 
71 :02x33 - Faceless Adversary (Jun/07/1956)
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Guest Stars: Phyllis Kirk as Barbara Phillips, Farley Granger as John Haywood, Jay C. Flippen as Detective, Peter Hanson (3) as Lawyer
Writer: Eliot Asinof
 
72 :02x34 - To Scream at Midnight (Jun/14/1956)
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Guest Stars: Richard Jaeckel as Jordan, Karen Sharpe Kramer as Peggy Walsh, Dewey Martin as Emmett Shore, Diana Lynn as Hilda Fraser
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: John McGreevey
 
73 :02x35 - The Circular Staircase (Jun/21/1956)
A spinster becomes involved in a murder mystery when she and her friend decide to spend the summer in the country.
Guest Stars: Judith Anderson as Rachel, Kevin McCarthy (1) as Halsey, Kathleen Crowley as Louise, Rhys Williams (1) as Lt. Jamison
Writer: Frank Gruber (1)
Story: Mary Roberts Rinehart
 
74 :02x36 - A Trophy for Howard Davenport (Jun/28/1956)
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Guest Stars: Billy Chapin as Billy, Gale Gordon as Dr. Raymond Forrest, Ruth Hussey as Martha, Dennis O'Keefe as Howard Davenport
Writer: Gene Levitt
 
75 :02x37 - Phone Call for Matthew Quade (Jul/05/1956)
Waiting for a phone call to get his job back at his old firm, a retired construction company executive relives his past.
Guest Stars: Arthur Franz as Walt, Mary Astor as Martha, Mona Freeman as Polly, Everett Sloane as Matthew Quade
Writer: Oliver Crawford
 
76 :02x38 - Fear is the Hunter (Jul/12/1956)
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Guest Stars: Steve Cochran as Jack Rice, Anne Bancroft as Audrey, Albert Dekker as Brewster
Writer: Arthur Rowe
 
77 :02x39 - Fury at Dawn (Jul/19/1956)
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Guest Stars: Mary Anderson as Babs Wienecke, John Hudson (1) as Dr. John Wienecke, Henry Jones (1) as Dr. Barney O'Keefe,