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Season 31950

Season 3

September 10, 1950
56
Episodes
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1950
Year

Cast

Bert Lytell
Bert Lytell
Self - Host

Episodes

56 episodes
Season 3
High Tor

High Tor

Sep 10, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

Van Dorn is getting the hard sell from businessmen wanting to buy his mountain, High Tor, for commercial use. When the group becomes trapped by a landslide, Van Dorn goes for help and encounters a Dutchwoman who's been haunting the mountain for two centuries.

3 guest stars
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The Long Run

The Long Run

Sep 17, 19501h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

1 guest star
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Dear Guest and Ghost

Dear Guest and Ghost

Sep 24, 19501h 0m0 votes

A mother receives help with her troublesome kids from a friendly ghost.

1 guest star
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The Touch of a Stranger

The Touch of a Stranger

Oct 1, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A scientist's life has been destroyed by another man's greed and takes out his anger on three innocent strangers, implicating them in his own death.

3 guest stars
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The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street

The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street

Oct 8, 19501h 0m0 votes

Seeds planted in a New York City backyard grow into a magical plant that brings happiness to those living near it. Formerly unpleasant neighbors turn into caring, warm-hearted individuals.

3 guest stars
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A Husband for Mama

A Husband for Mama

Oct 15, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The three children of a widowed woman scheme to get their mother a new husband, setting their sites on a middle-aged doctor.

3 guest stars
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Portrait in Smoke

Portrait in Smoke

Oct 22, 19501h 0m0 votes

A debt collector searches for the woman who saved him from an armed holdup; he wants her to have a $1000 reward. As he talks with those who knew her, he learns that she was a siren with a couple of murders to her credit.

1 guest star
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The Gambler

The Gambler

Oct 29, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A scathing denunciation of gambling and feudal aristocrats of the 19th Century, this story relates how Philip, a young medical student, bargains away his career for the unsure success of high gambling stakes. His caution turns to uncontrollable greed when he learns that money can buy women and quick fame. His destiny is bound to Theresa's, a beautiful young woman who has been mortgaged in marriage for her stepfather's debt, and to her wealthy grandmother's, who chooses to gamble away her fortune so there will be no inheritors.

3 guest stars
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The Power Devil

The Power Devil

Nov 5, 19501h 0m0 votes

A young attorney involves himself in many shady deals as he pursues political ambitions. His wife speaks up and demands he clean up his act. The threat of disbarment also contributes to his final decision.

2 guest stars
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The Man Who Got Away With It

The Man Who Got Away With It

Nov 12, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

No overview available.

4 guest stars
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I'm Still Alive

I'm Still Alive

Nov 19, 19501h 0m0 votes

A mousy teacher at a small school had written a swashbuckling story filled with international spies and adventure. Unbeknownst to him, the story is sold to a newspaper as a true account of his life. Suddenly, femme fatales and real gangsters are paying him visits.

3 guest stars
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Torch for a Dark Journey

Torch for a Dark Journey

Nov 26, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A Czech scientist escapes from Prague with the aid of an American industrialist, who wants to hire him for his personal benefit. The scientist is followed by a former student, now a fanatic Communist, who insists that the scientist must return to his own country to work for the People's Republic. The scientist must decide whether to return or abandon his countrymen and accept personal freedom in America.

6 guest stars
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Wacky, the Small Boy

Wacky, the Small Boy

Dec 3, 19501h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Bonanza

Bonanza

Dec 10, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The residents of a Western ghost town won't admit that their gold rush "boom town" days ended long ago.

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Decoy

Decoy

Dec 17, 19501h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

1 guest star
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The Pupil

The Pupil

Dec 24, 19501h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A tutor hired to instruct an uncontrollable 10-year-old soon recognizes the child's problem: it's his parents. The boy has had never received any affection from his negligent mother and father.

1 guest star
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Leaf out of a Book
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Leaf out of a Book

Dec 31, 19501h 0m1 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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The Symbol: Jefferson Davis

The Symbol: Jefferson Davis

Jan 7, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

Three decades in the life of the Confederate president are covered by three women: each of his two wives, and his daughter.

2 guest stars
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The Lost Diplomat

The Lost Diplomat

Jan 14, 19511h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Confession

Confession

Jan 21, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The final confession of the highest degree. A compelling story, told by the eyes of the beholder.

2 guest stars
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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Jan 28, 19511h 0m0 votes

The story of the biggest POW-camp escape of World War II.

2 guest stars
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A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Feb 4, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

No overview available.

4 guest stars
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Kitty Doone

Kitty Doone

Feb 11, 19511h 0m0 votes

A faded movie star schemes to keep her career at all costs.

2 guest stars
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Let Them Be Sea Captains

Let Them Be Sea Captains

Feb 18, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

Horace Greeley, volatile editor of The New York tribune, and Margaret Fuller, the mid-19th century feminist and first woman employed on the newspaper's staff.

4 guest stars
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The Man Who Bought a Town

The Man Who Bought a Town

Feb 25, 19511h 0m0 votes

A butcher purchases the town he calls home to preserve its quiet lifestyle.

3 guest stars
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No Medals on Pop

No Medals on Pop

Mar 11, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A young boy believes his father deserves a medal for being in the war and is heartbroken when he finds out the truth and how his father disgraced the family.

2 guest stars
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The Dark Corridor

The Dark Corridor

Mar 18, 19511h 0m0 votes

The story of the Marr family which is made up of a dominant mother who bates everyone, the vacillating son, his wife, and the blind son. Then a new maid arrives, a maid who has served a term in prison as an accessory to a murder.

1 guest star
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Bulletin 120

Bulletin 120

Mar 25, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

In Mississippi in 1915, Dr. Joseph Goldberger works with a test group of convicts and discovers that pellagra is caused by a dietary deficiency and not infection.

2 guest stars
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Parnassus on Wheels

Parnassus on Wheels

Apr 1, 19511h 0m0 votes

In 1900's New England, Helen McGuill buys a horse-drawn, traveling bookstore, "Parnassus," from its owner, Roger McGuill. Roger travels with Helen in the beginning of her book-selling odyssey, and out of that comes adventure and romance.

1 guest star
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Routine Assignment

Routine Assignment

Apr 8, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A reporter gets a confession of robbery from a man only to have the man then deny his guilt in a complex twist of events.

3 guest stars
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Hour of Destiny

Hour of Destiny

Apr 15, 19511h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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The Birth of the Movies

The Birth of the Movies

Apr 22, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

Drama on the career of D.W. Griffith. Producer Fred Coe briefly talks with Lillian Gish before and following the drama.

4 guest stars
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Mr. Arcularis

Mr. Arcularis

Apr 29, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

After undergoing important surgery, Mr. Arcularis goes on a long ocean voyage - where increasingly strange things occur.

5 guest stars
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A Secret Island

A Secret Island

May 6, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A vicious woman is determined to see her niece wed for money and social position instead of for love.

1 guest star
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The Visitors

The Visitors

May 13, 19511h 0m0 votes

A young boy's disappearance when his mother remarries leads to a mystery when he is found and has forgotten who he is.

2 guest stars
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Justice and Mr. Pleznik

Justice and Mr. Pleznik

May 20, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The story of a naturalized immigrant's first experience with jury duty.

1 guest star
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Rescue

Rescue

May 27, 19511h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

Jun 3, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A mild-mannered proof-reader goes on a world tour, and demonstrates several esoteric skills whilst undergoing exciting adventures.

2 guest stars
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The Fast Dollar

The Fast Dollar

Jun 10, 19511h 0m0 votes

A humorous tale of life in a small town and its impact on a would-be confidence man.

2 guest stars
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Operation: Airlift

Operation: Airlift

Jun 17, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The story of the Berlin airlift, when the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. The success of the airlift humiliated the Soviets claiming that such a thing would never work.

3 guest stars
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Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

Jun 24, 19511h 0m0 votes

Widower Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper and keeps his medical practice success by using the Good book as guidance.

1 guest star
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The Plot

The Plot

Jul 1, 19511h 0m0 votes

Widower Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper and keeps his medical practice success by using the Good book as guidance.

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Case History

Case History

Jul 8, 19511h 0m0 votes

A sleuthing psychiatrist probes a murder in his fiancee's home and stirs up a hornet's nest with his future in-laws.

3 guest stars
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I Want to March

I Want to March

Jul 15, 19511h 0m0 votes

The year is 1915 and the suffragettes cause a stir in the home of a zoology professor as his wife takes up the banner of "women's rights".

2 guest stars
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Pretend I Am A Stranger

Pretend I Am A Stranger

Jul 22, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The story of a British soldier and his buddy's widow as the two grow closer in their grief.

2 guest stars
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Television Story

Television Story

Jul 29, 19511h 0m0 votes

A covetous young actress' career means more to her than marriage to a middle-aged actor who turns to TV after a successful career in other facets of show business only to find that his wife influences his work there.

3 guest stars
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The Return

The Return

Aug 5, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

An amnesia victim is told by his alleged stepfather that he is heir to a fortune. When his so-called family greet him with reserve, however he gets busy to iron out the unreal problem.

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Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands

Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands

Aug 12, 19511h 0m0 votes

Lawyer Tutt refuses to cross the street for a $5 million account, but goes clear to Pottsville to draw up a will for Jim Lawton, staying there until he successfully contests a claim to a woman's farm.

1 guest star
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Come Alive

Come Alive

Aug 19, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

An arrogant woman whose self-centered tactics cause endless grief for her secretary, husband, sister and anyone who comes into contact with her.

3 guest stars
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Night at the Vulcan

Night at the Vulcan

Aug 26, 19511h 0m0 votes

When an actor is murdered backstage, the cast of the production become the suspects, seems the actor had plenty of enemies.

2 guest stars
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This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

Sep 2, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

The ghost of Ulysses S. Grant materializes every year at the same time, at his tomb, Grant's Tomb.

3 guest stars
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Women of Intrigue

Women of Intrigue

Sep 9, 19511h 0m0 votes

In this tale of Communist intrigue set in England, a man who works for the foreign office disappears.

2 guest stars
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The Wayward Season

The Wayward Season

Sep 16, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A composer's reaction to his daughter's marriage to a middle-aged man brings changes in his own life.

5 guest stars
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The Spur

The Spur

Sep 23, 19511h 0m0 votes

After the assassination of President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leaped to the stage below, his spur became entangled in the American flag draping the balcony causing Booth to break his leg.

2 guest stars
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By-Line for Murder

By-Line for Murder

Sep 30, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A bitter assistant foreign editor of a London newspaper commits murder in the newspaper office after being passed over yet again for a promotion.

5 guest stars
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Requiem for a Model A

Requiem for a Model A

Oct 7, 19511h 0m0 votes

After buying a very used car, a writer uncovers some very unusual items under one of the seat cushions. The story of the vehicle's former owners is told via flashbacks.

1 guest star
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