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Season 61953

Season 6

September 27, 1953
26
Episodes
0.2
Rating
2
Votes
1953
Year

Cast

Bert Lytell
Bert Lytell
Self - Host

Episodes

26 episodes
Season 6
0 for 37

0 for 37

Sep 27, 19531h 0m0 votes

A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.

5 guest stars
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The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

Oct 11, 19531h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.

3 guest stars
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The Girl With the Stopwatch

The Girl With the Stopwatch

Oct 25, 19531h 0m0 votes

A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.

2 guest stars
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The Train to Trouble

The Train to Trouble

Nov 8, 19531h 0m0 votes

A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.

1 guest star
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Up Above the World So High

Up Above the World So High

Nov 22, 19531h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.

3 guest stars
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The Sixth Year

The Sixth Year

Nov 29, 19531h 0m0 votes

A wife becomes exasperated with her husband who seems to have lost the will to work. She takes their child and leaves. He finds a menial job and asks her to come home. She seeks advice on the situation from her mother and father

2 guest stars
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The Midnight Caller

The Midnight Caller

Dec 13, 19531h 0m0 votes

Three unmarried women residing in a boarding house in a small town have watched life pass them by waiting for the right man to come into their lives. When a new stranger shows up and moves into the boarding house.

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The Glorification of Al Toolum

The Glorification of Al Toolum

Dec 27, 19531h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

No overview available.

3 guest stars
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The Hangman in the Fog

The Hangman in the Fog

Jan 10, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.

2 guest stars
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Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen

Jan 24, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.

1 guest star
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A Game of Hide and Seek

A Game of Hide and Seek

Feb 7, 19541h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Statute of Limitations

Statute of Limitations

Feb 21, 19541h 0m0 votes

The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.

4 guest stars
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The Dancers

The Dancers

Mar 7, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Vincent J. Donehue

A meek young boy, still shy and unsure of himself, visits his sister in a small town and is persuaded by her to ask the most popular girl in town for a date. He asks her to a school dance, but, as she is going steady, she refuses his invitation. Believing himself to be the butt of ridicule by the young population of the town because of his awkwardness, he withdraws into himself. He later meets a young girl who is as shy as he, is and, because of the mutual understanding between them, they give each other the confidence each lacks.

5 guest stars
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The Broken Fist

The Broken Fist

Mar 21, 19541h 0m0 votes

The story of a middle-aged Frenchman in Algiers who decides to do something for his homeland during the Nazi occupation. He joins the underground and goes to the port of Marseilles to report on shipping.

1 guest star
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The Mother

The Mother

Apr 4, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.

2 guest stars
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The King and Mrs. Candle

The King and Mrs. Candle

Apr 18, 19541h 0m0 votes

The deposed King of Brandovia, whose inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earns a living as a dancing instructor.

2 guest stars
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The Joker

The Joker

May 2, 19541h 0m0 votes

Mike Galloway, a "nice guy", was an incurable practical joker--always passing out exploding cigars and perpetrating other silliness. His pranks made for a bad first impression on Dorie, but eventually they fell in love and married.

2 guest stars
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And Crown Thy Good

And Crown Thy Good

May 16, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his parents.

3 guest stars
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The Shadow of Willie Greer

The Shadow of Willie Greer

May 30, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Horton Foote

In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his parents.

3 guest stars
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Adapt or Die

Adapt or Die

Jun 13, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Arthur Penn

An editor of the major magazine "Throb" finds that he must either adapt to the high pressure life of a New York magazine or be without a job.

3 guest stars
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Friday the Thirteenth

Friday the Thirteenth

Jun 27, 19541h 0m0 votes

3 women have just attended their college reunion, and are returning together when their vehicle crashes through a fence and over a cliff. As their husbands wait anxiously above the accident scene, they learn that only two of the women have survived, and they relive memories of their lives together as they await word as to who lives and who died.

3 guest stars
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Man Drowning

Man Drowning

Jul 11, 19541h 0m0 votes

A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.

1 guest star
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The Catamaran

The Catamaran

Jul 25, 19541h 0m0 votes

A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.

3 guest stars
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The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

Aug 8, 19541h 0m0 votes
Director: Delbert Mann

A member of an architect's firm is torn by internal conflict. His partners need his compliance if they are to cash in on a deal they have made with a building contractor.

4 guest stars
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Star in the Summer Night

Star in the Summer Night

Aug 22, 19541h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

1 guest star
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Run Like a Thief
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Run Like a Thief

Sep 5, 19541h 0m2 votes
Director: Jeffrey Hayden

Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive bracelet lost by Pollard and begs to keep. The police are called and Alexander's dreams of his future begin to crumble.

5 guest stars
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