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Season 21951

Season 2

August 27, 1951
53
Episodes
0.3
Rating
3
Votes
1951
Year

Episodes

53 episodes
Season 2
The Pacing Goose

The Pacing Goose

Aug 27, 19511h 0m0 votes

A farm woman would rather raise a goose as a pet than a cat.

3 guest stars
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Forever Walking Free

Forever Walking Free

Sep 3, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

The story takes place in London during the height of the "Battle of Britain" when the Luftwaffe was bombing the populace. Joan Warrock's home has been bombed. She meets an American Air Force gunner, Buster Menton, in the blackout-darkened streets shortly afterwards and he takes her to an afterhour "pub" to calm her nerves. It isn't until the evening is over that she realizes there has been something strange about the place and about Buster. Her thoughts return to the party in the bombed building and she dreads all the future bombing that will come, until Menton convinces her that he knows that she has nothing to worry about in the future.

4 guest stars
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It's a Promise

It's a Promise

Sep 10, 19511h 0m0 votes

A young roomer's life is unexpectedly altered by a seven-year-old child.

2 guest stars
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A Family Affair

A Family Affair

Sep 17, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

An outwardly weak-kneed, henpecked member of Philadelphia's elite, Sumner Scofield II is constantly reminded by his wife that he must look down his bank-roll at anyone not in the same financial and social bracket as the Scofields. When their son Will, home from Yale for Spring vacation declares he wants to quit college and marry a vocalist in a band, Agnes Scofield tells Sumner the family must "buy the girl off". Sumner's encounter with the young singer takes an unusual turn which allows him to assert himself for once in his life.

3 guest stars
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A Matter of Life

A Matter of Life

Sep 24, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Richard Goode

A widower, realizes to his astonishment that his daughter, a typical wholesome American girl, begins to act strangely almost overnight, stealing and disobeying him. When he shadows her one night, he realizes she has fallen in with drug addicts and herself becomes addicted to narcotics.

2 guest stars
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Grandma Was an Actress

Grandma Was an Actress

Oct 1, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

An old woman seeks to persuade her granddaughter to go on the stage against her son's opposition.

4 guest stars
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Route 19

Route 19

Oct 8, 19511h 0m0 votes

Maryjane finds herself in a lonely bus station on a desolate highway one rainy night shortly after it is reported that a homicidal maniac is at large in the area. There are only two people in the station and Maryjane suspects that one of them is the killer.

3 guest stars
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Cafe Ami

Cafe Ami

Oct 15, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

In Western Germany an Army sergeant feels there is something strange about the proprietor of a cafe, but doesn't believe a German girl who says the man is an exNazi concentration camp commandant.

4 guest stars
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The Twinkle in Her Eye

The Twinkle in Her Eye

Oct 22, 19511h 0m0 votes

A bachelor's sister believes he should get married. She hires a housekeeper for him and he refuses to have the girl in the house until he meets her.

4 guest stars
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The Doctor's Wife

The Doctor's Wife

Oct 29, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A young wife of a doctor tries to help him by learning his profession. She learns far too well and nearly causes her husband to lose his medical license.

3 guest stars
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Confession

Confession

Nov 5, 19511h 0m0 votes

Story of a small town bank cashier dismissed from his job, after the bank's president John Gresham is indicted for embezzlement. The bank trustees suspect that Baldwin is involved in the crime but don't accuse him. He cannot find other work because of the scandal and is practically penniless when he receives a strange offer of $100,000 if he will leave town.

2 guest stars
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No Will of His Own

No Will of His Own

Nov 12, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

An excavation inspector finds an original play by William Shakespear in the ruins of an old London house and connives to pass it off as a creation of his own.

4 guest stars
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Stolen Years

Stolen Years

Nov 19, 19511h 0m0 votes

The easy-going life on a Chinese river port of four foreign agents for American firms is unexpectedly interrupted by Detective Yates of the San Francisco police department, who announces he wants one of them as a fugitive from a California murder warrant.

5 guest stars
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Dames are Poison

Dames are Poison

Nov 26, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A nurse is forced to make a shrewd real estate deal when five roommates leave her with a lease for a huge house.

5 guest stars
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Tin Badge

Tin Badge

Dec 3, 19511h 0m0 votes

A beat cop finds that making the arrest of a wanted killer has its aftermath - attacks by vengeful henchmen.

3 guest stars
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Second Sight

Second Sight

Dec 10, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

Story of a secretary hired by a blinded foreign correspondent to take down his memories and in so doing proves a fateful influence on his life.

3 guest stars
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The Blues Street

The Blues Street

Dec 17, 19511h 0m0 votes

Pete Cornelius the 19-year-old son of a wealthy businessman is on his way to college for his first year's studies but when he stops off in New Orleans on the way to the school Pete becomes fascinated with the city. He also becomes interested in a nightclub vocalist, Lou Jansen and decides against catching his train for the University. His disappearance causes his father to send out a nationwide alarm and offers $1000 reward for his son's return. When this is announced Lou plays a different part in his life than he had anticipated.

5 guest stars
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A Child is Born

A Child is Born

Dec 24, 19511h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

The story of the Innkeeper and his wife in the town of Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod.

5 guest stars
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The Jest of Hahalaba

The Jest of Hahalaba

Dec 31, 19511h 0m0 votes

A British business man whose clairvoyance plays tricks on him on New Year's Eve.

1 guest star
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Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb

Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb

Jan 7, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

Finchley refuses to move from an old ghost town he calls home. The Army has planned to test the atom bomb at the site but Finchley will not budge.

5 guest stars
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Ceylon Treasure

Ceylon Treasure

Jan 14, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Buzz Kulik

Adventurer Dave Rorsford arrives at a hotel in Ceylon carrying a gem worth a fortune, an international band of thieves immediately find out about it and make plans to steal it. A blonde named Alma also turns up at the same hotel hoping to buy the jewel. Indirectly she lures Rorsford into a trap set by the plotters. However, once she has betrayed him, Alma makes new plans to secure the diamond.

4 guest stars
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The Sound of Waves Breaking

The Sound of Waves Breaking

Jan 21, 19521h 0m0 votes

Mike Brackauer shrugs off his success as an artist, feeling that his rise to fame has been based on technical proficiency without any deep creative talent. He becomes increasingly moody over his failure to inject what he terms "the spark of life" into his paintings. His confidence in himself is suddenly restored when a department stor salesgirl tells him she can hear the sound of waves breaking when she looks at one of his seascape paintings. A short time later they fall in love and plan marriage until Brackauer's confidence again leaves him.

5 guest stars
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For Goodness Sake

For Goodness Sake

Jan 28, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A Boston waterfront roughneck is hounded by a beautiful evangelist who tries to convert him.

2 guest stars
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Kelly

Kelly

Feb 4, 19521h 0m0 votes

A romantic comedy about the member of a three-man army team which followed the invading Allied Forces to Normandy in 1944 to liberate American prisoners of war and other Nazi captives.

4 guest stars
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The Game of Chess

The Game of Chess

Feb 11, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A foreign ruler, unarmed and without guards or servants, plays a game of wits with a would-be assassin.

2 guest stars
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Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley
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Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley

Feb 18, 19521h 0m1 votes

A veteran uses his GI allotment to further his education and win the love of the school teacher.

2 guest stars
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The Bargain

The Bargain

Feb 25, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

The wife of a mining engineer, gains the money needed to save her husband's business.

3 guest stars
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Night, Be Quiet

Night, Be Quiet

Mar 3, 19521h 0m0 votes

A young wife becomes involved in a triangle with her husband and his youthful brother, a guest in their home.

2 guest stars
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The Promotion

The Promotion

Mar 10, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A hapless employee finds the proverbial silver lining in the dreaded pink slip after a long career as a salesman.

2 guest stars
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The Foggy, Foggy Dew
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The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Mar 17, 19521h 0m1 votes

Kyle had been brought up by foster parents. On a hunting trip he meets his biological father, a strange looking drifter with a guitar.

2 guest stars
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Julie

Julie

Mar 24, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Buzz Kulik

A temperamental actress gets entangled in a struggle with her daughter over the love of the same man.

2 guest stars
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Taste

Taste

Mar 31, 19521h 0m0 votes

A sinister gourmet and wine authority makes a cunning bet to win a reluctant young lady. The wager: his town and country houses against the girl's hand that he can guess the date and vinyard's name of a rare claret the father is serving for dinner.

2 guest stars
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Man at Bay

Man at Bay

Apr 7, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail to expose the real killer.

4 guest stars
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Decision

Decision

Apr 14, 19521h 0m0 votes

The story of a man's inner conflict between his self-respect and his worldly desires.

2 guest stars
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Operation Weekend

Operation Weekend

Apr 21, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

Concerning a clash between a young medical student and a famous brain specialist.

2 guest stars
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Salad Days

Salad Days

Apr 28, 19521h 0m0 votes

The adventures of law student Bellamy Partridge's at school and his quest to wed Judy Dwinelle.

6 guest stars
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Masquerade

Masquerade

May 5, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A French dramatist is in quest of a young actress to star in his latest play.

2 guest stars
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Marriage in the Beginning

Marriage in the Beginning

May 12, 19521h 0m0 votes

Story of a young wife who is jealous of her husband's political activities.

4 guest stars
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Ferry Crisis at Friday Point

Ferry Crisis at Friday Point

May 19, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

An old man has a small ferry boat on which he takes goods and passengers back and forth across the river of a small Midwestern town. One day the town's leaders decide that they'll build a bridge from the town across the river, which would enable them to bring even more goods and visitors to the town, but it will put the old ferryman out of business.

7 guest stars
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Pattern for Glory

Pattern for Glory

May 26, 19521h 0m0 votes

The story of a young dramatist torn between love for his sweetheart and his devotion to an older film star with whom he shares his first success.

2 guest stars
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Garneau '83

Garneau '83

Jun 2, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

The plot concerns an art patron whose name is mysteriously linked with that of her young protege.

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The Lesson

The Lesson

Jun 9, 19521h 0m0 votes

A psychological drama.

3 guest stars
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Gilia

Gilia

Jun 16, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A young wife sacrifices her career as a novelist rather than stand in the way of her husband's ambitions as a musician.

4 guest stars
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Welcome Home, Lefty

Welcome Home, Lefty

Jun 23, 19521h 0m0 votes

A washed up major league baseball player is put to the test by his hometown regarding his sportsmanship.

3 guest stars
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I Can't Remember

I Can't Remember

Jun 30, 19521h 0m0 votes

A story about a detective accused of the homicide of a beautiful girl.

3 guest stars
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The Lady from Washington

The Lady from Washington

Jul 7, 19521h 0m0 votes

A political career woman is forced to choose between marriage or becoming the first woman to run for the vice-presidency.

1 guest star
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Son Wanted

Son Wanted

Jul 14, 19521h 0m0 votes

A movie-struck youngster tries to palm off a youthful vagabond as the missing son of an aged woman.

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The Brigadier

The Brigadier

Jul 21, 19521h 0m0 votes

The play deals with a spy in Northern ranks during Sherman's march thru Georgia.

4 guest stars
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Two Pale Horsemen

Two Pale Horsemen

Jul 28, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

Story about a cynical artist and a lonesome teacher who seek to escape from reality by going to an Arctic village.

2 guest stars
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Two Make Four

Two Make Four

Aug 4, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Richard Dunlap

Story about two orphans in search of foster parents.

1 guest star
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The Orchard

The Orchard

Aug 11, 19521h 0m0 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A tragic rural American life involving a family of itinerant cherry pickers.

5 guest stars
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You Be the Bad Guy

You Be the Bad Guy

Aug 18, 19521h 0m0 votes

Detective lieutenant Dan Shelvin is torn between the sense of duty and justice and his devotion to his family after discovering his younger brother in a hijacking racket.

3 guest stars
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The Magnolia Touch
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The Magnolia Touch

Aug 25, 19521h 0m1 votes
Director: Fielder Cook

A married Dixie gentleman smitten by a young Southern belle now living in Manhattan invites him to her apartment for an old homestyle dinner.

3 guest stars
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