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Season 11956

Season 1

April 8, 1956
17
Episodes
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1956
Year

Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Self - Host

Episodes

17 episodes
Season 1
The Golden Junkman

The Golden Junkman

Apr 8, 19560 votes
Director: Roy Kellino

True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children. A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.

4 guest stars
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Man with a Beard

Man with a Beard

Apr 15, 19560 votes

No overview available.

1 guest star
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Captain from Kopenick

Captain from Kopenick

Apr 22, 19560 votes

Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.

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Borders Away

Borders Away

Apr 29, 19560 votes

The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine. This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war.

2 guest stars
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The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

May 6, 19560 votes

No overview available.

6 guest stars
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The Stepmother

The Stepmother

May 13, 19560 votes

No overview available.

3 guest stars
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Time Bomb

Time Bomb

May 20, 19560 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Emperor Norton's Bridge

Emperor Norton's Bridge

May 27, 19560 votes
Director: Roy Kellino

No overview available.

3 guest stars
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The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

Jun 3, 19560 votes
Director: László Benedek

Story of Heinrich Schliemann's quest for truth and riches in the myths he read about.

8 guest stars
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Harry in Search of Himself

Harry in Search of Himself

Jun 10, 19560 votes

No overview available.

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Felix the Fourth

Felix the Fourth

Jun 17, 19560 votes

No overview available.

1 guest star
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Smith of Ecuador

Smith of Ecuador

Jun 24, 19560 votes

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The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

Jul 1, 19560 votes
Director: Lewis Allen

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Joyful Lunatic

Joyful Lunatic

Jul 8, 19560 votes

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1 guest star
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The Key

The Key

Jul 15, 19560 votes

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3 guest stars
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Grandpa Changes the World

Grandpa Changes the World

Jul 22, 19560 votes
Director: Lewis Allen

Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to

8 guest stars
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Again the Stars

Again the Stars

Jul 29, 19560 votes

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2 guest stars
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