The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Drama · 8 Seasons · 146 Episodes ·
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
E11. Life, Liberty and Orrin DooleyWhen Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.E22. JuniorE33. National HoneymoonE44. Birth of a HeroE55. Girl in the ParkE66. Edge of the LawE77. Protect Her HonorA detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.E88. SunkAn alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.E99. The Divided HeartE1414. They Also ServeE1515. It Happened in a Pawn ShopWhen two struggling people, a musician and young woman, make a deal in a pawnshop to resolve their individual financial shortfalls, an attraction, complicated by the woman's licentious landlady and overbearing suitor, ensues.E1616. This Is My HeartE1717. The Sermon of the GunE1818. Adventure in ConnecticutE1919. The First BornE2222. All's Fair in LoveE2323. Madame 44A woman saloon owner in California, known as gunslinger "Madame 44," is tried and acquitted for murder after defending herself from a claim jumper. Later, passing for respectability in New Orleans, a suitor threatens to expose her past.E2424. My Daughter's HusbandA father rejects his daughter's poor choice in a husband.E2525. The BetA wealthy man, whose poor friend has stolen the man's fiancée, bets the friend a fortune that the friend can not spend ten years in solitary confinement, which bet the friend accepts, despite the love of the woman.E2626. Double ExposureE2727. To Any SoldierE2828. Just What the Doctor OrderedE2929. Allison, Ltd.A wealthy fashion woman, poor in youth, faces a dilemma as to whether to extract her long desired revenge on a man with whom she eloped in her youth but who allowed his rich family to annul the marriage for a débutante he wants to leave.E3030. The Life of the PartyE3232. The Lady and the ChampA boxer strives for the middleweight championship in order to fund his friend's business venture.E3333. Look for TomorrowE3434. Sweet Talk Me, JacksonE3636. There's No Place Like HomeA newspaper expose precipitates a violent quarrel between the writer and his family.E3737. The TrestleA boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.
