Climax!

Episode 1

Jacob and the Angel

Thu, Oct 3, 1957

A criminal lawyer makes a desperate gamble to defend a boy charged with murder. Risking his career, his love, even his health, he faces an even greater terror when he finds his own guilty conscience is on trial.

Episode 2

Mask for the Devil

Thu, Oct 10, 1957

Tom Gardener invites the invalid widow of a man he accidentally killed to live with himself and his wife, unaware that her facade of sweetness and gentleness conceals a scheme to destroy his marriage.

Episode 3

The Largest City in Captivity

Thu, Oct 17, 1957

An American newspaperman in West Berlin and an East German freedom fighter in the anti-Soviet underground are in love with the same woman, in whose apartment the freedom fighter takes refuge after being wounded.

Episode 4

Tunnel of Fear

Thu, Oct 24, 1957 60 mins

Drama about the men who struggle to move rivers and dig tunnels.

Episode 5

Keep Me in Mind

Thu, Nov 7, 1957 59 mins

Publicity hungry, Las Vegas lounge singer, Mike Owens stages a hoax publicity stunt making the local police and his entourage furious with him, especially his press agent. And like the little boy who cried wolf, he discovers when he actually can identify a cop-killer, the cops and the newspapers and his press agent don't believe him. But the killer knows he isn't lying and determines to kill him next.

Episode 6

Two Tests for Tuesday

Thu, Nov 14, 1957

A college professor tries to help an ex-GI with a history of mental illness whose anxiety over low grades caused him to cheat on his final exam.

Episode 7

A Matter of Life and Death

Thu, Nov 21, 1957

A man wakes up with a hangover one morning believing he is responsible for a murder. All he can remember is standing over a body holding a broken bottle in his hand. The girl in love with him is convinced he is innocent and helps him try to prove it.

Episode 8

Murder Has a Deadline

Thu, Nov 28, 1957 60 mins

A ruthless gossip columnist who's been receiving threatening letters asks for police protection and then, in a panic attack, barricades himself in his apartment.

Episode 9

The Devil's Brood

Thu, Dec 5, 1957

Two fugitives, hoping for a life of ease and respectability, leave for Australia to buy a sheep ranch, not knowing they're being followed by a blackmailer.

Episode 10

Hurricane Diane

Thu, Dec 12, 1957

Among the people seeking shelter from a flood at a rundown Southern hotel are a man accused of murder, the deputy sheriff to whom he's handcuffed, a compassionate young social worker, a preacher, and the hotel owner's disturbed wife who claims she's a countess.

Episode 11

To Walk the Night

Thu, Dec 19, 1957

On a snowy Christmas eve, police detective Ed Brooks hopes to be able to get away early. But a call comes in that a prowler, who has murdered several women, has struck again.

Episode 12

Shadow of a Memory

Thu, Dec 26, 1957 60 mins

A woman returns to the cottage owned by her late husband and tries to settle in, but a body is discovered in the living room and she is accused of murder.

Episode 13

Scream in Silence

Thu, Jan 2, 1958 59 mins

Medical student tries to help depressed neighbor.

Episode 14

Thieves over Tokyo

Thu, Jan 16, 1958

While on the trail of a black-market ring in Tokyo, an undercover man runs across a murder. During the investigation he begins to date a pretty Japanese dancer, which upsets his American girlfriend.

Episode 15

Sound of the Moon

Thu, Jan 23, 1958

Facing a personal crisis on a coast-to-coast flight, an airline hostess appeals for help to a doctor on the plane, but he claims he's too busy to see her.

Episode 16

Burst of Fire

Thu, Jan 30, 1958

Episode 17

Four Hours in White

Thu, Feb 6, 1958 59 mins

Trapped in a crossfire of human emotions, a hospital chief surgeon fights his own conscience to decide the fate of two men. He must weigh the possible sacrifice of one life for another.

Episode 18

The Secret Love of Johnny Spain

Thu, Feb 20, 1958

Four days before his movie is to be released, singing idol Johnny Spain is killed in an airplane crash. His press agent decides he must dig up some publicity to make the up-coming movie pay-off. He pressures Julie, a young starlet, to pose as Spain's secret love.

Episode 19

Albert Anastasia - His Life and Death

Thu, Feb 27, 1958

An account of the career - and violent death - of a notorious real-life mobster.

Episode 20

The Thief with the Big Blue Eyes

Thu, Mar 6, 1958 60 mins

In Rome, an American actor and his wife come upon an Italian street urchin who appoints himself their guardian angel and after awhile begins trying to cajole them into adopting him permanently.

Episode 21

So Deadly My Love

Thu, Mar 13, 1958

While on a date with her boyfriend a woman runs into her erratic estranged husband. Later that night two ruffians beat up the boyfriend and kidnap the woman.

Episode 22

The Great World and Timothy Colt

Thu, Mar 27, 1958 60 mins

As young lawyer Timothy Colt rises in a large Manhattan law firm, the conflict between ethics and ambition are constantly thrust upon him, shaking his beliefs to the core.

Episode 23

On the Take

Thu, Apr 3, 1958

In trying to clean up the local bookmakers, the Washington, D.C. Police Department becomes convinced that members of the force are accepting payoff money, Lt. Todd Thoman is assigned the task of discovering the crooked cops.

Episode 24

The Volcano Seat

Thu, Apr 10, 1958

The crew of an Air Force air tanker plane must deal with a member of the RAF assigned as captain for training. On their first long-range mission the crew has to deal with a fuel leak that threatens to blow the plane up

Episode 25

Shooting for the Moon

Thu, Apr 24, 1958

Engineer Frank Colby and his staff have developed a nose cone capable of launching into outer space -- a year's work, they think. Suddenly the Army sets a new deadline - 90 days.

Episode 26

The Deadly Tattoo

Thu, May 1, 1958

A detective is assigned to investigate a series of murders in which the killer left a heart-shaped tattoo on each of his victims.

Episode 27

The Big Success

Thu, May 8, 1958

Leo Carson, a self-made millionaire, realizes too late that his family have chosen destructive lifestyles and his own mistakes have caused harm to all.

Episode 28

The Disappearance of Daphne

Thu, May 15, 1958

A young heiress marries a dancer after a whirlwind courtship, but soon comes to suspect he's responsible for the mysterious disappearance of his former dancing partner.

Episode 29

Time of the Hanging

Thu, May 22, 1958

In 1880s Texas, cattlemen resent the intrusion of homesteaders on their grazing lands. When cattleman Mannon Tate's brother is sentenced to hang for the murder of a homesteader, Tate makes a desperate attempt to prevent the execution.

Episode 30

The Push-Button Giant

Thu, May 29, 1958

A song plugger making his daily rounds meets an attractive young singer in a recording executive's waiting room and, by passing himself off as her manager, begins climbing to the top of the music world.

Episode 31

Spider Web

Thu, Jun 5, 1958 60 mins

On the Mexican border, a wealthy Texas cattleman is mistaken by a beautiful young woman as one of the local peasants. Amused when she offers him five dollars to run an errand, he agrees to cross the border and pick up a package for her.

Episode 32

Volcano Seat, the #2

Thu, Jun 12, 1958

True story of an air refueling squadron who must train a new RAF Commander. On their first long range mission, they must deal with a fuel leak.

Episode 33

House of Doubt

Thu, Jun 19, 1958

Janet Reese takes a job at the home of Steve Corbett, wealthy real-estate man, caring for his young child. She learns that Corbett's wife has only recently died, under mysterious circumstances. Soon Janet begins to fear for her own life.

Episode 34

Cabin B-13

Thu, Jun 26, 1958 60 mins

When a husband on a honeymoon cruise vanishes, the wife reports his disappearance to the captain. He says there is no record of them as passengers on the ship, and the cabin number she has given is non-existent.