Conflict
This anthology series focused on characters at odds or having struggles in life. Alternating with Warner Brothers westerns, the episodes were set in various centuries and different casts.
- 1956-1957
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
This anthology series focused on characters at odds or having struggles in life. Alternating with Warner Brothers westerns, the episodes were set in various centuries and different casts.
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
Shock Wave
Tue, Sep 18, 1956 60 mins
A reckless test pilot disregards the advice of a jet plane's designer that the craft should stay grounded until a safety device can be perfected.
Episode 2
Condemned to Glory
Tue, Oct 2, 1956 60 mins
An old yarn concerning the Spanish Main where the original Queen Elizabeth, a troupe of mangy looking buccaneers and several paper mache galleons are floating in a bathtub.
Episode 3
The Magic Brew
Tue, Oct 16, 1956 60 mins
Dandy Summers is a medicine show huckster who arrives in a small town hoping to make some money. But events take a sudden turn and Dandy is in a bind.
Episode 4
Captain Without a Country
Tue, Oct 30, 1956 60 mins
Although Peter Scott was England's most feared buccaneer, He met his match when the lovely Arabella decides to tame the captain without a country.

Episode 5
The People Against McQuade
Tue, Nov 13, 1956 60 mins
A soldier is charged with murder and also on trial in this case is the right to use testimony gained from a person under the influence of sodium pentothal, "truth serum" as court evidence.
Episode 6
Man from 1997
Tue, Nov 27, 1956 60 mins
It is 1956. Immigrant janitor Johnny Vlakoz yearns for success. He also wishes to marry pretty tenant Maureen, who lives with her shiftless brother Red, played by James Garner. Maureen is set on marrying a rich man, so Johnny wants to be rich, and he attends night school while working two jobs. To learn English better, Johnny buys a book from a local shop, which turns out to be an almanac of America in 1997. Maureen's brother Red, a degenerate gambler, blows a horse racing tip Johnny gives him and inadvertently gives up Johnny's secret to a mobster. There's chasing and violence until a mysterious man from the future named B.O. Boyne, played by Charlie Ruggles, shows up to try to convince Johnny to sell the book back to him for the single dollar he paid for it. Maureen has other ideas, and Johnny is forced to choose.
Episode 7
Stranger on the Road
Tue, Dec 11, 1956 60 mins
A young man, wanted by the law, seeks shelter under a new name on a cattle ranch.
Episode 8
Silent Journey
Tue, Dec 25, 1956 60 mins
Jesus Berruezo, a 10-year-old Mexican boy, has an obstruction in each ear. Alone, he makes a 1000 mile journey to Guadalajara, so doctors can perform a minor operation. This will allow him to be able to hear, then talk, like everyone else.
Episode 9
Girl on the Subway
Tue, Jan 8, 1957 60 mins

Episode 10
Blind Drop: Warsaw
Tue, Jan 22, 1957 60 mins
Episode 11
Passage to Maranga
Tue, Feb 5, 1957 60 mins
Episode 12
The Money
Tue, Feb 19, 1957 60 mins
Episode 13
Capital Punishment
Tue, Mar 5, 1957 60 mins
A young man who leads the life of a roving vagabond is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.
Episode 14
Law vs. Gangster
Tue, Mar 19, 1957 60 mins
Episode 15
A Question of Loyalty
Tue, Apr 2, 1957 60 mins
A man arrested for bookmaking is faced with a difficult decision. Should he turn state's evidence only to face reprisal by racketeers, or keep silent and serve out a long prison term?
Episode 16
Anything for Money
Tue, Apr 16, 1957 60 mins
A man is hired secretly as bodyguard to a yachtsman for a pleasure cruise to Hawaii. When an attempt is made on the man's life, his daughter, his wife, a friend of his wife's, and the bodyguard himself are suspects.
Episode 17
No Man's Road
Tue, Apr 30, 1957 60 mins
Episode 18
Pattern for Violence
Tue, May 14, 1957 60 mins
When his wife is stabbed to death, a banker is suspected of the crime. His friendship with his beautiful secretary shows he had a motive for the murder.
Episode 19
Execution Night
Tue, May 28, 1957 60 mins
Episode 20
The Velvet Cage
Tue, Jun 11, 1957 60 mins