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General Electric Theater Season 4 Episodes

39 Episodes 1955 - 1956

Episode 1

Tryout

Sun, Oct 2, 195530 mins

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Episode 2

The Bounty Court Martial

Sun, Oct 9, 195530 mins

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Episode 3

Lash of Fear

Sun, Oct 16, 195530 mins

A stagecoach driver and cavalry officer vie for the affections of a young lady traveling west with them.

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Episode 4

Outpost at Home

Sun, Oct 23, 195530 mins

A young boy (army brat) Struggles between his father and a deserter

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Episode 5

Shadow on the Heart

Sun, Oct 30, 195530 mins

While on duty on a lonely beach, a sailor meets a beautiful girl. It's love at first sight for the boy. But he learns that the girl is blind and pledged to marry another if her vision is restored.

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Episode 6

Winner by Decision

Sun, Nov 6, 195530 mins

A promising and intelligent young man has great success in the ring. His mother wants him to continue his education, but his father and his manager want him to become a fighter.

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Episode 7

Farewell to Kennedy

Sun, Nov 13, 195530 mins

A police detective discovers that his future father-in-law and fellow cop has taken a bribe.

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Episode 8

Prosper's Old Mother

Sun, Nov 20, 195530 mins

Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.

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Episode 9

From the Top

Sun, Nov 27, 195530 mins

A manager and his big time singing protegee have been engaged a long time. But he's too busy booking her to take time off for marriage. Finally, the strain of overwork becomes too much for the songstress.

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Episode 10

Feathertop

Sun, Dec 4, 195530 mins

A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.

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Episode 11

The Seeds of Hate

Sun, Dec 11, 195530 mins

A man is torn between his conscience and loyalty when a friend shoots an Indian in the back. Even though the Indian had been an idol of his son's, the man at first refuses to aid local townspeople in the arrest of the murderer.

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Episode 12

Let It Rain

Sun, Dec 18, 195530 mins

A writer stops at a sleepy southern town intending to debunk a legend concerning a confederate soldier leaving a local girl for the battlefields, never to return. He soon realizes that he and a girl he's fallen in love with are descendants of those people.

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Episode 13

A Child Is Born

Sun, Dec 25, 195530 mins

A retelling of the Nativity story from the viewpoint of the innkeeper's wife.

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Episode 14

Portrait of a Ballerina

Sun, Jan 1, 195630 mins

Set in 1882 Paris, a young girl gets her big break for the Paris Ballet after much sacrifice from her mother.

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Episode 15

Esteban's Legacy

Sun, Jan 8, 195630 mins

A carpenter returns to his village, discouraged by his lack of success and respect.

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Episode 16

The Ballad of Mender McClure

Sun, Jan 15, 195630 mins

A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish Ozark hillbilly.

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Episode 17

The Muse and Mr. Parkinson

Sun, Jan 22, 195630 mins

Mr. Parkinson's life has followed a familiar pattern up to now: working at his brokerage job during the week and playing golf on weekends. He's a happy, ordinary chap -- until the fact that he is secretly a poet is brought to light.

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Episode 18

Summer Promise

Sun, Jan 29, 195630 mins

A young man becomes infatuated with the older Countess and the Countess falls for the young man, unaware that the young man plans to wed his childhood sweetheart.

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Episode 19

The Song Caruso Sang

Sun, Feb 5, 195630 mins

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Episode 20

Prologue to Glory

Sun, Feb 12, 195630 mins

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Episode 21

The Honest Man

Sun, Feb 19, 195630 mins

A piano tuner, known for his honesty, is caught up in a crime when stolen jewels are hastily hidden in his tool bag. He doesn't realize he's got them until he gets to his girl's home, when her no-account brother hatches a scheme to blackmail him into surrendering the baubles to him, just as the thief is coming to recover them himself.

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Episode 22

Try to Remember

Sun, Feb 26, 195630 mins

Police detective Dan "Irish" Murphy has a more than professional interest in finding the murderer of a door-to-door salesman. The man is found stabbed in Murphy's home, with Mrs. Murphy lying unconscious nearby.

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Episode 23

A Letter from the Queen

Sun, Mar 4, 195630 mins

Once an internationally respected statesman, former Senator Ryder is now in his 90s, and his life is turned upside down when a young history scholar, Walter Shelley, decides he wants one of Ryder's treasures: a letter written to him by Queen Victoria.

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Episode 24

Steinmetz

Sun, Mar 11, 195630 mins

The story of scientist Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the man who made lightning. He did research for General Electric and then went on to become a professor of Union College in Schenectady.

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Episode 25

The Night Goes On

Sun, Mar 18, 195630 mins

An embittered spinster lives on her brother's ranch in Mexico. She becomes attracted to a young ranch hand, and when he doesn't return her affection she decides to get revenge.

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Episode 26

Reflected Glory

Sun, Mar 25, 195630 mins

A successful actress is torn between the desire to marry and settle down, and the urge to continue her career on the stage. Her producer is against her plans to leave the stage, for a number of reasons.

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Episode 27

Easter Gift

Sun, Apr 1, 195630 mins

A family endures a difficult time and comes together during Easter.

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Episode 28

Judy Garland Musical Special

Sun, Apr 8, 195630 mins

Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.

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Episode 29

That's the Man!

Sun, Apr 15, 195630 mins

An honest, hard-working husband is accused of being a thief, though he is proven innocent, the incident has a great effect on his life.

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Episode 30

The Lord's Dollar

Sun, Apr 22, 195630 mins

A professional gambler returns to his home town In hopes of beginning a new, respectable life but no one accepts him in his new role but the minister.

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Episode 31

H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Port

Sun, Apr 29, 195630 mins

The warship HMS MARLBOROUGH is torpedoed while out alone in the Atlantic Ocean. With the vast majority of the crew killed in the explosion and no way in which to call for assistance, the captain struggles to bring his crippled ship back safely into harbour, with the old sloop on the edge of foundering the entire time.

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Episode 32

The Shunning

Sun, May 6, 195630 mins

An Amish girl decides to find adventure in a big city before getting married.

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Episode 33

The Hat with the Roses

Sun, May 20, 195630 mins

When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.

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Episode 34

The Golden Key

Sun, May 27, 195630 mins

A little boy in a small town hotel is the only one who believes that a washed up elderly employee used to be a top notch railroad brakeman.

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Episode 35

O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun

Sun, Jun 3, 195630 mins

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Episode 36

Exits and Entrances

Sun, Jun 10, 195630 mins

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Episode 37

Alien Angel

Sun, Jun 17, 195630 mins

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Episode 38

Emergency Call

Sun, Jun 24, 195630 mins

A frantic mother tries desperately to find her husband to inform him that their little girl has been hospitalized in severe shock after being hit by a car.

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Episode 39

A Man with a Vengeance

Sun, Jul 1, 195630 mins

A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.

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