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General Electric Theater Season 7 Episodes

32 Episodes 1958 - 1959

Episode 1

Blaze of Glory

Sun, Sep 21, 195830 mins

Plumber Neal Andrews can't turn down the late night emergency call of a damsel in distress. He realizes he's in trouble when she sends a car for him and it's being driven by gangster-types. Andrews is taken to a hotel room where "The Boss" orders him to retrieve a haul of stolen diamonds which were clumsily spilled down the bathroom sink.

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Episode 2

One Is a Wanderer

Sun, Sep 28, 195830 mins

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Episode 3

Auf Wiedersehen

Sun, Oct 5, 195830 mins

Robert "Spider" Johnson is stationed in Germany in 1951, where he is "adopted" as a father by an orphaned boy. Spider is a taciturn man, preferring to remain alone to hide the pain of his own orphaned youth. When he encounters an abandoned boy nicknamed Joe Louis, however, Spider feels an emotional bond with the child. He becomes unnerved though, when the boy mistakenly believes that the soldier is his father. Spider leaves town, denying that he has become attached to the orphan. But when Joe hides in the back of Spider's jeep, the soldier must confront his paternal feelings for the boy during their drive back to the orphanage.

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Episode 4

The Castaway

Sun, Oct 12, 195830 mins

A practical joker makes trouble on a wagon train. But when he plays a joke on an Indian tribe, his joke has deadly consequences. The Gipper must decide what to do with the joker when many in the wagon train want him lynched.

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Episode 5

The World's Greatest Quarterback

Sun, Oct 19, 195830 mins

A football hero on the skids returns to his hometown. He and his ex-wife Mary purchased a rare Picasso for a song on their honeymoon, and he needs cash.

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Episode 6

At Miss Minner's

Sun, Oct 26, 195830 mins

Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.

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Episode 7

Battle for a Soul

Sun, Nov 2, 195830 mins

A man serving time for stealing jewels insists that he is innocent and spends every waking moment plotting revenge against those he claims framed him.

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Episode 8

A Question of Romance

Sun, Nov 9, 195830 mins

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Episode 9

The Falling Angel

Sun, Nov 16, 195830 mins

The one-ring circus run by Anthony Mullins begins to prosper when a handsome trapeze artist, Angeli, joins the troupe. But Mullins is upset when his fiancee, Sue Ellen, becomes fascinated with Angeli.

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Episode 10

A Turkey for the President

Sun, Nov 23, 195830 mins

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Episode 11

The Last Rodeo

Sun, Dec 7, 195830 mins

A champion rodeo rider, though getting older, refuses to retire to a ranch house, even though his fiancée begs him to. After another rider and friend of them both is killed during a show, she gives him a choice, quit and marry her or she'll leave him.

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Episode 12

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Sun, Dec 14, 195830 mins

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Episode 13

The Odd Ball

Sun, Dec 28, 195830 mins

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Episode 14

And One Was Loyal

Sun, Jan 4, 195930 mins

Todays theme is And One Was Loyal. A cobra is intended to murder the husband of a mute, abused wife, but things turn out different than planned.

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Episode 15

Man on a Bicycle

Sun, Jan 11, 195930 mins

Paul Ashcroft is traveling through the French Riviera equipped with a bicycle and a kit for disguises. He gains entrance to a vacant mansion, passing himself off as one M. Durobat, and proceeds to work his charm on local gambling devotees.

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Episode 16

The Stone

Sun, Jan 18, 195930 mins

Retelling of the biblical tale of David and Goliath.

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Episode 17

Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?

Sun, Jan 25, 195930 mins

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Episode 18

No Man Can Tame Me

Sun, Feb 1, 195930 mins

In this musical comedy set in the 1870s, Silas Haley wants his daughter to marry a city slicker. Matilda, however, has her eyes on a good looking trapper.

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Episode 19

The Last Lesson

Sun, Feb 8, 195930 mins

An elderly Alsatian schoolmaster tries "teaching as usual," despite the Nazi troops who have taken over his village. Jerome Ross wrote this modern adaptation of a 19th-century story by Alphonse Daudet.

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Episode 20

I Was a Bloodhound

Sun, Feb 15, 195930 mins

A ransom is demanded for a baby elephant missing from a hotel room.

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Episode 21

The Family Man

Sun, Feb 22, 195930 mins

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Episode 22

Deed of Mercy

Sun, Mar 1, 195930 mins

Setting out on his vacation, newspaper reporter Mike Hackett comes across an auto accident. The injured driver is a well-known Hungarian scientist. His unharmed passenger, a young lady hitchhiker, blames the accident on the scientist.

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Episode 23

The Incredible Jewel Robbery

Sun, Mar 8, 195930 mins

Jewel thieves Chico and Harpo Marx disguised as Groucho plan the perfect crime. Groucho appears as himself at the end in a police line up.

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Episode 24

Train for Tecumseh

Sun, Mar 15, 195930 mins

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Episode 25

The Lady's Choice

Sun, Mar 22, 195930 mins

It is the year 1880, and Elizabeth a lovely miss from the East, is preparing to journey West to marry her fiance. Elizabeth's mother cautions her about the Wild West, but the young girl assures her that the pioneer country has been tamed.

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Episode 26

Beyond the Mountains

Sun, Mar 29, 195930 mins

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Episode 27

The Flying Wife

Sun, Apr 5, 195930 mins

Martha Allen's husband and teenage offspring seem to be taking her for granted. To win recognition, she decides to learn how to fly an airplane.

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Episode 28

Caesar and Cleopatra

Sun, Apr 12, 195930 mins

When Julius Caesar and his roman legions prepare to enter the Egyptian kingdom of Cleopatra, the terrified young queen flees.

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Episode 29

Robbie and His Mary

Sun, Apr 19, 195930 mins

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Episode 30

Nora

Sun, May 3, 195930 mins

Nora's husband Judge Wayne Douglas has been nominated for DA. He fires his campaign manager Neil Watson for receiving a questionable campaign contribution. Neil then asks Nora for a favor, reminding her of the favor he once did for her.

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Episode 31

Nobody's Child

Sun, May 10, 195930 mins

Todays theme is Nobody's Child.

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Episode 32

The Indian Giver

Sun, May 17, 195930 mins

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