General Electric Theater

Episode 1

The Golden Years

Sun, Sep 10, 1961 30 mins

Episode 3

The Iron Silence

Sun, Sep 24, 1961 30 mins

In a Cold War tale, two Soviets are in an occupied Eastern European country. One is the womanizing martinet who gets himself murdered, and the other is the sympathetic Russian.

Episode 4

Cat in the Cradle

Sun, Oct 1, 1961 30 mins

Episode 5

A Musket for Jessica

Sun, Oct 8, 1961 30 mins

In the pioneering days of the 1760's in frontier Pennsylvania, a spirited Amish woman takes matters into her own hands when her husband-to-be refuses to bear arms against the Indians threatening the community.

Episode 6

The $200 Parlay

Sun, Oct 15, 1961 30 mins

An office worker named Alma can't get her bookkeeper boy friend Stanley to pop the question. His excuse: no nest egg. Her solution: make a killing at the races - with money from the office petty cash box.

Episode 7

The Wish Book

Sun, Oct 22, 1961 30 mins

A young mountain girl plans on buying fine dresses with the prize money she hopes to win for her woodcarving at the county fair.

Episode 8

The Great Alberti

Sun, Nov 5, 1961 30 mins

Episode 9

Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story

Wed, Nov 8, 1961 30 mins

Madeline, the daughter of famed actress Lili Parrish, is on trial for murder. Lili, the key witness, is determined to make her testimony the most believable performance of her career.

Episode 10

A Voice on the Phone

Sun, Nov 19, 1961 30 mins

Marital bliss quickly degenerates into terror for newlywed Carol Madsen. After she and husband Paul move into a new apartment, they're plagued by a series of anonymous, menacing phone calls that drive Carol to hysteria. The only clue to the perpetrator's identity is the ambient noise of a barking dog.

Episode 11

Money and the Minister

Sun, Nov 26, 1961 30 mins

A wealthy recluse felt that her last years had been made happier by the guidance of Reverend Theodore Carlisle, and she named him as the major beneficiary of her will.

Episode 12

We're Holding Your Son

Sun, Dec 3, 1961 30 mins

Successful businessman, George Harris, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from the police. His teen-age boy, Sonny, is being held for grand larceny.

Episode 13

Call to Danger

Sun, Dec 10, 1961 30 mins

The exploits of Robert Hale, a US Treasury Department agent. Hale recruits a civilian locksmith named Johnny Henderson to help retrieve stolen currency plates.

Episode 14

Tippy-Top

Sun, Dec 17, 1961 30 mins

Young Randy's insistence that his invisible friend Tippy-Top is real causes friction between his mother and the man she intends to marry. Mom humors her son, but Bob wants to convince the boy that his best buddy is imaginary.

Episode 15

A Friendly Tribe

Sun, Dec 31, 1961 30 mins

Episode 16

The Wall Between

Sun, Jan 7, 1962 30 mins

The gridiron feats of Bud Austin are still talked about in his home town, but Bud's infant son will never grow up to follow in his father's footsteps. Tests have shown that the year-old baby is mentally retarded.

Episode 17

The Hold-Out

Sun, Jan 14, 1962 30 mins

When his daughter Margie announces her intention to marry young Fred Judson, John Graham is disturbed. He believes the couple is too young for marriage and, more importantly, unprepared for the independence he believes marriage requires. Margie and Fred seem content to live on hand-outs from their parents, but John seems the only parent to think that's a bad idea. No matter what he says, the two insist on marrying, even if John won't attend the wedding. Eventually, it's what John doesn't say that affects their decision.

Episode 18

The Little Hours

Sun, Jan 21, 1962 30 mins

A Catholic priest burdened with the responsibilities of ministering to the spiritual and financial problems of his parish. Second of three stories running on this series dramatizing men of the cloth.

Episode 19

Go Fight City Hall

Mon, Oct 15, 1962 30 mins

Todays theme is Go Fight City Hall.

Episode 20

Shadow of a Hero

Sun, Feb 4, 1962 30 mins

A high school basketball coach is concerned when his star player skips practice to study for an exam.

Episode 21

Badge of Honor

Sun, Feb 11, 1962 30 mins

Howard Douglas is driving through a deserted section of the city when he notices a body lying in the street. Stopping to investigate, he finds himself surrounded by a gang of teenagers armed with zip guns and switchblades.

Episode 22

The Free Wheelers

Sun, Feb 18, 1962 30 mins

Episode 23

Ten Days in the Sun

Sun, Mar 4, 1962 30 mins

Max Grossblatt, an elderly Chicago tailor, dreams of being able to visit his son Larry in California. But on a tailor's salary, all that Max can afford is dreams

Episode 24

A Very Special Girl

Sun, Mar 11, 1962 30 mins

Successful, attractive society-reporter, Alice Lockman, wouldn't mind being married. But the available eligible bachelors really don't measure up to Alice's standards - or her mother's either.

Episode 25

My Dark Days: Part 1

Sun, Mar 18, 1962 30 mins

After a housewife attends a meeting of the Alien Protection Committee, an FBI agent informs her that the Committee is suspected of being a Communist front organization. He asks her to join as a spy

Episode 26

My Dark Days: Part 2

Sun, Mar 25, 1962 30 mins

After Marion Miller testifies before a Congressional committee concerning her years as an anti-communists spy, she looks forward to a peaceful life as a housewife. But it seems the Communists have other ideas.

Episode 27

Hercule Poirot

Sun, Apr 1, 1962 30 mins

Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the disappearance of Mr. Davenheim.

Episode 28

The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky

Sun, Apr 15, 1962 30 mins

Orlovsky, a Russian defector, falls in love with Miriam Raskin, the widowed daughter of a rabbi. Although Orlovsky moved away from religion as a child, he re-connects to his Jewish tradition through Miriam, who is preparing to celebrate her son's bar mitzvah.

Episode 29

The Troubled Heart

Sun, Apr 22, 1962 30 mins

After eight years of marriage, a woman is happy to finally become pregnant. Her doctors discover she has a heart defect that could kill her if she goes through childbirth.

Episode 30

Mister Doc

Sun, Apr 29, 1962 30 mins

Western comedy about a pharmacist and his son at the turn of the 20th century.

Episode 31

The Unstoppable Gray Fox

Sun, May 6, 1962 30 mins

Episode 32

Acres and Pains

Sat, May 12, 1962 30 mins

Episode 33

Somebody Please Help Me!

Sun, May 20, 1962 30 mins

Episode 34

The First Hundred Years

Sun, May 27, 1962 30 mins

The Story of Ben, an engineering student works nights in a supermarket to support his family.

Episode 35

The Roman Kind

Sun, Jun 3, 1962 30 mins