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I Spy

  • 1955-1956
  • 1 season
  • Suspense

Raymond Massey is host and narrator for this anthology series featuring tales of espionage.

Season 1 Episode Guide

39 Episodes 1955 - 1956

Episode 1

The File Clerk

Mon, Sep 26, 1955

The story of Wilhelm Steiber, Otto von Bismarck's intelligence chief, whose thorough penetration of France through his spy network led to Prussia's easy victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War. Steiber would go on to be known as the father of modern espionage.

Episode 2

The Amateur

Mon, Oct 3, 1955

Southern Belle working as a spy for Stonewall Jackson delivers intelligence that helps him avert disaster in May 1862.

Episode 3

Bits and Pieces

Mon, Oct 10, 1955 26 mins

German spy Maria Sorrell disguises self as a Russian.

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Episode 4

Ancient Spies

Mon, Oct 17, 1955

Joshua, an ex-spy for Moses, leads the army of Israel into Canaan.

Episode 5

The Abbe and the Nymph

Mon, Oct 24, 1955

Two French patriots spy against Napoleon. One is an abbe and the other is a beautiful nymph.

Episode 6

The Redl Story

Mon, Oct 31, 1955

Col. Alfred Redl, counter-espionage chief for Austria, was led into giving information to the enemy in 1914.

Episode 7

Death of a Spy

Mon, Nov 7, 1955

The beginning of the end for Mata Hari, Germany's top World War I spy: she has fallen in love with a French soldier.

Episode 8

The Deadliest Weapon

Mon, Nov 14, 1955

The story of Kim Suim, a deadly Communist agent who works her wiles to gain secrets from the American forces in Korea.

Episode 9

Betrayal at West Point

Mon, Nov 21, 1955

The saga of Maj. John Andre, whom the British sent to confer with Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War.

Episode 10

The Man Who Saved Moscow

Mon, Nov 28, 1955 30 mins

Tokyo, 1941: a Soviet spy (Vinton Hayworth), attached to the German embassy, tries to learn about Japanese plans to attack Siberia.

Episode 11

Immortality at 11 A. M.

Mon, Dec 5, 1955

Episode 12

Baby Spy

Mon, Dec 12, 1955

A father uses his small son to identify locations of battleships in Pearl Harbor for the Japanese prior to their attack.

Episode 13

He Spied on a Queen

Mon, Dec 19, 1955

Sir Francis Walsingham spies on Mary of Scotland to get evidence to charge her with treason against Elizabeth I.

Episode 14

Burning of New York

Mon, Dec 26, 1955

In 1864, Copperheads and Confederates conspire to burn down New York City.

Episode 15

Canaris Story

Mon, Jan 2, 1956

Story of Admiral Canaris, the German spy chief who planned, with other German officers, to assassinate Hitler during World War II.

Episode 16

Swordsman in Skirts

Mon, Jan 9, 1956

In an attempt to by-pass the English blockade, the French try to sneak a nobleman -- dressed as a woman -- into Russia.

Episode 17

The Four

Mon, Jan 16, 1956

In June, 1942, a German U-Boat lands four men on Long Island. Their object is to destroy U.S. war power.

Episode 18

Double Cross

Mon, Jan 23, 1956

A man sends wrong information to the Germans.

Episode 19

Azeff

Mon, Jan 30, 1956

Eugene Azeff, a Russian student, works for both the czarists and the revolutionaries.

Episode 20

The Green Cross

Mon, Feb 6, 1956

During World War I, two Frenchwomen travel to Lille where they attempt to discover Germany's secret weapon.

Episode 21

Gunpowder Plot

Mon, Feb 13, 1956

Episode 22

Legion of Honor

Mon, Feb 20, 1956

French spy Shulmeister fools Austrian Marshall Mack into thinking the French people do not approve of Napoleon and are ready to revolt. As a result, Marshall Mack launches a disastrous attack on France.

Episode 23

The Green Coat

Mon, Feb 27, 1956

British spy in Cairo attempts to goad Pauline Fourès' jealous husband into assassinating Napoleon.

Episode 24

The Man Who Hated Dreyfus

Mon, Mar 5, 1956

France, 1894: Captain Dreyfus (Bernard Lenrow) becomes a scapegoat for a German spy who is an intelligence officer's close friend.

Episode 25

Lover Spy

Mon, Mar 12, 1956

Story of a Polish spy in Nazi Germany who uses his ability to charm the ladies to obtain Nazi secrets.

Episode 26

The Firebrand

Mon, Mar 19, 1956

Dublin, 1944: a German agent (Karl Swenson) persuades a young rebel to spy on a British arms depot.

Episode 27

Copperhead

Mon, Mar 26, 1956

A Copperhead leader (Mark Miller), who is really a Union spy, tries to squelch a planned uprising of Southern sympathizers in the North.

Episode 28

The Watchmaker of Scapa Flow

Mon, Apr 2, 1956

At a British naval base, a Swiss watchmaker (J. Pat O'Malley) transmits vital information to the Nazis.

Episode 29

Treason by Proxy

Mon, Apr 9, 1956

In 1936, the Gestapo attempts to frame top Soviet officials on a charge of conspiring to overthrow Stalin.

Episode 30

Underground

Mon, Apr 16, 1956

The story of Jeanne Caron, a member of the French Resistance during World War II who betrayed her comrades.

Episode 31

Perilous Crossing

Mon, Apr 23, 1956

In 1917, British Naval intelligence tracks down a German spy (Victor Thorley) en route to Holland.

Episode 32

Lion of France

Mon, Apr 30, 1956

Cardinal Richelieu attempts to thwart an assassination plot against King Louis XIII.

Episode 33

Time Bomb

Mon, May 7, 1956

Episode 34

The Face of Judas

Mon, May 14, 1956

During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci tries to thwart a French invasion of Milan by inventing a powerful cannon.

Episode 35

Across the Border

Mon, May 21, 1956

A Nazi is assigned to kill Gen. Eisenhower.

Episode 36

Dishonored Hero

Mon, May 28, 1956

Episode 37

Blood Brother

Mon, Jun 4, 1956

An Indian brave (Ira Lewis), ordered to spy on colonial settlers, is torn between friendship for the British and loyalty to his people.

Episode 38

The Bridge

Mon, Jun 11, 1956

Three U.S. officers are parachuted behind the enemy front in Italy to find and destroy Nazi supply lines.

Episode 39

Saboteur

Mon, Jun 18, 1956

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