Lux Video Theatre Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

To Each His Own

Thu, Aug 26, 195460 mins

An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.

Episode 2

Welcome Stranger

Thu, Sep 2, 195460 mins

Episode 3

Christmas in July

Thu, Sep 9, 195460 mins

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize. As a result, he gets a promotion, buys presents for all of his family and friends, and proposes to his girl. When the truth comes out, he's not prepared for the consequences.

Episode 4

Hold Back the Dawn

Thu, Sep 16, 195460 mins

Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

Episode 5

The Heiress

Thu, Sep 23, 195460 mins

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.

Episode 6

Meet Jo Cathcart

Thu, Sep 30, 195460 mins

Episode 7

The Mansion

Thu, Oct 7, 195460 mins

Young Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South and a Northern hussy.

Episode 8

A Visit from Evelyn

Thu, Oct 14, 195460 mins

Episode 9

An Angel Went AWOL

Thu, Oct 21, 195460 mins

Episode 10

September Tide

Thu, Oct 28, 195460 mins

A middle-aged woman is surprised when her son-in-law falls deeply in love with her.

Episode 11

Imperfect Lady

Thu, Nov 4, 195460 mins

Episode 12

Five Star Final

Thu, Nov 11, 195460 mins

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.

Episode 13

Captive City

Thu, Nov 18, 195460 mins

Episode 14

A Medal for Benny

Thu, Nov 25, 195460 mins

Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.

Episode 15

Craig's Wife

Thu, Dec 2, 195460 mins

A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.

Episode 16

Ladies in Retirement

Thu, Dec 9, 195460 mins

The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.

Episode 17

Double Indemnity

Thu, Dec 16, 195460 mins

An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

Episode 18

September Affair

Thu, Dec 23, 195460 mins

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

Episode 19

The Chase

Thu, Dec 30, 195460 mins

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

Episode 20

Sunset Boulevard

Thu, Jan 6, 195560 mins

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Episode 21

Penny Serenade

Thu, Jan 13, 195560 mins

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

Episode 22

Love Letters

Thu, Jan 20, 195560 mins

Episode 23

So Evil My Love

Thu, Jan 27, 195560 mins

Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes her lodger, then her lover. Olivia falls so completely under amoral Mark's spell that he's able to overcome her scruples, and soon she's his willing tool in an ambitious scheme of theft and blackmail...maybe too ambitious.

Episode 24

One Foot in Heaven

Thu, Feb 3, 195560 mins

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Episode 25

A Bell for Adano

Thu, Feb 10, 195560 mins

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

Episode 26

The Copperhead

Thu, Feb 17, 195560 mins

Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abraham Lincoln to tell no one.

Episode 27

So Dark the Night

Thu, Feb 24, 195560 mins

A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who had been betrothed to a neighboring farmer, but who hopes to marry him and move to Paris. On the evening of their engagement, both the fiancée and the farmer disappear. What has happened to them? Who is responsible? Can the famed detective apply his talents to a rural mystery?

Episode 28

Casablanca

Thu, Mar 3, 195560 mins

Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Episode 29

The Life of Emile Zola

Thu, Mar 10, 195560 mins

The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.

Episode 30

It Grows on Trees

Thu, Mar 17, 195560 mins

What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.

Episode 31

Shadow of a Doubt

Thu, Mar 24, 195560 mins

A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.

Episode 32

My Name Is Julia Ross

Thu, Mar 31, 195560 mins

Julia Ross is a young woman alone in the world and is in search of a job. She is hired by an elderly woman named Mrs. Hughes to act as her live-in personal secretary. One of Mrs. Hughes' stipulations is that whomever she hire treat this job as one of a long term nature, meaning no current boyfriends or marriage on the horizon. The closest person to Julia was Dennis Bruce, who lived at the same boarding house and who was somewhat sweet on Julia but left to get married to another woman. As such, Julia is grateful for her new job. When Julia awakens after her first night at the Hughes home, she learns she has been asleep for two days. She is no longer in the urban London home she knows as Mrs. Hughes' home, but rather a sprawling and isolated estate by the sea in Cornwall. All evidence of her being Julia Ross has disappeared. And everyone in the house, including Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Hughes' son Ralph, and all the household servants, try to convince her that she is Marion Hughes, Ralph's wife who is recovering from a nervous breakdown. Julia is certain of who she is, and suspects the Hugheses are going to kill her for whatever reason. Julia is alone with no one to support her claim and thus help her as the Hugheses have made her seem crazy to whomever she has spoken. However, initially unknown to the Hugheses, Dennis Bruce, who ended up not getting married, returned to the rooming house just before Julia's departure and made a date with her. Since she didn't keep the date, he goes looking for her.

Episode 33

The Browning Version

Thu, Apr 7, 195560 mins

Forced to retire from an English public school. a disliked professor must confront his utter failures as a teacher, a husband, and a man.

Episode 34

No Sad Songs for Me

Thu, Apr 14, 195560 mins

Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.

Episode 35

An Act of Murder

Thu, Apr 21, 195560 mins

A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.

Episode 36

The Great McGinty

Thu, Apr 28, 195560 mins

Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.

Episode 37

Remember the Night

Thu, May 5, 195560 mins

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

Episode 38

Eight Iron Men

Thu, May 12, 195560 mins

Tensions arise when a WW II squadron is ordered not to rescue a squad mate pinned down by the enemy, for fear of risking more lives.

Episode 39

Make Way for Tomorrow

Thu, May 19, 195560 mins

An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

Episode 40

Thunder on the Hill

Thu, May 26, 195560 mins

Convicted murderess Valerie Carns is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer.

Episode 41

The Suspect

Thu, Jun 2, 195560 mins

A middle aged man commits murder when he feels that his happiness is threatened. Without remorse the man continues on believing he's executed the perfect crime and won't be caught.

Episode 42

Lightning Strikes Twice

Thu, Jun 9, 195560 mins

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

Episode 43

The Inside Story

Thu, Jun 16, 195560 mins

When money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds of problems.

Episode 44

Forever Female

Thu, Jun 23, 195560 mins

An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.

Episode 45

Last Year's Snow

Thu, Jun 30, 195560 mins

Episode 46

The Creaking Gate

Thu, Jul 7, 195560 mins

Episode 47

Dark Tribute

Thu, Jul 14, 195560 mins

Murder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.

Episode 48

Desperate Glory

Thu, Jul 21, 195560 mins

Episode 49

The Bride Came C.O.D.

Thu, Jul 28, 195560 mins

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Episode 50

The Nine-Penny Dream

Thu, Aug 4, 195560 mins

A dream of winning a penny pool is realized by the meek owner of an English pub, but the prestige he expected eludes him.

Episode 51

Perilous Deception

Thu, Aug 11, 195560 mins

A man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.

Episode 52

Not All Your Tears

Thu, Aug 18, 195560 mins

Episode 53

June Bride

Thu, Aug 25, 195560 mins

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.

Episode 54

The Last Confession

Thu, Sep 1, 195560 mins

Episode 55

The Happy Man

Thu, Sep 8, 195560 mins

A man finds a wallet in a taxicab with a lot of money in it. He turns it in to the police, who--according to the law--will hold it for 90 days, and if no one claims it, the wallet and its content will be given to the person who found it. However, when his friends and neighbors find out that he turned in the wallet, they ridicule him mercilessly, and he begins to wonder if he did the right thing or not.

Episode 56

The Lucky Finger

Thu, Sep 15, 1955

Episode 57

The Eyes of Father Tomasino

Thu, Sep 22, 195560 mins

When a gentle older priest is found killed a young man quota the force so he can devote all his time to finding the killer.