Rheingold Theatre Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

Mr. Sampson

Wed, Sep 29, 1954

Two women, one man. And it seems he has to marry one of them. Unfortunately, he asks them to decide who is to be the bride, and that sort of decision can create a lot of friction between sisters.

Episode 2

Man Who Heard Everything

Wed, Oct 13, 195430 mins

After an accident, Charlie finds his powers of hearing have miraculously increased to a point that he is hearing things he does not want to hear.

Episode 3

The Last Knife

Wed, Oct 20, 1954

Karoff, the once-great knife thrower, is down and out after he killed his previous assistant during his act. When a blind girl comes to Karoff willing to be his new assistant, he begins to get his confidence back.

Episode 4

The Rehearsal

Wed, Nov 3, 1954

Nicol Pascal (Marius Goring) is a retired ballet star who now runs a ballet school with his wife, former prima ballerina Nanette (Lucie Mannheim). Nicol has become obsessed with his young star pupil, Marguerite (Maureen Swanson) leading to conflict with his wife and their old friend, impresario Vanderhof (Frederick Valk). Marguerite, has had a crush on her teacher since she saw him dance in ther teens and things come to a head when Nicol contemplates a comeback to the dance stage after more than 10 years.

Episode 5

Face of the Law

Wed, Nov 10, 1954

Episode 6

The Relative Truth

Wed, Nov 24, 1954

A smell of gas. A room broken into by neighbours fearing the worst. However, the couple who rent the room are not to be found. The policeman who calls to investigate asks a lot of questions, but nobody's story fits in with anybody else's story. What can the confused man do next?

Episode 7

The Lovely Place

Wed, Dec 8, 1954

Angie has promised her young daughter that they will find a lovely place where they will be together and live happily. But how can it be a really lovely place without the man of the family?

Episode 8

The Mix-Up

Wed, Dec 15, 1954

Episode 9

Silent Night: The Story of the Original Christmas Carol

Wed, Dec 22, 1954

Episode 10

Stand By

Wed, Dec 29, 1954

Navy wives often have to live a lonely, anxious life. Joan has been a sailor's fiancé for three years, and now a message has come for her to join Bill in Malta. She flies out, happy that at last she can be married but once again duty is about to upset her plans.

Episode 11

Forever Is a Long Time

Wed, Jan 12, 1955

Young David sets out to find his mother who left him and his father while he was still a baby.

Episode 12

Border Incident

Wed, Jan 26, 1955

A thwarted attempt to steal a passport leads to the meeting of three strange people in a French border town: Hank who lives only for himself, Tommy, a criminal desperate to get an American passport and Teresa, a beautiful Italian girl.

Episode 13

The Patriarch

Wed, Feb 2, 1955

Episode 14

The Hideaway

Wed, Feb 9, 1955

Neglected little girl whose parents are in a bad marriage befriends an old man who is being evicted from his flat. She finds shelter for the old man in a bombed-out London building.

Episode 15

The 90th Day

Wed, Feb 16, 1955

A young girl finds 400 dollars on a park bench and her father hands the money to the police. However, if the money is not claimed within 90 days, it will be his.

Episode 16

Counterfeit

Wed, Feb 23, 1955

US Counter Intelligence Officer Bill Campbell stumbles upon the identity of a gang of counterfeiters. However, Campbell is in love with an Austrian girl, a girl desperately in need of money.

Episode 17

Honeymoon Deferred

Wed, Mar 2, 1955

Murder and romance do not mix, and Peg and Dick Hardy witness a murder just at the wrong time - on the first evening of their honeymoon.

Episode 18

The Long White Line

Wed, Mar 9, 1955

Grace, a devoted nurse of many years, receives a doctor's report that turns her life upside down.

Episode 19

The Dark Lake

Wed, Mar 16, 1955

Alone in a strange dark room, Laura watches terrified as the door swings slowly open - to admit death.

Episode 20

Pitfall

Wed, Mar 23, 1955

Peter Prentiss thinks that he has rescued Patricia from a cad in Monte Carlo but comes to realise that she is quite capable of taking care of herself.

Episode 21

Con Cregan's Legacy

Wed, Apr 6, 1955

Con Cregan sees his golden opportunity when crusty old farmer Henry McCabe quarrels with his son Shamus.

Episode 22

Crime à la Carte

Wed, Apr 13, 1955

Episode 23

Room 506

Wed, Apr 20, 1955

Episode 24

The Thoroughbred

Wed, Apr 27, 1955

Colin Fitzhugh, an unprincipled, down-on-his-luck horserace handicapper, helps tout a beautiful American into buying a losing horse with a surprisingly good pedigree. She discovers the truth, shames him into a change of heart, and enters the thoroughbred into the Sweepstakes. She persuades him into training him even though he knows he's risking life and limb by bucking a shady bookmaker.

Episode 25

While the Circus Passes

Wed, May 4, 1955

Episode 26

The Leprechaun

Wed, May 11, 1955

Episode 27

The Little Big Shot

Wed, May 18, 1955

A gangster on the run from both his men and the police hides in a judge's house the last place anyone would look.

Episode 28

The Auction

Wed, May 25, 195530 mins

At an 1840 auction, Roberts bids furiously on an old desk that holds a dark secret.

Episode 29

The Only Son

Wed, Jun 1, 1955

Episode 30

Goodbye Tomorrow

Wed, Jun 8, 1955

Sam Harper finds an unpublished manuscript by a long dead writer and decides to pass it off as his own. He finds his newfound fame a double edged sword as he attracts a ghostly female companion.

Episode 31

Another Day

Wed, Jun 15, 1955

A man waiting to be hanged, desperately waits for further evidence.

Episode 32

Flight One-Zero-One

Wed, Jun 29, 1955

What would you do if you found that the plane you were travelling in was flying on the automatic pilot and all members of the crew drugged into insensibility? This is the problem which faces a young air hostess travelling from Basra to London. Only another pilot can cope with this, and the only man available is a badly injured, neurotic man on his way home to face a Court of Inquiry.

Episode 33

The Wedding

Wed, Jul 13, 1955

Jealous of the bride's beauty, Colonel Anna Marova swears to smash the marriage at all costs.

Episode 34

Enchanted Doll

Wed, Jul 20, 1955

A young doctor feeling his feet in a new town is suddenly drawn to a doll in a shop window.

Episode 35

Tony

Wed, Aug 3, 1955

A young doctor just starting in his first practice sees in a toyshop a remarkable doll. He buys it for his young niece, but is so struck with its beauty and craftmanship that he cannot part with it, and becomes obsessed with curiosity to find out who made it.

Episode 36

Blue Murder

Wed, Aug 24, 1955

Hairdresser Raphael is popular with all the aging ladies in the neighborhood. But one day a new client notices a disturbing pattern among Raphael's clientele -- they are getting robbed and some are even turning up dead.

Episode 37

The Sound of Your Voice

Wed, Aug 31, 1955

Episode 38

Big Nick

Wed, Sep 7, 1955

When a former American gangster retires to his native Italy, he finds its not that easy to escape from his past.

Episode 39

The Milkman

Wed, Sep 14, 1955

Will Porter has never been a minute late on his milk round for ten years and now his employers have arranged a presentation for him. So has his wife.

Episode 40

The Treasure of Urbano

Wed, Sep 28, 1955

The story of John Malcolm, curator of an American museum, and his journey to Urbano to search for part of a valuable altar screen. It is a journey which takes him into the past - to wartime and the company of smugglers and brings him face-to-face with murder.

Episode 41

Atlantic Night

Wed, Oct 5, 1955

On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

Episode 42

The Hero

Wed, Oct 12, 1955

Joe was the first man in Ohio to join the army after Pearl Harbor and he became his town's hero. Now, he is married and is about to go to Europe, the scene of his deeds of valour.