The Best of the Post

Episode 1

Command

Sat, Oct 22, 1960 30 mins

"Command" focuses on the conflict between a young U.S. Cavalry lieutenant and his older commanding officer while both are stationed in the American southwest after the Civil War.

Episode 2

Cop Without a Badge

Sat, Nov 5, 1960

A man's fight against injustice is strengthened when his son shows equal courage after witnessing a hit-and-run accident.

Episode 3

The Little Terror

Sat, Nov 12, 1960

A little girl disrupts an entire community with her ability to make things disappear.

Episode 4

The Marriage That Couldn't Succeed

Sat, Nov 19, 1960

In a coal mining town, a young man marries a blind woman.

Episode 5

The Murderer

Wed, Dec 7, 1960

A farmer is caught in a web of circumstantial evidence when his wife is murdered.

Episode 6

Suicide Flight

Wed, Dec 14, 1960

A jet pilot's wife has difficulty adjusting to the fact that her husband risks death each day.

Episode 7

Treasury Agent

Wed, Dec 21, 1960

Treasury agents set out to smash Murder Inc., and to nail underworld czar Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.

Episode 8

The Vision of Harry Whipple

Sat, Dec 24, 1960 30 mins

A chance encounter between two middle-aged people in a crowded subway station leads to romance.

Episode 9

Early Americana

Sat, Dec 31, 1960

An 18-year-old boy matures overnight as he and his family await an Indian attack at a trading post.

Episode 10

Carnival of Fear

Sat, Jan 7, 1961

Two refugees escape from behind the Iron Curtain, then risk their freedom to rescue a captured U.S. soldier.

Episode 11

Frontier Correspondent

Sat, Jan 14, 1961

Episode 12

The Baron Loved His Wife

Sat, Jan 21, 1961

A secret agent is pursued by a mysterious baron and baroness, but the woman proves to be more of a friend than a foe.

Episode 13

Band of Brothers

Sat, Jan 28, 1961

During World War II, a young woman tries to comfort and understand her fiancé, a battle-scarred Naval officer.

Episode 14

The Trumpet Man

Sat, Feb 4, 1961

A trumpet player tries for a comeback by promoting a song he wrote for his wife.

Episode 15

No Visitors

Sat, Feb 11, 1961 30 mins

A hospitalized writer learns about the value of life from the doctors and patients around him.

Episode 16

Martha

Sat, Feb 18, 1961

An 11-year-old must assume all household responsibilities after the death of her mother.

Episode 17

No Enemy

Sat, Feb 25, 1961

The daughter of a Southern colonel falls in love with a Union officer.

Episode 18

Brief Enchantment

Sat, Mar 4, 1961

A pilot and his best friend's fiancée fall in love at an old English estate.

Episode 19

The Valley of the Blue Mountain

Sat, Mar 11, 1961

A widow decides to sell her farm until an unexpected tragedy prevents a sale.

Episode 20

Antidote for Hatred

Sat, Mar 18, 1961

A woman helps a Hungarian orphan boy adjust to life in the U.S.

Episode 21

Six Months More to Live

Sat, Mar 25, 1961

A sly Englishman schemes to avoid a large inheritance tax.

Episode 22

Off the Set

Sat, Apr 1, 1961

Roger Bauer is a ruthless stage father who'll stop at nothing to achieve success for his daughter, Trudy.

Episode 23

Groper in the Dark

Sat, Apr 8, 1961

An attorney uses every legal trick to win an acquittal for a woman on trial for the murder of a wealthy doctor.

Episode 24

I'm No Hero

Sat, Apr 15, 1961

When his home is invaded, a doctor is forced to give medical aid to a wounded gang member or be killed.

Episode 25

The Thompsons of Thunder Ridge

Sat, Apr 22, 1961

Young Tommy's love of animals leads him on a dangerous adventure.

Episode 26

The Return

Sat, Apr 29, 1961

Partners Pomfret and Kennedy find that life on their Rhodesian plantation is changed when Kennedy brings home a wife.