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The David Niven Show Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

13 Episodes 1959 - 1959

Episode 1

Fortune's Folly

Tue, Apr 7, 195930 mins

A man who can't stop gambling is about to lose his wife and son, however, he is tempted by one last bet.

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Episode 2

Life Line

Tue, Apr 14, 195930 mins

A man impersonates a fairground fortune-teller but finds a fake prediction coming true.

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Episode 3

Backtrack

Tue, Apr 21, 195930 mins

District Attorney Paul Nelson's Senate run seems a shoe-in after sending a punk to the gas chamber for murder. But then a man claiming he's the actual killer threatens to expose Nelson's blunder unless he's paid $20,000. Refusing to believe he sent an innocent man to his death, Nelson does some investigating on his own.

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Episode 4

The Promise

Tue, May 5, 195930 mins

A ruthless tycoon puts a major deal on hold because he feels honor-bound to fulfill a promise to a woman back in his childhood town.

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Episode 5

The Twist of the Key

Tue, May 12, 195930 mins

The attempts of a woman to meet her lover at a beach-hut are frustrated by her husband's plotting.

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Episode 6

A Day of Small Miracles

Tue, May 19, 195930 mins

A professional stage pick-pocket has fallen on hard times, unable to get a booking since he developed arthritis in his hands. Desperate for money, he puts his skills to work on the general public, but his conscience won't let him actually keep their money. Then suddenly, good things start coming his way.

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Episode 7

The Lady from Winnetka

Tue, May 26, 195930 mins

An American woman on a Mediterranean island finds herself threatened following the accidental death of her tour guide.

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Episode 8

The Last Room

Tue, Jun 2, 195930 mins

In a totalitarian state where religion is outlawed, the resistance to torture of a schoolmaster torments his interrogator.

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Episode 9

Maggie Malone

Tue, Jun 9, 195930 mins

The story of Maggie Malone (Julie London), a singer who is also part owner, with Pete (Steve Brodie), of a successful nightclub.

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Episode 10

Portrait

Tue, Jun 16, 195930 mins

In post-war Germany two GIs outline two divergent interpretations of a portrait of a beautiful woman: one sees a charming but unscrupulous cafe entertainer, the other sees a chemist intent on avenging the Third Reich. The lady then appears.

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Episode 11

Sticks and Stones

Tue, Jun 23, 195930 mins

A series of anonymous letters affect a top baseball player both on the field and at home, but there is more behind them than at first appears.

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Episode 12

The Vengeance

Tue, Jun 30, 195930 mins

A small-town police officer acts as bait to recapture an escaped murderer he helped to convict several years ago.

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Episode 13

Good Deed

Tue, Jul 7, 195930 mins

The story of Gentry, a two-fisted, warm-hearted Los Angeles newspaper reporter-columnist. In the pilot episode, Gentry attempts to help Frank Simms, a cop killer who is afraid to give himself up, fearing he will be shot on sight. Broadcast as "Good Deed" on "The David Niven Theater" ("Gentry's People" is the proposed series title).

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