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The Star and the Story Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1955 - 1955
Episode 1
Dark Stranger
Sat, Jan 8, 195526 mins
A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out. Ray Ericson writes of a lovely woman who leaves her steady boyfriend for a man out to kill her. Suddenly he realizes life is imitating art: he is in the killer role! How can the novelist prevent destroying the woman he's come to love?
Episode 2
Honolulu
Sat, Jan 15, 195530 mins
A ship's first mate is jealous of the captain because of his new bride. The 1st mate and captain's wife are native islanders who believe in voodoo. The bride is worried the 1st mate will harm her husband, but the captain is unconcerned.
Episode 3
The Lie
Sat, Jan 22, 195530 mins
As a young girl, Laura's lie put a man in prison for twenty years, and now, years later, she wants to make up for it with the man she lied about, but he wants revenge.
Episode 4
Ferry to Fox Island
Sat, Jan 29, 195530 mins
On the eve of her wedding, a waitress gives her life savings to her fiance to invest for their future. Not surprisingly, he vanishes without a trace. Except for one clue -- a time table for the Fox Island Ferry.
Episode 5
Safe Journey
Sat, Feb 5, 195530 mins
A detective is escorting a convict on a train to testify in court. The two men are handcuffed to each other, the convict seems very calm, and the detective seems very nervous. Will this be a safe journey?
Episode 6
Brief Affair
Sat, Feb 12, 195530 mins
A man's wife makes a deal for a divorce. If he doesn't see his mistress for three months, she will grant the divorce.
Episode 7
Louise
Sat, Feb 19, 195530 mins
A woman tries to destroy her daughter's romance by pretending to be an invalid.
Episode 8
Total Recall
Sat, Feb 26, 195530 mins
A couple vacationing in cabin in the wilderness encounter a madman bent on murder.
Episode 9
Back to the Beyond
Sat, Mar 5, 195530 mins
A pompous official confronts his wife's infidelity.
Episode 10
The Great Shinin' Saucer of Paddy Faneen
Sat, Mar 12, 195530 mins
Paddy Faneen is the town storyteller and McGinnis is his chief skeptic. Problem is, McGinnis' grandson Terry wants to marry Paddy's granddaughter Sheila and Paddy's latest yarn about a flying saucer is causing turmoil between the 2 clans.
Episode 11
The Round Dozen
Sat, Mar 19, 195530 mins
At a European resort, a writer encounters a seedy polygamist courting an unsuspecting girl.
Episode 12
First Offense
Sat, Mar 26, 195530 mins
A man who has been in prison for a crime he didn't commit seeks out the rookie cop whose testimony sent him there.
Episode 13
A Matter of Courage
Sat, Apr 2, 195530 mins
Ed Fielding arrives in a village with old fashioned ways and witnesses a fatal sword duel. Shook up he spends the evening with a married woman Melissa. He in turn is challenged to a duel which he faces despite it's near certain outcome of his death.
Episode 14
Her Crowning Glory
Sat, Apr 9, 195530 mins
A young woman is trying to find a job in Chicago and is told she needs to learn short hand and wear a hat. She goes hat shopping but can't get excited about it because all she really wants is a husband.
Episode 15
The Unforgivable
Sat, Apr 16, 195530 mins
A man blames his wife's death on his soon to be son-in-law.
Episode 16
The Lady's Game
Sat, Apr 23, 195530 mins
A retired gentleman has been forbidden by his wife from going to the casino. He sneaks out anyway and wins 2 million francs. A young vixen observes his winnings and demands the 2 mil as blackmail.
Episode 17
Virtue
Sat, Apr 30, 195530 mins
A married woman, afraid of growing old, plans to leave her husband when she is romanced by a much younger man.
Episode 18
Hand to Hand
Sat, May 14, 195530 mins
An aging matador and his little brother are to fight "Mano a Mano" in the bullring, the event having been organized by the brothers' two agents. Everyone is looking forward to the event except for the aging matador, for whom the event has triggered a mid-life crisis.
Episode 19
Newspaper Man
Sat, May 21, 195530 mins
A newspaperman, assigned to a murder story, discovers that the victim is a childhood pal who was trying to go straight after a career in the underworld.
Episode 20
The Treasure
Sat, May 28, 195530 mins
Jane is a flawless housekeeper to her government official employer, Mr. Harenger. In fact, he is so pleased, he would like to change her job title to "wife."
Episode 21
Desert Story
Sat, Jun 4, 195530 mins
A bored and frivolous heiress is out for a joy ride and kills a young mother of two. At her trial, the heiress receives a unique sentence.
Episode 22
The True Confessions of Henry Pell
Sat, Jun 11, 195530 mins
A trespasser gets involved with a heiress.
Episode 23
The Norther
Sat, Jul 16, 195530 mins
During "the norther," an old Western term for a blistering heat wave, Marshal Matt Galt goes after two desperadoes who robbed the Cimarron post office and killed the postmaster.