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To Tell the Truth Season 1 Episodes

  • 1956-1968
  • 13 Seasons
  • CBS
  • Family, Game Show
  • TV-G
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Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version).

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

38 Episodes 1956 - 1957

Episode 0

Nothing But the Truth

Fri, Feb 20, 2026

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Episode 1

Polly Bergen, Mike Wallace, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Dec 18, 1956

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Episode 2

Polly Bergen, Mike Wallace, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Dec 25, 1956

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Episode 3

Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Jan 1, 1957

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Episode 4

Polly Bergen, Hume Cronyn, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Jan 8, 195730 mins

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Episode 5

Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Jan 15, 1957

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Episode 6

Polly Bergen, Bob Considine, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke

Tue, Jan 22, 1957

The panelists must deduce the identity of the real spy expert Ladislas Farago and circus clown Paul Jung.

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Episode 7

Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Hy Gardner

Tue, Jan 29, 1957

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Episode 8

Polly Bergen, Glenn Ford, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner

Tue, Feb 5, 1957

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Episode 9

Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner

Tue, Feb 12, 1957

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Episode 10

Polly Bergen, Abe Burrows, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner

Tue, Feb 19, 1957

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Episode 11

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Ilka Chase, Hy Gardner

Tue, Feb 26, 1957

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Episode 12

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Mar 5, 1957

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Episode 13

Polly Bergen, Carl Reiner, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Sally Rand (contestant)

Tue, Mar 12, 1957

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Episode 14

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Mar 19, 1957

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Episode 15

Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Shirlee Fonda (contestant)

Tue, Mar 26, 1957

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Episode 16

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Apr 2, 1957

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Episode 17

Celebrity contestants: Joey Adams, Henny Youngman, Phil Foster

Tue, Apr 9, 1957

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Episode 18

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Chester Conklin & George Mikan (contestants)

Tue, Apr 16, 1957

Panelist try to root out the real George Mikan, an attorney known as "Mr. Basketball" for his record-setting run, original Keystone Cops member Chester Conklin, and Sheila Ledbetter, producer of England's version of the "$64,000 Question."

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Episode 19

Mary Healy, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Apr 23, 1957

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Episode 20

Mary Healy, Martin Gabel, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Apr 30, 195730 mins

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Episode 21

Mary Healy, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, May 7, 195730 mins

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Episode 22

Mary Healy, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, May 14, 195730 mins

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Episode 23

Polly Bergen, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, May 21, 1957

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Episode 24

Polly Bergen, Walter Slezak, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Casey Tibbs (contestant)

Tue, May 28, 1957

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Episode 25

Polly Bergen, Jack Paar, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Jun 4, 1957

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Episode 26

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Adrian Foley (contestant)

Tue, Jun 11, 1957

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Episode 27

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Jun 18, 1957

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Episode 28

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Jun 25, 1957

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Episode 29

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Eamonn Andrews, Baby LeRoy & Pappy Boyington - contestants)

Tue, Jul 2, 1957

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Episode 30

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Jul 9, 1957

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Episode 31

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, ("Wrong Way" Corrigan, the Dancing Gordons - contestants)

Tue, Jul 16, 1957

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Episode 32

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Mohana - contestant)

Tue, Jul 23, 1957

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Episode 33

Ralph Bellamy (substitute host), Polly Bergen, Eamonn Andrews, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Mary Ellen Moylan - contestant)

Tue, Jul 30, 1957

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Episode 34

Ralph Bellamy (substitute host), Polly Bergen, Jack Paar, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (John William Anderson - contestant)

Tue, Aug 6, 1957

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Episode 35

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Aug 13, 1957

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Episode 36

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner

Tue, Aug 20, 1957

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Episode 37

Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Chester Lauck - contestant)

Tue, Aug 27, 1957

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