The director of a popular television show is the only person who has confidence in a "has-been" actor. The actor falls apart at rehearsal, and tension mounts as air time draws near. Cast: Jack Carson
272
4*
"Holiday in Autumn"
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Elick Moll
September 20, 1955 (1955-09-20)
A successful Hollywood social director refuses to give up her career for marriage. Cast: Jane Wyman (Mary)
A short man has a prominent chip on his shoulder for all bigger people. When two murderers enter a bar and hold everyone at bay including a young fighter and a tough racketeer, the "little guy" has a decision to make.
A jealous rival informs on a popular fisherman who is smuggling whiskey in and enemies out from under the nose of the country's annoyed dictator. Cast: Gilbert Roland (Tasso)
A fleeing gang leader is also a doctor and seeks refuge at the ranch of a former cohort whose wife is dangerously ill in childbirth. If the outlaw stays to save the woman, he will be captured. Cast: Gene Barry & Dan Duryea
During a recess period, one of a young teacher's pupils kills himself with his father's gun. The boy's grief-crazed father vows vengeance upon the teacher that he thinks caused his son's death. Cast: Jane Wyman (Eve)
A young student nurse, training at a sanatorium, becomes friendly with a young female patient. Although the authorities frown on the relationship, the nurse persists in her efforts to help the disturbed girl. Cast: Jane Wyman (Jean Bradford)
In a Catholic convent in China, two nuns are menaced by a Communist overlord who falsely accuses them of murdering babies in their care. Cast: Jane Wyman (Sister Regina)
A war-torn town once occupied by enemy troops. Vico Ferrasco, the leader of the partisan group during the liberation of Italy returns with his band to his small village intent on asserting his power. Cast: Sebastian Cabot
A World War II field nurse discovers that her temporarily blind patient is her former sweetheart. Cast: Jane Wyman (Lieutenant Meg)
297
29*
"Scent of Roses"
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story by: Mary Eleanor Freeman teleplay by: Leo Townsend
March 13, 1956 (1956-03-13)
After waiting for years for her fiancé to return from his trip out west, Clarissa is sure that it is a hopeless cause. When he finally does return, she is convinced that he is more interested in her younger sister than her. Cast: Jane Wyman (Clarissa)
A geologist and his wife arrive at a remote Peruvian village in the backwaters of the Amazon. Although neither of them has ever been in that part of the country before, the wife displays an uncanny knowledge of the people, their way of life and even their language. Cast: Jane Wyman (Marie)
A woman reporter faces a career vs marriage problem. To complicate matters further, her husband, who wants her to quit her job, is also her editor. Cast: Jane Wyman (Susan Clarke)
The wife was having an affair and they have to go through a bullet trick routine in which the husband forces the lover through some means to fire a bullet at the end of the act, which the wife is supposed to catch in her teeth. Cast: Jane Wyman (Madame Olivia)
314
11*
"A Time to Live"
Unknown
story by: Theodore W. Case teleplay by: Leo Townsend
November 27, 1956 (1956-11-27)
A visit to the grave of her first husband in France nearly ruins the second marriage of a grieving woman. Cast: Jane Wyman (Susan)
A sensitive young college student joins a posse of hardened men who are tracking down a killer.
324
21*
"Birthright"
Unknown
story by: Ann Pinchot & Ben Pinchot teleplay by: Michael Fessier
February 5, 1957 (1957-02-05)
A nurse attempts to convince a distraught mother-to-be that having a child is the most glorious experience in a woman's life. Cast: Jane Wyman (Ellen Hensley)
A librarian becomes uneasy when an unsavoury character begins frequenting the library. She is certain he is not the scholarly type. Cast: Jeannie Carson
A man suspected of peddling narcotics is sought by the chief of the harbor patrol. Leads are almost non-existent until a pair of half-drunk women become involved in an argument.
Just after moving into a partly furnished home, a husband leaves his wife alone to make an out-of-town business trip. An unexpected visitor and the half-empty house create strange fears in the wife's mind. Cast: Jane Wyman (Martha Carroll)
A woman driving alone through a lonely stretch of desert stops at a small café. There, she learns of a maniac at large in the area who preys on people who travel alone. Cast: Jane Wyman (Diane Nolan)
337
34*
"Two Sides to Everything"
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Unknown
June 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)
A female reporter is engaged to a newspaperman from a rival publication but they are forbidden by their respective bosses to associate with each other. Cast: Jane Wyman (Peggy)
Bruce Malone, chief pilot of an airline company, tries to help a crusading newspaperman to leave a South American country in the middle of a political upheaval. The man disappears but Malone finds a clue to his whereabouts when a baseball is thrown through a window. Cast: Joseph Cotten
story by: S. Louis Adams & Oscar Millard teleplay by: Caulfield Fisher & Steve Fisher & Dorothea Frances
January 16, 1958 (1958-01-16)
Damaged in battle and carrying many casualties aboard, the German warship Graf Spee is subject of a battle of wills between its captain and a commander. One officer wants to put into Montevideo to make repairs, the other insists the ship stay in the area and fight on. Cast: Paul Douglas
story by: Glenway Scott teleplay by: Jerome Gruskin
January 30, 1958 (1958-01-30)
After serving many years in prison for the murder of her fiancé, Evelyn is paroled in the custody of her long-time friend Martha, a wealthy widow. Although Martha appears happy to welcome Evelyn into her home, Evelyn begins to notice something new about Martha. Cast: Virginia Grey & Jan Sterling
351
14*
"My Sister Susan"
Unknown
Unknown
February 6, 1958 (1958-02-06)
When Carol Porter arrives in Green Bay to visit a twin sister whom she hasn't seen in some time, she learns that Susan is dead, apparently a murder victim. The police explain that Susan had been involved with a black market racketeer and dope pusher. The only way they can turn up conclusive evidence against this man is for Carol to pose as her twin. Cast: Jane Wyman (Carol/Susan)
A man named Clay, using a lame horse as an excuse, asks for shelter at the ranch of Jim and Martha Benton. He openly observes that Jim and Martha are openly hostile to each other and Martha asks Clay to take her along when he leaves. Cast: Ruth Roman
Right after the American Civil War, Dan McGann, a prominent construction engineer, is assigned to help with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. When the construction slows down, McGann uncovers the work of saboteurs.
A police captain is assigned to track down an elusive schizophrenic terrorizing the blonde women of the town. During his investigation, the captain, who was unhappily married to a blonde later killed in a car accident, begins to think he himself may be the attacker. Cast: Claude Akins & William Bendix
Fran Mitchell and her husband Paul have successful, but conflicting careers. After Fran plans an intimate celebration for their wedding anniversary, Paul tells her that he made plans for a celebration with a client.
Dr. John Rogers is visited one night by a man begging him for insulin. He convinces the doctor that he is a diabetic and is entitled to the medication so Rogers reluctantly gives him a supply. Cast: Paul Henreid
Dan Wilder is a scientific detective who travels about in a car with a trailer attached. The trailer houses a complete laboratory that Dan uses in his work. The prosecutor of a small town has just summoned Dan to help investigate the unusual death of a young girl. Cast: Everett Sloane