The Ford Television Theatre

1952 - 1957

Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

2nd October 1952

Episode 1

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.

Junior

9th October 1952

Episode 2

No overview available.

National Honeymoon

16th October 1952

Episode 3

No overview available.

Birth of a Hero

23rd October 1952

Episode 4

No overview available.

Girl in the Park

30th October 1952

Episode 5

No overview available.

Edge of the Law

6th November 1952

Episode 6

No overview available.

Protect Her Honor

13th November 1952

Episode 7

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

Sunk

20th November 1952

Episode 8

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

The Divided Heart

27th November 1952

Episode 9

No overview available.

They Also Serve

1st January 1953

Episode 14

No overview available.

This Is My Heart

15th January 1953

Episode 16

No overview available.

The Sermon of the Gun

22nd January 1953

Episode 17

No overview available.

Adventure in Connecticut

29th January 1953

Episode 18

No overview available.

The First Born

5th February 1953

Episode 19

No overview available.

All's Fair in Love

26th February 1953

Episode 22

No overview available.

Madame 44

Episode 23

A woman saloon owner in California, known as gunslinger "Madame 44," is tried and acquitted for murder after defending herself from a claim jumper. Later, passing for respectability in New Orleans, a suitor threatens to expose her past.

My Daughter's Husband

12th March 1953

Episode 24

A father rejects his daughter's poor choice in a husband.

The Bet

19th March 1953

Episode 25

A wealthy man, whose poor friend has stolen the man's fiancée, bets the friend a fortune that the friend can not spend ten years in solitary confinement, which bet the friend accepts, despite the love of the woman.

Double Exposure

26th March 1953

Episode 26

No overview available.

To Any Soldier

Episode 27

No overview available.

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Episode 28

No overview available.

Allison, Ltd.

16th April 1953

Episode 29

No overview available.

The Life of the Party

23rd April 1953

Episode 30

No overview available.

Look for Tomorrow

Episode 33

No overview available.

Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

Episode 34

No overview available.

The Trestle

Episode 37

A boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.

Top Cast

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

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