Season 9 (1955)
Episodes: 49
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Air Date: 1955-09-28
A prep school student named Percy Washington becomes friends with his schoolmate John Unger. Percy invites John to spend the holidays at his family's isolated Montana mansion. It sits atop a mountain of solid diamond. John begins to worry about his safety when he learns the the father, Mr. Washington, is paranoid about his wealth. He shoots down planes that fly over the house and then kills the pilots. The crazed patriarch does the same with children who drop in.
Ep.2 The Beautiful Time
Air Date: 1955-10-05
Ep.3 Trucks Welcome
Air Date: 1955-10-12
Ep.4 I, Mrs. Bibb
Air Date: 1955-10-19
Despite having no political aspirations or experience, Mrs. Bibb is asked to fill the seat of her deceased husband. Aiding her is her husband's assistant, Ned, who is engaged to the Bibbs' daughter. Events take an ugly turn when it Ned is suspected of having taken a bribe from a contractor.
Ep.5 One
Air Date: 1955-10-26
Ep.6 Number Four with Flowers
Air Date: 1955-11-02
The bullet-riddled body of a big-time gambler is brought to the morgue in this tongue-in-cheek comedy. Out of the blue, a naive young waitress steps forward to claim the dead man's remains. Soon, she finds herself with three boyfriends: a mortician, a tough police officer and the murdered crook's business partner. Soon she's being taken on her "last ride" and she manages to even charm the gunman.
Ep.7 The Ticket and the Tempest
Air Date: 1955-11-09
A delicatessen owner who buys an Irish Sweepstakes ticket in a friend's name. When it wins $28,000, trouble abounds for the poor man.
Ep.8 Summer's End
Air Date: 1955-11-16
Ep.9 Day of Judgment
Air Date: 1955-11-23
Ep.10 Once a Genius
Air Date: 1955-11-30
Ep.11 Lady Ruth
Air Date: 1955-12-07
Ep.12 A Nugget from the Sunrise
Air Date: 1955-12-14
Ep.13 A Christmas Dinner
Air Date: 1955-12-21
Ep.14 Eleven O'Clock Flight
Air Date: 1955-12-28
Ep.15 The Thieving Magpie
Air Date: 1956-01-04
Ep.16 The Sears Girl
Air Date: 1956-01-11
Ep.17 The Devil as a Roaring Lion
Air Date: 1956-01-18
A young boy finds a wounded, dying man hiding in his family's boat house. The man, a prospector who has just killed his partner in a dispute, at first frightens the boy, but as the two begin to get to know each other, they become friends. Eventually the boy suspects that the man might not be all he claims to be.
Ep.18 Home Is the Hero
Air Date: 1956-01-25
A man who in a drunken rage killed a neighbor is released from prison after serving five years. Paddo returns home and takes out his rage on his friends and family members. His son Willie stands up to the brute and proves that Paddo is neither needed nor wanted by the family.
Ep.19 Five Minutes to Live
Air Date: 1956-02-01
Ep.20 Good Old Charlie Faye
Air Date: 1956-02-08
Ep.21 The Man on Roller Skates
Air Date: 1956-02-15
Ep.22 Snapfinger Creek
Air Date: 1956-02-22
Ep.23 Bobbie
Air Date: 1956-02-29
Ep.24 The Fool Killer
Air Date: 1956-03-07
The Fool Killer is a mythical figure who chops the heads off of those who make fools of themselves. In the days after the American Civil War, a young boy who is haunted by this creature in his dreams. When he runs away from home he encounters the beast in the flesh.
Ep.25 The Lost Weekend
Air Date: 1956-03-21
Ep.26 A Night to Remember
Air Date: 1956-03-28
Ep.27 Paper Foxhole
Air Date: 1956-04-04
Ep.28 The Last Showdown
Air Date: 1956-04-11
A big city real estate mogul gets involved in a shady tax deal. Facing exposure, he plans to flee the country, leaving his son-in-law behind to take the blame. His daughter learns of his scheme and puts a stop to it.
Ep.29 No Riders
Air Date: 1956-04-18
Ep.30 The Gentle Grafter
Air Date: 1956-04-25
Jeff Peters uses his personal magnetism to fleece the mayor of a hick town, run a shady matrimonial agency and establish a monopoly on the rot-gut whiskey business. Peters is joined in these schemes by a right-hand man and a beautiful widow. The trio thinks that they are unstoppable until they meet up with a former master of the con game.
Ep.31 A Night to Remember
Air Date: 1956-05-02
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ep.32 Death Is a Spanish Dancer
Air Date: 1956-05-09
Ep.33 A Profile in Courage
Air Date: 1956-05-16
Ep.34 Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall
Air Date: 1956-05-23
Ep.35 Box 704
Air Date: 1956-05-30
Ep.36 The Night of May Third
Air Date: 1956-06-06
Ep.37 Boy in a Cage
Air Date: 1956-06-13
Ep.38 Flying Object at Three O'Clock High
Air Date: 1956-06-20
Ep.39 Starfish
Air Date: 1956-06-27
Ep.40 Tear Open the Skies
Air Date: 1956-07-04
Ep.41 Long Arm
Air Date: 1956-07-11
An attractive young woman flirts with a store clerk at a pawn shop, inviting him to join her for lunch. While he's gone, the store is robbed and the owner is killed. The clerk is without an alibi because the woman with whom he dined worked for the criminals.
Ep.42 Babies for Sale
Air Date: 1956-07-18
Ep.43 Prairie Night
Air Date: 1956-07-25
Ep.44 One Way West
Air Date: 1956-08-01
Ep.45 Anna Santonello
Air Date: 1956-08-08
Ep.46 The Magic Box
Air Date: 1956-08-15
Ep.47 The Girls Who Saw Too Much
Air Date: 1956-08-29
Ep.48 Mock Trial
Air Date: 1956-09-05
As part of its law school training, a college stages mock trials for students to gain experience. One of its mock trials turns real when the city's mayor is put on the stand and the misuse of taxpayers' money is revealed.