James Mason
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Episode 11954-09-10
The Secret
A Hollywood columnist solves the mysterious disappearance of a silent film star.
Episode 21954-09-17
Reunion at Steepler's Hill
Returning to his home town, a gunman (John Ireland) betrays an outlaw buddy to obtain reward money.
Episode 31954-09-24
The Pipe
A suspect in a diamond robbery cleverly outwits thieves who think he has the store.
Episode 41954-10-01
The Viking
This Travel Oz features the Boondooma Balladeers and Heritage Muster, a 5 day gathering of bush balladeers, musicians and poets, in a festival known appropriately as, the "spirit of the bush". The Two Tims take us to the Blue Mountains for a winter magic festival. Then celebrations to mark the discovery of Australia by white settlers. Travel to the Town of 1770 in Queensland.
Episode 51954-10-08
The Net Draws Tight
The honest proprietor of a roadside cafe tries to help both a wayward boy and his own brother, an escaped killer.
Episode 61954-10-15
Square Shootin'
A comedy about a tenderfoot in the Old West.
Episode 71954-10-22
The Best of Everything
A young man, greedy for wealth, resorts to murder to get it.
Episode 81954-10-29
The Sensation Club
The Sensation Club worships the unusual and the bizarre. What better thing for Garman to bring before his fellow sensation-seekers than a man he believes is being sought for murder by the police?
Episode 91954-11-05
No Rescue
A wanted Latin American jeopardizes his life to aid fellow passengers in a plane crash.
Episode 101954-11-12
Midnight Haul
A driver tries to find out why his trucks are being stolen
Episode 111954-11-19
The Long Trail
Texas Ranger Walden accepts the hospitality of an Oregon sheriff and his daughter while on the trail of a man wanted for murder. He learns his quarry, Sam Gates, is nearby and the sheriff agrees to help him fulfill the order of the law. Several locals ask the ranger to reconsider arresting Gates because he was only acting in self defense. Plus, he's now a family man, married to the sheriff's daughter.
Episode 121954-11-26
Mystery of Murder
On a second honeymoon with his wife, a judge gets a chance to test his theory that there is a criminal type that will not kill under any circumstances.
Episode 131954-12-03
Volturio Investigates
A debonair jewel thief discovers there's no honor among thieves.
Episode 141954-12-10
Spangal Island
A man in a small New England town is suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his rival.
Episode 151954-12-17
Woman Expert
A detective uses his masculine charm to solve his cases. His method is to befriend the suspected murderer's sweetheart and gain her confidence.
Episode 161954-12-24
Day of Good News
A man moves from the big city to a small town and works for the local newspaper which only covers good news.
Episode 171954-12-31
The Dumbest Man in the Army
An Army misfit is ridiculed by his fellow soldiers when a prank backfires.
Episode 181955-01-07
The Cool One
Tom Novak (Stephen McNally) journeys to the Dakotas to find a wife and a ranch site. Although he finds them, another man asserts prior claim to both.
Episode 191955-01-14
Man Out of the Rain
Floods followed by a landslide find Mona Tyrrel trapped in her home with Zakka - a young man who is a complete stranger to her.
Episode 201955-01-21
Underground
Joe Tierney has had years of experience with the telephone company and its underground cable system. Some hoods decide to kidnap him and learn the location of a bank alarm.
Episode 211955-01-28
Murder In Paradise
A couple's quiet South Seas island paradise life is disrupted by strangers with a tale of a man lost at sea.
Episode 221955-02-04
The Last Pilot Schooner
A rookie reporter is assigned to cover the final voyage of a schooner and gets caught up in the drama when the ship begins to sink.
Episode 231955-02-11
The Schoolmarm
A Civil War veteran is eager to teach the ways of peace and democracy to the frontiersmen of the new state of Oregon.
Episode 241955-02-18
The Way to Freedom
An embezzler gets the chance to impersonate a Scotland Yard Officer. As such, he is assigned to search for a murderer.
Episode 251955-02-25
Fast Break
A former basketball player, once jailed for accepting a bribe, must move from one city to another as his reputation catches up with him.
Episode 261955-03-04
Fedar
In ancient Sicily, a sculptor is sentenced to be a galley slave for insulting a tyrant who rules the island.
Episode 271955-03-11
Visitor in the Night
An ambitious mayor has a tough time trying to explain what he was doing in the company of a gorgeous blonde on election eve, when his wife was away.
Episode 281955-03-18
Ride to the West
A gunslinger and his brother confront a crazed killer in a spooky Western ghost town.
Episode 291955-03-25
Log the Man Innocent
When a sea captain refuses to toss a man overboard because he is ill, the crew causes a mutiny and tosses both captain and sick man adrift in a boat.
Episode 301955-04-01
Tourists - Overnight
A niece is the traveling companion for her wealthy aunt and they stay overnight at a tourists' home and find themselves among gangsters.
Episode 311955-04-08
Mr. Ears
An elderly storekeeper keeps his young friend enthralled with tales of his days as an Indian fighter.
Episode 321955-04-15
O'Brien
Federal agent Sam Ireland is assigned to a lawless border town. Sam takes a room in a boarding house suspected of being the center of a human smuggling. The agent finds himself distracted by the fairer sex.
Episode 331955-04-22
Who's the Blonde?
Dollars disappear when a mysterious blonde appears at closing time in a bank. The teller is hard pressed to explain the discrepancy in the day's receipts.
Episode 341955-04-29
The Brute Next Door
A mild-mannered architect harbors a secret love of the more violent forms of sport. He gets his big chance when a boxer in need of a manager moves next door.
Episode 351955-05-06
The Unlighted Road
Young Jeff Latham stops at a roadside diner and ends up working there. After meeting a nice local girl, everything seems to be going his way. Things get complicated when he unwittingly gets involved with criminals working out of the diner.
Episode 361955-05-13
Too Many Nelsons
A western town is dominated by one family. When one of them is murdered, a stranger in town finds himself the object of a lynch mob.
Episode 371955-05-20
Sentence of Death
A girl witnesses the shooting of a druggist. But she doesn't go along with the identification of a suspect made by other witnesses.
Episode 381955-05-27
The Argonauts
After nearly 30 years of dull routine, a shipping clerk signs on with a ship as a sailor. But on the eve of embarkation, he meets up with more exciting fare in port.
Episode 391955-06-03
Visa for X
A member of the British Civil Service whose job it is to produce identity cards for the War Office, is tempted to use his skills for illegitimate purposes when his son becomes a fugitive.
Episode 401955-06-10
O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felon
A guest finally finds her way to O'Connor's insolvent fishing lodge in the High Sierras. But her car is flashy, her purse empty and her only luggage a revolver.
Episode 411955-06-17
A Mule for Santa Fe
A father and son need another mule so they can join the wagon train. But they come across criminals who want more than they can offer for the transaction.
Episode 421955-06-24
Splendid with Swords
The last of a line of famous fencers falls in love with a girl who scoffs at fencing.
Episode 431955-07-01
The Ordeal of Dr. Sutton
The romance of a nurse suffers a setback when a doctor turns down a chance to establish a private practice.
Episode 441955-07-08
Ambitious Cop
A policeman who wants to be a district attorney kills an old friend in a gun duel. He now has to reckon not only with the public, which thinks of him as a killer, but with angry mobsters.
Episode 451955-07-15
Meet Mr. Justice
A small town postmaster, storekeeper and justice of the peace has his hands full when a young eloping couple attempts to "borrow" gasoline from his locked pump.
Episode 461955-07-22
Visibility Zero
An aging senior airline pilot is about to be promoted to operations chief, but feels he is being "grounded" due to his age. When he makes his farewell flight he learns that things are changing.
Episode 471955-07-29
The Direct Approach
A large state-decreed construction project overwhelms a small rural town that is dominated by a gruff but soft-hearted old soldier. His niece is young and craves romance, and finds it in the construction foreman, who's very much at odds with the townsfolk and especially a man that fancies himself as her boyfriend.
Episode 481955-08-05
Too Late to Run
The owner of a roadside diner is falling for his new waitress, but his young assistant is suspicious of her. The report that a dangerous killer is in the vicinity changes the picture.
Episode 491955-08-12
On Leave
Pvt. Henri Baptiste, decorated French soldier of World War I, obtains a leave and visits his home village, only to find it devastated.
Episode 501955-08-19
Jury of One
A lawyer goes to a small Wyoming town in search of the heir to a strange legacy. Two claimants show up, each with verbal proof of his rightful claim, and this puts the lawyer in the role of a Solomon to decide which is the heir.
Episode 511955-08-26
The Case for the State
A young assistant district attorney suspects a trap has been baited for an indigent artist accused of stealing money from an art gallery.
Episode 521955-09-02
Three Months to Remember
An ex-GI suffering from amnesia returns to his home town in an attempt to regain both his memory and an inheritance.
Episode 531955-09-09
The Uninhibited Female
An efficiency expert on his first assignment and an outspoken secretary lock horns over how things are done.
Episode 541955-09-16
Wild Call
After working in a department store for forty years, a man decides to go on a sea voyage.
Episode 551955-09-23
The Quitter
Trainer Bradley Taylor enlists the aid of a mule to train a frisky harness-race horse.
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