Ronald Reagan
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General Electric Theater
Season 5
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Episode 130 min1956-09-16
The Great Lady
Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.
Episode 230 min1956-09-23
The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy
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Episode 330 min1956-09-30
The Professor's Punch
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Episode 430 min1956-10-07
The Pot of Gold
Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".
Episode 530 min1956-10-14
The Enemies
Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.
Episode 630 min1956-10-21
The Invitation
After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.
Episode 730 min1956-10-28
The Second Stranger
In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.
Episode 830 min1956-11-04
The Rider on the Pale Horse
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Episode 930 min1956-11-11
The Charlatan
A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.
Episode 1030 min1956-11-25
The Road That Led Afar
A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.
Episode 1130 min1956-12-02
Orphans
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Episode 1230 min1956-12-09
The Breach
Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.
Episode 1330 min1956-12-16
The Chess Game
A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.
Episode 1430 min1956-12-23
A Child is Born
A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.
Episode 1530 min1956-12-30
The Shadow Outside
Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.
Episode 1630 min1957-01-06
Never Turn Back
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Episode 1730 min1957-01-13
The Earring
Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.
Episode 1830 min1957-01-20
Lady of the House
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Episode 1930 min1957-01-27
The Doctors of Pawnee Kill
Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.
Episode 2030 min1957-02-03
No Skin Off Me
A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.
Episode 2130 min1957-02-10
The Town with a Past
Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.
Episode 2230 min1957-02-17
The Big Shooter
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Episode 2330 min1957-02-24
Flight from Tormendero
During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.
Episode 2430 min1957-03-03
The Fenton Touch
A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.
Episode 2530 min1957-03-10
With Malice Toward None
An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.
Episode 2630 min1957-03-17
The Victorian Chaise Lounge
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Episode 2730 min1957-03-24
Too Good with a Gun
An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.
Episode 2830 min1957-04-07
Bargain Bride
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Episode 2930 min1957-04-14
Cab Driver
A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.
Episode 3030 min1957-04-21
Bitter Choice
An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.
Episode 3130 min1957-04-28
I Will Not Die
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Episode 3230 min1957-05-05
Angel of Wrath
After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.
Episode 3330 min1957-05-12
A Question of Survival
A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.
Episode 3430 min1957-05-19
The Man Who Inherited Everything
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Episode 3530 min1957-05-26
A New Girl in His Life
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