Episodes
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1. Child of the Regiment
3 Oct 1956 · 60 min
After his wife suffers a miscarriage during an earthquake in Japan, he finds that a young Japanese girl is parentless and homeless and decides to take her in. Hoping of course that his wife will overcome her grief over the loss of their own child. He is reassigned to Honolulu and there he encounters problems with his superior who is extremely racist against his daughter and causes trouble for him and his outfit.
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2. Stranger in the Night
17 Oct 1956 · 60 min
A sensitive widow of delicate constitution falls in love with a cottage by the sea previously owned by Captain Robert Wilton who commited suicide. Feeling a ghostly prescence she becomes enchanted with him and he helps her to overcome her fears.
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3. The Money Maker
31 Oct 1956 · 60 min
Mrs. Miller is elderly with no money, she makes a living by counterfeiting one dollar bills. This leads to trouble with the US government who can't believe it.
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4. Smoke Jumpers
14 Nov 1956 · 60 min
Only the leader of a firefighter unit survives a forest fire and is accused of saving himself at his men's expense. After his recovery he goes out again this time to prove everyone wrong.
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5. The Last Patriarch
28 Nov 1956 · 60 min
Emil Markheim employs the same ruthless authority in running the bank he founded that he imposes on his own family. His sons hate him enough to want to destroy him. The son who loves him ends up in jail for trying to bride a juror after his father winds up on the bank examiners wrong side. After doing 5 years in Sing Sing upon his release the other brothers try to destroy him.
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6. Men Against Speed
12 Dec 1956 · 60 min
A family auto-racing team, father and two sons, intent upon proving that their American vehicle is the superior to any foreign job. The trio enters an important Italian road competition. A press agent upsets things, when she can't choose between brothers.
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7. Operation Cicero
26 Dec 1956 · 60 min
Based on the true story of a World War II spy with access to top secret information in the British embassy in Turkey, this episode follows the brief but bright career of an English valet, code-named Cicero, who seized his chance to sell expensive secrets to the Germans, including details about D-Day's Operation Overlord. The Nazi government, the British ambassador, and a Polish countess all dance on strings even as British counteragents close in.
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8. End of a Gun
9 Jan 1957 · 60 min
Jimmy Ringo an ex-gunfighter tries to settle down to a normal life but is constantly challenged to gun fights. As he tries to reconnect with his wife and son in Cayenne, his life is in danger when several attempts are made on his life. Distraught he tells the sheriff his friend not to pursue the attempts, to let the gunnies find out themselves what kind of life it is to be an outlaw.
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9. False Witness
23 Jan 1957 · 60 min
A mother places an ad in the newspaper claiming the innocence of her son. A reporter checks out the story.
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10. Springfield Incident
6 Feb 1957 · 60 min
A young Abe takes on a case where the only witness to the crime is the mother of two young men who are wrongfully accused in the stabbing death of the town deputy.
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11. Man of the Law
20 Feb 1957 · 60 min
In Vaquero County at the Wells Fargo Office, Anse Trumbull is shot and killed in a bank hold up. This endangers the only witness to the crime, the sheriff's stepson. The sheriff is faced with a difficult decision whether to protect the boy and possibly lose his respect or risk the boys life.
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12. City in Flames
6 Mar 1957 · 60 min
During the time of the great Chicago fire, the two O'Leary brothers become bitter political and romantic rivals for the beautiful stage actress, one brother is a notorious gambler and the other a pious reformer. After Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocks over the fabled lantern, we are treated to generous stock footage from In Old Chicago's climatic conclusion.
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13. Deadline Decision
20 Mar 1957 · 60 min
Ben Macready son of John Macready owner and editor of the ""Hollisfield Herald"" has been asked by Police Chief Swanson to keep a lid on a kidnapping of Jimmie Elgin son of the Bank Manager George Elgin under wraps for 18 hours. Ben agrees, however his father doesnt and goes ahead with the story. The townspeople turn on Macready when it is learned that the river was dragged and a body was found. Fearing the worst, Macready embarks on a mission to capture the kidnapper. Offering him money for the story and trapping him only to discover that little Jimmie is alive and is exchanged for the reward. The police are able to arrest the kidnapper.
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14. The Still Trumpet
3 Apr 1957 · 60 min
During the Civil War, imprisoned Confederate soldiers are paroled to help protect pioneers from Indians.
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15. Men in Her Life
17 Apr 1957 · 60 min
Retired schoolteacher pays a visit to a former pupil she taught many years ago. He is a candidate running for governor. She tells him about how difficult he was as a boy and her attempts to help him interfered with the man she loved and accusations concerning that man.
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16. Deep Water
1 May 1957 · 60 min · 7.0/10
The ruthless head of an underwater demolition team, aka the frogmen, is unpopular with his men when he comes head to head with his chief petty officer just as an enemy torpedo lodges, unexploded, in a section of the ship's sick bay.
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17. The Great American Hoax
15 May 1957 · 60 min
John Hodges has been a printer devoted to his work. Now, at 65, he is automatically retired by his firm. But Hodges isn't ready for retirement -he feels he has many years of productivve employment ahead. Furthermore,life without a job becomes tedious. He feels unwanted in the house and finally flees to the park where he sits, contemplates the injustice of his retirement, and plots ways to be reinstated. Finally he hits on a daring maneuver. Knowing that the president of the parent company is a mysteriously remote figure, Hodges decides to impersonate him, change some of the rules and get his job back. Excited, he starts to compose an interesting letter!
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18. Threat to a Happy Ending
29 May 1957 · 60 min
Police captain's daughter is threatened when a gangster resolves to make sure that the Captain and his family are held responsible.
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19. The Marriage Broker
12 Jun 1957 · 60 min
A mischievous, well meaning, meddling busy body opens up an agency to bring couples together. After years of being a scorned woman Mae decides to turn the tables on her nemisis after her ex-husbands death. A variation of Hello Dolly!
The 20th Century Fox Hour Season 2: quick answers
How many episodes are in The 20th Century Fox Hour Season 2?
Season 2 of The 20th Century Fox Hour has 19 episodes, about 19 hours in total.
When did The 20th Century Fox Hour Season 2 come out?
Season 2 premiered on 3 Oct 1956.