Kraft Television Theatre

Season 11

1957 · 29 episodes · 1h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Vengeance

   25 Sept 1957

2. 2

   2. Barefoot Soldier

   2 Oct 1957

3. 3

   3. Smart Boy

   9 Oct 1957

4. 4

   4. A Cook for Mr. General

   16 Oct 1957

5. 5

   5. Man in a Trance

   23 Oct 1957

6. 10

   10. Come to Me

   4 Dec 1957

7. 12

   12. Polka

   18 Dec 1957

   The Polish-American father of three daughters takes great pride in entering the annual polka contest each year with one of the girls. Last year, when his oldest daughter married, the second daughter Theckla danced and won the contest with Papa. However, this year, Theckla is in love, and she refuses to put on the old-country costume and dance.

8. 13

   13. The Story of the Other Wise Man

   25 Dec 1957

9. 14

   14. The Battle for Wednesday Night

   1 Jan 1958

10. 15

    15. The Velvet Trap

    8 Jan 1958

11. 17

    17. Eddie

    22 Jan 1958

    A well-liked policeman dreams that he will have a shoot-out with a criminal on a specific day. While walking his beat on that night, he encounters the thug of his dreams.

12. 19

    19. The Spell of the Tigress

    5 Feb 1958

13. 20

    20. Material Witness

    19 Feb 1958

    An average citizen witnesses a murder. His family then faces intimidation from the killer.

14. 22

    22. Dog in a Bush Tunnel

    5 Mar 1958

15. 25

    25. Angry Angel

    26 Mar 1958

16. 26

    26. The Man in Authority

    2 Apr 1958

17. 27

    27. Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: Moony's Kid Don't Cry/The Last of My Solid Gold Watches/This Property Is Condemned

    16 Apr 1958

18. 29

    29. Fifty Grand

    30 Apr 1958

19. 30

    30. The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    7 May 1958

    A group of shady characters from a mining town wind up stuck in a blizzard with a naive young couple. The situation brings out the best, and worst, in everyone.

20. 31

    31. All the King's Men: Part 1

    14 May 1958

    The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.

21. 32

    32. All the King's Men: Part 2

    21 May 1958

22. 38

    38. Next Door to Death

    2 Jul 1958

23. 42

    42. Death Wears Many Faces

    30 Jul 1958 · 60 min

    Two college students hitching their way back to school. A fierce storm arises, and they take shelter in a local farmer's barn. The next day on the radio they hear that the daughter of the farmer who gave them shelter has been murdered, and the boys are shocked to hear that a description of the killers matches them perfectly.

24. 44

    44. Night Cry

    13 Aug 1958

    A tough veteran cop, expecting to be promoted to a supervisor position, is passed over, and finds himself assigned to a homicide by the man who took what he considered to be his job. His new boss warns him against using the brutal tactics he is infamous for, but the cop soon ditches his partner and pays a visit to the suspect in the case, in order to "interrogate" him--alone.

25. 45

    45. We Haven't Seen Her Lately

    20 Aug 1958

    Elderly Aunt Violet lets it be known that she's particularly afraid of one of her heirs, who she thinks is greedy enough to do away with her to get her money. Not long after hiring a new gardener, Violet disappears. Her friends and neighbors suspect that she has been killed by the greedy heir, but her niece Helen decides to search the entire countryside to find out what happened to her aunt.

26. 48

    48. Trick or Treat

    10 Sept 1958

27. 49

    49. A Cup of Kindness

    17 Sept 1958

28. 50

    50. Riddle of a Lady

    24 Sept 1958

    A sophisticated, upper-crust British lawyer turns to a much shadier colleague to clear him when he's charged with murdering a somewhat disreputable woman.

29. 51

    51. Presumption of Innocence

    1 Oct 1958

    A man on trial for kidnapping and killing a child admits to his lawyer that he wrote ransom notes to the child's parents, but steadfastly denies having any part in the kidnapping or the murder.