Kraft Television Theatre

Season 9

1955 · 49 episodes · 1h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

   28 Sept 1955

   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.

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   2. The Beautiful Time

   5 Oct 1955

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   3. Trucks Welcome

   12 Oct 1955

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   4. I, Mrs. Bibb

   19 Oct 1955

   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.

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   5. One

   26 Oct 1955

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   6. Number Four with Flowers

   2 Nov 1955

   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.

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   7. The Ticket and the Tempest

   9 Nov 1955

   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.

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   8. Summer's End

   16 Nov 1955

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   9. Day of Judgment

   23 Nov 1955

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    10. Once a Genius

    30 Nov 1955

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    11. Lady Ruth

    7 Dec 1955

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    12. A Nugget from the Sunrise

    14 Dec 1955

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    13. A Christmas Dinner

    21 Dec 1955

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    14. Eleven O'Clock Flight

    28 Dec 1955

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    15. The Thieving Magpie

    4 Jan 1956

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    16. The Sears Girl

    11 Jan 1956

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    17. The Devil as a Roaring Lion

    18 Jan 1956

    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.

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    18. Home Is the Hero

    25 Jan 1956

    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.

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    19. Five Minutes to Live

    1 Feb 1956

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    20. Good Old Charlie Faye

    8 Feb 1956

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    21. The Man on Roller Skates

    15 Feb 1956

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    22. Snapfinger Creek

    22 Feb 1956

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    23. Bobbie

    29 Feb 1956

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    24. The Fool Killer

    7 Mar 1956

    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.

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    25. The Lost Weekend

    21 Mar 1956

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    26. A Night to Remember

    28 Mar 1956

    On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

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    27. Paper Foxhole

    4 Apr 1956

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    28. The Last Showdown

    11 Apr 1956

    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.

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    29. No Riders

    18 Apr 1956

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    30. The Gentle Grafter

    25 Apr 1956 · 60 min

    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.

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    31. A Night to Remember

    2 May 1956

    On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

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    32. Death Is a Spanish Dancer

    9 May 1956

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    33. A Profile in Courage

    16 May 1956

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    34. Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall

    23 May 1956

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    35. Box 704

    30 May 1956

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    36. The Night of May Third

    6 Jun 1956

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    37. Boy in a Cage

    13 Jun 1956

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    38. Flying Object at Three O'Clock High

    20 Jun 1956

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    39. Starfish

    27 Jun 1956

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    40. Tear Open the Skies

    4 Jul 1956

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    41. Long Arm

    11 Jul 1956

    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.

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    42. Babies for Sale

    18 Jul 1956

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    43. Prairie Night

    25 Jul 1956

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    44. One Way West

    1 Aug 1956

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    45. Anna Santonello

    8 Aug 1956

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    46. The Magic Box

    15 Aug 1956

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    47. The Girls Who Saw Too Much

    29 Aug 1956

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    48. Mock Trial

    5 Sept 1956

    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.

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    49. Shadow of Evil

    12 Sept 1956