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Kraft Television Theatre

Season 9

1955 · 49 episodes

  1. 1. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

    1955-09-28

    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.

  2. 2. The Beautiful Time

    1955-10-05

  3. 3. Trucks Welcome

    1955-10-12

  4. 4. I, Mrs. Bibb

    1955-10-19

    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.

  5. 5. One

    1955-10-26

  6. 6. Number Four with Flowers

    1955-11-02

    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.

  7. 7. The Ticket and the Tempest

    1955-11-09

    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.

  8. 8. Summer's End

    1955-11-16

  9. 9. Day of Judgment

    1955-11-23

  10. 10. Once a Genius

    1955-11-30

  11. 11. Lady Ruth

    1955-12-07

  12. 12. A Nugget from the Sunrise

    1955-12-14

  13. 13. A Christmas Dinner

    1955-12-21

  14. 14. Eleven O'Clock Flight

    1955-12-28

  15. 15. The Thieving Magpie

    1956-01-04

  16. 16. The Sears Girl

    1956-01-11

  17. 17. The Devil as a Roaring Lion

    1956-01-18

    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.

  18. 18. Home Is the Hero

    1956-01-25

    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.

  19. 19. Five Minutes to Live

    1956-02-01

  20. 20. Good Old Charlie Faye

    1956-02-08

  21. 21. The Man on Roller Skates

    1956-02-15

  22. 22. Snapfinger Creek

    1956-02-22

  23. 23. Bobbie

    1956-02-29

  24. 24. The Fool Killer

    1956-03-07

    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.

  25. 25. The Lost Weekend

    1956-03-21

  26. 26. A Night to Remember

    1956-03-28

  27. 27. Paper Foxhole

    1956-04-04

  28. 28. The Last Showdown

    1956-04-11

    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.

  29. 29. No Riders

    1956-04-18

  30. 30. The Gentle Grafter

    1956-04-25 · 60m

    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.

  31. 31. A Night to Remember

    1956-05-02

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

  32. 32. Death Is a Spanish Dancer

    1956-05-09

  33. 33. A Profile in Courage

    1956-05-16

  34. 34. Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall

    1956-05-23

  35. 35. Box 704

    1956-05-30

  36. 36. The Night of May Third

    1956-06-06

  37. 37. Boy in a Cage

    1956-06-13

  38. 38. Flying Object at Three O'Clock High

    1956-06-20

  39. 39. Starfish

    1956-06-27

  40. 40. Tear Open the Skies

    1956-07-04

  41. 41. Long Arm

    1956-07-11

    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.

  42. 42. Babies for Sale

    1956-07-18

  43. 43. Prairie Night

    1956-07-25

  44. 44. One Way West

    1956-08-01

  45. 45. Anna Santonello

    1956-08-08

  46. 46. The Magic Box

    1956-08-15

  47. 47. The Girls Who Saw Too Much

    1956-08-29

  48. 48. Mock Trial

    1956-09-05

    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.

  49. 49. Shadow of Evil

    1956-09-12

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