The Ford Television Theatre

S01 E01 · 1952-10-02 · 30 min

Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.

S01 E02 · 1952-10-09

Junior

S01 E03 · 1952-10-16

National Honeymoon

S01 E04 · 1952-10-23

Birth of a Hero

S01 E05 · 1952-10-30

Girl in the Park

S01 E06 · 1952-11-06

Edge of the Law

S01 E07 · 1952-11-13

Protect Her Honor

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

S01 E08 · 1952-11-20

Sunk

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

S01 E09 · 1952-11-27

The Divided Heart

S01 E14 · 1953-01-01

They Also Serve

S01 E15 · 1953-01-08

It Happened in a Pawn Shop

When two struggling people, a musician and young woman, make a deal in a pawnshop to resolve their individual financial shortfalls, an attraction, complicated by the woman's licentious landlady and overbearing suitor, ensues.

S01 E16 · 1953-01-15

This Is My Heart

S01 E17 · 1953-01-22

The Sermon of the Gun

S01 E18 · 1953-01-29

Adventure in Connecticut

S01 E19 · 1953-02-05

The First Born

S01 E22 · 1953-02-26

All's Fair in Love

S01 E23 · 1953-03-05

Madame 44

A woman saloon owner in California, known as gunslinger "Madame 44," is tried and acquitted for murder after defending herself from a claim jumper. Later, passing for respectability in New Orleans, a suitor threatens to expose her past.

S01 E24 · 1953-03-12

My Daughter's Husband

A father rejects his daughter's poor choice in a husband.

S01 E25 · 1953-03-19

The Bet

A wealthy man, whose poor friend has stolen the man's fiancée, bets the friend a fortune that the friend can not spend ten years in solitary confinement, which bet the friend accepts, despite the love of the woman.

S01 E26 · 1953-03-26

Double Exposure

S01 E27 · 1953-04-02

To Any Soldier

S01 E28 · 1953-04-09

Just What the Doctor Ordered

S01 E29 · 1953-04-16

Allison, Ltd.

S01 E30 · 1953-04-23

The Life of the Party

S01 E32 · 1953-05-07

The Lady and the Champ

A boxer strives for the middleweight championship in order to fund his friend's business venture.

S01 E33 · 1953-05-14

Look for Tomorrow

S01 E34 · 1953-05-21

Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

S01 E36 · 1953-06-04

There's No Place Like Home

A newspaper expose precipitates a violent quarrel between the writer and his family.

S01 E37 · 1953-06-11

The Trestle

A boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.

S02 E01 · 1953-10-01

Tangier Lady

S02 E02 · 1953-10-08

The Doctor's Downfall

S02 E03 · 1953-10-15

Emergency

S02 E04 · 1953-10-22

The Bachelor

S02 E05 · 1953-10-29

Tomorrow's Men

S02 E06 · 1953-11-05

The World's My Oyster

S02 E07 · 1953-11-12

The Ming Lama

S02 E08 · 1953-11-19

As the Flame Dies

S02 E09 · 1953-11-26

Double Bet

S02 E10 · 1953-12-03

Kiss and Forget

S02 E11

And Suddenly, You Knew

S02 E12 · 1953-12-17

Gun Job

A former sheriff comes into conflict with a tough cattleman who refuses to recognize the law.

S02 E13 · 1953-12-24

Ever Since the Day

S02 E14 · 1953-12-31

Alias Nora Hale

S02 E15 · 1954-01-07

The Fugitives

S02 E16 · 1954-01-14

The Ardent Woodsman

S02 E17 · 1954-01-21

The Happiest Day

S02 E18 · 1954-01-28

Mantrap

S02 E19 · 1954-02-04

Lucky Tommy Jordan

S02 E22 · 1954-02-25

Marriageable Male

S02 E24 · 1954-03-11

Come On, Red

S02 E25 · 1954-03-18

The Last Thirty Minutes

S02 E26 · 1954-03-25

The Taming of the Shrewd

S02 E27 · 1954-04-01

Turn Back the Clock

S02 E29 · 1954-04-15

Sister Veronica

S02 E30 · 1954-04-22

Wedding March

S02 E31 · 1954-04-29

Night Visitor

S02 E32 · 1954-05-06

A Season to Love

S02 E33 · 1954-05-15 · 30 min

Wonderful Day for a Wedding

S02 E34 · 1954-05-20

Beneath These Waters

S02 E36 · 1954-06-03

The Unlocked Door

S02 E37 · 1954-06-10

The Mason-Dixon Line

To win a new house, an engaged couple enters a contest for married people, planning to marry if they win. They quarrel but they win, so they draw a line down the middle of the house, evenly dividing their property.

S02 E38 · 1954-06-17

The Tryst

A girl tries to shift a scandal from herself to her brother's fiancee.

S02 E39 · 1954-06-24

Indirect Approach

A girl gets the man she wants by pretending she wants another.

S03 E01 · 1954-09-30

The Trouble with Youth

A middle-aged theatrical producer suddenly begins mixing with the younger set.

S03 E02 · 1954-10-07

Daughter of Mine

S03 E03 · 1954-10-14

Shadow of Truth

S03 E04 · 1954-10-21

Segment

During a convention in a large city, a visiting family consisting of a man, his wife and daughter checks into a hotel. When the girl leaves, the wife's incessant nagging pushes the man into a rage building for years, and he snaps. He's going to murder his wife with a long sharp piece of glass

S03 E05 · 1954-10-28

Trip Around the Block

S03 E07 · 1954-11-11

The Road Ahead

S03 E08 · 1954-11-18

The Summer Memory

S03 E09 · 1954-11-25

The Legal Beagles

S03 E10 · 1954-12-02

Girl in Flight

S03 E11 · 1954-12-09

Charlie C Company

S03 E12 · 1954-12-16

Portrait of Lydia

S03 E13 · 1954-12-23

Slide, Darling, Slide

S03 E14 · 1954-12-30

The Unbroken Promise

A man brings his fiance home to meet his teenage daughter.

S03 E15 · 1955-01-06

Magic Formula

S03 E16 · 1955-01-13

..... and Son

S03 E17 · 1955-01-20

The Stars Don't Shine

A man commits a robbery to meet payments on his fishing boat, accidentally blinding a girl in the process.

S03 E18 · 1955-01-27

Letters Marked Personal

A man tries to capture the romance he and his wife once shared.

S03 E19 · 1955-02-03

Touch of Spring

A wife is overcome with romance one afternoon, forgets she's married, and flirts with a handsome young doctor. She get caught up in the moment and makes a date with the man for that evening. Upon arriving home, she tells her husband about the silly predicament she's now in. Hubby decides the "other man" should come over as planned for a lesson on romance.

S03 E20 · 1955-02-10

Pretend You're You

An honest boy meets and falls in love with an engaged girl. The boy's less than honest family decides to help the romance along.

S03 E21 · 1955-02-17

Tomorrow We'll Love

During the Indochina War, a girl meets a young flier at a wedding. They fall in love, but the flier, sure he will be killed shortly, refuses to give up his reckless way of life.

S03 E22 · 1955-02-24

Too Old for Dolls

Parents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name of her imaginary childhood friend, Dad arranges for one of the boys from the office to escort her. It turns out that Al really does exist.

S03 E23 · 1955-03-03

The Lilac Bush

On her son's fifth birthday a mother plants a lilac bush. When the boy dies, she flies into a fit of rage and attempts to destroy the bush.

S03 E24 · 1955-03-10

Second Sight

S03 E25 · 1955-03-17

Celebrity

Heiress Myla Marshall is a tabloid fixture for living the high life. The public, and her abusive ex-husband, are unaware of the son she's secretly kept at boarding schools since his birth. She was determined to save the child from the savage hands of his father. When news of the boy is leaked to the press, her hateful ex reappears and begins to rough her up. He ends up dead and Myla faces a murder trial.

S03 E26 · 1955-03-24

Garrity's Sons

A boxing promoter gets word that his conniving brother is returning home. Years before he turned into a cheating, crooked fighter, and now is slipping. He broke the heart of a girl that still loves him, He also must win one last fight-if his brother can help him.

S03 E27 · 1955-03-31

Hanrahan

S03 E28 · 1955-04-07

Deception

A woman learns that her son, reported missing in action, is alive and returning home from Korea.

S03 E29 · 1955-04-21

Sunday Mourn

S03 E33 · 1955-05-19

Mimi

S03 E36 · 1955-06-09

One Man Missing

S03 E38 · 1955-06-23

The Mumbys

The vagabond Mumby family moved into a ritzy subdivision which causes the developer to plot their eviction. Their continued presence disturbs their haughty neighbors but also teaches them some important lessons.

S04 E01 · 1955-10-06 · 25 min

All That Glitters

S04 E02 · 1955-10-13

Husband

S04 E03 · 1955-10-20

The Lady in the Wind

Since her parent's death, a young woman has looked to her employer for guidance. When she marries a young artist who expresses his emotions on canvas rather that in words, she again turns to her employer for understanding.

S04 E04 · 1955-10-27

Twelve to Eternity

S04 E05 · 1955-11-03

Johnny, Where Are You?

S04 E08 · 1955-11-24

Passage to Yesterday

S04 E12 · 1955-12-22

A Kiss for Santa

S04 E13 · 1955-12-29

A Set of Values

S04 E15 · 1956-01-12

Dear Diane

S04 E16 · 1956-01-19

Never Lend Money to a Woman

A jilted loan-company employee advances money to his ex-fiancee.

S04 E17 · 1956-01-26

Try Me for Size

S04 E18 · 1956-02-02

Tin Can Skipper

S04 E20 · 1956-02-16

Airborne Honeymoon

S04 E22 · 1956-03-01

Man Without Fear

A man is notified by the police that his former business partner has escaped from prison. This is concerning as the man has since married his former friend's wife and had planned the fraud for which his associate went to prison.

S04 E26 · 1956-03-29

The Face

S04 E27 · 1956-04-05

Autumn Fever

S04 E31 · 1956-05-03 · 30 min

The Payoff

A private investigator is hired by a pretty blonde to collect an envelope at a boxing match and deliver it to her the next day. What's in the envelope causes some inconvenience.

S04 E33 · 1956-05-17

The Kill

S04 E37 · 1956-06-14

Panic

S04 E38 · 1956-06-21

Remembrance Day

S04 E39 · 1956-06-28

A Past Remembered

A former all-American college football player attends a 20-year school reunion. He confronts his future by lying about his past.

S05 E02 · 1956-10-10

Sudden Silence

S05 E03 · 1953-10-15 · 25 min

Emergency

An escaped convict invades the home of a ordinary American family.

S05 E04 · 1956-10-24

Measure of Faith

S05 E05 · 1956-10-31

Black Jim Hawk

S05 E08 · 1956-11-21

The Menace of Hasty Heights

S05 E09 · 1956-11-28

Stand by to Dive

A young naval officer is assigned to the submarine his father commands. He has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child.

S05 E11 · 1956-12-12

The Marriage Plan

S05 E12 · 1956-12-19

Duffy's Man

S05 E14 · 1957-01-02

Fear Has Many Faces

S05 E15 · 1957-01-09

The Quiet Stranger

S05 E16 · 1957-01-16

Sweet Charlie

Private detective Vic Chambers is hired by a dancer to crack a murder case she's a suspect in, but she too is murdered. The entire case seems to hinge on a single fingerprint. The search for the killer is complicated by the fact his leading suspect is his rival Scoop Donnelly.

S05 E18 · 1957-01-30

Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

S05 E19 · 1957-02-06

The Connoisseur

S05 E20 · 1957-02-13

Ringside Seat

S05 E21 · 1957-02-20

With No Regrets

S05 E25 · 1957-03-20

The Man Across the Hall

S05 E30 · 1957-04-24 · 30 min

Footnote on a Doll

Following her turn as the nation's First Lady, Dolley Madison's life continued to be colorful.

S05 E38 · 1957-06-19

Desperation

S05 E39 · 1957-06-26 · 30 min

Adventure for Hire

Adventure for Hire

S08 E01 · 1956-10-03

Catch at Straws

S08 E02 · 1956-10-10

Sudden Silence

S08 E03 · 1956-10-17

Paris Edition

S08 E04 · 1956-10-24

Measure of Faith

A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.

S08 E05 · 1956-10-31

Black Jim Hawk

As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge.Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.

S08 E06 · 1956-11-07

Sometimes It Happens

A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.

S08 E07 · 1956-11-14

The Woman Who Dared

In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.

S08 E08 · 1956-11-21

The Menace of Hasty Heights

As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.

S08 E09 · 1956-11-28

Stand By To Dive

A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.

S08 E18 · 1957-01-30

Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son