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The Ford Television Theatre

Season 1

1952 episodes

Episodes

1

Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

Oct 2, 195230m

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.

2

Junior

Oct 9, 1952
3

National Honeymoon

Oct 16, 1952
4

Birth of a Hero

Oct 23, 1952
5

Girl in the Park

Oct 30, 1952
6

Edge of the Law

Nov 6, 1952
7

Protect Her Honor

Nov 13, 1952

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

8

Sunk

Nov 20, 1952

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.

9

The Divided Heart

Nov 27, 1952
14

They Also Serve

Jan 1, 1953
16

This Is My Heart

Jan 15, 1953
17

The Sermon of the Gun

Jan 22, 1953
18

Adventure in Connecticut

Jan 29, 1953
19

The First Born

Feb 5, 1953
22

All's Fair in Love

Feb 26, 1953
23

Madame 44

Mar 5, 1953

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.

24

My Daughter's Husband

Mar 12, 1953

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

25

The Bet

Mar 19, 1953

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.

26

Double Exposure

Mar 26, 1953
27

To Any Soldier

Apr 2, 1953
28

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Apr 9, 1953
29

Allison, Ltd.

Apr 16, 1953
30

The Life of the Party

Apr 23, 1953
33

Look for Tomorrow

May 14, 1953
34

Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

May 21, 1953
37

The Trestle

Jun 11, 1953

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