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Climax!

Season 2 1955 - 1956

  • 1955-09-02T00:30:00Z on CBS
  • 1h
  • 1d 21h (45 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Mystery
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

45 episodes

Season Premiere

1955-09-02T00:30:00Z

2x01 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Season Premiere

2x01 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • 1955-09-02T00:30:00Z1h

Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .

1955-09-09T00:30:00Z

2x02 Public Pigeon #1

2x02 Public Pigeon #1

  • 1955-09-09T00:30:00Z1h

Cafeteria worker Rusty is cheated by stock swindlers and winds up in jail, but the crooks have to break him out in order to recover their loot, which was stashed in Rusty's safety deposit box.

1955-09-16T00:30:00Z

2x03 Silent Decision

2x03 Silent Decision

  • 1955-09-16T00:30:00Z1h

A surgeon finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and takes matters into his own hands.

1955-09-23T00:30:00Z

2x04 Night of Execution

2x04 Night of Execution

  • 1955-09-23T00:30:00Z1h

A mother watches her cruel and destructive husband continually expose their young son to all kinds of violence. Finally she feels she must take steps to save her son from this sinister influence.

1955-09-30T00:30:00Z

2x05 Sailor on Horseback

2x05 Sailor on Horseback

  • 1955-09-30T00:30:00Z1h

As Jack London's reputation as a writer grows, his fame causes conflicts with his sister Eliza and his wife Charmain.

1955-10-14T00:30:00Z

2x06 Thin Air

2x06 Thin Air

  • 1955-10-14T00:30:00Z1h

An advertising executive's wife disappears during a summer vacation.

1955-10-21T00:30:00Z

2x07 House of Shadows

2x07 House of Shadows

  • 1955-10-21T00:30:00Z1h

A woman keeps her elderly uncle locked up as a prisoner in his own home when a man decides to investigate the story himself.

1955-10-28T00:30:00Z

2x08 The Pink Cloud

2x08 The Pink Cloud

  • 1955-10-28T00:30:00Z1h

An ex-con returns to New York looking for the man responsible for the crime he did time for.

1955-11-11T01:30:00Z

2x09 Scheme to Defraud

2x09 Scheme to Defraud

  • 1955-11-11T01:30:00Z1h

An insurance underwriter and his secretary are both disgruntled over their dull, monotonous routine. They fall in love, and then discover a way to cash in on a $70,000 insurance claim.

1955-11-18T01:30:00Z

2x10 A Promise to Murder

2x10 A Promise to Murder

  • 1955-11-18T01:30:00Z1h

At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.

1955-11-25T01:30:00Z

2x11 Portrait in Celluloid

2x11 Portrait in Celluloid

  • 1955-11-25T01:30:00Z1h

Art Shaddick, formerly a writer, now a writer's agent, sits in his gaudy, pretentious office, on the bookcase reposes an Oscar, won by Art for his last picture. That was in 1929. Since then he has gone steadily downhill, shouting all the way. When suddenly a young writer appears with a great script, it is just what Art needs, a golden opportunity to rise again to greatness.

1955-12-02T01:30:00Z

2x12 A Man of Taste

2x12 A Man of Taste

  • 1955-12-02T01:30:00Z1h

A cultured Englishman, living in Paris, becomes interested in art for purely mercenary reasons. He sponsors a young artist and goes to great lengths to keep his protege's canvases valuable.

1955-12-09T01:30:00Z

2x13 The Passport

2x13 The Passport

  • 1955-12-09T01:30:00Z1h

An American correspondent, assigned to Europe shortly after World War II, is offered part of a fortune in confiscated gems in return for letting a former Nazi officer use his passport.

While decorating a Christmas tree, narrator Joan Evans recalls the story of the Christmas of her ancestors during the 1860s in Wisconsin. A 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.

1955-12-30T01:30:00Z

2x15 Bailout at 43,000 Feet

2x15 Bailout at 43,000 Feet

  • 1955-12-30T01:30:00Z1h

Three men prepare to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber. As they wait for favorable weather conditions, each reacts differently.

1956-01-06T01:30:00Z

2x16 The Prowler

2x16 The Prowler

  • 1956-01-06T01:30:00Z1h

A rancher's wife is bored with her monotonous life. One night when her husband is away, her mother-in-law inadvertently suggest the "perfect escape" .

1956-01-13T01:30:00Z

2x17 The Hanging Judge

2x17 The Hanging Judge

  • 1956-01-13T01:30:00Z1h

One of the most despised men in the legal profession clings tenaciously to the belief that English law is infallible. Because of his fixation he even stands trial for a murder he did not commit.

1956-01-27T01:30:00Z

2x18 The Secret of River Lane

2x18 The Secret of River Lane

  • 1956-01-27T01:30:00Z1h

The son of a respected lawyer is involved in a case of homicide over the shooting of a schoolmate. Even though the father suspects his son's guilt, he tries to protect him. The entire town is indignant when charges are not brought against the boy immediately for lack of sufficient evidence.

1956-02-03T01:30:00Z

2x19 Gamble on a Thief

2x19 Gamble on a Thief

  • 1956-02-03T01:30:00Z1h

A dedicated parole officer makes a daring effort to help a two-time loser who has violated the conditions of his parole.

1956-02-10T01:30:00Z

2x20 The Fifth Wheel

2x20 The Fifth Wheel

  • 1956-02-10T01:30:00Z1h

Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!

1956-02-24T01:30:00Z

2x21 Nightmare by Day

2x21 Nightmare by Day

  • 1956-02-24T01:30:00Z1h

The parents of a recently married young woman, whose husband claims she's taken a trip to New York, slowly become convinced she's been murdered.

1956-03-02T01:30:00Z

2x22 The Sound of Silence

2x22 The Sound of Silence

  • 1956-03-02T01:30:00Z1h

A priest becomes involved in murder when the killer confesses his crime to him.

1956-03-09T01:30:00Z

2x23 The Louella Parsons Story

2x23 The Louella Parsons Story

  • 1956-03-09T01:30:00Z1h

The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks with the stars the cameras will re-create incidents in her long career. The time span is from the early twenties to 1948. We see Miss Parsons' early days as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. Here she loses her job and departs for New York. In New York she resumes her career, only to be stricken with tuberculosis. When she recovers from her illness, she meets the man who is to become her second husband, and her rise as Hollywood columnist begins. As a climax to tonight's drama, there will be a tribute from the stars of the movie industry.

1956-03-23T01:30:00Z

2x24 Pale Horse, Pale Rider

2x24 Pale Horse, Pale Rider

  • 1956-03-23T01:30:00Z1h

A young woman lives in fear that a recurring dream foretells real tragedy. The premonition persists when she falls in love with a young soldier about to leave for overseas duty.

1956-03-30T01:30:00Z

2x25 An Episode of Sparrows

2x25 An Episode of Sparrows

  • 1956-03-30T01:30:00Z1h

An 11-year old girl whose home has always been the slums, steals a packet of flower seeds from a playmate. In her search for a small bit of earth in which to grow flowers, she is befriended by a youthful gang leader.

1956-04-06T01:30:00Z

2x26 Spin into Darkness

2x26 Spin into Darkness

  • 1956-04-06T01:30:00Z1h

After gambling away the money her pilot husband gave her for the down payment on a plane, a woman takes a job as nurse to an alcoholic, who in a drunken stupor gives her $5,000 to recoup her losses and later reports to the police that the money was stolen.

1956-04-20T01:30:00Z

2x27 The Lou Gehrig Story

2x27 The Lou Gehrig Story

  • 1956-04-20T01:30:00Z1h

Baseball's ""Iron Horse,"" whose brilliant career was ended by a terminal illness, and who struggled valiantly against adversity.

1956-04-27T01:30:00Z

2x28 Sit Down with Death

2x28 Sit Down with Death

  • 1956-04-27T01:30:00Z1h

A dinner party turns into a guest's nightmare as a murder plot is uncovered.

1956-05-04T00:30:00Z

2x29 The Empty Room Blues

2x29 The Empty Room Blues

  • 1956-05-04T00:30:00Z1h

When her husband disappears with their savings and their son, a woman fears for the child's life. But she can't convince her friends or the police that the man is a pathological liar and a menace.

1956-05-18T00:30:00Z

2x30 Flame-Out on T-6

2x30 Flame-Out on T-6

  • 1956-05-18T00:30:00Z1h

Ten men are assigned to a drifting ice floe near the North Pole to test the effect of subzero weather on men supplied only with tents and meager rations. One of the men goes berserk from the strain and wrecks the group's radio so that no one can notify headquarters of their location.

1956-05-25T00:30:00Z

2x31 The Shadow of Evil

2x31 The Shadow of Evil

  • 1956-05-25T00:30:00Z1h

The unsuspecting girlfriend of a young man whose brother is the head of a Rome narcotics ring arrives from the United States with an investigator at her heels.

1956-06-01T00:30:00Z

2x32 Figures in Clay

2x32 Figures in Clay

  • 1956-06-01T00:30:00Z1h

After agreeing to defend an irrational old man charged with murder, an attorney finds that his partner believes he took the case for publicity reasons.

1956-06-08T00:30:00Z

2x33 Faceless Adversary

2x33 Faceless Adversary

  • 1956-06-08T00:30:00Z1h

A man suspected of a young woman's murder denies even knowing her and claims he's being framed.

1956-06-15T00:30:00Z

2x34 To Scream at Midnight

2x34 To Scream at Midnight

  • 1956-06-15T00:30:00Z1h

A wealthy young woman breaks down and is placed in a sanitarium after being thrown over by the man she loves. Her psychiatrist becomes suspicious when the man reappears and claims he wants to marry her.

1956-06-22T00:30:00Z

2x35 The Circular Staircase

2x35 The Circular Staircase

  • 1956-06-22T00:30:00Z1h

A middle aged spinster decides to go to the country for the summer with her friend. They end up becoming involved in a murder mystery.

2x36 A Trophy for Howard Davenport

  • 1956-06-29T00:30:00Z1h

A Babe Ruth League team is perpetually in last place, because its compassionate manager tends to pick youngsters no other team wants. When the team has a chance to place in the finals, he turns down a boy's plea to pitch in the big game, and the boy then runs away from home.

2x37 Phone Call for Matthew Quade

  • 1956-07-06T00:30:00Z1h

A retired construction firm executive seeks a respite from enforced idleness and oncoming old age. While waiting for a phone call that will confirm or deny his request for a job back at his old firm, Matthew Quade relives his past.

1956-07-13T00:30:00Z

2x38 Fear is the Hunter

2x38 Fear is the Hunter

  • 1956-07-13T00:30:00Z1h

A young man comes to the town of Brewster, his car in need of repairs, and is ordered to leave at once. He soon learns that the ruthless man after whom the town is named looks on any stranger as his potential murderer.

1956-07-20T00:30:00Z

2x39 Fury at Dawn

2x39 Fury at Dawn

  • 1956-07-20T00:30:00Z1h

When an atomic bomb mounted on a 200-foot-tall steel tower fails to detonate, a veteran nuclear physicist and his aides have to climb the rickety tower to disarm the bomb.

1956-07-27T00:30:00Z

2x40 The Man Who Lost His Head

2x40 The Man Who Lost His Head

  • 1956-07-27T00:30:00Z1h

A young sailor collapses on the estate of a wealthy Englishman in the Orient and, upon reviving, is offered a strange bargain in exchange for his life.

1956-08-03T00:30:00Z

2x41 Child of the Wind

2x41 Child of the Wind

  • 1956-08-03T00:30:00Z1h

1956-08-10T00:30:00Z

2x42 No Right to Kill

2x42 No Right to Kill

  • 1956-08-10T00:30:00Z1h

A starving author tests his theory about people who think they are above the law by killing a pawnbroker.

1956-08-17T00:30:00Z

2x43 The 78th Floor

2x43 The 78th Floor

  • 1956-08-17T00:30:00Z1h

On a foggy afternoon just before a plane strikes the Empire State Building, a businessman recently gone blind is in one office dictating a suicide note to his wife, while in another office a young man is trying to persuade his fiancee to help him rob the firm she works for so they can be married.

1956-08-24T00:30:00Z

2x44 Throw Away the Cane

2x44 Throw Away the Cane

  • 1956-08-24T00:30:00Z1h

A popular singer whose earnings are supporting his entire family returns to his home town for a visit and proceeds to make a play for the girlfriend of his twin brother, an aspiring concert pianist.

1956-08-31T00:30:00Z

2x45 Dark Wall

2x45 Dark Wall

  • 1956-08-31T00:30:00Z1h

An extreme form of disassociative reaction to stress in which two or more separate personalities exist. The person may shift from one personality to another, which is often very different. Each personality has no memories of the other's thoughts and actions.

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