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A meek plumber named Neal Andrews encounters some unusual developments when he receives an emergency call late one night. First he is instructed to wear a suit instead of his work clothes. The he is greeted by a pair of suspicious looking men who put his plumbing tools in a suitcase and insist that he register at their hotel.
Robert "Spider" Johnson is stationed in Germany in 1951, where he is "adopted" as a father by an orphaned boy. Spider is a taciturn man, preferring to remain alone to hide the pain of his own orphaned youth. When he encounters an abandoned boy nicknamed Joe Louis, however, Spider feels an emotional bond with the child. He becomes unnerved though, when the boy mistakenly believes that the soldier is his father. Spider leaves town, denying that he has become attached to the orphan. But when Joe hides in the back of Spider's jeep, the soldier must confront his paternal ...
Based on a story from Guy de Maupassant
Sam is thought of as the local hero. Mary left him when his football career hit the skids and his drinking became too much. He disappeared from town. He's really selling cars in LA, but he acts as if he's doing great, with all sorts of offers. He's been reluctant to come back, because since Mary inherited a bank, he doesn't think she'll want to see him again. He comes back because they purchased this rare Picasso for a song on their honeymoon and he needs cash.
Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.
Caradoc Williams is serving a jail term for a jewel theft. But Williams insists that he is innocent and was framed by his former fiancee and a man he worked with. Embittered by his imprisonment, Williams spends all his waking moments plotting revenge.
The small one-ring circus run by Anthony Mullins begins to prosper when Angeli, a handsome trapeze artist, joins the troupe. But Mullins realizes that this lovely fiancee, Sue Ellen, has become fascinated by the handsome Angeli.
A champion rodeo rider, though getting older, refuses to retire to a ranch house, even though his fiancée begs him to. After another rider and friend of them both is killed during a show, she gives him a choice, quit and marry her or she'll leave him.
Adapted from the Manuel Komroff story.
Paul Ashcroft a suave ne'er-do-well, is traveling through the French Riviera equipped with a bicycle and a kit for disguises. He gains entrance to a vacant mansion and passing himself off as one M. Durobat, proceeds to work his charm on local gambling devotees.
adapted from the Liam O'Flaherty story.
In this musical comedy set in the 1870s, Silas Haley wants his daughter to marry a city slicker. Matilda, however, has her eyes on a good looking trapper.
Based on the Alphonse Daudet story.
A ransom is demanded for a baby elephant missing from a hotel room.
Clete Weber, a young lawman for the railroad is married to Effie, the spoiled daughter of railroad Superintendent Bucknell, who does not particularly like his son-in-law, Clete's troubles are further complicated by his association with a childhood chum, Billy, who constantly refers disparagingly to Clete's marriage. When Billy draws four months pay to go to San Francisco, he gives the money to Clete to keep for him. Effie finds the money and spends it without telling her husband, causing Billy, in a fit of anger, to rob the Express office.
From a story by Philip MacDonald
Setting out on his vacation, newspaper reporter Mike Hackett comes across an auto accident. The injured driver of the car is a well-known Hungarian scientist. His unharmed passenger, a young lady hitchhiker, blames the accident on the scientist.
The last appearance together of the three brothers on TV.
If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms, his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna.
It is the year 1880, and Elizabeth a lovely miss from the East, is preparing to journey West to marry her fiance. Elizabeth's mother cautions her about the Wild West, but the young girl assures her that the pioneer country has been tamed.
Martha Allen's husband and teenage offspring seem to be taking her for granted. To win recognition, she decides to learn how to fly an airplane.
Adapted by George Bernard Shaw.
While the Roman legions of conqueror Julius Caesar prepare to enter the Egyptian kingdom of Cleopatra, the terrified young queen is fleeing from the Roman barbarians
she has heard about.
Based on Henry Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
District Judge Wayne Douglas has plotted an unswerving course in his drive to win the post of district attorney. Nora, his wife, finds that she is unable to share his attitude.
Todays theme is Nobody's Child.
