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The Vise

Season 1 1954 - 1955

  • 1954-10-01T05:00:00Z on NBC
  • 25m
  • 17h 40m (39 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime
This British production featured less known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.

39 episodes

Series Premiere

1954-10-01T05:00:00Z

1x01 One Just Man

Series Premiere

1x01 One Just Man

  • 1954-10-01T05:00:00Z30m

1954-10-08T05:00:00Z

1x02 Set A Murderer

1x02 Set A Murderer

  • 1954-10-08T05:00:00Z30m

1954-10-15T05:00:00Z

1x03 Let Murder Be Done

1x03 Let Murder Be Done

  • 1954-10-15T05:00:00Z30m

1954-10-22T05:00:00Z

1x04 Dr. Damon's Experiment

1x04 Dr. Damon's Experiment

  • 1954-10-22T05:00:00Z30m

Dr. Damon is heading to Paris to lecture on psychology where he illustrates the powers of hypnosis. Returning early discovers his wife with another man, painter Charles Dyson. He decides to hypnotise him and get his wife to kill him.

1954-10-29T05:00:00Z

1x05 Death Pays No Dividends

1x05 Death Pays No Dividends

  • 1954-10-29T05:00:00Z30m

Tommy Carter and girlfriend Julia Benton consider themselves part of the jet set. Money, however, is in short supply. Julia suggests Tommy fake his death in a car crash. When Julia gets the insurance Tommy finds himself out in the cold.

1954-11-05T05:00:00Z

1x06 Gabriel's Choice

1x06 Gabriel's Choice

  • 1954-11-05T05:00:00Z30m

1954-11-12T05:00:00Z

1x07 The Diamond Expert

1x07 The Diamond Expert

  • 1954-11-12T05:00:00Z30m

1954-11-19T05:00:00Z

1x08 The Secret Place

1x08 The Secret Place

  • 1954-11-19T05:00:00Z30m

1954-11-26T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Fair And The Fallen

1x09 The Fair And The Fallen

  • 1954-11-26T05:00:00Z30m

1954-12-03T05:00:00Z

1x10 The Eavesdropper

1x10 The Eavesdropper

  • 1954-12-03T05:00:00Z30m

1954-12-10T05:00:00Z

1x11 The Very Silent Traveler

1x11 The Very Silent Traveler

  • 1954-12-10T05:00:00Z30m

In Manchester, recently released convict Dickie Miller murders Arnold Brockley in an act of revenge. Brockley's pals Rusty and Dylan decide to take the body, on the overnight train, to London and fit up Miller unaware he is watching them.

1954-12-17T05:00:00Z

1x12 Yellow Robe

1x12 Yellow Robe

  • 1954-12-17T05:00:00Z30m

1954-12-24T05:00:00Z

1x13 Lucky Man

1x13 Lucky Man

  • 1954-12-24T05:00:00Z30m

1954-12-31T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Gamblers

1x14 The Gamblers

  • 1954-12-31T05:00:00Z30m

While in Monte Carlo, June Belmont is invited by Carlos Rodrigues to join him at the roulette table. June brings Carlos luck and they become partners. When Bob Carter arrives he attempts to get June away from her addiction.

1955-01-07T05:00:00Z

1x15 Count Of Twelve

1x15 Count Of Twelve

  • 1955-01-07T05:00:00Z30m

Simon Graves is privy to a gold strike in Welcome Stranger Mine, in South Africa and makes a killing. Harry Bancroft invest but loses a fortune. A newspaper article exposes Graves insider trading and he starts getting threatening letters.

1955-01-14T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Final Column

1x16 The Final Column

  • 1955-01-14T05:00:00Z30m

Newspaper editor Albert Lake sacks his assistant Larry Spence after passing a story to the Courier. Spence blackmails Lake's mistress Marie Dickson but strangles her. When Lake plays down the murder in the Sentinal, Spence blackmails him.

Season Finale

1955-01-21T05:00:00Z

1x17 The Benevolent Burglar

Season Finale

1x17 The Benevolent Burglar

  • 1955-01-21T05:00:00Z30m

Street artist Socrates Smith and Detective Mark Tower are unlikely friends. Tower is on the trail of burglar Longhair. During one robbery, Tower falls for Lady Carol. When she receives his love letters there can be only one suspect.

1955-01-28T05:00:00Z

1x18 Blind Man's Bluff

1x18 Blind Man's Bluff

  • 1955-01-28T05:00:00Z25m

1955-02-04T05:00:00Z

1x19 The Eight Window

1x19 The Eight Window

  • 1955-02-04T05:00:00Z25m

1955-02-11T05:00:00Z

1x20 Broken Honeymoon

1x20 Broken Honeymoon

  • 1955-02-11T05:00:00Z25m

Helen and Clive Parker's honeymoon in the jungle turns into a nightmare when she is attacked by a jaguar. Fearing she will be scarred forever he disappears from her life. Two years on Helen is determined to track him down.

1955-02-18T05:00:00Z

1x21 Death On The Boards

1x21 Death On The Boards

  • 1955-02-18T05:00:00Z25m

Promoter Robert Parker and his choreographer wife Audrey are offered the chance to take displaced person; Maria Beleska. They groom her for stardom but as Robert falls for her a jealous Audrey schemes to kill her.

1955-02-25T05:00:00Z

1x22 Behind The Mask

1x22 Behind The Mask

  • 1955-02-25T05:00:00Z25m

John Philmore is married to Laura and lavishes her with expensive gifts. A sudden short fall of cash leaves him needing to use her jewelry as collateral but they are now paste. Laura is being blackmailed but it's for murder.

1955-03-04T05:00:00Z

1x23 Dress Rehersal

1x23 Dress Rehersal

  • 1955-03-04T05:00:00Z25m

1955-03-11T05:00:00Z

1x24 Cruel Test

1x24 Cruel Test

  • 1955-03-11T05:00:00Z25m

District Commissioner Clive Hastings sentences Tuah Ohe to ten years in jail. He promises revenge. Later that day Hastings and his son are left paralised by a poison. His wife has to make a choice over which one she gives the antidote to.

1955-03-18T05:00:00Z

1x25 The Deception

1x25 The Deception

  • 1955-03-18T05:00:00Z25m

The three Hadley sisters live with their grandfather. Dorothy and Bess are attractive and have many suitors. Older sister Gwen is plain and so decides to make up a romance. When Paul finds her secret he decides to blackmail her.

1955-03-25T05:00:00Z

1x26 Week-End Guest

1x26 Week-End Guest

  • 1955-03-25T05:00:00Z25m

A reporter is sent by a London newspaper to interview the sister of a celebrated author.

1955-04-01T05:00:00Z

1x27 The Fame And The Fury

1x27 The Fame And The Fury

  • 1955-04-01T05:00:00Z25m

1955-04-08T05:00:00Z

1x28 Ring Of Greed

1x28 Ring Of Greed

  • 1955-04-08T05:00:00Z25m

1955-04-15T05:00:00Z

1x29 The Gentlemen

1x29 The Gentlemen

  • 1955-04-15T05:00:00Z25m

1955-04-22T05:00:00Z

1x30 The Schemer

1x30 The Schemer

  • 1955-04-22T05:00:00Z25m

1955-04-29T04:00:00Z

1x31 Double Pay-Off

1x31 Double Pay-Off

  • 1955-04-29T04:00:00Z25m

1955-05-06T04:00:00Z

1x32 Account Closed

1x32 Account Closed

  • 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z25m

Top newspaperman Harry Brandon gambles on get rich quick schemes that are constantly failing. One night he sees two men hiding loot stolen. Lord Leighton tells him that his wife is thief and the jewelry is stolen and offers a finders fee.

1955-05-13T04:00:00Z

1x33 The Serpent Beneath

1x33 The Serpent Beneath

  • 1955-05-13T04:00:00Z25m

1955-05-20T04:00:00Z

1x34 The Price Of Vanity

1x34 The Price Of Vanity

  • 1955-05-20T04:00:00Z25m

1955-05-27T04:00:00Z

1x35 Man In Demand

1x35 Man In Demand

  • 1955-05-27T04:00:00Z25m

A car crash, that killed her husband, left Mrs. Steel paralysed. The only thing she has left to live for is her son John. When he marries Carol, she works to break up their marriage. Finally snapping, Carol decides expose her as a fraud.

1955-06-03T04:00:00Z

1x36 The Homing Chinaman

1x36 The Homing Chinaman

  • 1955-06-03T04:00:00Z25m

1955-06-10T04:00:00Z

1x37 Rattan Trunk

1x37 Rattan Trunk

  • 1955-06-10T04:00:00Z25m

1955-06-17T04:00:00Z

1x38 Murder Of A Ham

1x38 Murder Of A Ham

  • 1955-06-17T04:00:00Z25m

A ham radio operator picks up a voice transmitting in code some unauthorized information. Later, at a party, he hears the same voice.

1955-06-24T04:00:00Z

1x39 The Better Chance

1x39 The Better Chance

  • 1955-06-24T04:00:00Z25m
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