The Ford Television Theatre - Season 1

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Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

1 - Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

Air Date: October 2, 1952

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.

Junior

2 - Junior

Air Date: October 9, 1952

National Honeymoon

3 - National Honeymoon

Air Date: October 16, 1952

Birth of a Hero

4 - Birth of a Hero

Air Date: October 23, 1952

Girl in the Park

5 - Girl in the Park

Air Date: October 30, 1952

Edge of the Law

6 - Edge of the Law

Air Date: November 6, 1952

Protect Her Honor

7 - Protect Her Honor

Air Date: November 13, 1952

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

Sunk

8 - Sunk

Air Date: November 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.

The Divided Heart

9 - The Divided Heart

Air Date: November 27, 1952

They Also Serve

14 - They Also Serve

Air Date: January 1, 1953

This Is My Heart

16 - This Is My Heart

Air Date: January 15, 1953

The Sermon of the Gun

17 - The Sermon of the Gun

Air Date: January 22, 1953

Adventure in Connecticut

18 - Adventure in Connecticut

Air Date: January 29, 1953

The First Born

19 - The First Born

Air Date: February 5, 1953

All's Fair in Love

22 - All's Fair in Love

Air Date: February 26, 1953

Madame 44

23 - Madame 44

Air Date: March 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.

My Daughter's Husband

24 - My Daughter's Husband

Air Date: March 12, 1953

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

The Bet

25 - The Bet

Air Date: March 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.

Double Exposure

26 - Double Exposure

Air Date: March 26, 1953

To Any Soldier

27 - To Any Soldier

Air Date: April 2, 1953

Just What the Doctor Ordered

28 - Just What the Doctor Ordered

Air Date: April 9, 1953

Allison, Ltd.

29 - Allison, Ltd.

Air Date: April 16, 1953

The Life of the Party

30 - The Life of the Party

Air Date: April 23, 1953

Look for Tomorrow

33 - Look for Tomorrow

Air Date: May 14, 1953

Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

34 - Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

Air Date: May 21, 1953

The Trestle

37 - The Trestle

Air Date: June 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.