The Ford Television Theatre - Season 8
1 - Catch at Straws
Air Date: October 3, 1956
2 - Sudden Silence
Air Date: October 10, 1956
3 - Paris Edition
Air Date: October 17, 1956
4 - Measure of Faith
Air Date: October 24, 1956
A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.
5 - Black Jim Hawk
Air Date: October 31, 1956
As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge.Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.
6 - Sometimes It Happens
Air Date: November 7, 1956
A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.
7 - The Woman Who Dared
Air Date: November 14, 1956
In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.
8 - The Menace of Hasty Heights
Air Date: November 21, 1956
As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.
9 - Stand By To Dive
Air Date: November 28, 1956
A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.
18 - Mrs. Wane Comes to Call
Air Date: January 30, 1957
Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son