The Ford Television Theatre - Season 8

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Catch at Straws

1 - Catch at Straws

Air Date: October 3, 1956

Sudden Silence

2 - Sudden Silence

Air Date: October 10, 1956

Paris Edition

3 - Paris Edition

Air Date: October 17, 1956

Measure of Faith

4 - Measure of Faith

Air Date: October 24, 1956

A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.

Black Jim Hawk

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.

Sometimes It Happens

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.

The Woman Who Dared

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.

The Menace of Hasty Heights

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.

Stand By To Dive

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.

Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

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