Lux Video Theatre - Season 7

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The Wayward Saint

1 - The Wayward Saint

Air Date: August 30, 1956

Road of Fear

2 - Road of Fear

Air Date: September 6, 1956

The Top Rung

3 - The Top Rung

Air Date: September 13, 1956

Mildred Pierce

4 - Mildred Pierce

Air Date: September 20, 1956

After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but cannot seem to win the approval of her spoiled daughter.

Only Yesterday

5 - Only Yesterday

Air Date: September 27, 1956

Now, Voyager

6 - Now, Voyager

Air Date: October 4, 1956

Boston spinster blossoms under therapy and finds impossible romance.

The Guilty

7 - The Guilty

Air Date: October 11, 1956

Two sisters are in love with the same man. Then one of them is found murdered, which leads police to suspect the other girl.

Flamingo Road

8 - Flamingo Road

Air Date: October 18, 1956

A carnival dancer finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by a corrupt political boss. Complications arise when she becomes romantically involved with the local Sheriff.

Because of You

9 - Because of You

Air Date: October 25, 1956

A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

You Can't Escape Forever

10 - You Can't Escape Forever

Air Date: November 1, 1956

A newspaperman is given the "advice to the lovelorn" column to write after an argument with his boss. He resents the assignment but the job pays off when he gets the beat on the hottest story of the day.

Jezebel

11 - Jezebel

Air Date: November 8, 1956

A haughty headstrong Southern Belle in Antebellum Louisiana loses her fiancée due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back.

The Glass Web

12 - The Glass Web

Air Date: November 15, 1956

A beautiful but heartless television actress, uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point, where she could get herself killed.

The Gay Sisters

13 - The Gay Sisters

Air Date: November 22, 1956

Fiona, Evelyn and Susanna are sisters. Their mother dies on the Lusitania, their father is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves. Fiona marries Charles Barclay in order to get an inheritance and he begins a campaign to obtain the mansion to level it for real estate development. She vows that this will never happen.

Old Acquaintance

14 - Old Acquaintance

Air Date: November 29, 1956

Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.

Christmas in Connecticut

15 - Christmas in Connecticut

Air Date: December 13, 1956

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

Hollywood's Musical Holiday Revue

16 - Hollywood's Musical Holiday Revue

Air Date: December 20, 1956

Todays theme is Hollywood's Musical Holiday Revue.

Michael and Mary

17 - Michael and Mary

Air Date: December 27, 1956

After being deserted by her husband, Mary falls in love with Michael. After a few years, they marry, raise a son, and Michael becomes a successful writer. However, her first husband returns with plans of blackmail.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

18 - It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Air Date: January 3, 1957

A homeless New Yorker moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

Just Across the Street

19 - Just Across the Street

Air Date: January 10, 1957

To Have and Have Not

20 - To Have and Have Not

Air Date: January 17, 1957

During WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a Free French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sexy lounge singer.

Vice Squad

21 - Vice Squad

Air Date: January 24, 1957

When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process. Barnaby has no qualms about bending the law to achieve his ends, including trumped up charges to persuade his only witness to cooperate or detaining some call girls to coerce their madam to help him. In the meantime he deals with everyday police business, juggling seemingly trivial matters with more serious ones.

One Sunday Afternoon

22 - One Sunday Afternoon

Air Date: January 31, 1957

Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.

The Undesirable

23 - The Undesirable

Air Date: February 7, 1957

Dark Victory

24 - Dark Victory

Air Date: February 14, 1957

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether she'll meet her final days with dignity.

One Way Street

25 - One Way Street

Air Date: February 21, 1957

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.

Possessed

26 - Possessed

Air Date: February 28, 1957

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

One Way Passage

27 - One Way Passage

Air Date: March 7, 1957

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

Eileen

28 - Eileen

Air Date: March 14, 1957

Irish rebel Barry O'Day has a price on his head from the English, so he disguises himself as a groom. But when he falls in love with a beautiful English girl, she'll have nothing to do with a man who's only a groom. Nevertheless, Barry determines to claim Eileen for his own.

The Great Lie

29 - The Great Lie

Air Date: March 21, 1957

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.

The Black Angel

30 - The Black Angel

Air Date: March 28, 1957

When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.

Adam Had Four Sons

31 - Adam Had Four Sons

Air Date: April 4, 1957

Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie even more. At the same time, Emilie falls in love with Adam. The boys grow up, but Adam insists that Emilie stay on as part of the family. Her relationships with both the boys and Adam become strained after one son marries a gold-digging viper named Hester.

The Taggart Light

32 - The Taggart Light

Air Date: April 18, 1957

The Man Who Played God

33 - The Man Who Played God

Air Date: April 25, 1957

After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.

The Hard Way

34 - The Hard Way

Air Date: May 2, 1957

Embittered, ambitious Helen Sherman sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.

Stand-In for Murder

35 - Stand-In for Murder

Air Date: May 9, 1957

A night club musician, believing he is soon to die from an incurable disease, plans to carry out an unusual sacrifice in order to insure financial security for his family.

Death Do Us Part

36 - Death Do Us Part

Air Date: May 16, 1957

The Armed Venus

37 - The Armed Venus

Air Date: May 23, 1957

The wealthy owner of a Park Avenue night club falls in love with a beautiful girl who turns out to have secrets. His doubt and suspicions set him on a dangerous path.

Paris Calling

38 - Paris Calling

Air Date: May 30, 1957

Payment in Kind

39 - Payment in Kind

Air Date: June 6, 1957

Design for November

40 - Design for November

Air Date: June 13, 1957

Edge of Doubt

41 - Edge of Doubt

Air Date: June 20, 1957

The Latch Key

42 - The Latch Key

Air Date: June 27, 1957

A bus crash results in the deaths of several passengers, whose identities are in dispute. A scorched latch key seems to be the key to the mystery, and in a series of flashbacks the passengers on the bus unfold the story.

Who is Picasso?

43 - Who is Picasso?

Air Date: July 4, 1957

The Softest Music

44 - The Softest Music

Air Date: July 11, 1957

Summer Return

45 - Summer Return

Air Date: July 18, 1957

High Tension

46 - High Tension

Air Date: July 25, 1957

The president of a power and light company is unaware that two of his associates plot to discredit him at an upcoming board meeting.

Dark Hammock

47 - Dark Hammock

Air Date: August 1, 1957

Barren Harvest

48 - Barren Harvest

Air Date: August 8, 1957

A law clerk schemes to murder his boss. He has help from the man's housekeeper. The two commit what they think is the perfect crime. Craig Stevens is the host.

Judge Not

49 - Judge Not

Air Date: August 15, 1957

A famous lawyer takes on the case of a man charged with a serious crime, which the lawyer himself has actually committed.

Diagnosis - Homicide

50 - Diagnosis - Homicide

Air Date: August 22, 1957

An elderly but wealthy woman is murdered, and the only clues the police have are a a bloody envelope, a toothpick and a dead mosquito.

Old Witch, Old Witch

51 - Old Witch, Old Witch

Air Date: September 5, 1957

A woman finds out that she has magical powers, and terrorizes the neighborhood and turns into a witch to scare the local kids. Her son sees his mother's new powers as a chance for him to make a ton of money.

The Last Act

52 - The Last Act

Air Date: September 12, 1957

A fading actress is determined to control the lives of everyone around her, especially her family. She sets out to disinherit her grandson because she doesn't approve of the young French girl he is in love with.