Climax!

Épisode 1 - The Long Goodbye

7 octobre 1954

Private Detective Philip Marlowe decides to help out a friend Lennox when his wife is found brutally murdered. Marlowe winds up in jail accused of her murder and tries to solve the case after his release.

Épisode 2 - The Thirteenth Chair

14 octobre 1954

When his friend is murdered, Edward Wales sets out to capture the killer. He stages a seance and invites 13 people, any one of who may have killed the dead man, but it ends in chaos when the killer strikes again during a blackout.

Épisode 3 - Casino Royale

21 octobre 1954

The first dramatization of a James Bond novel. Bond foils the sinister Le Chiffre (Lorre) by beating him at baccarat.

Épisode 4 - Sorry, Wrong Number

4 novembre 1954

A neurotic invalid whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to get help and her growing terror and realisation of the truth chill you to the bone.

Épisode 5 - The Gioconda Smile

11 novembre 1954

The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.

Épisode 6 - The After House

25 novembre 1954

A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing until the dream voyage turns into a nightmare. The ship's officer is thrown overboard and another is hacked to death who is next.

Épisode 7 - An Error in Chemistry

2 décembre 1954

Épisode 8 - Epitaph For a Spy

9 décembre 1954

An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.

Épisode 9 - The White Carnation

16 décembre 1954

Épisode 10 - Nightmare in Copenhagen

30 décembre 1954

Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.

Épisode 11 - The Bigger They Come

6 janvier 1955

Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.

Épisode 12 - Escape From Fear

13 janvier 1955

An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.

Épisode 13 - The Mojave Kid

27 janvier 1955

Épisode 14 - The Leaf Out of the Book

3 février 1955

The story revolves around two women, one a successful career woman, the other an ambitious girl. After giving the daughter of an old friend a job, the successful businesswoman realizes the drawbacks of her generosity.

Épisode 15 - The Valiant Men

10 février 1955

Lt. Comm. Knowles is assigned to skipper the USS Hamilton from England back to New York. While he and his crew celebrate New Year's Eve 1943, an unknown danger lurks nearby.

Épisode 16 - The Box of Chocolates

24 février 1955

Épisode 17 - South of the Sun

3 mars 1955

They were strangers to each other, even the married ones, and they all dreamed in human ways. But the least of these eight persons did something about his little dream. In so doing, he bound the strangers in an intimate circle, whether they knew it or not. He touched them all in passing and changed their lives and dreams forever, according to their own choices. In one turn of the earth something happened.

Épisode 18 - The Great Impersonation

10 mars 1955

The action of this tale of intrigue and espionage takes place in the jungles of East Africa in 1914. The destinies of Germany and Great Britain are dependent upon one man whose decision is influenced by one of the two women in his life.

Épisode 19 - The Darkest Hour

24 mars 1955

An ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter.

Épisode 20 - The Champion

31 mars 1955

The famous story deals with a boxer whose rise to fame has been at the expense of friends and associates. Through flashbacks, we see how Midge Kelly rose from the Chicago slums to a world championship.

Épisode 21 - Private Worlds

7 avril 1955

A woman doctor probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution.

Épisode 22 - Flight 951

21 avril 1955

A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was the defendant. Now a successful businessman travelling under an assumed name, he must decide between keeping his secret and saving the eyesight of a fellow passenger.

Épisode 23 - The First and the Last

28 avril 1955

The threat of scandal, revolving around the death of a man in London, prompts an ambitious lawyer to disregard both legan and moral principles. His concern for his own career puts an innocent man's life in jeopardy.

Épisode 24 - The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia

5 mai 1955

Épisode 25 - No Stone Unturned

19 mai 1955

A Scottish student has the historical Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. His purpose is to get England to recognize Scotland's independence.

Épisode 26 - A Farewell to Arms

26 mai 1955

An American, in the Italian Army during World War I, who meets a nurse and falls in love with her. Together they try to find a haven from the turbulence around them.

Épisode 27 - The Unimportant Man

2 juin 1955

The life of an ordinary, mild-mannered man is changed when he identifies the murderer of his employer's brother.

Épisode 28 - The Dark Fleece

16 juin 1955

Épisode 29 - To Wake at Midnight

23 juin 1955

Épisode 30 - The Dance

30 juin 1955

Épisode 31 - Wild Stallion

7 juillet 1955

A handsome, devil-may-care fortune hunter [from South America] makes his home with a well-to-do Southern family. He is attracted at first to the daughter, until he discovers the mother is the one who holds the key to the family fortune.

Épisode 32 - The Escape of Mendes-France

14 juillet 1955

Épisode 33 - The Healer

21 juillet 1955

Épisode 34 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

28 juillet 1955

Classic Stevenson tale of a scientist whose experiments into the duality of man transform him into the misshapen, murderous Mr. Hyde.

Épisode 35 - One Night Stand

4 août 1955

Épisode 36 - Edge of Terror

11 août 1955

Épisode 37 - Fear Strikes Out

18 août 1955

True story of ballplayer battling mental illness and domineering father.

Épisode 38 - Deal A Blow

25 août 1955

A teenage boy gets into a dispute with an abusive movie theater manager Mr. Grubbs. The boy's father Tom Ditmar accepts the manager's somewhat twisted version of the incident and doesn't give his son a chance to explain his side of the matter.

Épisode 1 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1 septembre 1955

Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .

Épisode 2 - Public Pigeon #1

8 septembre 1955

Cafeteria worker Rusty is cheated by stock swindlers and winds up in jail, but the crooks have to break him out in order to recover their loot, which was stashed in Rusty's safety deposit box.

Épisode 3 - Silent Decision

15 septembre 1955

Épisode 4 - Night of Execution

22 septembre 1955

A mother watches her cruel and destructive husband continually expose their young son to all kinds of violence. Finally she feels she must take steps to save her son from this sinister influence.

Épisode 5 - Sailor On Horseback

29 septembre 1955

Épisode 6 - Thin Air

13 octobre 1955

Épisode 7 - House of Shadows

20 octobre 1955

Épisode 8 - The Pink Cloud

27 octobre 1955

Épisode 9 - Scheme to Defraud

10 novembre 1955

An insurance underwriter and his secretary are both disgruntled over their dull, monotonous routine. They fall in love, and then discover a way to cash in on a $70,000 insurance claim.

Épisode 10 - A Promise to Murder

17 novembre 1955

At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.

Épisode 11 - Portrait in Celluloid

24 novembre 1955

Art Shaddick, formerly a writer, now a writer's agent, sits in his gaudy, pretentious office, on the bookcase reposes an Oscar, won by Art for his last picture. That was in 1929. Since then he has gone steadily downhill, shouting all the way. When suddenly a young writer appears with a great script, it is just what Art needs, a golden opportunity to rise again to greatness.

Épisode 12 - A Man of Taste

1 décembre 1955

A cultured Englishman, living in Paris, becomes interested in art for purely mercenary reasons. He sponsors a young artist and goes to great lengths to keep his protege's canvases valuable.

Épisode 13 - The Passport

8 décembre 1955

Épisode 14 - The Day They Gave the Babies Away

22 décembre 1955

While decorating a Christmas tree, narrator Joan Evans recalls the story of the Christmas of her ancestors during the 1860s in Wisconsin. A 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.

Épisode 15 - Bailout at 43,000 Feet

29 décembre 1955

Three men prepare to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber. As they wait for favorable weather conditions, each reacts differently.

Épisode 16 - The Prowler

5 janvier 1956

Épisode 17 - The Hanging Judge

12 janvier 1956

One of the most despised men in the legal profession clings tenaciously to the belief that English law is infallible. Because of his fixation he even stands trial for a murder he did not commit.

Épisode 18 - The Secret of River Lane

26 janvier 1956

Épisode 19 - Gamble on a Thief

2 février 1956

Épisode 20 - The Fifth Wheel

9 février 1956

Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!

Épisode 21 - Nightmare By Day

23 février 1956

Épisode 22 - The Sound of Silence

1 mars 1956

A priest becomes involved in murder when the killer confesses his crime to him.

Épisode 23 - The Louella Parsons Story

8 mars 1956

The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks with the stars the cameras will re-create incidents in her long career. The time span is from the early twenties to 1948. We see Miss Parsons' early days as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. Here she loses her job and departs for New York. In New York she resumes her career, only to be stricken with tuberculosis. When she recovers from her illness, she meets the man who is to become her second husband, and her rise as Hollywood columnist begins. As a climax to tonight's drama, there will be a tribute from the stars of the movie industry.

Épisode 24 - Pale Horse, Pale Rider

22 mars 1956

A young woman lives in fear that a recurring dream foretells real tragedy. The premonition persists when she falls in love with a young soldier about to leave for overseas duty.

Épisode 25 - An Episode of Sparrows

29 mars 1956

An 11-year old girl whose home has always been the slums, steals a packet of flower seeds from a playmate. In her search for a small bit of earth in which to grow flowers, she is befriended by a youthful gang leader.

Épisode 26 - Spin Into Darkness

5 avril 1956

Épisode 27 - The Lou Gehrig Story

19 avril 1956 - 4/5

Baseball's ""Iron Horse,"" whose brilliant career was ended by a terminal illness, and who struggled valiantly against adversity.

Épisode 28 - Sit Down With Death

26 avril 1956

Épisode 29 - The Empty Room Blues

3 mai 1956

Épisode 30 - Flame-Out on T-6

17 mai 1956

Épisode 31 - The Shadow of Evil

24 mai 1956

Épisode 32 - Figures in Clay

31 mai 1956

Épisode 33 - Faceless Adversary

7 juin 1956

Épisode 34 - To Scream at Midnight

14 juin 1956

Épisode 35 - The Circular Staircase

21 juin 1956

A middle aged spinster decides to go to the country for the summer with her friend. They end up becoming involved in a murder mystery.

Épisode 36 - A Trophy For Howard Davenport

28 juin 1956

Épisode 37 - Phone Call For Matthew Quade

5 juillet 1956

A retired construction firm executive seeks a respite from enforced idleness and oncoming old age. While waiting for a phone call that will confirm or deny his request for a job back at his old firm, Matthew Quade relives his past.

Épisode 38 - Fear is the Hunter

12 juillet 1956

Épisode 39 - Fury At Dawn

19 juillet 1956

Épisode 40 - The Man Who Lost His Head

26 juillet 1956

Épisode 41 - Child Of The Wind

2 août 1956

Épisode 42 - No Right to Kill

9 août 1956

Épisode 43 - The 78th Floor

16 août 1956 - 3/5

Épisode 44 - Throw Away the Cane

23 août 1956

Épisode 45 - Dark Wall

30 août 1956

An extreme form of disassociative reaction to stress in which two or more separate personalities exist. The person may shift from one personality to another, which is often very different. Each personality has no memories of the other's thoughts and actions.

Épisode 1 - Bury Me Later

6 septembre 1956

Épisode 2 - Burst of Violence

13 septembre 1956

Épisode 3 - The Garsten Case

20 septembre 1956

Épisode 4 - The Fog

27 septembre 1956

Épisode 5 - Island in the City

4 octobre 1956

Épisode 6 - Journey Into Fear

11 octobre 1956

A munitions expert goes on an arms smuggling mission to Istanbul and becomes a target for Nazi agents.

Épisode 7 - The Midas Touch

18 octobre 1956

Épisode 8 - Night of the Heat Wave

25 octobre 1956 - 5/5

Épisode 9 - Flight to Tomorrow

8 novembre 1956

Épisode 10 - Night Shriek

15 novembre 1956

Épisode 11 - The Chinese Game

22 novembre 1956

Épisode 12 - The Secret Thread

29 novembre 1956

Épisode 13 - Savage Portrait

6 décembre 1956

Épisode 14 - Strange Hostage

20 décembre 1956

Épisode 15 - Ten Minutes to Curfew

27 décembre 1956

Épisode 16 - Carnival at Midnight

3 janvier 1957

Épisode 17 - The Gold Dress

17 janvier 1957

Épisode 18 - Circle of Destruction

24 janvier 1957

Épisode 19 - The Trouble at Number 5

14 février 1957

Épisode 20 - The Stalker

31 janvier 1957

Épisode 21 - Stain of Honor

14 février 1957

Épisode 22 - The Long Count

21 février 1957

Épisode 23 - And Don't Ever Come Back

28 février 1957

Épisode 24 - Night of a Rebel

7 mars 1957

Épisode 25 - Let It Be Me

21 mars 1957

Épisode 26 - Strange Sanctuary

28 mars 1957

Épisode 27 - Don't Touch Me

4 avril 1957

A successful woman designer returns to her small home town in an attempt to ward off an emotional breakdown. She is still tormented by the memory of a murder she witnessed as a child.

Épisode 28 - Mad Bomber

18 avril 1957

Épisode 29 - Avalanche at Devil's Pass

25 avril 1957

Épisode 30 - Strange Deaths at Burnleigh

2 mai 1957

Épisode 31 - Bait for the Tiger

16 mai 1957

Épisode 32 - The Hand of Evil

23 mai 1957

Épisode 33 - The Disappearance of Amanda Hale

30 mai 1957

Épisode 34 - Mr. Runyon of Broadway

6 juin 1957

Épisode 35 - The Man Who Stole the Bible

13 juin 1957

Épisode 36 - A Taste for Crime

20 juin 1957

Épisode 37 - The Trial of Captain Wirtz

27 juin 1957

During the Civil War, thousands of captured Union soldiers were confined in the Andersonville stockade in Georgia. Conditions there were so bad that over 12,000 prisoners died and the infamous reputation of the Andersonville stockade spread. When the war ended, steps were taken to bring to justice those responsible. The trial of Captain Henry Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prison and the charge--conspiracy to commit atrocities and murder among the prisoners. The Union prosecutor is determined to prove that Wirz himself shot down one of the prisoners.

Épisode 38 - False Witness

4 juillet 1957

Épisode 39 - Payment for Judas

11 juillet 1957

Épisode 40 - Walk a Tightrope

18 juillet 1957

Épisode 41 - The High Jungle

25 juillet 1957

A steel tycoon finds that his company is threatened by a younger man who is trying to gain control through the proxy votes of the shareholders. The older man approaches his late partner's widow in an effort to gain her support, but learns that she has already promised to help the young man.

Épisode 42 - The Giant Killer

1 août 1957

Épisode 43 - Trail of Terror

8 août 1957

Épisode 44 - Murder is a Witch

15 août 1957

Épisode 45 - The Stranger Within

22 août 1957

Épisode 46 - Deadly Climate

29 août 1957

Épisode 1 - Trial By Fire

5 septembre 1957

Épisode 2 - The Secret of the Red Room

12 septembre 1957

Épisode 3 - Necessary Evil

19 septembre 1957

Épisode 4 - Along Came a Spider

26 septembre 1957

Épisode 5 - Jacob and the Angels

3 octobre 1957

Épisode 6 - Mask For The Devil

10 octobre 1957

Épisode 7 - The Largest City in Captivity

17 octobre 1957

Épisode 8 - Tunnel of Fear

24 octobre 1957

Drama about the men who struggle to move rivers and dig tunnels.

Épisode 9 - Keep Me In Mind

7 novembre 1957

Épisode 10 - Two Tests on Tuesday

14 novembre 1957 - 4/5

Épisode 11 - A Matter Of Life and Death

21 novembre 1957

Épisode 12 - Murder Has A Deadline

28 novembre 1957

Épisode 13 - The Devil's Brood

5 décembre 1957

Épisode 14 - Hurricane Diane

12 décembre 1957 - 3/5

Épisode 15 - To Walk the Night

19 décembre 1957

On a snowy Christmas eve, police detective Ed Brooks hopes to be able to get away early. But a call comes in that a prowler, who has murdered several women, has struck again.

Épisode 16 - Shadow of a Memory

26 décembre 1957

Épisode 17 - Scream in Silence

2 janvier 1958

Épisode 18 - Thieves of Tokyo

16 janvier 1958

Épisode 19 - Sound of the Moon

23 janvier 1958

Épisode 20 - Burst of Fire

30 janvier 1958

A singer orders a copy made of an antique cross for an old friend of hers, a priest. While she is in the jewelry store to pick up the cross, the store is held up by a masked gunman who steals the cross and makes his escape. The thief resembles the priest's brother. Then the third brother, a policeman, is assigned to investigate the case.

Épisode 21 - Four Hours in White

6 février 1958

Trapped in a crossfire of human emotions, a hospital chief surgeon fights his own conscience to decide the fate of two men. He must weigh the possible sacrifice of one life for another. Drawing on years of experience, he defies the pressures of time and personal fear to face one crucial moment of judgment.

Épisode 22 - The Secret Love of Johnny Spain

20 février 1958

Four days before his movie is to be released, singing idol Johnny Spain is killed in an airplane crash. His press agent decides he must dig up some publicity to make the up-coming movie pay-off. He pressures Julie, a young starlet, to pose as Spain's secret love.

Épisode 23 - Albert Anastasia, His Life and Death

27 février 1958

The story of Murder Inc. and the 1957 barber shop rub-out of mob czar Albert Anastasia. Anastasia had an appeal that belied his reputation for brutality and impetuosity. He had a sense of confidence and presence, and because he was so sure of himself he was at ease with other people.

Épisode 24 - The Thief With the Big Blue Eyes

6 mars 1958

Épisode 25 - So Deadly My Love

13 mars 1958

Épisode 26 - The Great World and Timothy Colt

27 mars 1958

A large Manhattan law firm hires the tireless dedicated Timothy Colt, the young lawyer. As he rises in the firm the opportunity to see the conflict between ethics and ambition are upon him. His disillusionment and the constant dishonesty shakes him to his foundations of belief against the bitter cynical conquest of his new great world.

Épisode 27 - On the Take

3 avril 1958

In trying to clean up the local bookmakers, the Washington, D.C. Police department becomes convinced that members of the force are accepting payoff money. Lt. Todd Thoman is assigned the task of discovering the crooked cops.

Épisode 28 - The Volcano Seat

10 avril 1958

This true story involving the crew of an in-air refueling operation for Air Force bombers who take a training team on a dangerous mission. RAF Flight Lieutenant MacKenzie Barton is assigned to an American Air Force base as a result of an exchange of pilots between the RAF and the U.S. Air Force. Barton receives orders to pilot an Air Force tanker--a plane which is capable of refueling jet bombers in mid-air. But in trying to gain the confidence of the American crew members, Barton encounters only resentment. The story is based on an actual experience.

Épisode 29 - Shooting for the Moon

24 avril 1958

Engineer Frank Colby and his staff have developed a nose cone capable of launching into outer space.

Épisode 30 - The Deadly Tattoo

1 mai 1958

Épisode 31 - The Big Success

8 mai 1958

Leo Carson a businessman who worked his way up from machinist's helper to owner of a million-dollar business. He realizes too late that the important things in life, his family have chosen destructive lifestyles and his own mistakes have caused harm to everyone else.

Épisode 32 - The Disappearance of Daphne

15 mai 1958

Épisode 33 - Time of the Hanging

22 mai 1958

In Texas, during the 1880's, cattlemen resent the intrusion of homesteaders on their grazing lands. When cattleman Mannon Tate's brother is sentenced to hang for the murder of a homesteader, Tate makes a desperate attempt to prevent the execution. Believing the sheriff is allied with the farmers, Tate takes him and his wife hostage.

Épisode 34 - The Push-Button Giant

29 mai 1958

Épisode 35 - Spider Web

5 juin 1958

José Aragon, wealthy Texas cattleman, is on a cattle-buying expedition on the Mexican border. After a gueling day looking over the stock, Aragon returns to his hotel, tired and dirty. A beautiful young woman sees Aragon enter the hotel, and, because of his unkempt appearance, believes he is one of the local peasants. She approaches him and asks him to do her a favor. Amused when she offers him five dollars for the errand, Aragon consents to cross the border and pick up a package for her.

Épisode 36 - House of Doubt

19 juin 1958

When she loses her job, Gwen Dacres seeks economical lodgings in a boarding house run by a mysterious old woman, Mrs. Garr. Strange noises and incidents disturb Gwen's peace of mind. Gwen is attacked and Mrs. Garr disappears and is later found dead. Gwen starts to investigate and uncovers a twenty year old mystery.

Épisode 37 - Cabin B-13

26 juin 1958

Shortly after Ann and Robert Brewster board a luxury liner for their honeymoon cruise, Robert disappears with the fortune he received as a wedding present from Ann. Ann reports her husband's disappearance to the captain. To her astonishment he informs her that there is no record of either herself or her husband as passengers, and that the cabin number she has given is non-existent.