List of Fireside Theatre episodes

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Fireside Theatre, a.k.a. The Jane Wyman Show, is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Early seasons (1-7) featured low budget productions and were often based on public domain stories. Later seasons (8-10) included source material from well known writers including Eudora Welty, Patricia Highsmith and Cornell Woolrich as well as original scripts by freelance writers such as Rod Serling, Aaron Spelling and Quinn Martin.

Series overview

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
112April 5, 1949 (1949-04-05)June 28, 1949 (1949-06-28)
241September 6, 1949 (1949-09-06)June 27, 1950 (1950-06-27)
346August 29, 1950 (1950-08-29)August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21)
444August 28, 1951 (1951-08-28)June 24, 1952 (1952-06-24)
539September 30, 1952 (1952-09-30)June 30, 1953 (1953-06-30)
644September 1, 1953 (1953-09-01)June 29, 1954 (1954-06-29)
743September 7, 1954 (1954-09-07)June 28, 1955 (1955-06-28)
835August 30, 1955 (1955-08-30)April 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)
934August 28, 1956 (1956-08-28)June 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)
1024September 26, 1957 (1957-09-26)May 22, 1958 (1958-05-22)

Episodes

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Season 1 (1949)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Friend of the Family"UnknownUnknownApril 5, 1949 (1949-04-05)
22"Ghost Story"UnknownUnknownApril 12, 1949 (1949-04-12)
33"Leonard Silliman's New Faces"UnknownUnknownApril 19, 1949 (1949-04-19)
44"What's New in the News"UnknownUnknownApril 26, 1949 (1949-04-26)
55"Meet My Sister"UnknownUnknownMay 3, 1949 (1949-05-03)
66"Time Bomb"UnknownUnknownMay 10, 1949 (1949-05-10)
77"Brain Bobby"UnknownUnknownMay 17, 1949 (1949-05-17)
88"Make a Wish"UnknownUnknownMay 24, 1949 (1949-05-24)
99"Feature Story"UnknownUnknownJune 7, 1949 (1949-06-07)
1010"Dance Discoveries"UnknownUnknownJune 14, 1949 (1949-06-14)
1111"The Stronger" / "A Terribly Strange Bed"William Cameron MenziesUnknownJune 21, 1949 (1949-06-21)
1212"Father"UnknownUnknownJune 28, 1949 (1949-06-28)

Season 2 (1949–50)

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No.
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No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
131"Smooth Fingers" / "Germelshausen"UnknownUnknownSeptember 6, 1949 (1949-09-06)
142"The Four Fifteen Express" / "Charlotte Corday"UnknownUnknownSeptember 13, 1949 (1949-09-13)
153"Vain Glory" / "Out on the River"UnknownUnknownSeptember 20, 1949 (1949-09-20)
164"The Spy" / "The Postmistress of Laurel Rim"UnknownUnknownSeptember 27, 1949 (1949-09-27)
175"Like Money in the Bank" / "Magic Skin"UnknownUnknownOctober 4, 1949 (1949-10-04)
186"Scream in the Night" / "Troubled Harbor"UnknownUnknownOctober 11, 1949 (1949-10-11)
197"Bandit, Banker and Blonde" / "The Wall"UnknownUnknownOctober 18, 1949 (1949-10-18)
208"Heartbeat" / "Mardi Gras"William Cameron MenziesUnknownOctober 25, 1949 (1949-10-25)
219"Checkmate" / "Solange"UnknownUnknownNovember 1, 1949 (1949-11-01)
2210"Night Owl" / "Another Road"UnknownUnknownNovember 8, 1949 (1949-11-08)
2311"Stagecoach Driver McLean" / "Cowboy's Lament"UnknownUnknownNovember 15, 1949 (1949-11-15)
2412"The Room" / "Epilogue"John ReinhardtUnknownNovember 29, 1949 (1949-11-29)
2513"Sealed Orders" / "Battle Scene"John ReinhardtUnknownDecember 6, 1949 (1949-12-06)
2614"The Pardoner's Tale" / "The Human Touch"UnknownUnknownDecember 13, 1949 (1949-12-13)
2715"The Doll" / "The Bet"UnknownUnknownDecember 20, 1949 (1949-12-20)
2816"The Gauntlet" / "Threshold"UnknownUnknownDecember 27, 1949 (1949-12-27)
2917"Judas"UnknownArnold BelgardJanuary 3, 1950 (1950-01-03)
3018"The Devil's Due" / "Rendezvous"John ReinhardtUnknownJanuary 10, 1950 (1950-01-10)
3119"The Golden Ball" / "Just Three Words"John ReinhardtAgatha Christie & John ReinhardtJanuary 17, 1950 (1950-01-17)
3220"Confession" / "Reprieve"UnknownUnknownJanuary 24, 1950 (1950-01-24)
3321"Of Thee I Love" / "Double Jeopardy"UnknownUnknownJanuary 31, 1950 (1950-01-31)
3422"The Imp in the Bottle" / "The Stronger"UnknownUnknownFebruary 7, 1950 (1950-02-07)
3523"The Shot" / "The Bed by the Window"UnknownUnknownFebruary 14, 1950 (1950-02-14)
3624"Anniversary" / "Jungle Terror"John ReinhardtUnknownFebruary 21, 1950 (1950-02-21)
3725"A Terribly Strange Bed" / "The Stronger"UnknownUnknownFebruary 28, 1950 (1950-02-28)
3826"Germelshausen" / "Sealed Orders"UnknownUnknownMarch 7, 1950 (1950-03-07)
3927"The General's Coat" / "Vain Glory"UnknownUnknownMarch 14, 1950 (1950-03-14)
4028"The Leather Heart"Frank WisbarUnknownMarch 21, 1950 (1950-03-21)
4129"The Bunker"UnknownUnknownMarch 28, 1950 (1950-03-28)
4230"Operation Mona Lisa"UnknownUnknownApril 4, 1950 (1950-04-04)
4331"The Tangled Web"UnknownUnknownApril 11, 1950 (1950-04-11)
4432"No Strings Attached"UnknownUnknownApril 18, 1950 (1950-04-18)
4533"Boys Will Be Men"UnknownUnknownApril 25, 1950 (1950-04-25)
4634"The Parasol"UnknownUnknownMay 9, 1950 (1950-05-09)
4735"Hired Girl"Frank WisbarArthur St. ClaireMay 16, 1950 (1950-05-16)
4836"Big Ben"UnknownArch ObolerMay 23, 1950 (1950-05-23)
4937"Man Without a Country"Frank WisbarUnknownMay 30, 1950 (1950-05-30)
5038"The Human Touch" / "The Assassin"John ReinhardtUnknownJune 6, 1950 (1950-06-06)
5139"Dinner For Three" / "The Devil's Due"UnknownUnknownJune 13, 1950 (1950-06-13)
5240"The Courting of Bell" / "Rendezvous"UnknownUnknownJune 20, 1950 (1950-06-20)
5341"The Ear"UnknownUnknownJune 27, 1950 (1950-06-27)

Season 3 (1950–51)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
541"Polly"Frank WisbarUnknownAugust 29, 1950 (1950-08-29)
552"Stopover"Frank WisbarUnknownSeptember 5, 1950 (1950-09-05)
563"The Canterville Ghost"Frank WisbarUnknownSeptember 12, 1950 (1950-09-12)
574"Incident in the Rain"Frank WisbarArnold PhillipsSeptember 19, 1950 (1950-09-19)
585"Andy's Old Man"Frank WisbarUnknownSeptember 26, 1950 (1950-09-26)
596"International Incident"UnknownUnknownOctober 3, 1950 (1950-10-03)
607"Lucy and the Stranger"Frank WisbarUnknownOctober 10, 1950 (1950-10-10)
618"Hope Chest"Frank WisbarUnknownOctober 17, 1950 (1950-10-17)
629"The Amber Gods"Frank WisbarStory by : Harriet Prescott Spofford
Teleplay by : Adele Comandini & Edith Martin
October 24, 1950 (1950-10-24)
6310"Mother's Mutiny"Frank WisbarUnknownOctober 31, 1950 (1950-10-31)
6411"The Kingdom Within"Frank WisbarUnknownNovember 7, 1950 (1950-11-07)
6512"Party Line"Frank WisbarUnknownNovember 14, 1950 (1950-11-14)
6613"Love of Mike"Frank WisbarUnknownNovember 21, 1950 (1950-11-21)
6714"Three Strangers"Frank WisbarUnknownNovember 28, 1950 (1950-11-28)
6815"The Green Convertible"Frank WisbarUnknownDecember 5, 1950 (1950-12-05)
6916"The Case of Marina Goodwin"Frank WisbarUnknownDecember 12, 1950 (1950-12-12)
7017"Miggles"UnknownUnknownDecember 19, 1950 (1950-12-19)
7118"No Children, No Dogs"Frank WisbarUnknownDecember 26, 1950 (1950-12-26)
7219"Flight Thirteen"Frank WisbarStory by : David Boehm
Teleplay by : Josef Mischel
January 2, 1951 (1951-01-02)
7320"Neutral Corner"Frank WisbarWilliam R. Cox & Leslie UrbachJanuary 9, 1951 (1951-01-09)
7421"Looking Through"Frank WisbarCurt SiodmakJanuary 16, 1951 (1951-01-16)
7522"Drums in the Night"Frank WisbarStory by : Frank Wisbar
Teleplay by : Josef Mischel
January 23, 1951 (1951-01-23)
7623"Child in the House"Frank WisbarStory by : Joe Pagano
Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt
January 30, 1951 (1951-01-30)
7724"Hottest Day of the Year"Frank WisbarStory by : Frank Wisbar
Teleplay by : Alfred Lewis Levitt & Josef Mischel
February 6, 1951 (1951-02-06)
7825"The Substance of His House"Frank WisbarStory by : Brenda Weisberg
Teleplay by : David V. Robison
February 13, 1951 (1951-02-13)
7926"Going Home"Frank WisbarStory by : Brewster Morgan
Teleplay by : Samuel B. Harrison
February 20, 1951 (1951-02-20)
8027"Copy Boy"Frank WisbarStory by : Richard Harding Davis
Teleplay by : Wells Root
February 27, 1951 (1951-02-27)
8128"The Acquittal"
"Malachi's Cove"
Charles FrankCharles Frank & Anthony TrollopeMarch 6, 1951 (1951-03-06)
8229"Shifting Sands"Frank WisbarMargaret McDonell & Wells RootMarch 13, 1951 (1951-03-13)
8330"The Eleventh Hour"Frank WisbarStory by : Perceval Gibbon
Teleplay by : Arnold Phillips
March 20, 1951 (1951-03-20)
8431"Unwritten Column"UnknownUnknownMarch 27, 1951 (1951-03-27)
8532"The Gentleman from LaPorte"Frank WisbarStory by : Bret Harte
Teleplay by : Brenda Weisberg
April 3, 1951 (1951-04-03)
8633"Hot Spot"Frank WisbarStory by : Margaret McDonell
Teleplay by : Wells Root
April 10, 1951 (1951-04-10)
8734"Close Shave"Frank WisbarStory by : MacGowan Cooke
Teleplay by : D.A. Jowitt & Brewster Morgan
April 17, 1951 (1951-04-17)
8835"The Celebrated Mrs. Rowland"Frank WisbarStory by : George Zuckerman
Teleplay by : James Gunn & Brewster Morgan
April 24, 1951 (1951-04-24)
8936"The Moment of Truth"Robert AngusUnknownMay 1, 1951 (1951-05-01)
9037"The Tunnel"Frank WisbarGabrielle WindsorMay 8, 1951 (1951-05-08)
9138"Back to Zero"Frank WisbarUnknownMay 15, 1951 (1951-05-15)
9239"Moment of Glory"Frank WisbarUnknownJuly 3, 1951 (1951-07-03)
9340"The Vigil"Frank WisbarUnknownJuly 10, 1951 (1951-07-10)
9441"A Little Night Music"Frank WisbarRaphael HayesJuly 17, 1951 (1951-07-17)
9542"A Jury of Her Peers"Frank WisbarSusan GlaspellJuly 24, 1951 (1951-07-24)
9643"Deliver Us From Evil"Frank WisbarUnknownJuly 31, 1951 (1951-07-31)
9744"Agnew Jones and the Giants"Frank WisbarUnknownAugust 7, 1951 (1951-08-07)
9845"Make Believe"Frank WisbarRaphael HayesAugust 14, 1951 (1951-08-14)
9946"The Lottery"Frank WisbarStory by : Shirley Jackson
Teleplay by : Ernest Kinoy
August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21)

Season 4 (1951–52)

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Episodes in this season included "Doctor Mac" on October 9, 1951.[1]

Season 8 (1955-56)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
2691*"Technical Charge of Murder"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Zelda Popkin teleplay by: Cyril HumeAugust 30, 1955 (1955-08-30)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Rita)
2702*"Gusher City"Don WeisWilliam FrougSeptember 6, 1955 (1955-09-06)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Maryann Goldsmith)
2713"The Director"Herschel DaughertyRod SerlingSeptember 13, 1955 (1955-09-13)
The director of a popular television show is the only person who has confidence in a "has-been" actor. The actor falls apart at rehearsal, and tension mounts as air time draws near. Cast: Jack Carson
2724*"Holiday in Autumn"UnknownElick MollSeptember 20, 1955 (1955-09-20)
A successful Hollywood social director refuses to give up her career for marriage. Cast: Jane Wyman (Mary)
2735"Little Guy"Don WeisDavid P. HarmonSeptember 27, 1955 (1955-09-27)
A short man has a prominent chip on his shoulder for all bigger people. When two murderers enter a bar and hold everyone at bay including a young fighter and a tough racketeer, the "little guy" has a decision to make.
2746"The Sport"Sidney LanfieldMadelyn Pugh & Quinn MartinOctober 3, 1955 (1955-10-03)
2757"Stephen and Publius Cyrus"Don WeisNathaniel CurtisOctober 11, 1955 (1955-10-11)
When the Evans family is killed in an accident in a foreign country, only a baby boy, Stephen, survives. Cast: Peter Lawford
2768*"One Last September"UnknownKathleen HiteOctober 18, 1955 (1955-10-18)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Liz) & Don Murray (Ken)
2779"The Smuggler"Don Weisstory by: Victor Canning teleplay by: Blake EdwardsOctober 25, 1955 (1955-10-25)
A jealous rival informs on a popular fisherman who is smuggling whiskey in and enemies out from under the nose of the country's annoyed dictator. Cast: Gilbert Roland (Tasso)
27810"Nailed Down"Don Weisstory by: Harry Sinclair Drago teleplay by: David P. HarmonNovember 1, 1955 (1955-11-01)
A fleeing gang leader is also a doctor and seeks refuge at the ranch of a former cohort whose wife is dangerously ill in childbirth. If the outlaw stays to save the woman, he will be captured. Cast: Gene Barry & Dan Duryea
27911*"Ride with the Executioner"UnknownCharlotte ArmstrongNovember 8, 1955 (1955-11-08)
During a recess period, one of a young teacher's pupils kills himself with his father's gun. The boy's grief-crazed father vows vengeance upon the teacher that he thinks caused his son's death. Cast: Jane Wyman (Eve)
28012*"The Key"Unknownstory by: Eudora Welty & Helen Dore Boyleston teleplay by: Frank De Felitta & Leo TownsendNovember 15, 1955 (1955-11-15)
A young student nurse, training at a sanatorium, becomes friendly with a young female patient. Although the authorities frown on the relationship, the nurse persists in her efforts to help the disturbed girl. Cast: Jane Wyman (Jean Bradford)
28113"His Maiden Voyage"Don WeisJameson BrewerNovember 22, 1955 (1955-11-22)
An old man endures endless ridicule because of his dreams of sailing the seas in a vessel that he has built.
28214"Women at Sea"James SheldonHagar WildeNovember 29, 1955 (1955-11-29)
A neglected wife goes unaccompanied on an ocean voyage. She develops a strong attraction to a handsome stranger who is accompanied by his wife.
28315*"Bamboo Cross"John Fordstory by: Laurence Stallings teleplay by: Maria Del Rey & Theophane LeeDecember 6, 1955 (1955-12-06)
In a Catholic convent in China, two nuns are menaced by a Communist overlord who falsely accuses them of murdering babies in their care. Cast: Jane Wyman (Sister Regina)
28416"As Long as I Live"Robert Stevensonstory by: Taylor Caldwell teleplay by: Leo TownsendDecember 13, 1955 (1955-12-13)
A despondent man decides to take a final fling and then kill himself. Cast: Brian Keith & Dan O'Herlihy
28517*"Along Came a Bachelor"Unknownstory by: Edwin Gilbert & Virginia Gilbert teleplay by: Katherine Albert & Dale EunsonDecember 20, 1955 (1955-12-20)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Widow)
28618"Big Joe’s Comin’ Home"Blake EdwardsDavid P. HarmonDecember 27, 1955 (1955-12-27)
A former gangland boss returns after 25 years in prison, expecting things to be the same. Cast: Victor McLaglen
28719*"Once Upon a Nightmare"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Cornell Woolrich teleplay by: John McGreeveyJanuary 3, 1956 (1956-01-03)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Emily Prince)
28820"The Liberator"Jacques Tourneurstory by Indro Montanelli teleplay by: John FanteJanuary 10, 1956 (1956-01-10)
A war-torn town once occupied by enemy troops. Vico Ferrasco, the leader of the partisan group during the liberation of Italy returns with his band to his small village intent on asserting his power. Cast: Sebastian Cabot
28921*"The House on Elm Street"Sidney LanfieldUnknownJanuary 17, 1956 (1956-01-17)
Helen Crane, who lives alone in an old mansion, suffers a series of terrifying experiences. Cast: Jane Wyman (Helen Crane)
29022*"Excuse Me for Living"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Adelaide Gerstley teleplay by: Leo TownsendJanuary 24, 1956 (1956-01-24)
Comic confusion results when a mother-in-law joins a young couple in their crowded city apartment. Cast: Jane Wyman (Wife)
29123"The Velvet Trap"William AsherDavid P. HarmonJanuary 31, 1956 (1956-01-31)
An informer is sought by the brother of his former partner. Cast: James Whitmore
29224*"Not What She Pretended"Sidney LanfieldUnknownFebruary 7, 1956 (1956-02-07)
A socialite is mysteriously drawn to a quaint, out-of-the-way tavern and the bar owner's handsome son. Cast: Jane Wyman (Barbara Towne)
29325*"Kristi"Jacques Tourneurstory by: Gladys Hasty Carroll teleplay by: Jameson BrewerFebruary 14, 1956 (1956-02-14)
A Norwegian bride is faced with the task of winning over the strait-laced residents of a puritanical New England community. Cast: Jane Wyman (Kristi Stone) & Charles Coburn
29426*"The Thread"UnknownStirling Silliphant & Collier YoungFebruary 21, 1956 (1956-02-21)
An irresponsible socialite is under the illusion that she can buy her way out of any kind of trouble. Cast: Jane Wyman (Leslie Bell)
29527"The Mirror"Jacques Tourneurstory by: Alphonse Daudet & Jack Schaefer teleplay by: Jack HanleyFebruary 21, 1956 (1956-02-21)
An eastern society girl marries a blacksmith and goes out west with him to found a cattle empire.
29628*"An Echo Out of the Past"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: William J. Locke teleplay by: Leo TownsendMarch 6, 1956 (1956-03-06)
A World War II field nurse discovers that her temporarily blind patient is her former sweetheart. Cast: Jane Wyman (Lieutenant Meg)
29729*"Scent of Roses"Unknownstory by: Mary Eleanor Freeman teleplay by: Leo TownsendMarch 13, 1956 (1956-03-13)
After waiting for years for her fiancé to return from his trip out west, Clarissa is sure that it is a hopeless cause. When he finally does return, she is convinced that he is more interested in her younger sister than her. Cast: Jane Wyman (Clarissa)
29830"Shoot the Moon"Ozzie Nelsonstory by: Pat Frank teleplay by: William BowersJanuary 24, 1956 (1956-01-24)
A government scientist juggles secretary problems. Cast: Ozzie Nelson & Nancy Kulp
29931*"Sound of Thunder"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Endre Bohem & Louis Vittes teleplay by: Richard CollinsMarch 27, 1956 (1956-03-27)
A concert pianist suffers a permanent physical injury to her hands. Cast: Jane Wyman (May Knight)
30032*"In a Different Life"Don Weisstory by: Gabrielle Upton teleplay by: Leo TownsendApril 3, 1956 (1956-04-03)
A geologist and his wife arrive at a remote Peruvian village in the backwaters of the Amazon. Although neither of them has ever been in that part of the country before, the wife displays an uncanny knowledge of the people, their way of life and even their language. Cast: Jane Wyman (Marie)
30133"This Land Is Mine"Don Weisstory by: Verne Athanas teleplay by: David P. HarmonApril 10, 1956 (1956-04-10)
Homesteaders of the West run into trouble. The gunmen who already control the territory are unwilling to share the land.
30234*"The Past Is Always Present"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Leslie Edgley teleplay by: David P. HarmonApril 17, 1956 (1956-04-17)
On her honeymoon a bride discovers that her husband was suspected of murdering his wealthy first wife. Cast: Jane Wyman (Karen Foster)
30335*"The Hidden People"Sidney LanfieldJameson BrewerApril 24, 1956 (1956-04-24)
A hotel for elderly residents acquires a new maid who was once a music hall entertainer and she disrupts the staid routine of the hotel. Cast: Jane Wyman (Cleary Penryn)

Season 9 (1956-57)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
3041*"Ten Percent"Sidney Lanfieldteleplay by: Tony BarrettAugust 28, 1956 (1956-08-28)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Laura Ann Roberts)
3052*"Dirty Face"UnknownUnknownSeptember 4, 1956 (1956-09-04)
A young boy escapes from reform school and tries to rob a woman. Cast: Jane Wyman (Martha Quillen)
3063*"Approved by Censor"UnknownGeorge F. SlavinSeptember 11, 1956 (1956-09-11)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Lt. Edith Collins)
3074"The Way to Heaven"Don Weisstory by: Grace Sartwell Mason teleplay by: Jameson BrewerSeptember 18, 1956 (1956-09-18)
An aging New York parish priest is relieved of his heavy duties and sent to El Diablo, a small wine center in California. Cast: Gene Lockhart
3085*"Let Yesterday Die"Don WeisUnknownSeptember 25, 1956 (1956-09-25)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Mrs. Norwood)
3096*"Assignment Champ"UnknownLeonard FreemanOctober 2, 1956 (1956-10-02)
A woman reporter faces a career vs marriage problem. To complicate matters further, her husband, who wants her to quit her job, is also her editor. Cast: Jane Wyman (Susan Clarke)
3107*"No More Tears"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Alice Eleanor Jones teleplay by: Kathleen HiteOctober 16, 1956 (1956-10-16)
A woman who has lost her son in tragic circumstances has amnesia. Cast: Jane Wyman (Olivia)
3118"Between Jobs"Don WeisDavid P. HarmonOctober 30, 1956 (1956-10-30)
A man with psychotic tendencies conspires with an unscrupulous sea captain to steal a fortune in precious jewels. Cast: Neville Brand
3129*"Father Forgets"Felix E. Feistteleplay by: Felix E. FeistNovember 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
In his attempts to perfect a new invention, a man nearly forgets his responsibility for his wife and young son. Cast: Jane Wyman: (Katie Barns)
31310*"The Marked Bullet"Sidney LanfieldRay BradburyNovember 20, 1956 (1956-11-20)
The wife was having an affair and they have to go through a bullet trick routine in which the husband forces the lover through some means to fire a bullet at the end of the act, which the wife is supposed to catch in her teeth. Cast: Jane Wyman (Madame Olivia)
31411*"A Time to Live"Unknownstory by: Theodore W. Case teleplay by: Leo TownsendNovember 27, 1956 (1956-11-27)
A visit to the grave of her first husband in France nearly ruins the second marriage of a grieving woman. Cast: Jane Wyman (Susan)
31512"Helpmate"Don Weisstory by: Anton Chekhov teleplay by: David P. HarmonDecember 4, 1956 (1956-12-04)
The wife of a private detective attempts to help her husband solve a crime. Cast: Imogene Coca
31613*"While There’s Life"UnknownDoris Hursley & Frank HursleyDecember 18, 1956 (1956-12-18)
A middle-aged woman becomes involved in a romance but her possessive married sister opposes marriage for the two. Cast: Jane Wyman (Pauline)
31714*"A Point of Law"Unknownstory by: Hewitt Leonard Balowe teleplay by: Stephanie NordliNovember 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Sidney Brandt) & Virginia Grey
31815"A Place on the Bay"Robert Floreystory by: James L. Henderson teleplay by: Leonard FreemanDecember 26, 1956 (1956-12-26)
Houseboat living has Laura Robertson at bay and she wants her husband to scuttle the idea. Cast: Gene Barry & Gloria Talbott
31916"The Little Black Lie"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: William Jerome Fay teleplay by: David P. Harmon & Leo TownsendJanuary 1, 1957 (1957-01-01)
A policeman takes an interest in a pretty nightclub pianist when she is threatened by an ex-con. Cast: Carolyn Jones
32017*"Twenty Dollar Bride"UnknownAaron SpellingJanuary 8, 1957 (1957-01-08)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Sarah March)
32118*"Portrait in Fear"UnknownTony BarrettJanuary 15, 1957 (1957-01-15)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Paula Miller)
32219*"The Golden Door"UnknownJameson BrewerJanuary 22, 1957 (1957-01-22)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Cleary Penryn)
32320"Killer’s Pride"Robert Floreystory by: Leslie McFarlane teleplay by: Michael FessierJanuary 29, 1957 (1957-01-29)
A sensitive young college student joins a posse of hardened men who are tracking down a killer.
32421*"Birthright"Unknownstory by: Ann Pinchot & Ben Pinchot teleplay by: Michael FessierFebruary 5, 1957 (1957-02-05)
A nurse attempts to convince a distraught mother-to-be that having a child is the most glorious experience in a woman's life. Cast: Jane Wyman (Ellen Hensley)
32522*"Small Talk"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: George F. Slavin teleplay by: David P. HarmonFebruary 12, 1957 (1957-02-12)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Ann Baker)
32623*"Farmer’s Wife"Unknownstory by: Guy de Maupassant & Norma Mansfield teleplay by: Michael FessierFebruary 19, 1957 (1957-02-19)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Tita)
32724"A Dangerous Thing"UnknownJameson BrewerFebruary 26, 1957 (1957-02-26)
A librarian becomes uneasy when an unsavoury character begins frequenting the library. She is certain he is not the scholarly type. Cast: Jeannie Carson
32825*"Married to a Stranger"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Victor Case teleplay by: Kathleen HiteMarch 5, 1957 (1957-03-05)
Susanna Holt's husband has cholera. Cast: Jane Wyman (Susanna Holt)
32926*"The Pendulum"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Colin MacKenzie teleplay by: David P. HarmonMarch 12, 1957 (1957-03-12)
The testimony of a woman figures prominently in sending her former fiancé to prison. Cast: Jane Wyman (Laura Kincaid)
33027"The Wildcatter"Jerry HopperWilliam Froug & Kathleen HiteMarch 19, 1957 (1957-03-19)
33128*"Mama Bufano’s"Unknownstory by: Jo Sinclair teleplay by: Kathleen HiteMarch 26, 1957 (1957-03-26)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Millie)
33229*"Not for Publication"Unknownstory by: Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins & Rufus King teleplay by: Michael FessierApril 16, 1957 (1957-04-16)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Violet Fitzhugh)
33330"Harbor Patrol"Richard IrvingJohn RobinsonApril 23, 1957 (1957-04-23)
A man suspected of peddling narcotics is sought by the chief of the harbor patrol. Leads are almost non-existent until a pair of half-drunk women become involved in an argument.
33431*"The Man in the Car"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Nancy Titus teleplay by: David P. HarmonApril 30, 1957 (1957-04-30)
Just after moving into a partly furnished home, a husband leaves his wife alone to make an out-of-town business trip. An unexpected visitor and the half-empty house create strange fears in the wife's mind. Cast: Jane Wyman (Martha Carroll)
33532*"There Comes One Moment"Sidney LanfieldPeter BarryMay 7, 1957 (1957-05-07)
An actor with failing memory falls in love with his psychotherapist. Cast: Jane Wyman (Dr. Edna Carlin) & Larry Pennell
33633*"Night of Terror"Unknownstory by: Jean De Laney teleplay by: David P. HarmonMay 14, 1957 (1957-05-14)
A woman driving alone through a lonely stretch of desert stops at a small café. There, she learns of a maniac at large in the area who preys on people who travel alone. Cast: Jane Wyman (Diane Nolan)
33734*"Two Sides to Everything"UnknownUnknownJune 11, 1957 (1957-06-11)
A female reporter is engaged to a newspaperman from a rival publication but they are forbidden by their respective bosses to associate with each other. Cast: Jane Wyman (Peggy)

Season 10 (1957–58)

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
3381*"The Way Home"Allen H. Minerstory by: Phyllis Duganne teleplay by: Steve FisherSeptember 26, 1957 (1957-09-26)
Ann Langley picks up a hitchhiker on a deserted highway, who turns out to be an escaped convict. Cast: Jane Wyman (Ann Langley)
3392"Contact"Allen H. Minerstory by: Samuel Marx teleplay by: Jack JacobsOctober 3, 1957 (1957-10-03)
Bruce Malone, chief pilot of an airline company, tries to help a crusading newspaperman to leave a South American country in the middle of a political upheaval. The man disappears but Malone finds a clue to his whereabouts when a baseball is thrown through a window. Cast: Joseph Cotten
3403"The Man on the Thirty-fifth Floor"Oscar RudolphUnknownOctober 10, 1957 (1957-10-10)
3414*"The Animal Instinct"Allen H. Minerstory by: Bart Burns teleplay by: Bart Burns & Lois JakobyOctober 31, 1957 (1957-10-31)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Fran)
3425"Roadblock Number Seven"George Waggnerstory by: Bruno Fischer teleplay by: George WaggnerNovember 7, 1957 (1957-11-07)
3436"A Reasonable Doubt"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Kenneth Perkins teleplay by: Robert C. DennisNovember 28, 1957 (1957-11-28)
After escaping from prison and man tries to clear himself and find out who set him up.
3447*"Death Rides the 12:15"Unknownstory by: Wade Mosby teleplay by: Kathleen Hite & Joseph CalvelliDecember 5, 1957 (1957-12-05)
Cast: Jane Wyman (Amelia)
3458"The Perfect Alibi"Allen H. Minerstory by: Patricia Highsmith teleplay by: Gene RoddenberryDecember 12, 1957 (1957-12-12)
In a jealous rage, Howard Keith shoots and kills George Barker. He wanted Barker's job. Cast: Vincent Price
3469"The Night After Christmas"Allen H. MinerSteve FisherDecember 26, 1957 (1957-12-26)
34710"The Elevator"Allen H. Minerstory by: Pamela Mason & James Mason teleplay by: Michael Fessier & Philip MacDonaldJanuary 2, 1958 (1958-01-02)
34811*"A Widow’s Kiss"UnknownUnknownJanuary 9, 1958 (1958-01-09)
When her daughter is bitten by a black widow spider, a mother searches frantically for blood donors. Cast: Jane Wyman (Marge)
34912"Day of Glory"Allen H. Minerstory by: S. Louis Adams & Oscar Millard teleplay by: Caulfield Fisher & Steve Fisher & Dorothea FrancesJanuary 16, 1958 (1958-01-16)
Damaged in battle and carrying many casualties aboard, the German warship Graf Spee is subject of a battle of wills between its captain and a commander. One officer wants to put into Montevideo to make repairs, the other insists the ship stay in the area and fight on. Cast: Paul Douglas
35013"A Guilty Woman"Allen H. Minerstory by: Glenway Scott teleplay by: Jerome GruskinJanuary 30, 1958 (1958-01-30)
After serving many years in prison for the murder of her fiancé, Evelyn is paroled in the custody of her long-time friend Martha, a wealthy widow. Although Martha appears happy to welcome Evelyn into her home, Evelyn begins to notice something new about Martha. Cast: Virginia Grey & Jan Sterling
35114*"My Sister Susan"UnknownUnknownFebruary 6, 1958 (1958-02-06)
When Carol Porter arrives in Green Bay to visit a twin sister whom she hasn't seen in some time, she learns that Susan is dead, apparently a murder victim. The police explain that Susan had been involved with a black market racketeer and dope pusher. The only way they can turn up conclusive evidence against this man is for Carol to pose as her twin. Cast: Jane Wyman (Carol/Susan)
35215"He Came for the Money"Allen H. MinerFrederick BradyFebruary 13, 1958 (1958-02-13)
A man named Clay, using a lame horse as an excuse, asks for shelter at the ranch of Jim and Martha Benton. He openly observes that Jim and Martha are openly hostile to each other and Martha asks Clay to take her along when he leaves. Cast: Ruth Roman
35316"Tunnel Eight"George WaggnerGeorge WaggnerFebruary 20, 1958 (1958-02-20)
Right after the American Civil War, Dan McGann, a prominent construction engineer, is assigned to help with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. When the construction slows down, McGann uncovers the work of saboteurs.
35417"Prime Suspect"Allen H. Minerstory by: Morton Wolson teleplay by: Steve FisherFebruary 27, 1958 (1958-02-27)
A police captain is assigned to track down an elusive schizophrenic terrorizing the blonde women of the town. During his investigation, the captain, who was unhappily married to a blonde later killed in a car accident, begins to think he himself may be the attacker. Cast: Claude Akins & William Bendix
35518"The Doctor Was a Lady"William AsherBill ManhoffMarch 27, 1958 (1958-03-27)
Fran Mitchell and her husband Paul have successful, but conflicting careers. After Fran plans an intimate celebration for their wedding anniversary, Paul tells her that he made plans for a celebration with a client.
35619*"Swindler’s Inn"Sidney LanfieldJameson BrewerApril 10, 1958 (1958-04-10)
Hotel housekeeper Cleary Penryn befriends a guest. Cast: Jane Wyman (Cleary Penryn) & Connie Gilchrist
35720"The Bravado Touch"Sidney Lanfieldstory by: Richard Carr teleplay by: John DunkelApril 17, 1958 (1958-04-17)
35821"Man of Taste"Maurice Geraghtystory by: Philip Freund teleplay by: Philip MacDonaldApril 24, 1958 (1958-04-24)
Dr. John Rogers is visited one night by a man begging him for insulin. He convinces the doctor that he is a diabetic and is entitled to the medication so Rogers reluctantly gives him a supply. Cast: Paul Henreid
35922"On the Brink"Unknownstory by: James Yaffe teleplay by: Kathleen HiteMay 1, 1958 (1958-05-01)
36023"The Last Test"Allen H. MinerJohn KneubuhlMay 8, 1958 (1958-05-08)
36124"Hide and Seek"Harve FosterRobert C. DennisMay 22, 1958 (1958-05-22)
Dan Wilder is a scientific detective who travels about in a car with a trailer attached. The trailer houses a complete laboratory that Dan uses in his work. The prosecutor of a small town has just summoned Dan to help investigate the unusual death of a young girl. Cast: Everett Sloane

Directors

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Sidney Lanfield,

Technical Charge of Murder

The Sport

The House on Elm Street

An Echo Out of the Past

Ten Percent

No More Tears

The Marked Bullet

The Little Black Lie

Small Talk

The Pendulum

There Comes One Moment

Robert Florey,

A Place on the Bay

Killer's Pride

John Ford,

Bamboo Cross (1955-Dec-06)

Jerry Hopper

The Wildcatter

Allen H. Miner,

Jacques Tourneur,

The Liberator (1956-Jan-10)

Kirsti (1956-Feb-14)

The Mirror (1956-Feb-28)

Don Weis,

Little Guy

Stephen and Publius Cyrus

The Smuggler

Nailed Down

His Maiden Voyage

The Way to Heaven

Let Yesterday Die

Between Jobs

References

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  1. ^ "TV Drama". TV Digest. October 6, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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