The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

October 2, 1952

Episodes

26 episodes

The Ford Television Theatre

Season 1

Episodes

1. Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

October 2, 1952
30 min

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.

2. Junior

October 9, 1952

3. National Honeymoon

October 16, 1952

4. Birth of a Hero

October 23, 1952

5. Girl in the Park

October 30, 1952

6. Edge of the Law

November 6, 1952

7. Protect Her Honor

November 13, 1952

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

8. Sunk

November 20, 1952

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

9. The Divided Heart

November 27, 1952

14. They Also Serve

January 1, 1953

16. This Is My Heart

January 15, 1953

17. The Sermon of the Gun

January 22, 1953

18. Adventure in Connecticut

January 29, 1953

19. The First Born

February 5, 1953

22. All's Fair in Love

February 26, 1953

23. Madame 44

March 5, 1953

A woman saloon owner in California, known as gunslinger "Madame 44," is tried and acquitted for murder after defending herself from a claim jumper. Later, passing for respectability in New Orleans, a suitor threatens to expose her past.

24. My Daughter's Husband

March 12, 1953

A father rejects his daughter's poor choice in a husband.

25. The Bet

March 19, 1953

A wealthy man, whose poor friend has stolen the man's fiancée, bets the friend a fortune that the friend can not spend ten years in solitary confinement, which bet the friend accepts, despite the love of the woman.

26. Double Exposure

March 26, 1953

27. To Any Soldier

April 2, 1953

28. Just What the Doctor Ordered

April 9, 1953

29. Allison, Ltd.

April 16, 1953

30. The Life of the Party

April 23, 1953

33. Look for Tomorrow

May 14, 1953

34. Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

May 21, 1953

37. The Trestle

June 11, 1953

A boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.

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