Episode list

A Native American seeks revenge on the man he holds responsible for his father's lynching.

Lee Wiley was a jazz singer. This episode dramatizes certain incidents in her life. She had suffered from temporary blindness as a teenager after a fall from a horse, and her eyesight troubled her ever since.

A hitchhiker runs into trouble in a small town.

During World War II, intelligence pulls four "lifers" out of prison and sends them to steal top-secret rocket plans.

An ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences.

A husband looking for a new house for him and his wife comes across the perfect place: it's big, beautiful, in a nice neighborhood, the owner is "motivated" and the asking price is far less than it's really worth. Seeing a chance to get a real bargain, the husband quickly buys the house. Then he finds out why the former owner was so anxious to leave--a notorious gangster has moved into the house next door, and he has so many enemies that living in the house next to him can be bad for your health.

The story is based on a naval officer, who is investigating a leak of military secrets from a naval base in Devon, England. The investigating officer finds the leak to emanate from a respected officer, with a distinguished record in WW2. Set in the early 1960's it is a complex tale, which follows a cat and mouse chase of the through London, and, later, the actions of the spying officer's friend, who is asked to assist him. There's a healthy dose of "love interest" in the shape of the delightfully described Jane Day, who later turns out to be on the side of the of those chasing the spy.

The spy's actions are explained by his recollections of the deaths of soldiers during WW2, which lead him to become convinced that world peace was only obtainable by following the Communist cause. Friendships are tested to the limits and eventually the spy's friend, whose trust and respect for his former commanding officer, who had saved his life during the war, has to face the reality that his former commander really is a spy.

I have not seen the televised version, and this synopsis is based on my repeated reading and re-reading of the book; so much so that I had to buy another copy! Might I recommend that those of you who are readers of either John le Carre and Len Deighton give this book a try!

If the televised version is available on DVD or video I should appreciate any details of where I could obtain a copy.

Campaign manager Parker Hite (Milton Berle) is at his wits end. He can't get support for his candidate, and his marriage is falling apart.

Longtime bar owner Ernie Wigman (Lee J. Cobb) wants to sell out, preferably to his bartender Rich (Harry Guardino), who has a yen to own a bar but lacks the cash.

A club owner falls in love with his new singer (Suzanne Pleshette), unaware that she's out to prove him a key figure in a dope ring.

An American grapples with an assassin for the OAS (Secret Army Organization) in Paris during the Algerian conflict. The story explores terrorism, its motivations, and the moral issues it raises.

When a folksinger fails to show up for a performance, his girlfriend thinks the club owner (Hugh O'Brien) should put his expensive guitar in his safe -- a good idea, because two customers are planning to steal the instrument.

After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.

A middle-aged woman (Shelley Winters) is suspected of murdering a hoodlum.

In Cuba, a manhunt is under way to recapture Douglas Vinson (Dana Andrews), an American who was rescued moments before he was to face a firing squad.

An advertising executive (Barry Nelson) wants his wife (Janet Blair) to forget about show business - so he's far from happy when she lands the lead in a new Broadway musical.

A broken down ex-fighter (Cliff Robertson) attempts to prevent his brother from making the boxing big-time.

Comedy about a gangster who hires a "personnel psychologist" to evaluate the aptitudes of his gang.

An American skier is approached by a beautiful girl while shooting movie scenes in Yugoslavia-she wants to defect.At the same time, he's met by an oily KGB agent there to make a trade, a kidnapped U.S. scientist for a military-use chemical formula. But it soon becomes apparent he's more interested in the girl.

A girlie magazine publisher is denounced by the candidate he is secretly supporting.

An old-time movie studio executive is the victim of a corporate takeover. In his waning days, he takes his anger out on everyone around him, from family to movie stars, and vainly attempts to push through an outdated movie project.

An angry young man, alienated from family and friends, plans to rob a filling station. A vague underworld character persuades him to hire an aged safe-cracker to help him.

After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed Davis (Groucho Marx) has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to retire to Florida with his wife.

Struggling actor Frank Carson has a messy personal life that matches his unpromising career.

Korea, 1951: members of a unit, ordered to hold an untenable position, feel they are being left to die.

John Ferris has found success and fame as a foreign correspondent. But his career has left him with a number of failed relationships and he reflects on what has led him to be alone.

A retired and reformed gangster is hounded by the DA's office to testify against the underworld dope ring he once ruled.