Marvin Miller
Michael Anthony
The Millionaire (1955)
Season 5
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
Released Jan. 19, 1955
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.millionaire, tmdb.philanthropist, tmdb.sudden-wealth, imdb.breaking-the-fourth-wall, imdb.multibillionaire, imdb.millionaire + 2 more, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.anthology
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - The Betty Hawley Story
After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their child in a hospital and in America. Hence, John agrees to accept $1,000 to drive over rutted dirt roads in an old rickety truck loaded with nitroglycerin to a mine cave-in many miles off.
Sept. 3, 1958, midnight
S5E2 - The Norman Conover Story
Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.
Sept. 10, 1958, midnight
S5E3 - The Fred Morgan Story
Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepted by an run away convict but Fred devises an escape.
Sept. 17, 1958, midnight
S5E4 - The Ken Leighton Story
Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain now because he has no money to pay the bills.
Sept. 24, 1958, midnight
S5E5 - The David Barrett Story
Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and he meets the owner's daughter. They fall in love, but when the Farmer finds out, he fights him and orders him away until he can provide for the girl.
Oct. 1, 1958, midnight
S5E6 - The Martin Scott Story
Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can't use any in a college fund his parents save for him,yet unbeknownst to everyone else, Scott has gotten himself in debt to a bookie and must nearly drain the account.
Oct. 8, 1958, midnight
S5E7 - The Ellen Curry Story
Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
Oct. 15, 1958, midnight
S5E8 - The William Vaughan Story
William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
Oct. 22, 1958, midnight
S5E9 - The Cat Story
Soon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew Freddie Howard is to take care of the feline at a fabulous annual stipend allotted. Freddie's fiancée dislikes Ralph though, who suddenly runs away. Without him, the rest of the inheritance will go to a cat hospital.
Oct. 29, 1958, midnight
S5E10 - The Dan Howell Story
Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself and run loose on the train.
Nov. 5, 1958, midnight
S5E11 - The Newman Johnson Story
Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million and turns the tables as he buys his company.
Nov. 12, 1958, midnight
S5E12 - The Lee Randolph Story
Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.
Nov. 19, 1958, midnight
S5E13 - The Frank Harrigan Story
Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a million with almost disastrous consequences for the fortune.
Dec. 3, 1958, midnight
S5E14 - The Pete Hopper Story
Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million dollars is presented to him, Pete thinks the bribe offer has been renewed.
Dec. 10, 1958, midnight
S5E15 - The Eric Lodek Story
Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's body and decides to impersonate him.
Dec. 17, 1958, midnight
S5E16 - The William Courtney Story
William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
Jan. 7, 1959, midnight
S5E17 - The Terrence Costigan Story
Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
Jan. 14, 1959, midnight
S5E18 - The Irene Marshall Story
Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
Jan. 21, 1959, midnight
S5E19 - The Julia Conrad Story
Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
Jan. 28, 1959, midnight
S5E20 - The Emily Baker Story
A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple country girl.
Feb. 4, 1959, midnight
S5E21 - The John Rackham Story
Feb. 11, 1959, midnight
S5E22 - The Father Gilhooley Story
A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
Feb. 18, 1959, midnight
S5E23 - The Hank Butler Story
Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
Feb. 25, 1959, midnight
S5E24 - The Charlie Weber Story
March 4, 1959, midnight
S5E25 - The Angela Temple Story
Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
March 11, 1959, midnight
S5E26 - The Alicia Osante Story
Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.
March 18, 1959, midnight
S5E27 - The Marcia Forrest Story
New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.
March 25, 1959, midnight
S5E28 - The Henry Banning Story
Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and others believe he has wealth.
April 1, 1959, midnight
S5E29 - The Sally Simms Story
When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise for her mother falls in love with Sally and she with him.
April 8, 1959, midnight
S5E30 - The Ann Griffin Story
Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent requires them to be apart for the sake of publicity.
April 15, 1959, midnight
S5E31 - The Karl Miller Story
Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.
April 22, 1959, midnight
S5E32 - The Gilbert Burton Story
Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she feels she and her partner brother are using Gilbert.
April 29, 1959, midnight
S5E33 - The Susan Ballard Story
Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.
May 6, 1959, midnight
S5E34 - The Bill Franklin Story
Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of New York City.
May 13, 1959, midnight
S5E35 - The Louise Benson Story
Artist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco waterfront but there love can go no further until the man faces murders charges in his hometown.
May 20, 1959, midnight
S5E36 - The Martha Halloran Story
Clint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his plane to return because he did not receive funds his wife sent and is unaware of the million.
May 27, 1959, midnight
S5E37 - The Charles Bradwell Story
Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.
June 10, 1959, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Jan. 19, 1955
Last Air Date: June 7, 1960, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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