John Meredyth Lucas
Director
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
Season 8
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Released Oct. 2, 1952
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Drama
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Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Catch at Straws
None
Oct. 3, 1956, midnight
S8E2 - Sudden Silence
None
Oct. 10, 1956, midnight
S8E3 - Paris Edition
None
Oct. 17, 1956, midnight
S8E4 - Measure of Faith
A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.
Oct. 24, 1956, midnight
S8E5 - Black Jim Hawk
As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge.Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.
Oct. 31, 1956, midnight
S8E6 - Sometimes It Happens
A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.
Nov. 7, 1956, midnight
S8E7 - The Woman Who Dared
In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.
Nov. 14, 1956, midnight
S8E8 - The Menace of Hasty Heights
As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.
Nov. 21, 1956, midnight
S8E9 - Stand By To Dive
A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.
Nov. 28, 1956, midnight
S8E18 - Mrs. Wane Comes to Call
Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son
Jan. 30, 1957, midnight
NBC
30 min/ep
4200 min
Oct. 2, 1952
June 26, 1957, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
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