General Electric Theater (Season 5)

The Great Lady (Episode 1)

Air date: 1956-09-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.

The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy (Episode 2)

Air date: 1956-09-23

Runtime: 30 min

The Professor's Punch (Episode 3)

Air date: 1956-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

The Pot of Gold (Episode 4)

Air date: 1956-10-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".

The Enemies (Episode 5)

Air date: 1956-10-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.

The Invitation (Episode 6)

Air date: 1956-10-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.

The Second Stranger (Episode 7)

Air date: 1956-10-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.

The Rider on the Pale Horse (Episode 8)

Air date: 1956-11-04

Runtime: 30 min

The Charlatan (Episode 9)

Air date: 1956-11-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

The Road That Led Afar (Episode 10)

Air date: 1956-11-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.

Orphans (Episode 11)

Air date: 1956-12-02

Runtime: 30 min

The Breach (Episode 12)

Air date: 1956-12-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.

The Chess Game (Episode 13)

Air date: 1956-12-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.

A Child is Born (Episode 14)

Air date: 1956-12-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.

The Shadow Outside (Episode 15)

Air date: 1956-12-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.

Never Turn Back (Episode 16)

Air date: 1957-01-06

Runtime: 30 min

The Earring (Episode 17)

Air date: 1957-01-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

Lady of the House (Episode 18)

Air date: 1957-01-20

Runtime: 30 min

The Doctors of Pawnee Kill (Episode 19)

Air date: 1957-01-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.

No Skin Off Me (Episode 20)

Air date: 1957-02-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.

The Town with a Past (Episode 21)

Air date: 1957-02-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

The Big Shooter (Episode 22)

Air date: 1957-02-17

Runtime: 30 min

Flight from Tormendero (Episode 23)

Air date: 1957-02-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.

The Fenton Touch (Episode 24)

Air date: 1957-03-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.

With Malice Toward None (Episode 25)

Air date: 1957-03-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.

The Victorian Chaise Lounge (Episode 26)

Air date: 1957-03-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

Too Good with a Gun (Episode 27)

Air date: 1957-03-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.

Bargain Bride (Episode 28)

Air date: 1957-04-07

Runtime: 30 min

Cab Driver (Episode 29)

Writer: John L. Greene

Air date: 1957-04-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.

Bitter Choice (Episode 30)

Air date: 1957-04-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.

I Will Not Die (Episode 31)

Air date: 1957-04-28

Runtime: 30 min

Angel of Wrath (Episode 32)

Air date: 1957-05-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.

A Question of Survival (Episode 33)

Air date: 1957-05-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.

The Man Who Inherited Everything (Episode 34)

Air date: 1957-05-19

Runtime: 30 min

A New Girl in His Life (Episode 35)

Air date: 1957-05-26

Runtime: 30 min