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Original Air Date: January 5, 1953
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Cast: Robert Sterling
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Title: RICOCHET
Original Air Date: January 12, 1953
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Cast: Edmond O'Brien
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Title: MAGGIE, PACK YOUR BAGS
Original Air Date: January 19, 1953
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Cast: Margaret Hayes
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Title: THE OUTER LIMIT
Original Air Date: January 26, 1953
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Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert H. Harris
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Title: ELEMENT OF RISK
Original Air Date: February 2, 1953
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Cast: Brian Aherne
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Title: THE BURTONS
Original Air Date: February 16, 1953
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Cast: Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart
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Title: DINAH, KIP AND MR. BARLOW
Original Air Date: February 22, 1953
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Cast: Jack Lemmon, Diana Lynn
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Title: BETRAYED
Original Air Date: March 2, 1953
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Cast: Joanne Dru
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Title: TOMORROW WILL SING
Original Air Date: March 16, 1953
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Cast: Robert Alda
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Title: THE BIG NIGHT
Original Air Date: March 23, 1953
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Cast: Chester Morris
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Title: BURDEN OF PROOF
Original Air Date: March 30, 1953
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Cast: Boris Karloff
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Title: THE GLASS CAGE
Original Air Date: April 13, 1953
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Cast: Lee Bowman
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Title: WORLD BY THE TAIL
Original Air Date: April 20, 1953
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Cast: Diana Lynn
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Title: SUMMER TEMPEST
Original Air Date: April 27, 1953
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Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Title: LINDA
Original Air Date: May 4, 1953
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Cast: Maria Riva, John Newland
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Title: APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
Original Air Date: May 11, 1953
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Director: Herbert Swope, Jr.
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Margaret Hayes, Edward Binns, William Post, Jr., Jack Harvey
Notes: Adapted from John O'Hara novel; death speech from Sheppey by W. Somerset
Maugham; subject - suicide
Title: THE WIND CANNOT READ
Original Air Date: May 18, 1953
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Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Therese Lewis
Cast: Donald Woods, Betty Bendyk, Guy Staul, Roger Moore
Notes: Based on Richard Mason novel
Title: ALL THINGS GLAD AND BEAUTIFUL
Original Air Date: May 25, 1953
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Cast: Fay Bainter
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Title: NO HEAD FOR MOONLIGHT
Original Air Date: June 8, 1953
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Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Sinclair
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Title: THE WOMAN WHO HATED CHILDREN
Original Air Date: June 22, 1953
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Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Leora Dana
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Title: HALF A KINGDOM
Original Air Date: June 29, 1953
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Cast: Wendell Corey
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Title: THE HALF MILLIONAIRE
Original Air Date: July 6, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, John Newland, Margaret Hayes
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Title: TWO OF A KIND
Original Air Date: July 13, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: A SUMMER LOVE
Original Air Date: July 20, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: ANNE'S STORY
Original Air Date: July 27, 1953
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Cast: Margaret Hayes, Elizabeth Montgomery
Notes: Synopsis: A young woman who is overshadowed by her more vivacious younger sister goes away to a summer art colony and unexpected romance.
Title: DUET FOR TWO HANDS
Original Air Date: August 3, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: RED ROBIN RIDES AGAIN
Original Air Date: August 10, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Marshall Thompson
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Title: PIERCE 3098
Original Air Date: August 17, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: GRASS ROOTS
Original Air Date: August 24, 1953
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Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery
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Title: CAKES AND ALE
Original Air Date: August 26, 1953
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Cast: Angela Lansbury
Notes: Based on the W. Somerset Maugham novel
Title: THE LOST AND FOUND
Original Air Date: September 14, 1953
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Cast: Kent Smith
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Title: SEPTEMBER TIME
Original Air Date: September 21, 1953
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Thomas W. Phipps
Cast: Ruth Warrick, Scott Forbes, J. Scott Smart, Jon DeLeo
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Title: BREAKDOWN
Original Air Date: October 5, 1953
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Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Adrian Spies
Cast: Brian Aherne, Margaret Phillips, Scott Forbes, Frederick Worlock, Francis Compton,
Horace Brenham
Notes: Subject - mental breakdown
Title: THE SUNDAY PUNCH
Original Air Date: October 19, 1953
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Cast: Gig Young
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Title: NO PICNIC AT MT. KENYA
Original Air Date: November 2, 1953
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Cast: Garry Merrill, George Chandler, Bruce Gordon, Ray Julian, John Merlin, Buck Kartalian, Fred Scollay, Charles Benjamen, Bill Hellinger, Andy Sabilia, Jimmy Wall, Mike Gazzo, Ernest Sarracino, Matty Mario, David Balfour
Notes: Synopsis: The true story of three Italian POW's who escaped froma prison compound in Africa to scale Mt. Kenya. Based on the book by Felice Venuzzi.
Title: THE DEEP SIX
Original Air Date: November 16, 1953
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Director: Norman Felton
Writer: Robert R. Presnell, Sr.
Cast: John Payne, Stephen Courtleigh, Scott Forbes, Herbert Rudley, Donald McKee, Raymond Bramley, Terry Becker, Paul Clarke, Al Ramsen, Leonard Barry, Raymond Bruce, Ray McDonnell, Dennis McCarthy, Roberto Rodriguez, Philip Foster, Sidney Paul
Notes: Synopsis: A story of life aboard a Navy cruiser in the Aleutians; the clash of personalities and the presence of the Japanese enemy. Based on a novel by Martin Dibner.
Title: HARVEST
Original Air Date: November 23, 1953
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Sandra Mitchell
Cast: Dorothy Gish (Ellen Zalinka); Ed Begley (Karl Zalinka); Vaughn Taylor (Gramps); James Dean (Paul); Reba Tassell (Arlene); John Connell (Chuck); John Dennis (Joe); Joseph Foley (Herb); Nancy Sheridan (Louise); Mary Lou Taylor (Fran); Tommy Taylor (Kip); Frank Tweddell (Mr. Franklin); Pidge Jameson (Kitty); Peter Lazer (Billy)
Notes: Subject - family farms
Title: THE SOPRANO AND THE PICCOLO PLAYER
Original Air Date: November 30, 1953
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Cast: Francis L. Sullivan
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Title: WHAT ABOUT CHRISTMAS?
Original Air Date: December 21, 1953
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Title: THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Original Air Date: December 28, 1953
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Cast: Chester Morris
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