Kraft Television Theatre
Season 9
195549 episodes
Episode 1
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Sep 28, 1955
A prep school student named Percy Washington becomes friends with his schoolmate John Unger. Percy invites John to spend the holidays at his family's isolated Montana mansion. It sits atop a mountain of solid diamond. John begins to worry about his safety when he learns the the father, Mr. Washington, is paranoid about his wealth. He shoots down planes that fly over the house and then kills the pilots. The crazed patriarch does the same with children who drop in.
Episode 2
The Beautiful Time
Oct 5, 1955
Episode 3
Trucks Welcome
Oct 12, 1955
Episode 4
I, Mrs. Bibb
Oct 19, 1955
Despite having no political aspirations or experience, Mrs. Bibb is asked to fill the seat of her deceased husband. Aiding her is her husband's assistant, Ned, who is engaged to the Bibbs' daughter. Events take an ugly turn when it Ned is suspected of having taken a bribe from a contractor.
Episode 5
One
Oct 26, 1955
Episode 6
Number Four with Flowers
Nov 2, 1955
The bullet-riddled body of a big-time gambler is brought to the morgue in this tongue-in-cheek comedy. Out of the blue, a naive young waitress steps forward to claim the dead man's remains. Soon, she finds herself with three boyfriends: a mortician, a tough police officer and the murdered crook's business partner. Soon she's being taken on her "last ride" and she manages to even charm the gunman.
Episode 7
The Ticket and the Tempest
Nov 9, 1955
A delicatessen owner who buys an Irish Sweepstakes ticket in a friend's name. When it wins $28,000, trouble abounds for the poor man.
Episode 8
Summer's End
Nov 16, 1955
Episode 9
Day of Judgment
Nov 23, 1955
Episode 10
Once a Genius
Nov 30, 1955
Episode 11
Lady Ruth
Dec 7, 1955
Episode 12
A Nugget from the Sunrise
Dec 14, 1955
Episode 13
A Christmas Dinner
Dec 21, 1955
Episode 14
Eleven O'Clock Flight
Dec 28, 1955
Episode 15
The Thieving Magpie
Jan 4, 1956
Episode 16
The Sears Girl
Jan 11, 1956
Episode 17
The Devil as a Roaring Lion
Jan 18, 1956
A young boy finds a wounded, dying man hiding in his family's boat house. The man, a prospector who has just killed his partner in a dispute, at first frightens the boy, but as the two begin to get to know each other, they become friends. Eventually the boy suspects that the man might not be all he claims to be.
Episode 18
Home Is the Hero
Jan 25, 1956
A man who in a drunken rage killed a neighbor is released from prison after serving five years. Paddo returns home and takes out his rage on his friends and family members. His son Willie stands up to the brute and proves that Paddo is neither needed nor wanted by the family.
Episode 19
Five Minutes to Live
Feb 1, 1956
Episode 20
Good Old Charlie Faye
Feb 8, 1956
Episode 21
The Man on Roller Skates
Feb 15, 1956
Episode 22
Snapfinger Creek
Feb 22, 1956
Episode 23
Bobbie
Feb 29, 1956
Episode 24
The Fool Killer
Mar 7, 1956
The Fool Killer is a mythical figure who chops the heads off of those who make fools of themselves. In the days after the American Civil War, a young boy who is haunted by this creature in his dreams. When he runs away from home he encounters the beast in the flesh.
Episode 25
The Lost Weekend
Mar 21, 1956
Episode 26
A Night to Remember
Mar 28, 1956
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Episode 27
Paper Foxhole
Apr 4, 1956
Episode 28
The Last Showdown
Apr 11, 1956
A big city real estate mogul gets involved in a shady tax deal. Facing exposure, he plans to flee the country, leaving his son-in-law behind to take the blame. His daughter learns of his scheme and puts a stop to it.
Episode 29
No Riders
Apr 18, 1956
Episode 30
The Gentle Grafter
Apr 25, 19561h
Jeff Peters uses his personal magnetism to fleece the mayor of a hick town, run a shady matrimonial agency and establish a monopoly on the rot-gut whiskey business. Peters is joined in these schemes by a right-hand man and a beautiful widow. The trio thinks that they are unstoppable until they meet up with a former master of the con game.
Episode 31
A Night to Remember
May 2, 1956
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Episode 32
Death Is a Spanish Dancer
May 9, 1956
Episode 33
A Profile in Courage
May 16, 1956
Episode 34
Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall
May 23, 1956
Episode 35
Box 704
May 30, 1956
Episode 36
The Night of May Third
Jun 6, 1956
Episode 37
Boy in a Cage
Jun 13, 1956
Episode 38
Flying Object at Three O'Clock High
Jun 20, 1956
Episode 39
Starfish
Jun 27, 1956
Episode 40
Tear Open the Skies
Jul 4, 1956
Episode 41
Long Arm
Jul 11, 1956
An attractive young woman flirts with a store clerk at a pawn shop, inviting him to join her for lunch. While he's gone, the store is robbed and the owner is killed. The clerk is without an alibi because the woman with whom he dined worked for the criminals.
Episode 42
Babies for Sale
Jul 18, 1956
Episode 43
Prairie Night
Jul 25, 1956
Episode 44
One Way West
Aug 1, 1956
Episode 45
Anna Santonello
Aug 8, 1956
Episode 46
The Magic Box
Aug 15, 1956
Episode 47
The Girls Who Saw Too Much
Aug 29, 1956
Episode 48
Mock Trial
Sep 5, 1956
As part of its law school training, a college stages mock trials for students to gain experience. One of its mock trials turns real when the city's mayor is put on the stand and the misuse of taxpayers' money is revealed.
Episode 49
Shadow of Evil
Sep 12, 1956