About this season
Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Episodes (29)
1. Vengeance
Aired 25 September 1957
2. Barefoot Soldier
Aired 2 October 1957
3. Smart Boy
Aired 9 October 1957
4. A Cook for Mr. General
Aired 16 October 1957
5. Man in a Trance
Aired 23 October 1957
10. Come to Me
Aired 4 December 1957
12. Polka
Aired 18 December 1957
The Polish-American father of three daughters takes great pride in entering the annual polka contest each year with one of the girls. Last year, when his oldest daughter married, the second daughter Theckla danced and won the contest with Papa. However, this year, Theckla is in love, and she refuses to put on the old-country costume and dance.
13. The Story of the Other Wise Man
Aired 25 December 1957
14. The Battle for Wednesday Night
Aired 1 January 1958
15. The Velvet Trap
Aired 8 January 1958
17. Eddie
Aired 22 January 1958
A well-liked policeman dreams that he will have a shoot-out with a criminal on a specific day. While walking his beat on that night, he encounters the thug of his dreams.
19. The Spell of the Tigress
Aired 5 February 1958
20. Material Witness
Aired 19 February 1958
An average citizen witnesses a murder. His family then faces intimidation from the killer.
22. Dog in a Bush Tunnel
Aired 5 March 1958
25. Angry Angel
Aired 26 March 1958
26. The Man in Authority
Aired 2 April 1958
27. Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: Moony's Kid Don't Cry/The Last of My Solid Gold Watches/This Property Is Condemned
Aired 16 April 1958
29. Fifty Grand
Aired 30 April 1958
30. The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Aired 7 May 1958
A group of shady characters from a mining town wind up stuck in a blizzard with a naive young couple. The situation brings out the best, and worst, in everyone.
31. All the King's Men: Part 1
Aired 14 May 1958
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.
32. All the King's Men: Part 2
Aired 21 May 1958
38. Next Door to Death
Aired 2 July 1958
42. Death Wears Many Faces
Aired 30 July 1958 • 60 min
Two college students hitching their way back to school. A fierce storm arises, and they take shelter in a local farmer's barn. The next day on the radio they hear that the daughter of the farmer who gave them shelter has been murdered, and the boys are shocked to hear that a description of the killers matches them perfectly.
44. Night Cry
Aired 13 August 1958
A tough veteran cop, expecting to be promoted to a supervisor position, is passed over, and finds himself assigned to a homicide by the man who took what he considered to be his job. His new boss warns him against using the brutal tactics he is infamous for, but the cop soon ditches his partner and pays a visit to the suspect in the case, in order to "interrogate" him--alone.
45. We Haven't Seen Her Lately
Aired 20 August 1958
Elderly Aunt Violet lets it be known that she's particularly afraid of one of her heirs, who she thinks is greedy enough to do away with her to get her money. Not long after hiring a new gardener, Violet disappears. Her friends and neighbors suspect that she has been killed by the greedy heir, but her niece Helen decides to search the entire countryside to find out what happened to her aunt.
48. Trick or Treat
Aired 10 September 1958
49. A Cup of Kindness
Aired 17 September 1958
50. Riddle of a Lady
Aired 24 September 1958
A sophisticated, upper-crust British lawyer turns to a much shadier colleague to clear him when he's charged with murdering a somewhat disreputable woman.
51. Presumption of Innocence
Aired 1 October 1958