About this season
Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Episodes (49)
1. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Aired 28 September 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.
2. The Beautiful Time
Aired 5 October 1955
3. Trucks Welcome
Aired 12 October 1955
4. I, Mrs. Bibb
Aired 19 October 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.
5. One
Aired 26 October 1955
6. Number Four with Flowers
Aired 2 November 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.
7. The Ticket and the Tempest
Aired 9 November 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.
8. Summer's End
Aired 16 November 1955
9. Day of Judgment
Aired 23 November 1955
10. Once a Genius
Aired 30 November 1955
11. Lady Ruth
Aired 7 December 1955
12. A Nugget from the Sunrise
Aired 14 December 1955
13. A Christmas Dinner
Aired 21 December 1955
14. Eleven O'Clock Flight
Aired 28 December 1955
15. The Thieving Magpie
Aired 4 January 1956
16. The Sears Girl
Aired 11 January 1956
17. The Devil as a Roaring Lion
Aired 18 January 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.
18. Home Is the Hero
Aired 25 January 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.
19. Five Minutes to Live
Aired 1 February 1956
20. Good Old Charlie Faye
Aired 8 February 1956
21. The Man on Roller Skates
Aired 15 February 1956
22. Snapfinger Creek
Aired 22 February 1956
23. Bobbie
Aired 29 February 1956
24. The Fool Killer
Aired 7 March 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.
25. The Lost Weekend
Aired 21 March 1956
26. A Night to Remember
Aired 28 March 1956
27. Paper Foxhole
Aired 4 April 1956
28. The Last Showdown
Aired 11 April 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.
29. No Riders
Aired 18 April 1956
30. The Gentle Grafter
Aired 25 April 1956 âą 60 min
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.
31. A Night to Remember
Aired 2 May 1956
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
32. Death Is a Spanish Dancer
Aired 9 May 1956
33. A Profile in Courage
Aired 16 May 1956
34. Bedroom Twelve on the Appalachian Waterfall
Aired 23 May 1956
35. Box 704
Aired 30 May 1956
36. The Night of May Third
Aired 6 June 1956
37. Boy in a Cage
Aired 13 June 1956
38. Flying Object at Three O'Clock High
Aired 20 June 1956
39. Starfish
Aired 27 June 1956
40. Tear Open the Skies
Aired 4 July 1956
41. Long Arm
Aired 11 July 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.
42. Babies for Sale
Aired 18 July 1956
43. Prairie Night
Aired 25 July 1956
44. One Way West
Aired 1 August 1956
45. Anna Santonello
Aired 8 August 1956
46. The Magic Box
Aired 15 August 1956
47. The Girls Who Saw Too Much
Aired 29 August 1956
48. Mock Trial
Aired 5 September 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.
49. Shadow of Evil
Aired 12 September 1956