About this season
Conflict is a 1956 ABC series that directly succeeded Warner Brothers Presents. It is most famous for having hosted the effective pilots of 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick. Although it assumed the same time slot as its predecessor, the two do not share the same format. Where Warner Brothers Presents had been a wheel series, Conflict was a fully anthological series. However, since Cheyenne and Conflict alternated the Tuesday 7:30pm time slot, the net effect was that of a proper wheel series—even though Cheyenne and Conflict were not under the same umbrella title. The name change was imposed upon its production company, Warner Bros., by ABC executives who believed that "conflict" was the missing element in Casablanca and King's Row from Warner Brothers Presents. The show does not fit neatly into standard American television seasons. It technically superseded Warner Brothers Presents after Casablanca concluded its run in April 1956. And it seems to have provided at least one week of new material at the beginning of the 1957 season, before Sugarfoot, starring Will Hutchins, took its place.
Episodes (19)
1. Shock Wave
Aired 18 September 1956 • 60 min
2. Condemned to Glory
Aired 2 October 1956 • 60 min
3. The Magic Brew
Aired 16 October 1956 • 60 min
Dandy Summers is a medicine show huckster who arrives in a small town hoping to make some money. But events take a sudden turn and Dandy is in a bind.
4. Captain Without a Country
Aired 30 October 1956 • 60 min
5. The People Against McQuade
Aired 13 November 1956 • 60 min
6. The Man from 1997
Aired 27 November 1956 • 60 min
7. Stranger on the Road
Aired 11 December 1956 • 60 min
A young man, wanted by the law, seeks shelter under a new name on a cattle ranch.
8. Silent Journey
Aired 25 December 1956 • 60 min
9. Girl on the Subway
Aired 8 January 1957 • 60 min
10. Blind Drop: Warsaw
Aired 22 January 1957 • 60 min
11. Passage to Maranga
Aired 5 February 1957 • 60 min
12. The Money
Aired 19 February 1957 • 60 min
13. Capital Punishment
Aired 5 March 1957 • 60 min
A young man who leads the life of a roving vagabond is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.
15. A Question of Loyalty
Aired 2 April 1957 • 60 min
16. Anything for Money
Aired 16 April 1957 • 60 min
17. No Man's Road
Aired 30 April 1957 • 60 min
18. Pattern for Violence
Aired 14 May 1957 • 60 min
19. Execution Night
Aired 28 May 1957 • 60 min
20. The Velvet Cage
Aired 11 June 1957 • 60 min