About this season
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Episodes (32)
1. Blaze of Glory
Aired 21 September 1958 • 30 min
A plumber receives a late night call for a job that turns out to be with a gang of jewel thieves.
2. One is a Wanderer
Aired 28 September 1958 • 30 min
3. Auf Wiedersehen
Aired 5 October 1958 • 30 min
Robert "Spider" Johnson is stationed in Germany in 1951, where he is "adopted" as a father by an orphaned boy. Spider is a taciturn man, preferring to remain alone to hide the pain of his own orphaned youth. When he encounters an abandoned boy nicknamed Joe Louis, however, Spider feels an emotional bond with the child. He becomes unnerved though, when the boy mistakenly believes that the soldier is his father. Spider leaves town, denying that he has become attached to the orphan. But when Joe hides in the back of Spider's jeep, the soldier must confront his paternal ...
4. The Castaway
Aired 12 October 1958 • 30 min
5. The World's Greatest Quarterback
Aired 19 October 1958 • 30 min
A football hero on the skids returns to his hometown. He and his ex-wife Mary purchased a rare Picasso for a song on their honeymoon, and he needs cash.
6. At Miss Minner's
Aired 26 October 1958 • 30 min
Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.
7. Battle for a Soul
Aired 2 November 1958 • 30 min
A man serving time for stealing jewels insists that he is innocent and spends every waking moment plotting revenge against those he claims framed him.
8. A Question of Romance
Aired 9 November 1958 • 30 min
9. The Falling Angel
Aired 16 November 1958 • 30 min
The one-ring circus run by Anthony Mullins begins to prosper when a handsome trapeze artist, Angeli, joins the troupe. But Mullins is upset when his fiancee, Sue Ellen, becomes fascinated with Angeli.
10. A Turkey for the President
Aired 23 November 1958 • 30 min
11. The Last Rodeo
Aired 7 December 1958 • 30 min
A champion rodeo rider, though getting older, refuses to retire to a ranch house, even though his fiancée begs him to. After another rider and friend of them both is killed during a show, she gives him a choice, quit and marry her or she'll leave him.
12. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Aired 14 December 1958 • 30 min
13. The Odd Ball
Aired 28 December 1958 • 30 min
14. And One Was Loyal
Aired 4 January 1959 • 30 min
15. Man on a Bicycle
Aired 11 January 1959 • 30 min
Paul Ashcroft is traveling through the French Riviera equipped with a bicycle and a kit for disguises. He gains entrance to a vacant mansion, passing himself off as one M. Durobat, and proceeds to work his charm on local gambling devotees.
16. The Stone
Aired 18 January 1959 • 30 min
Retelling of the biblical tale of David and Goliath.
17. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?
Aired 25 January 1959 • 30 min
18. No Man Can Tame Me
Aired 1 February 1959 • 30 min
In this musical comedy set in the 1870s, Silas Haley wants his daughter to marry a city slicker. Matilda, however, has her eyes on a good looking trapper.
19. The Last Lesson
Aired 8 February 1959 • 30 min
20. I Was a Bloodhound
Aired 15 February 1959 • 30 min
A ransom is demanded for a baby elephant missing from a hotel room.
21. The Family Man
Aired 22 February 1959 • 30 min
22. Deed of Mercy
Aired 1 March 1959 • 30 min
Setting out on his vacation, newspaper reporter Mike Hackett comes across an auto accident. The injured driver is a well-known Hungarian scientist. His unharmed passenger, a young lady hitchhiker, blames the accident on the scientist.
23. The Incredible Jewel Robbery
Aired 8 March 1959 • 30 min
The Incredible Jewel Robbery was an episode of General Electric Theater, broadcast by CBS on March 8, 1959. It was the first appearance of all three Marx Brothers together in the same scene since A Night in Casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in The Story of Mankind in 1957, and in pairs in Love Happy in 1949. Jewel Robbery would prove to be their last joint TV appearance. Harpo and Chico play Harry and Nick, two inept would-be robbers who try to pull a jewelry heist. Chico is disguised in a police uniform, and Harpo wears, of all things, a Groucho Marx disguise. When they are caught and placed in a police lineup, the real Groucho shows up inexplicably and is immediately fingered as the thief. Groucho then delivers the only line in the otherwise silent program: "We won't talk until we see our lawyer!" Everybody gives each other their leg, and the You Bet Your Life duck drops down with "The End" in its beak. CBS explained the show as follows: "If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms, his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna."
24. Train for Tecumseh
Aired 15 March 1959 • 30 min
25. The Lady's Choice
Aired 22 March 1959 • 30 min
It is the year 1880, and Elizabeth a lovely miss from the East, is preparing to journey West to marry her fiance. Elizabeth's mother cautions her about the Wild West, but the young girl assures her that the pioneer country has been tamed.
26. Beyond the Mountains
Aired 29 March 1959 • 30 min
27. The Flying Wife
Aired 5 April 1959 • 30 min
Martha Allen's husband and teenage offspring seem to be taking her for granted. To win recognition, she decides to learn how to fly an airplane.
28. Caesar and Cleopatra
Aired 12 April 1959 • 30 min
When Julius Caesar and his roman legions prepare to enter the Egyptian kingdom of Cleopatra, the terrified young queen flees.
29. Robbie and His Mary
Aired 19 April 1959 • 30 min
30. Nora
Aired 3 May 1959 • 30 min
Nora's husband Judge Wayne Douglas has been nominated for DA. He fires his campaign manager Neil Watson for receiving a questionable campaign contribution. Neil then asks Nora for a favor, reminding her of the favor he once did for her.
31. Nobody's Child
Aired 10 May 1959 • 30 min
Todays theme is Nobody's Child.
32. The Indian Giver
Aired 17 May 1959 • 30 min