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21 Safe Conduct

 First aired: 2/19/1956

 Writer:  Andrew Solt 

Director:  Justus Addiss Guest star:  Jacques Bergerac (Jan Gubak), Claire Trevor (Mary Prescott),  Werner

Klemperer (Klopka),  Peter van Eyck (Officer),  John Banner (Train conductor),  Ralph

Manza (Waiter), Konstantin Shayne (Custom's Officer), Charlie Hall (Man with Pool

Cue in Intro Sequence)

Global rating: 6.0 

Suspense and romance fill the travel of an American reporter returning to the east

after a visit to an iron curtain nation.

22 Place of Shadows

 First aired: 2/26/1956

 Writer:  Robert C. Dennis 

Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star: Harry Tyler (Train Ticket Agent) , Everett Sloane (Father Vincente), Mark

Damon (Ray Clements), Sean McClory (Brother Gerard), Everett Glass (Brother

Charles), Claude Akins (Cop),  Joe Downing  (Floyd), Steve Mitchell, Harve Presnell 

Global rating: 6.3 

 A man looking for revenge goes undercover in a monastery but things do not turn out

 the way he planned.

23 Back for Christmas

 First aired: 3/4/1956

 Writer:  Francis Cockrell,  John Collier 

Director:  Alfred Hitchcock 

Guest star:  John Williams (II) (Herbert Carpenter),  Arthur Gould-Porter (MajorSinclair) , Isobel Elsom (Hermione Carpenter), Gavin Muir (Mr. Wallingford),  Lillian

Kemble-Cooper (Mrs. Sinclair), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Wallingford), Irene Tedrow 

(Mrs. Hewitt), Gerald Hamer (Mr. Hewitt),  Ross Ford, Mollie Glessing ,  Theresa Harris 

Global rating: 8.2 

 A man tired of having his life mapped out and directed by his overbearing wife plans to

 get rid of her; permanently.

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24 The Perfect Murder

 First aired: 3/11/1956

 Writer:  Victor Wolfson, Stacy Aumonier 

Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star:  Philip Coolidge (Henri Tallendier),  Walter Kingsford (Pierre) , Hurd

Hatfield (Paul Tallendier), Hope Summers (Marie Tallendier), Mildred Natwick (Aunt

 Rosalie), Gladys Hurlbut (Ernestine),  Jack Chefe (Clerk),  Percy Helton (Lawyer)Global rating: 7.8 

 Two twisted brothers scheme to obtain their inheritance a little sooner by killing their

aunt.

25 There Was an Old Woman

 First aired: 3/18/1956

 Writer:  Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell 

Director:  Robert Stevenson Guest star: Estelle Winwood (Monica Laughton), Norma Crane (Lorna Bramwell),

Charles Bronson (Frank Bramwell), Dan Greer (Milkman), Emerson Tracy (Druggist)

Global rating: 7.7 

Monica, an old and eccentric woman is the target of two people who think she has a

lot of money stashed away.

26 Whodunit

 First aired: 3/25/1956

 Writer:  Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell, C.B. Gilford 

Director:  Francis Cockrell 

Guest star:  John Williams (II) (Alexander Arlington),  Alan Napier (Wilfred),  Philip

Coolidge (Talbot) ,  Amanda Blake (Carol Arlington),  Jerry Paris (Wally Benson),  Ruta

 Lee,  Rudy Robles,  Bill Slack 

Global rating: 7.2 

 Arthur (a mystery writer) is allowed to return from heaven to relive his last day on

Earth in order to find the identity of his murderer.

27 Help Wanted

 First aired: 4/1/1956

 Writer:  Robert C. Dennis, Stanley Ellin 

Director:  James Neilson 

Guest star:  Lorne Greene (Mr. X),  John Qualen (Mr. Crabtree),  Ruth Swanson (Miss.

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 Brown), Madge Kennedy (Laura Crabtree),  Parley Baer (Police detective),  Paul

 Brinegar,  John Harmon 

Global rating: 7.8 

 A man desperate for money to treat his wife's illness accepts a strange job offer from

an anonymous boss, with life-changing consequences for all involved.

28 Portrait of Jocelyn

 First aired: 4/8/1956

 Writer: Harold Swanton, Edgar Marvin 

Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star:  Raymond Bailey (Jeff Harrison), Harry Tyler (Motel manager) ,  John

 Baragrey (Arthur Clymer),  Philip Abbott (Mark Halliday), Nancy Gates (Debbie

Halliday), Olan Soule (Art dealer)

Global rating: 6.7 

 A man starts seeing reminders of his missing wife - five years after her disappearance

and on the anniversary of his remarriage.

29 The Orderly World of Mr Appleby

 First aired: 4/15/1956

 Writer:  Victor Wolfson 

Director:  James Neilson 

Guest star:  Robert H. Harris (Laurence Appleby) , Michael Ansara (Dizar),  Louise

 Larabee (Lena), Gage Clarke (Gainsboro), Helen Spring  (Mrs. Grant), Meg Mundy 

(Martha Sturgis), Edna Holland (Mrs. Murchie), Mollie Glessing  (Maid)

Global rating: 7.2 

 Lawrence Appleby will do anything to keep his antiques shop, even murder.

30 Never Again

 First aired: 4/22/1956

 Writer: Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud, Stirling Silliphant,  Adela Rogers St. John Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star:  Phyllis Thaxter (Karen Stewart) ,  Warren Stevens (Jeff Simmons),  Jack

Mullaney (Marlow),  Louise Allbritton (Renee), Mason Curry (Mr. Sterling),  Joan Banks 

(Margaret), Marion Gray,  Jack Mulhall, Karine Nordman, Carol Veazie (Nurse)

Global rating: 7.9 

Karen has a problem with alcohol, one that will leave her wondering what happened

 the previous night.

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31 The Gentleman from America

 First aired: 4/29/1956

 Writer:  Francis Cockrell, Michael Arlen 

Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star:  Ralph Clanton (Sir Stephen Hurstwood) ,  Biff McGuire (Howard Latimer),

Eric Snowden (Hanson), Geoffrey Steele (Man),  John Dodsworth (Calender),  John D.

Irving  (Derek),  John Alderson (Attendant), Sonia Torgeson (Julia)Global rating: 7.0 

Howard Latimer accepts a peculiar bet: to spend the night at a supposedly haunted

manor.

32 The Baby Sitter

 First aired: 5/6/1956

 Writer: Sarett Rudley, Emily Neff  

Director:  Robert Stevens Guest star:  Theodore Newton (Mr. Nash) ,  Thelma Ritter (Lottie Slocum), Carole

Mathews (Clara Nash), Michael Ansara (Mr. DeMario), Mary Wickes (Mrs.

 Armstedder),  Reba Tassell (Janie)

Global rating: 7.2 

 Lottie Slocum goes from witness to accused in the crime of a woman she was baby-

sitting.

33 The Belfry

 First aired: 5/13/1956

 Writer:  Robert C. Dennis 

Director: Herschel Daugherty 

Guest star:  Pat Hitchcock (Ella Marsh) , Dabbs Greer (The Sheriff),  Jack Mullaney 

(Clint Ringle),  Jim Hayward (Preacher),  John Compton (Walt), Norman Leavitt (Elmer),

 Ralph Moody (Local Citizen), Horst Ehrhardt, Kathleen Hartnagel,  Rudy Lee, David

Saber 

Global rating: 6.9 

Clint is in love with Ella. When he finds out that she has a fiancée, he decides to kill

him and then hides.

34 The Hidden Thing

 First aired: 5/20/1956

 Writer:  James P. Cavanagh,  A.J. Russell 

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Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star:  Robert H. Harris (John Hurley),  Theodore Newton (Lt. Shea) ,  Biff

McGuire (Dana Edwards),  Rachel Ames (Laura), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Edwards),

 Richard Collier (Counterman)

Global rating: 6.1 

Dana tries to find out the license plate number of the car that has recently killed his

fiancée.

35 The Legacy

 First aired: 5/27/1956

 Writer: Gina Kaus,  Andrew Solt, Gina Kaus 

Director:  James Neilson 

Guest star:  Walter Kingsford (Col. Blair),  Ralph Clanton (Randall Burnside) ,  Alan

Hewitt (Howard Cole),  Leora Dana (Irene Cole),  Jacques Bergerac (Prince Burhan),

Enid Markey (Cecelia),  Rudolph Anders (Maitre D'),  Roxanne Arlen (Donna Dew), Vikki Dougan (Glamour Girl),  Joan Dixon 

Global rating: 6.5 

 A prince courts a rich and married (but neglected) wife. A death raises questions of

whether it was suicide or accident and has repercussions for many.

36 Mink

 First aired: 6/3/1956

 Writer: Irwin Gielgud, Gwen Bagni 

Director:  Robert Stevenson 

Guest star:  Ruth Hussey (Paula Hudson),  Vinton Hayworth (Sgt. Delaney), Mary

 Jackson (Mrs. Wilson),  Veda Ann Borg  (Hairdresser),  Anthony Eustrel (Furrier),

Eugenia Paul (Model),  Vivi Janiss (Sgt. Bradford), Sheila Bromley,  Paul E. Burns,  James

McCallion 

Global rating: 6.6 

 A housewife buys a stolen mink for $400 dollars.

37 Decoy

 First aired: 6/10/1956

 Writer:  Bernard C. Schoenfeld,  Richard-George Pedicini 

Director:  Arnold Laven 

Guest star:  Robert Horton (Gil Larkin),  Philip Coolidge (Detective), Harry Tyler , Cara

 Williams (Mona Cameron), David Orrick McDearmon (Ben),  Jack Mullaney (Dave

 Packer), Mary Jean Yamaji (Dancer), Edo Mita (Mr. Sashakawa), Eileen Harley,  Frank

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Global rating: 7.8 

Gil is in love of a married singer who wants to kill her abusive husband.

38 The Creeper

 First aired: 6/17/1956 Writer:  James P. Cavanagh,  Joseph Ruscoll 

Director: Herschel Daugherty 

Guest star:  Percy Helton (Building Super) , Constance Ford (Ellen Grant), Steve Brodie 

(Steve Grant),  Reta Shaw (Martha), Harry Townes (Ed),  Alfred Linder 

Global rating: 9.3 

 A serial killer known as “the strangler” terrorizes a New York neighborhood.

39 Momentum First aired: 6/24/1956

 Writer:  Francis Cockrell, Cornell Woolrich 

Director:  Robert Stevens 

Guest star: Holly Bane (Cab Driver), Harry Tyler ,  Joanne Woodward (Beth Paine), Skip

Homeier (Dick Paine),  William Newell (Charlie), Ken Christy (A.T. Burroughs), Henry

Hunter (Man from Finance Company),  Frank Kreig  (Janitor), Myron Cook, Dorothy

Crehan, Don Dillaway,  Joe Gilbert,  Patricia Knox,  John Lehmann,  Jack Tesler 

Global rating: 7.8 

 A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his

employer owes him.

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