TV Reader's Digest (1955)
TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.
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Episode 1 - Child Pioneer
Release Date: 1955-10-17 -
Episode 2 - The Old Master Detective
Release Date: 1955-10-24 -
Episode 3 - The Archer-Shee Case
Release Date: 1955-10-31 -
Episode 4 - The Brainwashing of John Hayes
Release Date: 1955-11-07 -
Episode 5 - The Making of a Submarine
Release Date: 1955-11-14 -
Episode 6 - The Voyage of Captain Tom Jones, Pirate
Release Date: 1955-11-21 -
Episode 7 - If I Were Rich
Release Date: 1955-11-28Longing to move up in the world and escape their ordinary lives, the Johnson family pin all their hopes on a sweepstakes ticket. When their ticket becomes one of twenty finalists, temptation to sell it before the prize is selected wears on them, but they win it. Afterward, what looked like a life of ease turns into problems and heartache.
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Episode 8 - The Sad Death of a Hero
Release Date: 1955-12-05 -
Episode 9 - Emergency Case
Release Date: 1955-12-12 -
Episode 10 - When the Wise Men Appeared
Release Date: 1955-12-19 -
Episode 11 - Ordeal at Yuba Gap
Release Date: 1955-12-26 -
Episode 12 - In the Eye of a Hurricane
Release Date: 1956-01-02 -
Episode 13 - Why the Choir Was Late
Release Date: 1956-01-09 -
Episode 14 - The Man Who Beat Death
Release Date: 1956-01-16 -
Episode 15 - A Bell for Okinawa
Release Date: 1956-01-23 -
Episode 16 - Cochise, Greatest of the Apaches
Release Date: 1956-01-30 -
Episode 17 - The Mystery of Minnie
Release Date: 1956-02-06 -
Episode 18 - Texas in New York
Release Date: 1955-02-13 -
Episode 19 - Return from Oblivion
Release Date: 1956-02-20 -
Episode 20 - The Case of the Uncertain Hand
Release Date: 1956-02-27 -
Episode 21 - It's a Wise Father
Release Date: 1956-03-05 -
Episode 22 - Night Court
Release Date: 1956-03-12 -
Episode 23 - No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache
Release Date: 1956-03-19 -
Episode 24 - The Trigger Finger Clue
Release Date: 1956-03-26 -
Episode 25 - The Secret Weapon of Joe Smith
Release Date: 1956-04-02 -
Episode 26 - Courage
Release Date: 1956-04-09 -
Episode 27 - The Woman Who Changed Her Mind
Release Date: 1956-04-16 -
Episode 28 - Uncle Sam's C-Men
Release Date: 1956-04-23 -
Episode 29 - Miss Victoria
Release Date: 1956-04-30 -
Episode 30 - The Old, Old Story
Release Date: 1956-05-07 -
Episode 31 - Britain's Most Baffling Murder Case
Release Date: 1956-05-14 -
Episode 32 - Down on the Tennessee
Release Date: 1956-05-21 -
Episode 33 - The Man Who Dreamt Winners
Release Date: 1956-05-28 -
Episode 34 - The General's Escape
Release Date: 1956-06-04 -
Episode 35 - The Gigantic Bank Note Swindle
Release Date: 1956-06-11 -
Episode 36 - Go Fight City Hall
Release Date: 1956-06-18 -
Episode 37 - Family Reunion USA
Release Date: 1956-06-25 -
Episode 38 - The Only Way Out
Release Date: 1956-07-02 -
Episode 39 - The Smuggler
Release Date: 1956-07-09