The Ford Television Theatre

- Season 2

(1953)

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A pretty young woman makes up her mind to disprove a psychiatrist's theories about how a woman tries to catch a man.

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With his housekeeper as chaperon, a bachelor puts up a young girl in his home for the night. His problem is to keep his girlfriend from seeing his guest.

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A tramp and a millionaire exchange positions in life when they find that they look alike.

John Stevens is the operator, pilot and sole stockholder of a one-plane airline who has been hired to pick up a valuable Chinese antique in San Francisco's Chinatown. The seemingly simple job proves to be worth the high price he offered as every underworld figure in town strives to finger him and hijack the prize - the Ming Lama. Johnny finds that his attraction for Lola Walker, whom he meets during his quest, proves a more useful weapon than his fists. Lola's talent with a gun, though misdirected, proves the edge he needs to fulfill his contract.

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Sally is tired of watching all of her dates run for the door when they learn she's a widowed mother of three. Hoping for a better outcome, she plans to keep the kids a secret until a man is hooked. Her secretiveness makes her new, promising beau suspect she's got another man on the side. A friend who warned that her ruse would backfire intervenes to save the relationship.

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A wife wants to adopt a baby, but dislikes little boys.

A former sheriff comes into conflict with a tough cattleman who refuses to recognize the law.

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A good woman, embittered by an unjust prison sentence, vows revenge on those who sent her to jail.

A killer is tried and sentenced to death for murdering a cop. However, he breaks out of prison and hunts down his ex-wife, who had fingered him to the police. A down-on-his-luck reporter tells his editor that, for a $100 bonus, he'll track down the escaped killer on his own and get a scoop for the paper. However, things don't work out quite the way the reporter had counted on.

A woodsman accuses the mayor of a small town of wanting to change the charter only in order to get more power for himself.

A married couple become almost strangers to each other.

A pretty young woman uses all her savings to trap a husband, and her handsome landlord succumbs to her wiles.

A happily married couple are overjoyed to see the husband's old Army buddy, who promptly moves in on them. They are not so pleased when they find that the old buddy has no intention of moving out again.

Kitty O'Dare, a pretty lady horse-race handicapper, has a streak of luck picking winners. Frustrated, the local bookies decide the only way to stop her from betting is to get her married.

A man in jail for not paying alimony decides to have himself killed for the insurance money. He tries to convince his cell-mate to do it.

An ad man is mistaken for a model by an artist who decides that all male and female relationships should be switched.

Father Devlin has but one worldly possession - a dog named Spot.

While reading Faust, a man falls asleep and dreams he makes a pact with the devil.

A lawyer receives a phone call telling him he has only 30 minutes to live.

A girl plots to marry a millionaire by hook or by crook.

A returned war veteran is under treatment for memory loss. His wife, whom he does not remember, struggles to help him.

A girl working in a book shop meets a young medical student.

A gentle nun, the superintendent of a large hospital, is called upon to solve her patients' problems.

It's Mary McNeill's wedding day, and as she dresses for the ceremony she reminisces about her two suitors and how difficult it was to choose between them.

A policeman is falsely suspected of taking a bribe.

A desperate girl marries the town drunk and through her love and support he becomes an upstanding citizen.

A bride-to-be changes her mind on her wedding day.

Filmed with help from the US Navy, this fact-based story tells of the U.S.S. Barksdale during World War II. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lt. Comdr. William Masterson takes over command as the captain falls ill with appendicitis. While in charge, Masterson allows the ship to take a torpedo to save a larger nearby cruiser. In route for repairs, they fight off a squadron of Japanese fighter planes.

A girl misses a cue in a dramatic-school play. To everyone's surprise a man calls her, says he's a talent scout, and praises her acting.

A young wife is haunted by her dead mother-in-law.

To win a new house, an engaged couple enters a contest for married people, planning to marry if they win. They quarrel but they win, so they draw a line down the middle of the house, evenly dividing their property.

A girl tries to shift a scandal from herself to her brother's fiancee.

A girl gets the man she wants by pretending she wants another.