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The Best Episodes of Cavalcade of America

Every episode of Cavalcade of America ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Cavalcade of America!

The Best Episodes of Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation...

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  1. Background image for In This Crisis
    9.3/10(19 votes)

    #1 - In This Crisis

    S1:E7

    John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain information that will mean Washington?s victory over the Hessians.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Boy Nobody Wanted
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    #2 - The Boy Nobody Wanted

    S4:E24

    Billy Brandon's father is a good man, but also a professional gambler who doesn't have much time for his son. Left alone one day, he gets into a fight with a neighbor's boy who taunts him about his father being a gambler. The boy is accidently killed when he falls and hits his head. The boy's father, editor of the local newspaper, takes revenge by smearing Billy's dad in his paper. As a result, Nick Brandon is soon imprisoned and Billy is sent to an adoption agency. Luckily, he is adopted by an older couple and his life becomes filled with love. He grows to be an A student and a war hero. When his father is finally released from prison, Billy must make a hard decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Prison Within
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Prison Within

    S4:E13

    A girl is overcome with remorse when the soldier she refused to marry is killed in Korea. Her unusual guilt complex leads her to commit a series of crimes, for which she is imprisoned. Convicted forgery when she is paroled, her parole officer is troubled by her inexplicable behavior.

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  4. Background image for Chain of Hearts
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Chain of Hearts

    S4:E6

    The story of John Staniszewski, a Polish seaman who tried to gain American citizenship after World War 2.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Secret Life of Joe Swedie
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #5 - The Secret Life of Joe Swedie

    S4:E15

    The story about a child-therapist who helps bedridden children in hospitals to retain an interest in life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Woman's Work
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Woman's Work

    S5:E8

    An elderly man lets his son and the boy's bride live in the family home. His intentions are to turn the girl into a household slave, but she has a different idea.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Danger on Clover Ridge
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Danger on Clover Ridge

    S4:E22

    Drifter winds up on the plains of the West.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Frightened Witness
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #8 - The Frightened Witness

    S5:E21

    Joe Kohler happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He witnesses a mob hit when a car deliberately runs over a pedestrian. When mob lieutenant Craig tells Joe that he had best keep quiet and even stops home with him to see his family, Joe gets the point. But Joe doesn't like being intimidated and goes to the police to tell his story and do the right thing.

    Director:Anton Leader
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  10. Background image for Don Marshall's Brat
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #9 - Don Marshall's Brat

    S5:E23

    Young Trudy Marshall is an 11-year old who dreams of ending the feud between her parents and maternal grandfather. When she saves the life of an elderly Mexican bandit, the Calaveras Kid, he decides to help her.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Major of St. Louis
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #10 - The Major of St. Louis

    S4:E25

    Major Thomas D. Howie of the 3rd Battallion, 116th Infantry, 29th Division. He lies at rest between a Private and a General in the American Cemetery in Normandy, overlooking Omaha Beach. He was loved by his men, though an enigma to some, and loved reading verses from Edgar Lee Masters ""Spoon River Anthology"", ""These are the ghosts from the desolate coasts...would you go to them...only pursue them...whatever enshrined is within you ..is you.""

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Blessed Midnight
    6.5/10(56 votes)

    #11 - The Blessed Midnight

    S5:E12

    A youngster steals a cake from a bakery to give his aunt. With the help of a friend his own age, the boy tries to keep from being caught.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Man Who Took a Chance
    5.8/10(12 votes)

    #12 - The Man Who Took a Chance

    S1:E3

    The story of an 19th century genius who adapted 20th century methods to solve an American problem, Eli Whitney first begins to manufacture muskets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Riders of the Pony Express
    5.8/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Riders of the Pony Express

    S2:E11

    A historical drama. The pony express era is initiated by Alexander Majors, one of the owners of a transport firm, who, in searching for methods of transporting mail and packages across the West, delves into history and adapts the relay courier system as used by Genghis Khan.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Last Signer
    5.8/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Last Signer

    S5:E25

    Citizen's of an American town are infuriated when a Czech immigrant signs his name to one of the historical copies of the Declaration of Independence.

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  16. Background image for Poor Richard
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    #15 - Poor Richard

    S1:E1

    Dramatized incidents are used to show how Benjamin Franklin delayed a conference between Lord Howe and John Adams until the spring rainy season commenced, thereby allowing General Washington to extricate his troops from Long Island under the cover of a storm. This drama sent the ""old and obstinate"" Franklin to delay American surrender talks with the British, thereby allowing General George Washington to escape capture to fight another day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for All's Well with Lydia
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    #16 - All's Well with Lydia

    S1:E2

    The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information instrumental in an American victory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for A Romance to Remember
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    #17 - A Romance to Remember

    S1:E4

    The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the love of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for What Hath God Wrought
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    #18 - What Hath God Wrought

    S1:E5

    The story of how Samuel Morse, after many hardships, gained recognition for the first telegraph.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for No Greater Love
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    #19 - No Greater Love

    S1:E6

    A story about Clara Louise Maas, a Spanish-American War nurse who allowed herself to be bitten by a Stegomyia mosquito in order to further the experiments which were being conducted in the Las Animas Hospital in Havana under the direction of Dr. William C. Gorgas during a yellow fever epidemic at the turn of the century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Arrow and the Bow
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    #20 - The Arrow and the Bow

    S1:E8

    The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the 17th President.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for What Might Have Been
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    #21 - What Might Have Been

    S1:E9

    The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for New Salem Story
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    #22 - New Salem Story

    S1:E10

    The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for A Matter of Honor
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    #23 - A Matter of Honor

    S1:E11

    A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the governorship of Tennessee. The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Alamo, who gave the woman he loved a locket engraved with one word, ""integrity"" but had she earned the right to wear it?

    Director:Arthur Hilton
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Experiment at Monticello
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    #24 - Experiment at Monticello

    S1:E12

    Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, uses himself as a guinea pig and is inoculated with the germs of small pox in a heroic effort to establish control of the disease.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Mightier Than the Sword
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    #25 - Mightier Than the Sword

    S1:E13

    A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about corruption of the British administration. Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established American freedom of the press.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"In This Crisis" is the best rated episode of "Cavalcade of America". It scored 9.3/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/24/1952. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Boy Nobody Wanted".