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The Worst Episodes of Cavalcade of America

Every episode of Cavalcade of America ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Poor Richard" is the worst rated episode of "Cavalcade of America". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1952. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "All's Well with Lydia".

  • Poor Richard
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    #1 - Poor Richard

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1952

    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.

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  • All's Well with Lydia
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    #2 - All's Well with Lydia

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1952

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

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  • The Man Who Took a Chance
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    #3 - The Man Who Took a Chance

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1952

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

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  • A Romance to Remember
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    #4 - A Romance to Remember

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1952

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

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  • What Hath God Wrought
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    #5 - What Hath God Wrought

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1952

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

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  • No Greater Love
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    #6 - No Greater Love

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/1952

    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.

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  • In This Crisis
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    #7 - In This Crisis

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/24/1952

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

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Arrow and the Bow
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    #8 - The Arrow and the Bow

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/1953

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

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  • What Might Have Been
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    #9 - What Might Have Been

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/1953

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

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  • New Salem Story
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    #10 - New Salem Story

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/1953

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

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  • A Matter of Honor
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    #11 - A Matter of Honor

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/1953

    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: N/A

  • Experiment at Monticello
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    #12 - Experiment at Monticello

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/4/1953

    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.

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  • Mightier Than the Sword
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    #13 - Mightier Than the Sword

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/18/1953

    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.

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  • The Indomitable Blacksmith
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    #14 - The Indomitable Blacksmith

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/1953

    A story about Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, and his long struggle to invent and perfect the electric motor. Setting: Brandon, Vt., in the 1830's. The story of how Thomas Davenport neglected his blacksmith trade and failed in business, but won immortality in science by inventing the first electric motor.

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  • The Gingerbread Man
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    #15 - The Gingerbread Man

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/15/1953

    A true story about Christopher Ludwick, the baker, who came to America in 1776 from Germany. He made a most unusual gingerbread man which later became famous in America. He lived with his wife in Philadelphia. A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution.

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Strike
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    #16 - Night Strike

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/29/1953

    Dramatizes an incident in the career of Captain John Paul Jones. Describes a raid made by Americans under Jones' leadership on the English coast at Whitehaven in 1778 and the unexpected outcome of the action.

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • Slater's Dream
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    #17 - Slater's Dream

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/13/1953

    Dramatizes the story of Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, who came to America in 1790 and struggled to construct from memory the cotton spinner, the plan of which England jealously guarded to insure a monopoly on the machine.

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  • The Pirate's Choice
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    #18 - The Pirate's Choice

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/27/1953

    Dramtizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against the English forces in 1814.

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  • John Yankee
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    #19 - John Yankee

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/10/1953

    Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the Revolution.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Tenderfoot
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    #20 - The Tenderfoot

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/24/1953

    A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands. Time: 1886.

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  • Sam and the Whale
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    #21 - Sam and the Whale

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1953

    Sam Mulford, a famous American whale hunter who resents the English tax on whales and the methods employed by the King's tax collectors along the coast of Long Island goes to England, where, with the help of Lady Montagu, he takes his complaint to the royal court. Time: 1712.

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  • The Stolen General
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    #22 - The Stolen General

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1953

    A Revolutionary War drama. When romance-seeking British General Prescott arranges to meet Dorothea Meadows in an unprotected house in Rhode Island, he is captured by Miss Meadows' co-conspirator, Colonel Barton.

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • Breakfast at Nancy's
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    #23 - Breakfast at Nancy's

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1953

    In Georgia during the American Revolution, a beautiful girl and a gleaming rifle bring aid to the cause of freedom. Messengers vital to the cause of the Colonies are hidden by Nancy Hart beneath the floor of her cabin in the Georgia hills. When the safety of one messenger is threatened, she uses cunning and force to protect him.

    Director: Sidney Salkow

    Writer: N/A

  • Sunset at Appomattox
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    #24 - Sunset at Appomattox

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1953

    A dramatization of the meeting of General Lee and General Grant at Appomattox based on detailed accounts of fourteen eye-witnesses to the surrender. The surrender of Robert E. Lee's army to the Union Army headed by U.S. Grant in 1865 ends the four years of war between the Union and the Confederacy.

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • And to Fame Unknown
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    #25 - And to Fame Unknown

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1953

    Shows how a high school science teacher is helping to develop a better America for younger generations through his efforts in the field of science education. Explains that educators can alleviate the manpower shortage in scientific fields by stimulating the interest of exceptional high school students and encouraging them to pursue scientific careers.

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