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The Best Episodes of Climax!

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by...

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  1. 8.9/10(13 votes)

    #1 - The Day They Gave the Babies Away

    S2:E14

    While decorating a Christmas tree, narrator Joan Evans recalls the story of the Christmas of her ancestors during the 1860s in Wisconsin. A 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.3/10(16 votes)

    #2 - The Long Count

    S3:E22

    After a cocky American boxer on a European tour is defeated by a French fighter, he is befriended by a beautiful cafe owner who tries to rouse him from the depression that threatens his career.

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  3. 8.1/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Payment for Judas

    S3:E39

    When one of the ranchers resisting an unscrupulous railroad agent's efforts to buy them out breaks ranks and decides to sell, the other ranchers turn against him, his wife scorns him and her brother is murdered.

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  4. 7.6/10(30 votes)

    #4 - Night of Execution

    S2:E4

    A mother watches her cruel and destructive husband continually expose their young son to all kinds of violence. Finally she feels she must take steps to save her son from this sinister influence.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.6/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Trail of Terror

    S3:E43

    Murdered doctor had been researching a rare disease.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.5/10(20 votes)

    #6 - A Promise to Murder

    S2:E10

    At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.0/10(16 votes)

    #7 - The Fifth Wheel

    S2:E20

    Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
  9. 6.7/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Public Pigeon #1

    S2:E2

    Cafeteria worker Rusty is cheated by stock swindlers and winds up in jail, but the crooks have to break him out in order to recover their loot, which was stashed in Rusty's safety deposit box.

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  10. 6.6/10(94 votes)

    #9 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    S1:E34

    Classic Stevenson tale of a scientist whose experiments into the duality of man transform him into the misshapen, murderous Mr. Hyde.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Gore Vidal
  11. 6.3/10(12 votes)

    #10 - The Long Goodbye

    S1:E1

    Private Detective Philip Marlowe decides to help out a friend Lennox when his wife is found brutally murdered. Marlowe winds up in jail accused of her murder and tries to solve the case after his release.

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  12. 6.2/10(28 votes)

    #11 - The Lou Gehrig Story

    S2:E27

    Baseball's ""Iron Horse,"" whose brilliant career was ended by a terminal illness, and who struggled valiantly against adversity.

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    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writer:N/A
  13. 6.1/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Wild Stallion

    S1:E31

    A handsome, devil-may-care fortune hunter [from South America] makes his home with a well-to-do Southern family. He is attracted at first to the daughter, until he discovers the mother is the one who holds the key to the family fortune.

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  14. 5.6/10(1.6k votes)

    #13 - Casino Royale

    S1:E3

    American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. The first dramatization of a James Bond novel.

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  15. 5.6/10(17 votes)

    #14 - The Louella Parsons Story

    S2:E23

    The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks with the stars the cameras will re-create incidents in her long career. The time span is from the early twenties to 1948. We see Miss Parsons' early days as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. Here she loses her job and departs for New York. In New York she resumes her career, only to be stricken with tuberculosis. When she recovers from her illness, she meets the man who is to become her second husband, and her rise as Hollywood columnist begins. As a climax to tonight's drama, there will be a tribute from the stars of the movie industry.

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  16. 5.5/10(23 votes)

    #15 - An Error in Chemistry

    S1:E7

    A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, only to wind up dead shortly afterwards, the husband quick to confess.

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  17. 5.1/10(39 votes)

    #16 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    S2:E1

    Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .

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  18. 4.1/10(22 votes)

    #17 - The Disappearance of Amanda Hale

    S3:E33

    An actress is plagued with dread before opening night when her leading man suddenly falls ill, a man follows her on her way to the theater, and she narrowly escapes injury from a falling sandbag.

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    #18 - The Thirteenth Chair

    S1:E2

    When his friend is murdered, Edward Wales sets out to capture the killer. He stages a seance and invites 13 people, any one of who may have killed the dead man, but it ends in chaos when the killer strikes again during a blackout.

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    #19 - Sorry, Wrong Number

    S1:E4

    A neurotic invalid whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to get help and her growing terror and realisation of the truth chill you to the bone.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
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    #20 - The Gioconda Smile

    S1:E5

    The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.

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    #21 - The After House

    S1:E6

    A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing until the dream voyage turns into a nightmare. The ship's officer is thrown overboard and another is hacked to death who is next.

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    #22 - Epitaph for a Spy

    S1:E8

    An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A
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    #23 - The White Carnation

    S1:E9

    A woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innocent gift but lead to terror.

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    #24 - Nightmare in Copenhagen

    S1:E10

    Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.

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    Director:N/A
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    #25 - The Bigger They Come

    S1:E11

    Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Day They Gave the Babies Away" is the best rated episode of "Climax!". It scored 8.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Allen Reisner and written by N/A, it aired on 12/22/1955. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Long Count".