5.1/1039 votes#1 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1955
Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .
Director: N/A
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen
- 6.8/1022 votes
#2 - Public Pigeon #1
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1955
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Silent Decision
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1955
A surgeon finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and takes matters into his own hands.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1028 votes
#4 - Night of Execution
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1955
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.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Sailor on Horseback
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1955
As Jack London's reputation as a writer grows, his fame causes conflicts with his sister Eliza and his wife Charmain.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Thin Air
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1955
An advertising executive's wife disappears during a summer vacation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - House of Shadows
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1955
A woman keeps her elderly uncle locked up as a prisoner in his own home when a man decides to investigate the story himself.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - The Pink Cloud
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1955
An ex-con returns to New York looking for the man responsible for the crime he did time for.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Scheme to Defraud
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1955
An insurance underwriter and his secretary are both disgruntled over their dull, monotonous routine. They fall in love, and then discover a way to cash in on a $70,000 insurance claim.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1020 votes
#10 - A Promise to Murder
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1955
At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Portrait in Celluloid
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1955
Art Shaddick, formerly a writer, now a writer's agent, sits in his gaudy, pretentious office, on the bookcase reposes an Oscar, won by Art for his last picture. That was in 1929. Since then he has gone steadily downhill, shouting all the way. When suddenly a young writer appears with a great script, it is just what Art needs, a golden opportunity to rise again to greatness.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - A Man of Taste
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1955
A cultured Englishman, living in Paris, becomes interested in art for purely mercenary reasons. He sponsors a young artist and goes to great lengths to keep his protege's canvases valuable.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The Passport
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1955
An American correspondent, assigned to Europe shortly after World War II, is offered part of a fortune in confiscated gems in return for letting a former Nazi officer use his passport.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1013 votes
#14 - The Day They Gave the Babies Away
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1955
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.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Bailout at 43,000 Feet
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1955
Three men prepare to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber. As they wait for favorable weather conditions, each reacts differently.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Prowler
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1956
A rancher's wife is bored with her monotonous life. One night when her husband is away, her mother-in-law inadvertently suggest the "perfect escape" .
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - The Hanging Judge
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1956
One of the most despised men in the legal profession clings tenaciously to the belief that English law is infallible. Because of his fixation he even stands trial for a murder he did not commit.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Secret of River Lane
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1956
The son of a respected lawyer is involved in a case of homicide over the shooting of a schoolmate. Even though the father suspects his son's guilt, he tries to protect him. The entire town is indignant when charges are not brought against the boy immediately for lack of sufficient evidence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Gamble on a Thief
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1956
A dedicated parole officer makes a daring effort to help a two-time loser who has violated the conditions of his parole.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votes
#20 - The Fifth Wheel
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1956
Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Nightmare by Day
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1956
The parents of a recently married young woman, whose husband claims she's taken a trip to New York, slowly become convinced she's been murdered.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Sound of Silence
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1956
A priest becomes involved in murder when the killer confesses his crime to him.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1017 votes
#23 - The Louella Parsons Story
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1956
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.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/1956
A young woman lives in fear that a recurring dream foretells real tragedy. The premonition persists when she falls in love with a young soldier about to leave for overseas duty.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - An Episode of Sparrows
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/29/1956
An 11-year old girl whose home has always been the slums, steals a packet of flower seeds from a playmate. In her search for a small bit of earth in which to grow flowers, she is befriended by a youthful gang leader.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Climax! Season 2
Every episode of Climax! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Climax! Season 2!
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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Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is the best rated episode of "Climax!" season 2. It scored 5.1/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by N/A and written by DeWitt Bodeen, it aired on 9/1/1955. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "Public Pigeon #1".