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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater

Every episode of General Electric Theater ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of General Electric Theater!

The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater

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  1. 9.8/10(22 votes)

    #1 - The Patsy

    S8:E21

    A black man who is maligned by his military peers. They play jokes on him to see his reaction; and he soon becomes "The Patsy" for their abusive entertainment. They lose all respect for him until they play their last "joke" on him; and through his selfless act of boundless courage he makes them realize that he is a better man than the lot of them combined.

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  2. 9.8/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Memory in White

    S9:E16

    Super rare GE Theater written by Budd Schulberg, Memory in White, stars Sammy Davis as a punch drunk boxer trying to start a new life as a ring announcer while being tormented by Charles Bronson.

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  3. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Shadow of a Hero

    S10:E19

    A high school basketball coach is concerned when his star player skips practice to study for an exam.

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  4. 8.7/10(261 votes)

    #4 - With Malice Toward None

    S5:E25

    An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.

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    Director:Jules Munshin
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  5. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #5 - A Little White Lye

    S9:E19

    Todays theme is A Little White Lye.

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  6. 8.6/10(21 votes)

    #6 - A Possibility of Oil

    S9:E21

    Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi

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  8. 8.4/10(24 votes)

    #7 - At Miss Minner's

    S7:E6

    Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.

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    Director:John Newland
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  9. 8.4/10(22 votes)

    #8 - The Story of Judith

    S8:E22

    Todays theme is The Story of Judith.

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  10. 8.3/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Wedding Day

    S1:E1

    An elderly couple of naturalized Germans living in the U. S. discovers after 60 years of marital bliss that, technically, they were never married.

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  11. 8.3/10(12 votes)

    #10 - The Fenton Touch

    S5:E24

    A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.

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  12. 8.2/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Clown

    S3:E27

    Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.

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  13. 8.2/10(36 votes)

    #12 - In Summer Promise

    S4:E18

    A young man becomes infatuated with the older Countess and the Countess falls for the young man, unaware that the young man plans to wed his childhood sweetheart.

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  14. 8.2/10(27 votes)

    #13 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge

    S5:E26

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

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  15. 8.2/10(16 votes)

    #14 - No Hiding Place

    S6:E26

    An alcoholic reaches the bottom one night. Six weeks later, he is recovering and begins helping other alcoholics who believe they have nowhere to turn.

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  16. 8.2/10(247 votes)

    #15 - The Cold Touch

    S6:E27

    Todays theme is The Cold Touch.

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  17. 8.1/10(43 votes)

    #16 - The Eye of the Beholder

    S2:E13

    An artist seeks the perfect model for a painting of a Madonna. In the process of his search, he becomes involved in a murder case.

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  18. 8.1/10(13 votes)

    #17 - The Joke's on Me

    S9:E29

    Comic Sid Benton takes a hard-boiled, cynical view of life in his nightclub act where it pays off. But when he runs this attitude over into his private life, he loses his wife's affections.

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  19. 8.1/10(11 votes)

    #18 - A Friendly Tribe

    S10:E14

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  20. 7.9/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Eyes of a Stranger

    S6:E10

    When Dr. Mark Andrews meets tyrannical society woman, Katherine Belmont, he believes her caustic attitude is caused by a fear that she is losing her sight. He persuades her to undergo a cornea-transplant operation

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    Director:Ray Milland
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  21. 7.8/10(36 votes)

    #20 - Judy Garland Musical Special

    S4:E28

    Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
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  22. 7.8/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Incident

    S6:E18

    Todays theme is Incident.

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  23. 7.8/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky

    S10:E27

    Orlovsky, a Russian defector, falls in love with Miriam Raskin, the widowed daughter of a rabbi. Although Orlovsky moved away from religion as a child, he re-connects to his Jewish tradition through Miriam, who is preparing to celebrate her son's bar mitzvah.

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  24. 7.7/10(99 votes)

    #23 - The Dark, Dark Hours

    S3:E12

    A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner.

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    Director:Don Medford
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  25. 7.7/10(23 votes)

    #24 - The Windmill

    S3:E30

    An ex-gunfighter, after hiding his identity for years, enters a shooting contest to raise money for a windmill in hopes he can provide water to his family farm.

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  26. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Feathertop

    S4:E10

    A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Patsy" is the best rated episode of "General Electric Theater". It scored 9.8/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/21/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Memory in White".