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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!

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by...
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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 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/21/1960. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shadow of a Hero".

  • The Patsy
    9.8/1021 votes
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    #1 - The Patsy

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shadow of a Hero
    8.8/1012 votes
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    #2 - Shadow of a Hero

    Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 2/4/1962

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

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • With Malice Toward None
    8.7/10261 votes
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    #3 - With Malice Toward None

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1957

    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.

    Director: Jules Munshin

    Writer: N/A

  • A Little White Lye
    8.6/1010 votes
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    #4 - A Little White Lye

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1961

    Todays theme is A Little White Lye.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Possibility of Oil
    8.6/1021 votes
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    #5 - A Possibility of Oil

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1961

    Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • At Miss Minner's
    8.4/1024 votes
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    #6 - At Miss Minner's

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1958

    Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Story of Judith
    8.4/1022 votes
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    #7 - The Story of Judith

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1960

    Todays theme is The Story of Judith.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wedding Day
    8.3/1010 votes
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    #8 - Wedding Day

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/1953

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

    Director: Sheldon Leonard

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fenton Touch
    8.3/1012 votes
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    #9 - The Fenton Touch

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1957

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Clown
    8.2/1022 votes
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    #10 - Clown

    Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 3/27/1955

    Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In Summer Promise
    8.2/1036 votes
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    #11 - In Summer Promise

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1956

    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.

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Victorian Chaise Lounge
    8.2/1027 votes
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    #12 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge

    Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/1957

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cold Touch
    8.2/10247 votes
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    #13 - The Cold Touch

    Season 6 Episode 27 - Aired 4/13/1958

    Todays theme is The Cold Touch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Eye of the Beholder
    8.1/1042 votes
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    #14 - The Eye of the Beholder

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1953

    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.

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: N/A

  • The Joke's on Me
    8.1/1013 votes
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    #15 - The Joke's on Me

    Season 9 Episode 29 - Aired 4/16/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Friendly Tribe
    8.1/1011 votes
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    #16 - A Friendly Tribe

    Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Hiding Place
    8.0/1015 votes
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    #17 - No Hiding Place

    Season 6 Episode 26 - Aired 4/6/1958

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Eyes of a Stranger
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #18 - Eyes of a Stranger

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1957

    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

    Director: Ray Milland

    Writer: N/A

  • Judy Garland Musical Special
    7.8/1036 votes
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    #19 - Judy Garland Musical Special

    Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 4/8/1956

    Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.

    Director: Ralph Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • Incident
    7.8/1010 votes
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    #20 - Incident

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1958

    Todays theme is Incident.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky
    7.8/1013 votes
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    #21 - The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky

    Season 10 Episode 27 - Aired 4/15/1962

    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.

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • The Dark, Dark Hours
    7.7/1096 votes
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    #22 - The Dark, Dark Hours

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1954

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Windmill
    7.7/1023 votes
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    #23 - The Windmill

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1955

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Borden Chase

  • Feathertop
    7.7/1013 votes
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    #24 - Feathertop

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1955

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Committed
    7.6/1018 votes
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    #25 - Committed

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1954

    Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence

    Director: Frank Tuttle

    Writer: N/A