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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater

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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

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...
  1. Background image for Memory in White
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for At Miss Minner's
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #2 - At Miss Minner's

    S7:E6

    Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for In Summer Promise
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Feathertop
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Feathertop

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Judy Garland Musical Special
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #5 - Judy Garland Musical Special

    S4:E28

    Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.

    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Prosper's Old Mother
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Prosper's Old Mother

    S4:E8

    Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.

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  8. Background image for Blaze of Glory
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #7 - Blaze of Glory

    S7:E1

    A plumber receives a late night call for a job that turns out to be with a gang of jewel thieves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Nobody's Child
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Nobody's Child

    S7:E31

    Todays theme is Nobody's Child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Hat with the Roses
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Hat with the Roses

    S4:E33

    When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Winner by Decision
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Winner by Decision

    S4:E6

    A promising and intelligent young man has great success in the ring. His mother wants him to continue his education, but his father and his manager want him to become a fighter.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Ballad of Mender McClure
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #11 - The Ballad of Mender McClure

    S4:E16

    A mysteriously familiar stranger sees fit to practice a bit of magic on a lazy, selfish Ozark hillbilly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Honest Man
    6.9/10(36 votes)

    #12 - The Honest Man

    S4:E21

    A piano tuner, known for his honesty, is caught up in a crime when stolen jewels are hastily hidden in his tool bag. He doesn't realize he's got them until he gets to his girl's home, when her no-account brother hatches a scheme to blackmail him into surrendering the baubles to him, just as the thief is coming to recover them himself.

    Director:Frank Tashlin
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Incredible Jewel Robbery
    6.6/10(64 votes)

    #13 - The Incredible Jewel Robbery

    S7:E23

    The Incredible Jewel Robbery was an episode of General Electric Theater, broadcast by CBS on March 8, 1959. It was the first appearance of all three Marx Brothers together in the same scene since A Night in Casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in The Story of Mankind in 1957, and in pairs in Love Happy in 1949. Jewel Robbery would prove to be their last joint TV appearance. Harpo and Chico play Harry and Nick, two inept would-be robbers who try to pull a jewelry heist. Chico is disguised in a police uniform, and Harpo wears, of all things, a Groucho Marx disguise. When they are caught and placed in a police lineup, the real Groucho shows up inexplicably and is immediately fingered as the thief. Groucho then delivers the only line in the otherwise silent program: "We won't talk until we see our lawyer!" Everybody gives each other their leg, and the You Bet Your Life duck drops down with "The End" in its beak. CBS explained the show as follows: "If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms, his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna."

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Let It Rain
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #14 - Let It Rain

    S4:E12

    A writer stops at a sleepy southern town intending to debunk a legend concerning a confederate soldier leaving a local girl for the battlefields, never to return. He soon realizes that he and a girl he's fallen in love with are descendants of those people.

    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Stone
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #15 - The Stone

    S7:E16

    Retelling of the biblical tale of David and Goliath.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for A Child is Born
    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #16 - A Child is Born

    S4:E13

    A retelling of the Nativity story from the viewpoint of the innkeeper's wife.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Seeds of Hate
    5.7/10(24 votes)

    #17 - The Seeds of Hate

    S4:E11

    A man is torn between his conscience and loyalty when a friend shoots an Indian in the back. Even though the Indian had been an idol of his son's, the man at first refuses to aid local townspeople in the arrest of the murderer.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for And One Was Loyal
    2.7/10(160 votes)

    #18 - And One Was Loyal

    S7:E14

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  20. Background image for Wedding Day
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    #19 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Ride the River
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    #20 - Ride the River

    S1:E2

    Two law enforcement officers and a dangerous young outlaw fight their way back against a common enemy to civilization and surprising justice.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Hired Mother
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    #21 - Hired Mother

    S1:E3

    A single father of three attempts to raise his children and decides to hire a mother for them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Best Seller
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    #22 - Best Seller

    S1:E4

    British novelist Hilary Joyce comes to America to promote his book and encounters a beautiful woman who changes his beliefs in living.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Winners Never Lose
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    #23 - Winners Never Lose

    S1:E5

    A gambler who suffers a head injury is nursed back to health by non-traditional methods and the head doctor is not thrilled by it.

    Director:James V. Kern
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Trapped
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    #24 - Trapped

    S1:E6

    A husband suspects that his wife is plotting his murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Bilshan and the Thief
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    #25 - Bilshan and the Thief

    S2:E1

    A young refugee learns about American patriotism from a bandit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Memory in White" is the best rated episode of "General Electric Theater". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Budd Schulberg, it aired on 1/8/1961. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "At Miss Minner's".