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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!

Best episode
S5E25 With Malice Toward None
8.8234 votes
Worst episode
S7E14 And One Was Loyal
2.7161 votes
Top season
Season 8
9.1avg
Binge time
6d 7h
303 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 25 - With Malice Toward None
    8.8/10(234 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jules Munshin
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. General Electric Theater Season 8 Episode 21 - The Patsy
    9.8/10(23 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. General Electric Theater Season 9 Episode 16 - Memory in White
    9.6/10(13 votes)

    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
    Writer:Budd Schulberg

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  4. General Electric Theater Season 6 Episode 27 - The Cold Touch
    8.2/10(225 votes)

    S6:E27

    Today's theme is The Cold Touch. Upon arriving in Hong Kong, a woman's husband disappears, so she hires a private detective. Then her husband shows back up at the hotel--or so she thinks. Soon, she finds herself in deeper than imaginable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. General Electric Theater Season 9 Episode 21 - A Possibility of Oil
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    S9:E21

    Todays theme is A Possibility of Oi

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. General Electric Theater Season 7 Episode 6 - At Miss Minner's
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    S7:E6

    Todays theme is At Miss Minner's.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. General Electric Theater Season 8 Episode 22 - The Story of Judith
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    S8:E22

    Todays theme is The Story of Judith.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. General Electric Theater Season 10 Episode 19 - Shadow of a Hero
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S10:E19

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

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. General Electric Theater Season 2 Episode 13 - The Eye of the Beholder
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    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.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. General Electric Theater Season 4 Episode 18 - In Summer Promise
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 26 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    S5:E26

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 27 - Clown
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S3:E27

    Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 12 - The Dark, Dark Hours
    7.8/10(105 votes)

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. General Electric Theater Season 9 Episode 19 - A Little White Lye
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    S9:E19

    Todays theme is A Little White Lye.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. General Electric Theater Season 9 Episode 29 - The Joke's on Me
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. General Electric Theater Season 6 Episode 26 - No Hiding Place
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 24 - The Fenton Touch
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. General Electric Theater Season 6 Episode 10 - Eyes of a Stranger
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    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

    Director:Ray Milland
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. General Electric Theater Season 6 Episode 18 - Incident
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S6:E18

    Todays theme is Incident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. General Electric Theater Season 10 Episode 14 - A Friendly Tribe
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S10:E14

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 30 - The Windmill
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Borden Chase

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  22. General Electric Theater Season 1 Episode 1 - Wedding Day
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    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.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. General Electric Theater Season 9 Episode 7 - The Graduation Dress
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S9:E7

    No description available

    Director:Richard Irving
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 11 - Committed
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown

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  25. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 32 - Into the Night
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    S3:E32

    A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store clerk during a robbery. They plan to flee to Mexico and need the couple to help get them through police roadblocks.

    Director:Jacques Tourneur
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"With Malice Toward None" is the best rated episode of General Electric Theater. It scored 8.8/10 from 234 votes. Directed by Jules Munshin and written by Unknown, it aired on March 10, 1957.

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