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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!

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  • The Patsy
    9.8/10(22)
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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

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  • Shadow of a Hero
    8.8/10(12)
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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

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  • With Malice Toward None
    8.7/10(261)
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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

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  • A Little White Lye
    8.6/10(10)
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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

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  • A Possibility of Oil
    8.6/10(21)
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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

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  • At Miss Minner's
    8.4/10(24)
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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

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  • The Story of Judith
    8.4/10(22)
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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

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  • Wedding Day
    8.3/10(10)
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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

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  • The Fenton Touch
    8.3/10(12)
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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

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  • The Victorian Chaise Lounge
    8.2/10(27)
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    #10 - 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

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  • No Hiding Place
    8.2/10(16)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Cold Touch
    8.2/10(247)
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    #12 - The Cold Touch

    Season 6 Episode 27

    Aired 4/13/1958

    Todays theme is The Cold Touch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Eye of the Beholder
    8.1/10(42)
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    #13 - 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

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  • The Joke's on Me
    8.1/10(13)
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    #14 - 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

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  • A Friendly Tribe
    8.1/10(11)
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    #15 - A Friendly Tribe

    Season 10 Episode 14

    Aired 12/31/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Eyes of a Stranger
    7.9/10(14)
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    #16 - 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

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  • Incident
    7.8/10(10)
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    #17 - Incident

    Season 6 Episode 18

    Aired 2/9/1958

    Todays theme is Incident.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky
    7.8/10(13)
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    #18 - 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

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  • The Devil You Say
    7.6/10(12)
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    #19 - The Devil You Say

    Season 9 Episode 17

    Aired 1/22/1961

    A nattily dressed gentleman climbs out of a manhole, goes down the street to the home of the Willoughbys and introduces himself to Mrs. Willoughby as Nick Lucifer, alias Beelzebub, the Prince of Darkness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Cat in the Cradle
    7.5/10(14)
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    #20 - Cat in the Cradle

    Season 10 Episode 3

    Aired 10/1/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Skin Off Me
    7.4/10(18)
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    #21 - No Skin Off Me

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 2/3/1957

    A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Blaze of Glory
    7.4/10(27)
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    #22 - Blaze of Glory

    Season 7 Episode 1

    Aired 9/21/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Little Hours
    7.4/10(21)
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    #23 - The Little Hours

    Season 10 Episode 17

    Aired 1/21/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Nobody's Child
    7.3/10(14)
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    #24 - Nobody's Child

    Season 7 Episode 31

    Aired 5/10/1959

    Todays theme is Nobody's Child.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Crime of Daphne Rutledge
    7.0/10(19)
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    #25 - The Crime of Daphne Rutledge

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 6/13/1954

    A meddling mother-in-law and a near tragic auto mishap cause a desperate young wife, trying to save her shaky marriage, to become trapped in a murder scheme.

    Director: Frank Wisbar

    Writer: N/A

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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 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shadow of a Hero".