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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

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 Clown
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Clown

    S3:E27

    Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Dark, Dark Hours
    7.7/10(101 votes)

    #3 - The Dark, Dark Hours

    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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  4. Background image for The Windmill
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Committed
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Committed

    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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  6. Background image for Into the Night
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Into the Night

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The High Green Wall
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #7 - The High Green Wall

    S3:E4

    Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in the middle of nowhere, belonging to the affable Mr. McMaster. The latter doesn't want Henty to leave.

    Director:Nicholas Ray
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Face Is Familiar
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    #8 - The Face Is Familiar

    S3:E9

    A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery.

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  10. Background image for Music for Christmas
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Music for Christmas

    S3:E13

    Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Martyr
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #10 - The Martyr

    S3:E18

    1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush.

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  12. Background image for The Return of Gentleman Jim
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Return of Gentleman Jim

    S3:E20

    Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for I'm a Fool
    6.4/10(156 votes)

    #12 - I'm a Fool

    S3:E8

    Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story of a heartsick and foolish farm boy who takes on a false identity to impress a beautiful girl and in so doing loses the love of his life forever.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for It Gives Me Great Pleasure
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #13 - It Gives Me Great Pleasure

    S3:E28

    A traveling lecturer wants to retire and spend more time with her son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Big Shot
    5.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - The Big Shot

    S3:E19

    Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one condition that makes him want to refuse their offer--they ask him to change his last name. His girlfriend convinces him that the name is unimportant if he can sing. Ray, as Pulaski, introduces a new single, "Path to Paradise."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Road to Edinburgh
    3.2/10(172 votes)

    #15 - The Road to Edinburgh

    S3:E7

    Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Wedding Day
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    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Ride the River
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    #17 - 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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    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Best Seller
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    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Winners Never Lose
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    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Trapped
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    #21 - Trapped

    S1:E6

    A husband suspects that his wife is plotting his murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Bilshan and the Thief
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    #22 - Bilshan and the Thief

    S2:E1

    A young refugee learns about American patriotism from a bandit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Thirteen O'Clock
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    #23 - Thirteen O'Clock

    S2:E2

    A Dutch clock maker's nagging wife drives him to dream up tall tales about wealth and escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Wine of St. Albans
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    #24 - The Wine of St. Albans

    S2:E3

    A scientist develops a drug so powerful it can be bring peace or destroy the world.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Test of Love
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    #25 - Test of Love

    S2:E4

    A rejected boyfriend is 'all wet' in his plan to regain the attention of his lady love. The event had been engineered by a smooth-talking so-called pal.

    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 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Clown".