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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 10

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Every episode of General Electric Theater Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 10!

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  • Shadow of a Hero
    8.8/10(12)
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    #1 - 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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  • A Friendly Tribe
    8.1/10(11)
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    #2 - 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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  • The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky
    7.8/10(13)
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    #3 - 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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  • Cat in the Cradle
    7.5/10(14)
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    #4 - 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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  • The Little Hours
    7.5/10(22)
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    #5 - The Little Hours

    Season 10 Episode 17

    Aired 1/21/1962

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • My Dark Days (2)
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    #6 - My Dark Days (2)

    Season 10 Episode 25

    Aired 3/25/1962

    After Marion Miller testifies before a Congressional committee concerning her years as an anti-communists spy, she looks forward to a peaceful life as a housewife. But it seems the Communists have other ideas.

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Golden Years
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    #7 - The Golden Years

    Season 10 Episode 1

    Aired 9/10/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Iron Silence
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    #8 - The Iron Silence

    Season 10 Episode 2

    Aired 9/24/1961

    In a Cold War tale, two Soviets are in an occupied Eastern European country. One is the womanizing martinet who gets himself murdered, and the other is the sympathetic Russian.

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Musket for Jessica
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    #9 - A Musket for Jessica

    Season 10 Episode 4

    Aired 10/8/1961

    In the pioneering days of the 1760's in frontier Pennsylvania, a spirited Amish woman takes matters into her own hands when her husband-to-be refuses to bear arms against the Indians threatening the community.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The $200 Parlay
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    #10 - The $200 Parlay

    Season 10 Episode 5

    Aired 10/15/1961

    An office worker named Alma can't get her bookkeeper boy friend Stanley to pop the question. His excuse: no nest egg. Her solution: make a killing at the races - with money from the office petty cash box.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Wish Book
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    #11 - The Wish Book

    Season 10 Episode 6

    Aired 10/22/1961

    A young mountain girl plans on buying fine dresses with the prize money she hopes to win for her woodcarving at the county fair.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Great Alberti
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    #12 - The Great Alberti

    Season 10 Episode 7

    Aired 11/5/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story
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    #13 - Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story

    Season 10 Episode 8

    Aired 11/12/1961

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    Director: Jacques Tourneur

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Voice on the Phone
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    #14 - A Voice on the Phone

    Season 10 Episode 9

    Aired 11/19/1961

    Newlyweds Paul and Carol Madsen have scarcely settled in their new apartment when the phone begins ringing. The caller is a psychotic crank who drives Carol to near hysteria.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Money and the Minister
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    #15 - Money and the Minister

    Season 10 Episode 10

    Aired 11/26/1961

    A wealthy recluse felt that her last years had been made happier by the guidance of Reverend Theodore Carlisle, and she named him as the major beneficiary of her will.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • We're Holding Your Son
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    #16 - We're Holding Your Son

    Season 10 Episode 11

    Aired 12/3/1961

    Successful businessman, George Harris, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from the police. His teen-age boy, Sonny, is being held for grand larceny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Call to Danger
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    #17 - Call to Danger

    Season 10 Episode 12

    Aired 12/10/1961

    The exploits of Robert Hale, a US Treasury Department agent. Hale recruits a civilian locksmith named Johnny Henderson to help retrieve stolen currency plates.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Tippy-Top
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    #18 - Tippy-Top

    Season 10 Episode 13

    Aired 12/17/1961

    Young Randy's insistence that his invisible friend Tippy-Top is real causes friction between his mother and the man she intends to marry. Mom humors her son, but Bob wants to convince the boy that his best buddy is imaginary.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Wall Between
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    #19 - The Wall Between

    Season 10 Episode 15

    Aired 1/7/1962

    The gridiron feats of Bud Austin are still talked about in his home town, but Bud's infant son will never grow up to follow in his father's footsteps. Tests have shown that the year-old baby is mentally disabled.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Hold-Out
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    #20 - The Hold-Out

    Season 10 Episode 16

    Aired 1/14/1962

    When his daughter Margie announces her intention to marry young Fred Judson, John Graham is disturbed. He believes the couple is too young for marriage and, more importantly, unprepared for the independence he believes marriage requires. Margie and Fred seem content to live on hand-outs from their parents, but John seems the only parent to think that's a bad idea. No matter what he says, the two insist on marrying, even if John won't attend the wedding. Eventually, it's what John doesn't say that affects their decision.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Go Fight City Hall
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    #21 - Go Fight City Hall

    Season 10 Episode 18

    Aired 1/28/1962

    Todays theme is Go Fight City Hall.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Badge of Honor
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    #22 - Badge of Honor

    Season 10 Episode 20

    Aired 2/11/1962

    Howard Douglas is driving through a deserted section of the city when he notices a body lying in the street. Stopping to investigate, he finds himself surrounded by a gang of teenagers armed with zip guns and switchblades.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Free Wheelers
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    #23 - The Free Wheelers

    Season 10 Episode 21

    Aired 2/18/1962

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    Director: N/A

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  • Ten Days in the Sun
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    #24 - Ten Days in the Sun

    Season 10 Episode 22

    Aired 3/4/1962

    Max Grossblatt, an elderly Chicago tailor, dreams of being able to visit his son Larry in California. But on a tailor's salary, all that Max can afford is dreams

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Very Special Girl
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    #25 - A Very Special Girl

    Season 10 Episode 23

    Aired 3/11/1962

    Successful, attractive society-reporter, Alice Lockman, wouldn't mind being married. But the available eligible bachelors really don't measure up to Alice's standards - or her mother's either.

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: N/A

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Shadow of a Hero" is the best rated episode of "General Electric Theater" season 10. It scored 8.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Herschel Daugherty and written by N/A, it aired on 2/4/1962. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "A Friendly Tribe".