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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 3

Every episode of General Electric Theater Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 4 - The High Green Wall
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    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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  7. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 9 - The Face Is Familiar
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Frank Tashlin
    Writer:Howard Snyder

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  8. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 13 - Music for Christmas
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 18 - The Martyr
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Jacques Tourneur
    Writer:Frank O'Connor

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  10. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 8 - I'm a Fool
    6.5/10(159 votes)

    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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  11. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 20 - The Return of Gentleman Jim
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    S3:E20

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 28 - It Gives Me Great Pleasure
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    S3:E28

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 36 - Star in the House
    6.0/10(10 votes)

    S3:E36

    One-time film star plans her anniversary to be as romantic as her honeymoon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 19 - The Big Shot
    5.5/10(15 votes)

    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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  15. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 7 - The Road to Edinburgh
    3.2/10(175 votes)

    S3:E7

    Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 1 - Pretending Makes It Do
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E1

    Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so.

    Director:Frank Wisbar
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 2 - Too Old for the Girl
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E2

    No description available

    Director:Frank Wisbar
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 3 - Nora #1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E3

    An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pain and degradation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 5 - The Long Way 'Round
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 6 - Edison the Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E6

    82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 10 - The Rider on the Pale Horse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 14 - The White Steed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E14

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 15 - Amelia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E15

    No description available

    Director:Richard Irving
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 16 - D.P.
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E16

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 17 - Yankee Pedler
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Clown" is the best rated episode of General Electric Theater season 3. It scored 8.2/10 from 23 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on March 27, 1955. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Dark, Dark Hours".