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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 5

Every episode of General Electric Theater Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 5!

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Great Lady" is the best rated episode of "General Electric Theater" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Roy Kellino and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1956. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy".

  • The Great Lady
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    #1 - The Great Lady

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1956

    Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.

    Director: Roy Kellino

    Writer: N/A

  • The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy
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    #2 - The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Professor's Punch
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    #3 - The Professor's Punch

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pot of Gold
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    #4 - The Pot of Gold

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1956

    Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Enemies
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    #5 - The Enemies

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1956

    Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • The Invitation
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    #6 - The Invitation

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1956

    After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Second Stranger
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    #7 - The Second Stranger

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1956

    In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Rider on the Pale Horse
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    #8 - The Rider on the Pale Horse

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1956

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Charlatan
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    #9 - The Charlatan

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1956

    A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • The Road That Led Afar
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    #10 - The Road That Led Afar

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1956

    A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • Orphans
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    #11 - Orphans

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1956

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Breach
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    #12 - The Breach

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1956

    Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chess Game
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    #13 - The Chess Game

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1956

    A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Child is Born
    6.3/1013 votes

    #14 - A Child is Born

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1956

    A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shadow Outside
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    #15 - The Shadow Outside

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1956

    Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Never Turn Back
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    #16 - Never Turn Back

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1957

    No description available

    Director: Ray Milland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Earring
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    #17 - The Earring

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1957

    Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

    Director: Jules Munshin

    Writer: N/A

  • Lady of the House
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    #18 - Lady of the House

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1957

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Doctors of Pawnee Kill
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    #19 - The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1957

    Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.

    Director: Don Weis

    Writer: N/A

  • No Skin Off Me
    7.4/1018 votes

    #20 - 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

  • The Town with a Past
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    #21 - The Town with a Past

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1957

    Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Shooter
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    #22 - The Big Shooter

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1957

    No description available

    Director: Don Weis

    Writer: N/A

  • Flight from Tormendero
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    #23 - Flight from Tormendero

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1957

    During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fenton Touch
    8.3/1012 votes

    #24 - 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

  • With Malice Toward None
    8.7/10261 votes

    #25 - 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