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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 5

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 25 - With Malice Toward None
    8.8/10(234 votes)

    S5:E25

    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:Unknown

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  2. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 26 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    S5:E26

    Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 24 - The Fenton Touch
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    S5:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 20 - No Skin Off Me
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 21 - The Town with a Past
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 27 - Too Good with a Gun
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    S5:E27

    An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 14 - A Child is Born
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    S5:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 1 - The Great Lady
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E1

    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:Unknown

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  9. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 2 - The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 3 - The Professor's Punch
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 4 - The Pot of Gold
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 5 - The Enemies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown

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  13. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 6 - The Invitation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 7 - The Second Stranger
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 8 - The Rider on the Pale Horse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E8

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 9 - The Charlatan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E9

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

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 10 - The Road That Led Afar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

    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:Unknown

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  18. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 11 - Orphans
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 12 - The Breach
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 13 - The Chess Game
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 15 - The Shadow Outside
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 16 - Never Turn Back
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E16

    No description available

    Director:Ray Milland
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 17 - The Earring
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown

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  24. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 18 - Lady of the House
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E18

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode 19 - The Doctors of Pawnee Kill
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"With Malice Toward None" is the best rated episode of General Electric Theater season 5. It scored 8.8/10 from 234 votes. Directed by Jules Munshin and written by Unknown, it aired on March 10, 1957. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Victorian Chaise Lounge".