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The Best Episodes of Letter to Loretta

Every episode of Letter to Loretta ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Letter to Loretta!

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"When Queens Ride By" is the best rated episode of "Letter to Loretta". It scored 9.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Richard Donner and written by N/A, it aired on 3/12/1961. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Greater Strength".

  • When Queens Ride By
    9.8/108 votes
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    #1 - When Queens Ride By

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1961

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    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • A Greater Strength
    9.2/1013 votes
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    #2 - A Greater Strength

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1958

    A newly returned widow discovers to her dismay that her only daughter has been adopted while she was a POW. While trying to retrieve her daughter, she encounters frustrating complications that endanger her child and challenge her faith.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Woman Between
    9.0/108 votes
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    #3 - The Woman Between

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1958

    A man possessed is Alex Stark, who never has anything on his mind but business, even staying away from his fabulous New York penthouse for long periods to make deals. His wife Eleanor loses interest in him and falls for the family lawyer, She Alex's firm by selling their stock to the paramour.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Portrait
    9.0/109 votes
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    #4 - The Portrait

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1959

    An old line aristocrat has a portrait painter in to do his daughter's likeness, but he finds her painfully shy and given to revealing only half her face, the side he's asked to paint. Soon it comes out she's been scarred in a fire, one that her mother died in and her stern father blames her for.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Road
    8.9/1018 votes
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    #5 - The Road

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1959

    An unhappy wife, with a brain tumor, leaves for France without her husband. See ends up on a road trip to Lourdes (filmed on location).

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Little League
    8.8/109 votes
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    #6 - Little League

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1956

    Tommy Kirk returns, this time as a youngster with his heart set on qualifying for a little league baseball team.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dickie
    8.6/1010 votes
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    #7 - Dickie

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/13/1955

    True story of a Depression-era mother's efforts to redirect her talented little boy's creative projects to more practical pursuits -- and who this boy turns out to be is the twist, as Ms. Young introduces the real-life man and his mom at the end of the episode.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Case Book
    8.6/1011 votes
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    #8 - Case Book

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/6/1955

    Only a few years after "Spellbound," but before "Vertigo" and "The Three Faces of Eve," this episode uses extended two-actor scenes in its thoughtful exploration of claustrophobia and the benefits of therapy - as well as forgiveness of others and oneself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Secret
    8.6/108 votes
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    #9 - The Secret

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 1/29/1956

    John Newland becomes another series fixture as the practical, detached father of a disabled mute boy, both whom are brought out of their shells by a children's book author.

    Director: Norman Foster

    Writer: N/A

  • Sister Ann
    8.6/1013 votes
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    #10 - Sister Ann

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1959

    A badly injured man is brought to a hospital, needing long term care with his hands and eyes covered during his period of treatment. he's gruff, irritable and ill mannered, not realizing he's been taken to a Catholic hospital or that his nurse that he falls in love with is actually a nun. When the bandages are removed and finally knows, he must suppress his feelings.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • On Your Honor, Your Honor
    8.5/109 votes
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    #11 - On Your Honor, Your Honor

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/17/1954

    An idealistic widow, whose last name is that same to that of a candidate, allows two slick politicians to add her name to a small town mayoral ballot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Time and Yuletide
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #12 - Time and Yuletide

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1954

    At a hospital and nursing home, everyone wants to stage Christmas parties for the sick children, but the event coordinator connives to get a party for the elderly residents.

    Director: Harry Keller

    Writer: N/A

  • The 20-Cent Tip
    8.5/109 votes
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    #13 - The 20-Cent Tip

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1958

    To make ends meet, a high school teacher must take a second job as a waitress. Conflicts occur when students begin coming to the restaurant.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: N/A

  • Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty
    8.5/1011 votes
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    #14 - Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty

    Season 7 Episode 27 - Aired 5/8/1960

    Another story involving Sister Ann, this time involving funds multiplying to help those Sister Ann meets.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Something About Love
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #15 - Something About Love

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1954

    A dancer's resolution to go on with her life as a singer inspires an architect who had become embittered after his hands were injured in the Korean war. Sally Field's mother Margaret (wife of Loretta Young show favorite Jock Mahoney) co-stars as Gene Barry's fiancée.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dear Milkman
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #16 - Dear Milkman

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1958

    A wife who has written a loving book about her milkman husband encounters marital conflict when a Hollywood producer wants to make a movie based on the wife's book except the producer's vision is to change reality to suit cinema practices.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Incident in India
    8.4/108 votes
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    #17 - Incident in India

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1959

    A Hindu slaver tries to sell two Muslim captive women from Pakistan in a small town. The single local constable puts a stop to it but holds the women in his gaol. The younger woman bargains for her freedom by helping the policeman to trap a bandit gang who have been raiding nearby homes and farms.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2
    8.4/108 votes
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    #18 - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2

    Season 6 Episode 27 - Aired 4/12/1959

    A healing process for a couple's marriage and a cure for the wife's alcoholism begin after a psychiatrist helps them face their specific roles in causing dysfunction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Great Divide
    8.3/109 votes
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    #19 - The Great Divide

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 10/28/1956

    A woman convinced she will never marry falls for an old school friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wedding Day
    8.3/1010 votes
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    #20 - Wedding Day

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1957

    An eerie period piece about a bride suffering apparent breakdown and confusion in the wake of strange events she can't seem to piece together.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • You're Driving Me Crazy
    8.2/1013 votes
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    #21 - You're Driving Me Crazy

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1954

    A couple finds themselves terrorized by a disturbed man who rear ends their car. There is some genuine suspense in this episode and warrants attention in that it comes years before Alfred Hitchcock Presents and other such anthologies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • But for God's Grace
    8.2/1016 votes
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    #22 - But for God's Grace

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/1956

    A mother, suffering sustained grief of losing one of her two sons, has distanced herself from her other son and husband. She becomes attached to a melancholy neighborhood boy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye, Goodbye
    8.2/108 votes
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    #23 - Goodbye, Goodbye

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/21/1956

    During a beach picnic, a widowed mother recalls when her romance with a novelist hit an unexpected snag.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Somebody Else's Dream
    8.2/109 votes
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    #24 - Somebody Else's Dream

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1956

    A decorated veteran contends with careers that threaten his integrity, as well as an ambitious, social climbing wife.

    Director: Norman Foster

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Verdict
    8.2/108 votes
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    #25 - Dangerous Verdict

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 4/20/1958

    A man who is to be tried for murder tries to escape across the Mexican border since he was not granted a change of venue. His concern was that the judge, being a woman, would allow emotion to influence the verdict.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A