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The Best Episodes of Letter to Loretta

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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...

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  1. Background image for A Greater Strength
    9.2/10(13 votes)

    #1 - A Greater Strength

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Woman Between
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - The Woman Between

    S6:E8

    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:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Portrait
    9.0/10(9 votes)

    #3 - The Portrait

    S6:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Royal Partners: Part 2
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Royal Partners: Part 2

    S4:E34

    A sight impaired dancer secretly trains herself in hopes of rejoining her husband/dance partner on stage again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Sister Ann
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Sister Ann

    S6:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Secret
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #6 - The Secret

    S3:E22

    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:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The 20-Cent Tip
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The 20-Cent Tip

    S6:E6

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Little League
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Little League

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Dear Milkman
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Dear Milkman

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Incident in India
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Incident in India

    S6:E17

    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:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2

    S6:E27

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Great Divide
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #12 - The Great Divide

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Wedding Day
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Wedding Day

    S4:E23

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Inga III
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Inga III

    S3:E19

    One of Inga's prison workers is distraught over his wife's ill health, and Inga takes steps so that he can care for his wife. Seeing the strength of their marriage, Inga contemplates marriage for herself.

    Director:Harry Keller
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for But for God's Grace
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #15 - But for God's Grace

    S3:E29

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Goodbye, Goodbye
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Goodbye, Goodbye

    S4:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for So Bright a Light
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #17 - So Bright a Light

    S4:E27

    A jaded news photographer named Gretchen or "Gretch" gains new insight into the human condition when she covers the story of refugees from Budapest.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Royal Partners: Part 1
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Royal Partners: Part 1

    S4:E33

    One of the stars of a renowned dance duo loses her sight in a freak accident and sinks into self-pity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Dangerous Verdict
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Dangerous Verdict

    S5:E25

    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:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Somebody Else's Dream
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Somebody Else's Dream

    S4:E15

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

    Director:Norman Foster
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Room Next Door
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #21 - The Room Next Door

    S4:E26

    A man and woman who live in neighboring city apartments are reluctant to allow romance into their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Question
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #22 - The Question

    S4:E2

    A real-life research project inspired this tale about a wife and mother having trouble juggling work and family when she becomes embroiled in a psychological thesis based on asking people a very telling question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Years Between
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Years Between

    S4:E7

    In a taut drama that sadly still resonates today, an arrogant personnel director finds his ageist hiring policies coming back to bite him.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The End of the Week
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #24 - The End of the Week

    S4:E12

    Just as a disillusioned schoolteacher is about to quit, she encounters classroom challenges including stolen money and a neglected student.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Imperfect Balance
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Imperfect Balance

    S4:E17

    A little Swiss boy suspects the respected Burgermeister of loading his scales and cheating village children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Greater Strength" is the best rated episode of "Letter to Loretta". It scored 9.2/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/23/1958. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Woman Between".