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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. 9.2/10(13 votes)

    #1 - A Greater Strength

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    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.

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  2. 9.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - The Woman Between

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    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.

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    Director:John Newland
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  3. 9.0/10(9 votes)

    #3 - The Portrait

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    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.

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  4. 8.9/10(18 votes)

    #4 - The Road

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    S7:E1

    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).

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  5. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Little League

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    S4:E4

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

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  6. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Dickie

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    S2:E24

    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.

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  8. 8.6/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Case Book

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    S2:E27

    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.

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  9. 8.6/10(8 votes)

    #8 - The Secret

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    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.

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    Director:Norman Foster
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  10. 8.6/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Sister Ann

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    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.

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  11. 8.5/10(9 votes)

    #10 - On Your Honor, Your Honor

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    S2:E8

    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.

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  12. 8.5/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Time and Yuletide

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    S2:E16

    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.

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    Director:Harry Keller
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  13. 8.5/10(9 votes)

    #12 - The 20-Cent Tip

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    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.

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  14. 8.5/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty

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    S7:E27

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

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  15. 8.4/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Something About Love

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    S2:E12

    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.

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  16. 8.4/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Dear Milkman

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    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.

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  17. 8.4/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Incident in India

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    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.

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    Director:John Newland
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  18. 8.4/10(8 votes)

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

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    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.

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  19. 8.3/10(9 votes)

    #18 - The Great Divide

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    S4:E10

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

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  20. 8.3/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Wedding Day

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    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.

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  21. 8.2/10(13 votes)

    #20 - You're Driving Me Crazy

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  22. 8.2/10(16 votes)

    #21 - But for God's Grace

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    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.

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  23. 8.2/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Goodbye, Goodbye

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    S4:E9

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

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  24. 8.2/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Somebody Else's Dream

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    S4:E15

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

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    Director:Norman Foster
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  25. 8.2/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Dangerous Verdict

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    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.

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    Director:John Newland
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  26. 8.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - 600 Seconds

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    S2:E22

    A successful Art Director lets her imagination run away with her when a young female business associate of her husband's wants to talk to her about something "personal."

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    Director:Harry Keller
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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 N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/23/1958. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Woman Between".