8.0/1012 votes#1 - The Betty Hawley Story
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1958
After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their child in a hospital and in America. Hence, John agrees to accept $1,000 to drive over rutted dirt roads in an old rickety truck loaded with nitroglycerin to a mine cave-in many miles off.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jerry Adelman
- 6.7/1010 votes
#2 - The Norman Conover Story
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1958
Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1015 votes
#3 - The Fred Morgan Story
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1958
Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepted by an run away convict but Fred devises an escape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1013 votes
#4 - The Ken Leighton Story
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1958
Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain now because he has no money to pay the bills.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/109 votes
#5 - The David Barrett Story
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1958
Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and he meets the owner's daughter. They fall in love, but when the Farmer finds out, he fights him and orders him away until he can provide for the girl.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Jack Laird
- 6.4/108 votes
#6 - The Martin Scott Story
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/1958
Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can't use any in a college fund his parents save for him,yet unbeknownst to everyone else, Scott has gotten himself in debt to a bookie and must nearly drain the account.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1010 votes
#7 - The Ellen Curry Story
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1958
Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - The William Vaughan Story
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1958
William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - The Cat Story
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/1958
Soon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew Freddie Howard is to take care of the feline at a fabulous annual stipend allotted. Freddie's fiancée dislikes Ralph though, who suddenly runs away. Without him, the rest of the inheritance will go to a cat hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes
#10 - The Dan Howell Story
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/1958
Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself and run loose on the train.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1011 votes
#11 - The Newman Johnson Story
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/1958
Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million and turns the tables as he buys his company.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1017 votes
#12 - The Lee Randolph Story
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/1958
Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votes
#13 - The Frank Harrigan Story
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1958
Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a million with almost disastrous consequences for the fortune.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - The Pete Hopper Story
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/1958
Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million dollars is presented to him, Pete thinks the bribe offer has been renewed.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1011 votes
#15 - The Eric Lodek Story
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/17/1958
Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's body and decides to impersonate him.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1011 votes
#16 - The William Courtney Story
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1959
William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1010 votes
#17 - The Terrence Costigan Story
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1959
Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Irene Marshall Story
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1959
Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - The Julia Conrad Story
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1959
Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/108 votes
#20 - The Emily Baker Story
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1959
A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple country girl.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The John Rackham Story
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1959
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/109 votes
#22 - The Father Gilhooley Story
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1959
A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1010 votes
#23 - The Hank Butler Story
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1959
Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - The Charlie Weber Story
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1959
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1012 votes
#25 - The Angela Temple Story
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1959
Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Millionaire Season 5
Every episode of The Millionaire Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Millionaire Season 5!
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who...
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Network:CBS
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Betty Hawley Story" is the best rated episode of "The Millionaire" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Jerry Adelman, it aired on 9/3/1958. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Norman Conover Story".