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The Best Episodes of The Millionaire Season 5

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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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  • The Fred Morgan Story
    8.5/10(15)
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    #1 - 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

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  • The Terrence Costigan Story
    8.3/10(10)
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    #2 - 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

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  • The Alicia Osante Story
    8.2/10(18)
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    #3 - The Alicia Osante Story

    Season 5 Episode 26

    Aired 3/18/1959

    Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Betty Hawley Story
    8.0/10(12)
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    #4 - 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

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  • The Emily Baker Story
    8.0/10(8)
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    #5 - 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

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  • The Charles Bradwell Story
    8.0/10(10)
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    #6 - The Charles Bradwell Story

    Season 5 Episode 37

    Aired 6/10/1959

    Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Ellen Curry Story
    7.9/10(10)
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    #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

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  • The Henry Banning Story
    7.8/10(12)
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    #8 - The Henry Banning Story

    Season 5 Episode 28

    Aired 4/1/1959

    Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and others believe he has wealth.

    Director: Robert Altman

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Father Gilhooley Story
    7.6/10(9)
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    #9 - 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

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  • The Angela Temple Story
    7.4/10(12)
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    #10 - 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

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  • The Dan Howell Story
    7.3/10(10)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Frank Harrigan Story
    7.3/10(9)
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    #12 - 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

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  • The Lee Randolph Story
    7.2/10(17)
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    #13 - 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

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  • The Marcia Forrest Story
    7.2/10(10)
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    #14 - The Marcia Forrest Story

    Season 5 Episode 27

    Aired 3/25/1959

    New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Ann Griffin Story
    7.2/10(9)
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    #15 - The Ann Griffin Story

    Season 5 Episode 30

    Aired 4/15/1959

    Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent requires them to be apart for the sake of publicity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Karl Miller Story
    7.2/10(12)
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    #16 - The Karl Miller Story

    Season 5 Episode 31

    Aired 4/22/1959

    Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Gilbert Burton Story
    7.1/10(10)
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    #17 - The Gilbert Burton Story

    Season 5 Episode 32

    Aired 4/29/1959

    Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she feels she and her partner brother are using Gilbert.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Sally Simms Story
    6.8/10(10)
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    #18 - The Sally Simms Story

    Season 5 Episode 29

    Aired 4/8/1959

    When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise for her mother falls in love with Sally and she with him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Norman Conover Story
    6.7/10(10)
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    #19 - 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

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  • The Ken Leighton Story
    6.7/10(13)
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    #20 - 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

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  • The Hank Butler Story
    6.7/10(10)
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    #21 - 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

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  • The Martin Scott Story
    6.4/10(8)
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    #22 - 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

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  • The Newman Johnson Story
    6.4/10(11)
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    #23 - 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

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  • The William Courtney Story
    6.4/10(11)
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    #24 - 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

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  • The Bill Franklin Story
    6.4/10(8)
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    #25 - The Bill Franklin Story

    Season 5 Episode 34

    Aired 5/13/1959

    Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of New York City.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Fred Morgan Story" is the best rated episode of "The Millionaire" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1958. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Terrence Costigan Story".