Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
An anthology series of plays sponsored by the Ford Motor Company.
A district attorney tries to help a Korean War veteran who returns home in disgrace. Even though he has been cleared of treason by a military court, the ex-GI is the object of scorn and persecution by the community.
Incidents in the growth of an old Western Town as seen through the eyes the sheriff's wife, Irene Frazier.
A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.
As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge. Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.
A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.
In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.
As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.
A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.
A newspaper publisher starts an attack on local police because of the high rate of juvenile delinquency in his city.
A young man buys a seemingly worthless traffic island in front of his house. The women in his family are so outraged at this idiotic move, that the young man ends up spending the night in a pup tent.
A young man arrives in a small western town and gets a job in a local stable. Most of the able-bodied men in the area are out of town on a roundup, so when five desperadoes terrorize the town, it's up to the stranger to drive them out.
A group of girls earn money for their set charity by posing for a calendar. One of them becomes interested in the photographer, but he shows her only indifference.
During the Korean War, a sergeant was forced to shoot another soldier who made a break for the rear. The sergeant finds it impossible to forget the experience even after he returns to civilian life.
Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son.
An American, living in Europe, makes his somewhat precarious living selling art treasures to wealthy Americans. He believes that his wife and daughter are satisfied with their vagabond life until he overhears a conversation between them.
Matty Curran loses his championship box title to a younger fighter. Matty's young son is afraid that his father has become a coward, and has let him down at a crucial moment.
Christine Emerson, an elderly school principal, takes the side of a youngster who has been accused of setting fire to the school building. The school board wants to expel him.
A famous Italian swordsman dons a mask and secretly turns professional to earn money for his family. After earning international renown and enough money to keep his mother comfortable until her death, he retires, intending never to duel again.
A highly paid executive has never quite forgiven his father for the harsh treatment he received as a child. Even when he receives word that his father is dying, he finds it hard to pay a last visit to the family farm.
A successful female novelist leaves her husband after they disagree about the amount of time she devotes to her career. On the train, she discovers an anonymous suicide note, and is afraid her husband wrote it.
A murder witness is afraid to go to the police for fear of losing her parole, and the killer is tracking her down.
Sarah Caine, a successful newspaperwoman, refuses to marry because of her career. In Paris on an assignment she learns that her father, another journalist, is also there on a story. Raised by her mother to hate her father, she decides to scoop him on the story.
After two of his shows have failed on Broadway, a producer pins all his hopes on his forthcoming production.
A shipping line security agent goes undercover to find out who is behind a series of robberies and sniper killings at the waterfront warehouses.
A young bride learns that her husband's brother blames him for an accident that lamed him during their childhood. When her husband is called away, she uncovers a secret about her brother-in-law which places her life in danger.
Pilot Dan Crawford is hired by a man and his wife to fly them to Las Vegas. But when the plane is approaching Las Vegas, the man draws a gun and forces Dan to land on the airstrip of a ranch.