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General Electric Theater Season 5 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Sunday, September 16, 1956

Ended: Sunday, May 26, 1957

When does General Electric Theater Season 5 come out?

General Electric Theater Season 5 premiered Sunday, September 16, 1956 on CBS and ended Sunday, May 26, 1957. The season has 35 episodes.

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General Electric Theater Season 5 release schedule

General Electric Theater Season 5 episode release dates
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1. The Great Lady

Julia Courtney, a retired actress, lives in a theatrical boarding house. When one of the residents is murdered, all of the residents are under suspicion. The chief suspect is a young friend of Julia's, played by Vera Miles.

Sunday · 70 years ago

2. The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

Sunday · 70 years ago

3. The Professor's Punch

Sunday · 70 years ago

4. The Pot of Gold

Ralph and Laura Whitemore have suffered many financial disappointments in their life together. But when a "sure thing" comes along at last, they eagerly await the phone call that will bring their "pot of gold".

Sunday · 70 years ago

5. The Enemies

Yankees take over the Southern home of a young girl and her sick mother who are caring for an injured Confederate deserter.

Sunday · 70 years ago

6. The Invitation

After her baby dies in childbirth, Alice Kellen retreats into a world of her own. As she sinks deeper into fantasy, her husband tries a desperate measure to snap her back to reality.

Sunday · 70 years ago

7. The Second Stranger

In 1829, a stranger enters a tavern to take shelter from the storm. He finds an old friend from the war of 1812, and the two men have a drink. The inn is crowded with townspeople, all of whom are celebrating tomorrow's hanging.

Sunday · 70 years ago

8. The Rider on the Pale Horse

Sunday · 70 years ago

9. The Charlatan

A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

Sunday · 70 years ago

10. The Road That Led Afar

A young mountain girl marries a widower with four children and goes to live in his rustic cabin. Not only does she find the unfamiliar routine hard, but she must face the task of winning over the frightened youngsters.

Sunday · 70 years ago

11. Orphans

Sunday · 69 years ago

12. The Breach

Author Emily Marsden secludes herself in a small village after quarreling with her husband. There, she learns a lot about her own difficulties by trying to help someone else.

Sunday · 69 years ago

13. The Chess Game

A cynical intellectual shelters a 15-year-old boy who is wanted for murder.

Sunday · 69 years ago

14. A Child is Born

A retelling of the Nativity story from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants.

Sunday · 69 years ago

15. The Shadow Outside

Evvy, who lives with her parents in New Mexico, has met few boys. When the town bully, Ray Poole, becomes interested in her she is both confused and frightened.

Sunday · 69 years ago

16. Never Turn Back

Sunday · 69 years ago

17. The Earring

Lydia Shaw, wife of a successful lawyer, is being blackmailed by a man who has some love letters she wrote before her marriage. Afraid to let her husband find out about the romance, Lydia agrees to pay off her former sweetheart.

Sunday · 69 years ago

18. Lady of the House

Sunday · 69 years ago

19. The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

Two brothers, one a doctor the other a fast-draw Sheriff, live in conflict with each other in a town that is run by a ruthless saloon owner.

Sunday · 69 years ago

20. No Skin Off Me

A young fighter lets his winnings go to his head. His more experienced fighter is worried that he will go over the top, so he sets out to teach the "boy" a lesson.

Sunday · 69 years ago

21. The Town with a Past

Wandering cowboy Britt Ponset finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute between mine owner "Silver Annie" Huxley, the leaders of Virtue City, and the railroad, which wants to builds tracks across her property.

Sunday · 69 years ago

22. The Big Shooter

Sunday · 69 years ago

23. Flight from Tormendero

During World War 2, a ship's captain picks up the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Among those rescued are a pretty Eurasian girl and a sinister-appearing man.

Sunday · 69 years ago

24. The Fenton Touch

A man about to retire from his job at a department store after 30 years of service plots to make off with $50,000 from the store's safe.

Sunday · 69 years ago

25. With Malice Toward None

An accountant by day and novelist by night, Miss Burrows has grown tired of rejection notices from publishers. Her latest submission is about an author who shoots an editor after his book is rejected.

Sunday · 69 years ago

26. The Victorian Chaise Lounge

Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

Sunday · 69 years ago

27. Too Good with a Gun

An ex-gunfighter goes against his boss and teaches the son how to shoot. He also falls in love with the boss's daughter. But when he gets involved in a gunfight in town, his boss sends him passing and turns his two children against him.

Sunday · 69 years ago

28. Bargain Bride

Sunday · 69 years ago

29. Cab Driver

A female taxicab driver finds a dead man in the back seat of her cab, and a persistent suitor in the person of the detective who investigates the case.

Sunday · 69 years ago

30. Bitter Choice

An Army nurse resorts to a cruel ruse in an attempt to rouse a young sergeant from complete apathy and possible death.

Sunday · 69 years ago

31. I Will Not Die

Sunday · 69 years ago

32. Angel of Wrath

After he has invested in a publishing firm, a Broadway star is shocked to learn that it prints unsavory literature. He argues with the publisher, strikes the man, and is convinced he is guilty of murder.

Sunday · 69 years ago

33. A Question of Survival

A cavalry captain and his small band are out-numbered by Comanche Indians. When the company surgeon offers to tend the fatally wounded son of the attacking chief, the captain must choose between certain death for the surgeon and safety for the rest.

Sunday · 69 years ago

34. The Man Who Inherited Everything

Sunday · 69 years ago

35. A New Girl in His Life Finale

Sunday · 69 years ago

General Electric Theater Season 5 guest stars

  • Jeff Morrow

    Jeff Morrow

    Dr. Penny

  • Marian Seldes

    Marian Seldes

    Persis Hughes

  • Patric Knowles

    Patric Knowles

    Longridge

  • Beverly Washburn

    Beverly Washburn

    Eloise

  • Joyce Jameson

    Joyce Jameson

    Blonde

  • Josephine Hutchinson

    Josephine Hutchinson

    Mother

  • Anne Jackson

    Anne Jackson

  • Robert Cummings

    Robert Cummings

    Russ Baker

  • Patricia Morrow

    Patricia Morrow

    Nancy

  • Eva Bartok

    Eva Bartok

    Nanette

  • Terry Moore

    Terry Moore

    Evvy Jeffers

  • Madge Blake

    Madge Blake

    Fat Lady

  • Frances Bavier

    Frances Bavier

    Miss Trimingham

  • Ronald Colman

    Ronald Colman

    Graham

  • Carolyn Jones

    Carolyn Jones

    Phyllis

  • Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy

    Laura Whitemore

General Electric Theater Season 5 FAQ

When does General Electric Theater Season 5 come out?

General Electric Theater Season 5 premiered Sunday, September 16, 1956 on CBS.

How many episodes are in General Electric Theater Season 5?

General Electric Theater Season 5 has 35 episodes.

Are new episodes of General Electric Theater Season 5 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the General Electric Theater Season 5 finale?

The General Electric Theater Season 5 finale (Episode 35) aired Sunday, May 26, 1957.

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