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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,875

2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery

Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.

Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, Lillian O'Malley, John Williams

Votes: 19,350

3. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Western

Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.

Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest

Votes: 1,235

4. Rawhide (1959–1965)

TV-PG | 50 min | Western

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming

Votes: 4,622

5. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.

Stars: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, William Boyett, Vance Skarstedt

Votes: 1,533

6. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.

Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin

Votes: 584

7. Sea Hunt (1958–1961)

30 min | Action, Adventure

Mike Nelson is a scuba diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone, it was mostly carried through his voice-over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of a radio program.

Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Ken Drake, Courtney Brown, Jan Harrison

Votes: 1,412

8. M Squad (1957–1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.

Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 388

9. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.

Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy

Votes: 338

10. Trackdown (1957–1959)

30 min | Western

Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.

Stars: Robert Culp, Norman Leavitt, Ellen Corby, Peter Leeds

Votes: 336

11. The Lawless Years (1959–1961)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Barney Ruditsky is a New York City police officer in the Roaring '20s who fights organized crime. The show was loosely based on the real life Rudisky who was a New York police officer during the period.

Stars: James Gregory, Robert Karnes, John Dennis, Norman Alden

Votes: 111

12. The Lineup (1954–1960)

60 min | Drama

Based on actual cases from the San Francisco police files, Lieutenant Guthrie and Inspector Grebb work as a team to track down the criminals.

Stars: Warner Anderson, Tom Tully, Marshall Reed, Ruta Lee

Votes: 120

13. World of Giants (1959)

30 min | Sci-Fi

Marshal Thompson plays a secret agent who is approximately 6 inches tall. He's carried around from one mission to another in a briefcase with a small chair inside.

Stars: Marshall Thompson, Arthur Franz, Marcia Henderson, John Gallaudet

Votes: 52

14. Men of Annapolis (1957– )

30 min | Drama

An anthology series about the happenings and experiences of midshipmen attending the US Naval Academy. Sometimes humorous as in kidnapping school mascots but more often the difficulties facing future officers.

Stars: Art Gilmore, Mason Alan Dinehart, Bill Swan, Doug McClure

Votes: 40

15. Navy Log (1955–1958)

30 min | History, War

Showed featured dramatic reenactments of true Naval events taken from the files of the Defense Department. The episodes generally featured little known actors although better known performers sometimes hosted.

Stars: Robert Carson, Robert Shayne, George Conrad, Joel Smith

Votes: 135

16. Space Master X-7 (1958)

Approved | 71 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A fungus brought from space threatens to grow and spread, devouring everyone in its path.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis, Paul Frees

Votes: 449

17. Frontier Doctor (1956– )

30 min | Western

The adventures of a small town doctor working in the Arizona territory during the early 1900s.

Stars: Rex Allen, Mason Alan Dinehart, Robert Swan, Tom Black

Votes: 113

18. 21 Beacon Street (1959)

30 min | Drama

Private investigator Dennis Chase operates with a staff made up of the stunning Lola, new attorney Brian, and talented linguist Jim. Using specific methods they determine the guilty party ... See full summary »

Stars: Dennis Morgan, Joanna Barnes, Brian Kelly, James Maloney

Votes: 40

19. Panic! (1957– )

30 min | Thriller

A short-lived anthology series narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Each episode tells its own thriller story and featured its own unique cast.

Stars: Westbrook Van Voorhis, Bill Erwin, Norman Alden, Robert Anderson

Votes: 61

20. Harbor Command (1957–1958)

30 min | Action

The workings of the US Coast Guard Harbor Command.

Stars: Wendell Corey, Bill Baldwin, Casey Walters, Clark Howat

Votes: 56

21. Rebound (1952–1953)

30 min | Drama, Mystery

A dramatic anthology series, one of many on television at the time. Lee Marvin made his television debut on this program.

Stars: John Doucette, Ned Glass, Elisabeth Fraser, Russ Conway

Votes: 25

22. 21 Beacon Street (1959)
Episode: Break In (1959)

26 min | Drama

An exiled prince is plotting to assassinate his nephew. Dennis plans to replace the prince and call off the prince's hired guns.

Director: Maurice Geraghty | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Joanna Barnes, Brian Kelly, James Maloney

23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Disappearing Trick (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A bookmaker blackmails a man who faked his own death to collect a life insurance payout and discovers the man's wife also wants a share.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Horton, Betsy von Furstenberg, Perry Lopez

Votes: 541

24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Lamb to the Slaughter (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Bel Geddes, Harold J. Stone, Allan Lane

Votes: 1,272

25. Harbor Command (1957–1958)
Episode: Trapped Pilings (1958)

30 min | Action

Embezzler completes his 5-year sentence and immediately returns to his former employer seeking revenge. After killing the man whose testimony put him away, he must flee from the Harbor Command.

Director: George Blair | Stars: Wendell Corey, Jack Edwards, Clark Howat, Ginger Hall

Votes: 6

26. The Lawless Years (1959–1961)
Episode: The Billy Grimes Story (1959)

Crime, Drama

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Director: Edward Dein | Stars: James Gregory, Walter Sande, Robert Karnes, Clancy Cooper

Votes: 11

27. M Squad (1957–1960)
Episode: The Big Kill (1958)

Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Ballinger's after him.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Helen Westcott, Frank Maxwell

Votes: 15

28. Navy Log (1955–1958)
Episode: PT 109 (1957)

24 min | History, War

Tells the story of the destruction of the PT109. The crew, led by future US president John F Kennedy, struggles to come up with a survival plan that will help them avoid the numerous Japanese forces in the area.

Director: Samuel Gallu | Stars: John Baer, Patrick Waltz, Peter Miller, John Close

Votes: 11

29. Panic! (1957– )
Episode: Double Identity (1958)

Thriller

An innocent man (Robert Vaughn) is mistaken for a killer (Ronnie Burns).

Director: Maurice Geraghty | Stars: Ronnie Burns, Robert Vaughn, Sally Fraser, Cully Richards

30. Panic! (1957– )
Episode: Mayday (1957)

Thriller

A semiparalised veteran of the Korean conflict spends his time talking to friends around the world with his ham radio.After his sister leaves him alone for the day, he falls out of his ... See full summary »

Director: Maurice Geraghty | Stars: Richard Jaeckel, Florence Shaen, Kathy Garver, Vermelle McCarter

31. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Blushing Pearls (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hudson Nichols has Mitsou Kamuri arrested for switching his wife's string of expensive blush pearls, but offers to absolve her if she breaks off her relationship with his son Grove. Then her uncle who made the pearl necklace is murdered.

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 357

32. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: Incident of the Roman Candles (1959)

Not Rated | 60 min | Western

Pete and Jim find David Colby shooting Roman candles by the trail. He says he is trying to scare away the Indians that killed his folks and burned them out. He is headed to Eberley to find his uncle but Favor suspects something different.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 149

33. Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode: The Henchman (1952)

30 min | Drama, Mystery

The success of a meticulously planned bank heist relies on the shaky nerves of the getaway car driver who fails to appear when his fellow gang members are ready to escape with their ill-gotten loot.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: John Alvin, David Fresco, Gil Frye, Roberta Haynes

34. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode: I Shot a Prowler (1958)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

While her husband is away on a business trip, a lonely housewife becomes infatuated with another man. When he threatens her with exposure unless she gives him a large sum of money, she searches frantically for a solution to her problem.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alexis Smith, Helmut Dantine, Craig Stevens, Dudley Manlove

35. Sea Hunt (1958–1961)
Episode: Sixty Feet Below (1958)

30 min | Action, Adventure

Racing against time, Mike Nelson attempts a risky rescue of a test pilot trapped in his plane's cockpit 60 feet below the ocean's surface.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Whit Bissell, Peter Leeds, Steven Ritch

Votes: 62

36. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: Wild Cargo (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Jim Hardie makes a trip to Oro Gulch to pick up a shipment finding himself riding with a four woman entertainment troupe. The trip seems to be linked to a series of robberies along the way - especially when Jim recognizes one of the women.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, Monica Lewis, Adele Mara, Nancy Kilgas

Votes: 60

37. Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode: The Unwanted (1959)

30 min | Western

Hoby is called to the town of Glenville who are afraid that a group of religious people who moved in outside of town are practicing witchcraft and are causing bad luck.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Rhys Williams, Walter Brooke, Dorothy Adams

Votes: 23

38. World of Giants (1959)
Episode: Gambling Story (1959)

Sci-Fi

Mel and Bill investigate a casino being used to make payoffs to foreign spies.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Arthur Franz, Marcia Henderson, Berry Kroeger

Votes: 6

39. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode: The Open Cell (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Sheriff Morgan Winter decides to give a young man involved in a shooting another chance by taking him into his custody for a year. But the rest of the town, including Winter's deputy, just ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Marshall Thompson, Steven Terrell, Frances Robinson

Votes: 27

40. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode: Trial by Fear (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Local fast gun Tod Owen guns down a man who was trying to shoot him from a rooftop. Everyone in town hates the trouble-making Owen and would like to convict and hang him quickly, except for... See full summary »

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Robert Ryan, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt, Raymond Bailey

Votes: 39

41. Frontier Doctor (1956– )
Episode: Broken Barrier (1959)

Western

A woman tries to bring in her father's oil well. Mysterious attacks occur when others try to take over the well. Dr. Baxter and the sheriff work together to determine who is behind the plot but all are in for a big surprise.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Rex Allen, Shirley Patterson, Chris Alcaide, John Stephenson

42. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Efficiency Secretary (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A secretary with an impeccable reputation for trustworthiness and reliability colludes with her boyfriend to steal $50,000 from her employer.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Michael Fox, Paula Houston, Vance Skarstedt

Votes: 86

43. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Wounded (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two holdup men abduct a physician and compel him to extricate a bullet in a wooded area.

Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ed Nelson, Thomas Wilde, Al Terry

Votes: 73

44. The Lineup (1954–1960)
Episode: The Walking Firefly Case (1959)

30 min | Drama

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Stars: Warner Anderson, Tom Tully, Marshall Reed, Sarge Caldwell

45. Men of Annapolis (1957– )
Episode: The Fight (1958)

30 min | Drama

Midshipman Erickson's romance is threatened by the girl's ex-boyfriend who taunts him into a public fight.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Harry Harvey Jr., Kathleen Case, Bradford Jackson, Guy Williams