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1. Suspense (1949–1954)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, Robert H. Harris, John Baragrey
Votes: 359
2. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 330
3. The Millionaire (1955–1960)
30 min | Drama
In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Paul Frees, Roy Gordon, Russ Conway
Votes: 606
4. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Passed | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond
Votes: 2,918
5. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 198
6. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
7. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
8. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 205
9. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
10. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
11. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123
12. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April ... See full summary »
Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames
Votes: 250
13. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 105
14. Crime Photographer (1951–1952)
30 min | Drama
"The Morning Express" photographer hangs out at New York's Blue Note Cafe and tells bartender Ethelbert of his various exploits and adventures. Ann is an "Express" reporter and Casey's girlfriend.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Cliff Hall, Donald McClelland, Archie Smith
Votes: 32
15. The Web (1950–1954)
30 min | Drama
Live dramas based on stories by members of the Mystery Writers of America
Stars: John Shellie, Tom Gorman, E.G. Marshall, Audra Lindley
Votes: 57
16. The Girl Who Dared (1944)
Approved | 56 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A young woman seeking adventure, and several other people have to outwit a mysterious killer on a remote island.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Lorna Gray, Peter Cookson, Grant Withers, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 211
17. Fear (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing,... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot
Votes: 669
18. Strange Confession (1944)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
In World War 2 an escaped murderer who takes the identity of a dead soldier becomes a hero fighting in Africa, but his past catches up with him.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew
Votes: 224
19. Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Filmed live each week, this program gave viewers a glimpse of drama and adventure from around the world and from the distant and not-so-distant past. Subjects of the weekly plays included ... See full summary »
Stars: Luis Van Rooten, Lin McCarthy, Joe Maross, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 44
20. Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A private detective and his partner investigate the theft of a necklace.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan, Pierre Watkin
Votes: 194
21. The Scarlet Horseman (1946)
Approved | 248 min | Western
The Comanches are buying up rifles from unscrupulous gun smugglers in preparation for a wholesale uprising against settlers in Texas. Two undercover Texas Rangers discover the plot and set out to stop it.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Peter Cookson, Janet Shaw, Paul Guilfoyle, Virginia Christine
Votes: 28
22. Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
When a girl and her boyfriend are suspected of murdering her employer, they have to clear their names and find the real killer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 322
23. Justice (1954–1956)
30 min | Drama
Dramatic show based on cases tried by lawyers of the Legal Aid Society of New York City.
Stars: William Prince, Westbrook Van Voorhis, Gary Merrill, Dane Clark
Votes: 24
24. Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Ernest Truex
Votes: 37
25. The Investigator (1958– )
60 min | Drama
The Investigator was a summer replacement series that ran on NBC every Tuesday night, 8-9pm, from 3 June 1958-2 September 1958. It was broadcast live, and in color. Jeff Prior is a hip ... See full summary »
Stars: Lonny Chapman, Howard St. John, Colleen Dewhurst, George Maharis
26. Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dragging along her spineless boyfriend Johnny, hare-brained secretary Kitty O'Day is unstoppable as she tries to determine her boss's murderer. In her exuberance she and Johnny keep running... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan, Lorna Gray
Votes: 218
27. Star Tonight (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Dennis Patrick, Doreen Lang, Nancy Coleman, Kathleen Comegys
Votes: 34
28. The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
A short-lived anthology series, sponsored by the Hudson Motor Car Company. The host was the theatrical showman and lyricist Billy Rose. The show was canceled due to a decline in the sales ... See full summary »
Stars: Billy Rose, Frank Albertson, Ludwig Donath, Walter Hampden
Votes: 33
29. G.I. Honeymoon (1945)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy
The efforts of a young soldier and his new bride to make their marriage "official" are continually thwarted by a string of army "emergencies".
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Gale Storm, Peter Cookson, Arline Judge, Frank Jenks
Votes: 84
30. Swingtime Johnny (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Musical
The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a pipe-organ plant now making artillery shells. But they still find time for plenty of singing and dancing.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 34
31. Behind City Lights (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Jean Lowell, an unsophisticated girl who has spent all of her life on a farm, is about to marry Ben Coleman, a neighboring young farmer, but an automobile crash interrupts the wedding. ... See full summary »
Director: John English | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Peter Cookson, Jerome Cowan, Esther Dale
32. Strange Conquest (1946)
63 min | Drama
Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the affection of a beautiful woman doctor.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Jane Wyatt, Lowell Gilmore, Julie Bishop, Peter Cookson
Votes: 16
33. Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Gloria Warren
Votes: 67
34.
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
Episode:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Judith Anderson, Hume Cronyn, Viveca Lindfors, Eva Le Gallienne
Votes: 27
35.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Emma
(1954)
60 min | Drama
Emma's a beautiful, intelligent heiress who cares for her elderly father. In desperate need of diversion, she involves herself in the romances and dalliances of her friends.
Stars: Martine Bartlett, Peter Cookson, Stafford Dickens, Peter Donat
36.
Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956)
Episode:
Forbidden Holiday
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
While traveling incognito in Italy, the daughter of a U.S. Senator meets and falls in love with an exiled American gangster. Sure that this man loves her for herself alone, the girl ignores her father's warnings and objections.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Cookson, Phyllis Kirk, Frank M. Thomas, Jerome Thor
37.
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
Episode:
The Honorable Mrs. Jones
(1955)
30 min | Drama
What happens when a congresswoman is faced with telling her husband that she has decided to leave hearth and home to rerun for election on her party's ticket?
Stars: Sandy Becker, Edith Atwater, John Boruff, Peter Cookson
38.
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
Episode:
The Trial of Poznan
(1957)
60 min | Drama
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Peter Cookson, Bert Freed, Hurd Hatfield, John Cameron Swayze
39.
Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Fortune Hunter
(1952)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Peter Cookson, William Post Jr.
40.
Justice (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Spinster
(1954)
30 min | Drama
An old maid inherits $50,000 and finds herself irresistibly drawn to a handsome suitor.
Stars: Dane Clark, Gary Merrill, Peter Cookson, Signe Hasso
41.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
A Boy Called Ciske
(1958)
60 min | Drama
A drunken mother and lazy, no-good father has made Ciske a troubled, and troublesome, student. A caring and concerned teacher and a handicapped classmate believe that they can help him turn his life around.
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Peter Lazer, Peter Cookson, Kevin Coughlin, Michael Dreyfuss
42.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Thorn in the Flesh
(1952)
60 min | Drama
A woman who once had a career to which she was devoted now she fights her boredom with alcohol.
Stars: Peter Cookson, Beatrice Straight
43.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
Follow Me
(1951)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Peter Cookson, Doris Rich, Dan Morgan, Frank Gallop
44.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
The Europeans
(1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: John Conte, Peter Cookson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nico Minardos
45.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Nancy Wellington Story
(1957)
30 min | Drama
A widow and former socialite who gives parties to make ends meet must deal with the reemergence of man who jilted her seventeen years ago directly before her marriage and a prideful runaway daughter just as she gets her million.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Anita Louise, Peter Cookson, Lisa Montell
Votes: 11
46.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
The House of the Seven Gables
(1949)
Drama
Fighting over an inheritance, one Pyncheon brother frames the other for murder.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Joan Chandler, Peter Cookson, Helen Carew, Mary Alice Moore
47.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
Kitty Foyle
(1950)
Drama
A young girl is determined to improve her social status and marry a young man who's a part of society. His family has great objections.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Peter Cookson, Richard Derr, Janet Lally
48.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
Rebecca
(1950)
Drama
The timid second wife of Maxim de Winter must compete with the sinister presence of his late first wife. At his manor, Manderley, Rebecca continues to dominate the lives of those who live in the large home.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Montgomery, Jean Bates, Sue Ellen Blake
49.
Star Tonight (1955–1956)
Episode:
Gallant Lady
(1955)
Drama
Director: Joel O'Brien | Stars: Peter Cookson, Phillip Huston, Virginia Kaye, Maureen Stapleton
50.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Secret Self
(1954)
60 min | Drama
An influential Washington hostess tramples ruthlessly on members of her society set to further the political career of a young lawyer.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Peter Cookson, Staats Cotsworth, Betty Furness, Nancy Kelly