5x1 - The Great Lady

September 16, 1956

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.

5x2 - The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

September 23, 1956

5x3 - The Professor's Punch

September 30, 1956

5x4 - The Pot of Gold

October 7, 1956

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".

5x5 - The Enemies

October 14, 1956

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

5x7 - The Second Stranger

October 28, 1956

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.

5x8 - The Rider on the Pale Horse

November 4, 1956

5x9 - The Charlatan

November 11, 1956

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

5x10 - The Road That Led Afar

November 25, 1956

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.

5x11 - Orphans

December 2, 1956

5x12 - The Breach

December 9, 1956

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.

5x13 - The Chess Game

December 16, 1956

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

5x14 - A Child is Born

December 23, 1956

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

5x15 - The Shadow Outside

December 30, 1956

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.

5x16 - Never Turn Back

January 6, 1957

5x17 - The Earring

January 13, 1957

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.

5x18 - Lady of the House

January 20, 1957

5x19 - The Doctors of Pawnee Kill

January 27, 1957

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.

5x20 - No Skin Off Me

February 3, 1957

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.

5x21 - The Town with a Past

February 10, 1957

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.

5x22 - The Big Shooter

February 17, 1957

5x23 - Flight from Tormendero

February 24, 1957

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.

5x24 - The Fenton Touch

March 3, 1957

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

5x25 - With Malice Toward None

March 10, 1957

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.

5x26 - The Victorian Chaise Lounge

March 17, 1957

Todays theme is The Victorian Chaise Longue.

5x27 - Too Good with a Gun

March 24, 1957

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.

5x28 - Bargain Bride

April 7, 1957

5x29 - Cab Driver

April 14, 1957

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.

5x30 - Bitter Choice

April 21, 1957

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

5x31 - I Will Not Die

April 28, 1957

5x32 - Angel of Wrath

May 5, 1957

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.

5x33 - A Question of Survival

May 12, 1957

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.

5x34 - The Man Who Inherited Everything

May 19, 1957

5x35 - A New Girl in His Life

May 26, 1957