The DuPont Show of the Month

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1x5)

Air date: Jan 21, 1958

On July 20, 1714, ""the finest bridge in all Peru"" collapses and five people die. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan missionary, happens to witness the tragedy, and as a result, he asks the central question: ""Why did this happen to those five?"" He sets out to explore the lives of the five victims, and to understand why they died.