General Electric Theater

A prizewinning French film is shown. The story, which is without dialog, is about a boy who finds a red balloon. But instead of floating about like any normal balloon, this one follows the boy wherever he goes.

It's a Cold War tale, where two Soviets are in an occupied Eastern European country, one is the womanizing martinet who gets himself murdered and the other is the sympathetic Russian.

In 1760, the peace loving people of an Amish settlement learn of an imminent attack by Indians. They prepare to evacuate their village rather than bear arms.

An office worker named Alma can't get her bookkeeper boyfriend Stanley to pop the question. His excuse: no nest egg.Her solution: make a killing at the races - with money from the office petty cash box.

Based on the story by George Milburn. Ellie Beckett is a young mountain girl who prefers whittlin' to socializin' until Grandpaw shows her all them purty clothes in the mail-order catalog. Soon Ellie figures on buyin' some of that finery with the prize money she might win for her woodcarving at the county fair.

Madeline, the daughter of famed actress Lili Parrish, is on trial for murder. Lili, the key witness, is determined to make her testimony the most believable performance of her career.

Newlyweds Paul and Carol Madsen have scarcely settled in their new apartment when the phone begins ringing. The caller isa psychotic crank who drives Carol to near hysteria.

The late Glorietta Dwight, a wealthy recluse, felt that her last years had been made happier  by the guidance of Reverend Theodore Carlisle, and she named him as the major beneficiary of her will.

George Harris, a successful businessman, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from the police. His teen-age boy Sonny is being held for grand larceny.

The exploits of Robert Hale, a US Treasury Department agent. Hale recruits a civilian locksmith named Johnny Henderson to help retrieve stolen currency plates.

A lonely boy learns his beloved playmate Tippy-Top is imaginary.

The gridiron feats of Bud Austin are still talked about in his home town, but Bud's infant son will never grow up to follow in his father's footsteps. Tests have shown that the year-old baby is mentally retarded.

Teenagers Margie Graham and Fred Judson want to get married and they ask their parents for permission and for financial help.

A basketball coach at Haynes High School is concerned when one of his students, the best hoop star skips practice to study for his exam.

Howard Douglas, an official of the Boy Scouts of America, is driving through a deserted section of the city when he notices a body lying in the street. Stopping to investigate, he finds himself surrounded by a gang of teenagers armed with zip guns and switchblades.

Max Grossblatt, an elderly Chicago tailor, dreams of being able to visit his son Larry in California. But on a tailor's salary, all that Max can afford is dreams.

Successful, attractive society-reporter Alice Lockman wouldn't mind being married. But the available eligible bachelors really don't measure up to Alice's standards - or her mother's either. 

Story based on Marion Miller's autobiography "I WAS A SPY." Hazel Valance asks housewife Marion Miller to attend a meeting of the Alien Protection Committee- Hazel is upset because the government plans to deport a friend. After the meeting, the FBI agent Bill Edwards informs Marion that the Committee is suspected of being a Communist front organization and asks her to join as a spy.

story based on Marion Miller's autobiography "I WAS A SPY." After Marion testifies before a Congressional committee concerning her years as an anti-communists spy, she looks forward to a peaceful life as a housewife. But it seems the Communists have other ideas.

Based on Agatha Christie's short story "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim." The Belgian master detective solves another puzzling crime.

Orlovsky, a janitor in a Manhatten office building, goes upstairs to the Jewish Vocational Guidance Center for a talk with the director, Miriam Raskin. Orlovsky has come to ask the widow Raskin to be his wife.

Based on a story by William Saroyan.

(unsold comedy pilot) The Story of Ben, an engineering student works nights in a supermarket to support his family.

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