Robert Montgomery Presents Season 3, Episode 8: A Christmas Gift

1

Bubbles

A young girl is nervous about the return of her mother from a mental institution, so her father buys her a kitten to calm her. Unfortunately, when the mother arrives, the daughter pays more attention to Bubbles than to her.

60 min

2

I am Still Alive

In this comedy of mistaken identity, a blonde knocks a driver unconscious when she rear-ends his car with hers. She can't find any identification on him; the only clue is a script that indicates he's a spy.

60 min

3

To Walk the Night

College friends Bark and Jerry discover their old friend Professor LeNormand dead in his observatory, burned to death from the inside out. Most shocking, the confirmed bachelor had just married an enigmatic woman who seems unfazed by his death. Within days, Jerry is engaged to marry the mysterious widow, leading Bark to believe she was somehow involved in the professor's death.

60 min

4

I Wouldn't Want to Be in Your Shoes

Unusual circumstances befall a hapless man who's missing a pair of shoes, leading to his involvement in a murder.

60 min

5

An Inspector Calls

A suspicious inspector investigates the murder of a young woman who was part of a respectable middle-class British family. He uncovers bizarre motivations among the family members before he's revealed to be an impostor.

60 min

6

The Kimballs

Steve LaFarge visits the small town of his childhood and meets the current residents of the house in which he played. He falls in love with the daughter, Ann Kimball, but is given the cold shoulder by her aloof father. Old man Kimball has been bitter ever since the murder of his wife 15 years earlier. Steve is shocked by the realization that he may have been involved in the woman's death.

60 min

7

Top Secret

A foreign service agent brings along his young adult daughter on a mission, traveling to a country on the verge of a revolution.

60 min

8

A Christmas Gift

This holiday love story set in war-torn Sognac, France involves a French underground fighter, an American lieutenant, and a lovely, young maiden.

60 min

9

The Farmer's Hotel

While their car is being repaired, man and woman stop by the Farmer's Hotel to use their phone. It happens to be the hotel's opening night and they're joined by the business manager and staff, an intoxicated truck driver, a doctor, and three vaudevillians. Everyone's having a delightful time until an argument starts.

60 min

10

Cashel Byron's Profession

In 1867 London, boxer Cashel Byron woos cultured aristocrat Lydia Carew. He attempts to keep his sorted profession, illegal at the time, a secret from the priggish woman.

60 min

11

The Tender Men

A farm boy from the country moves to the big city to make his mark. When he ends up broke and hungry, he proves an easy target for the Communist party.

60 min

12

Eva? Caroline?

Police in Detroit have charged Eva Lang with committing a murder several years earlier. She claims that she is, in reality, is Caroline, the wife of a Baltimore lawyer. Even though she produces 28 witnesses to validate her claim, the lawyer says his wife is deceased.

60 min

13

Rise Up And Walk

Turnley Walker, at six feet and 200 pounds, is struck with polio at age 30. This true drama is based on his book which chronicles his courage as he battles the dread disease.

60 min

14

The Moonstone

When a valuable gem is stolen from a Buddhist temple, the priests place a curse on the object. The gem's original owner ends up dead and the rock disappears.

60 min

15

Those in Favor

This Cold War political drama concerns a U.N. meeting in Paris and the relationship between the U.S. and Soviet delegates.

60 min

16

Storm

A freak storm originates on the West Coast and travels across the county, and the weather bureau tracks it along its path. The stories of various people affected by the violent weather are dramatized by a cast of forty-plus.

60 min

17

Happy Birthday, George

During WWII, an American soldier celebrates three of his birthdays, each with a different woman; one is British, one an American and one is Belgian. As the episode closes, the now-older soldier is surrounded by his children who are awaiting the arrival of their mother. The mystery is which one of those three women will arrive.

60 min

18

Guardian of the Clock

In this comedy/drama, a maintenance man plays a practical joke and changes the time on a huge skyscraper's outdoor clock. Because of his little prank, several people's lives are unexpectedly changed that evening.

60 min

19

The Wall

Lording over a decaying New England manor, a woman is visited by her brother and his new wife and her devious ex-sister-in-law. A murder soon follows.

60 min

20

Claire Ambler

A 1920s flapper has her faith in her father completely shattered, starting her on a path of destructive revenge.

60 min

21

See No Evil

Excitement finally comes into the boring life of a man when he witnesses a murder. Being the lead witness for the state, even more intrigue arrives in the form of a letter threatening him and his family with violence.

60 min

22

O Evening Star

It's the 1920s and Amy Bellaire is already becoming a has-been. She split with the man who made her famous and is now she's broke. The humiliation mounts as she attends an auction of her expensive personal belongings.

60 min

23

Operation Hitch-Hike

In this tale of World War II espionage, German soldiers disguised as GI's cross American lines to sabotage ammunition dumps. Three of the men, while hitch-hiking, are given a lift by a Red Cross worker. When a storm comes up, the woman's forced to take refuge with them in a farmhouse.

60 min

24

And Never Come Back

Two ex-wives of the same man are aboard a train heading to Los Angeles. The goal of both is to reunite with their former husband. Only one of the women makes it to their L.A. destination.

60 min

25

The Truth About Blayds

Lying on his death bed, famous poet Oliver Blayds reveals startling secrets from earlier in life.

60 min

26

The Lonely

An American pilot falls for a young British woman during World War II.

60 min

27

Lila, My Love

A reporter for a Paris newspaper encounters an American woman with great ambitions.

60 min

28

The Longest Night

An ambitious pianist hurt by the lack of love from her mother chooses a music career over the man who loves her. She returns years later as a successful performer to find her former love is now married and running for the governorship.

60 min

29

The Ringmaster

A one-time actor suffered a crippling injury early in his career. Now managing a inn, he takes great delight in influencing the lives of his guests--in negative ways.

60 min

30

Candles for Theresa

Following World War II, American painter Richard Clyde travels to a French village that was occupied by the Germans. His purpose is to find the traitor who caused his brother to be murdered by the Nazis. Richard finds the residents battered and distrustful of himself and each other.

60 min

31

Penny

An understanding father deals with the trials and tribulations of having a 15-year-old daughter.

60 min

32

Of Lena Geyer

Real-life soprano diva Mimi Benzell plays the role of an opera star whose romance comes to a bitter end, leaving her to vow never to again mix love and work. Benzell performs "La Traviata," "Mmme. Butterfly," and "Tannhauser."

60 min

33

Til Next We Meet

A wealthy but unhappy woman meets a hard-boiled newspaper reporter and sets out to prove that she has as much love within her as she has money.

60 min

34

King of the Castle

In this dramatic comedy, the last in a long line of Scottish lords goes to great measures to avoid the family curse.

60 min

35

Sheppy

Sheppey is an English barber who wins big playing the Irish sweepstakes and decides to spread his wealth among the poor and sick. Along the way, he meets an impoverished shop girl in a local pub.

60 min

36

The Catbird Seat

For thirty years, Erwin Martin has been an exemplary employee as head of the filing department at an advertising agency. His orderly world could be disrupted when the company brings in an efficiency expert. Martin uses his quiet, mild manner to circumvent the flashy "expert" and leave her powerless over him.

60 min

37

Advice to the Lovelorn

A newspaper publisher who has no time for love hires a psychology professor to write the "Advice to the Lovelorn" column in his paper. Before he knows it, he's fallen in love with the columnist.

60 min

38

Mr. Dobie Takes a Powder

The manager of the household furnishings section of a department store rebels when the company forces an efficiency expert on him.

60 min

39

Summer Story

An employee at a travel agency is given a dream vacation by a co-worker who won it but can't use it. Living it up in a swanky hotel, her troubles begin when she starts hanging out with a playboy.

60 min

40

Stand-In Bride

A gown designer's assistant delivers a dress to the governor who's planning a secret wedding. When word of their nuptials is leaked to the press, the woman has an idea for distracting the reports. After the ceremony, she'll don the gown, the governor's aide will wear a tux, and the two will act as decoys.

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41

Nostradamus Beery

In this comedy, a man has the ability to predict various events--some important, some trivial. Once a reporter catches wind of his talent, the publicity turns his life into a circus.

60 min