General Electric Theater Season 4, Episode 16: The Ballad of Mender McClure

Tryout

30 min

The Bounty Court Martial

30 min

Lash of Fear

A stagecoach driver and cavalry officer vie for the affections of a young lady traveling west with them.

30 min

Outpost at Home

A young boy (army brat) Struggles between his father and a deserter

30 min

Shadow on the Heart

While on duty on a lonely beach, a sailor meets a beautiful girl. It's love at first sight for the boy. But he learns that the girl is blind and pledged to marry another if her vision is restored.

30 min

Winner by Decision

A promising and intelligent young man has great success in the ring. His mother wants him to continue his education, but his father and his manager want him to become a fighter.

30 min

Farewell to Kennedy

A police detective discovers that his future father-in-law and fellow cop has taken a bribe.

30 min

Prosper's Old Mother

Orphaned Prosper sets out from his mining camp for San Francisco. He's looking for a mother to bring back to the camp. And he finds one, a kindly old eccentric who drinks medicine liberally flavored with 'hootch'.

30 min

From the Top

A manager and his big time singing protegee have been engaged a long time. But he's too busy booking her to take time off for marriage. Finally, the strain of overwork becomes too much for the songstress.

30 min

Feathertop

A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.

30 min

The Seeds of Hate

A man is torn between his conscience and loyalty when a friend shoots an Indian in the back. Even though the Indian had been an idol of his son's, the man at first refuses to aid local townspeople in the arrest of the murderer.

30 min

Let It Rain

A writer stops at a sleepy southern town intending to debunk a legend concerning a confederate soldier leaving a local girl for the battlefields, never to return. He soon realizes that he and a girl he's fallen in love with are descendants of those people.

30 min

A Child is Born

A retelling of the Nativity story from the viewpoint of the innkeeper's wife.

30 min

Portrait of a Ballerina

Set in 1882 Paris, a young girl gets her big break for the Paris Ballet after much sacrifice from her mother.

30 min

Esteban's Legacy

A carpenter returns to his village, discouraged by his lack of success and respect.

30 min

The Muse and Mr. Parkinson

Mr. Parkinson's life has followed a familiar pattern up to now: working at his brokerage job during the week and playing golf on weekends. He's a happy, ordinary chap -- until the fact that he is secretly a poet is brought to light.

30 min

In Summer Promise

A young man becomes infatuated with the older Countess and the Countess falls for the young man, unaware that the young man plans to wed his childhood sweetheart.

30 min

The Song Caruso Sang

30 min

Prologue to Glory

30 min

The Honest Man

A piano tuner, known for his honesty, is caught up in a crime when stolen jewels are hastily hidden in his tool bag. He doesn't realize he's got them until he gets to his girl's home, when her no-account brother hatches a scheme to blackmail him into surrendering the baubles to him, just as the thief is coming to recover them himself.

30 min

Try to Remember

Police detective Dan "Irish" Murphy has a more than professional interest in finding the murderer of a door-to-door salesman. The man is found stabbed in Murphy's home, with Mrs. Murphy lying unconscious nearby.

30 min

A Letter from the Queen

Once an internationally respected statesman, former Senator Ryder is now in his 90s, and his life is turned upside down when a young history scholar, Walter Shelley, decides he wants one of Ryder's treasures: a letter written to him by Queen Victoria.

30 min

Steinmetz

The story of scientist Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the man who "made" lightning. He did research for General Electric and then went on to become a professor of Union College in Schenectady.

30 min

The Night Goes On

An embittered spinster lives on her brother's ranch in Mexico. She becomes attracted to a young ranch hand, and when he doesn't return her affection she decides to get revenge.

30 min

Reflected Glory

A successful actress is torn between the desire to marry and settle down, and the urge to continue her career on the stage. Her producer is against her plans to leave the stage, for a number of reasons.

30 min

The Easter Gift

A family endures a difficult time and comes together during Easter.

30 min

Judy Garland Musical Special

Todays theme is a Judy Garland Musical Special.

30 min

That's the Man!

An honest, hard-working husband is accused of being a thief, though he is proven innocent, the incident has a great effect on his life.

30 min

The Lord's Dollar

30 min

H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Port

30 min

The Shunning

An Amish girl decides to find adventure in a big city before getting married.

30 min

The Hat with the Roses

When a schoolteacher fails one of her students, she tries to show her student compassion and understanding.

30 min

The Golden Key

A little boy in a small town hotel is the only one who believes that a washed up elderly employee used to be a top notch railroad brakeman.

30 min

O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun

30 min

Exits and Entrances

30 min

Alien Angel

30 min

Emergency Call

A frantic mother tries desperately to find her husband to inform him that their little girl has been hospitalized in severe shock after being hit by a car.

30 min

A Man with a Vengeance

A movie director has a grudge against an actor and makes life very hard on everyone.

30 min