LIFEBOAT - Screen Director's Playhouse

Lifeboat from Screen Director's Playhouse aired November 16, 1950. It is an adaptation from the 1944 World War II war film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a story written by John Steinbeck. A group of American and British citizens are stuck in a lifeboat after their ship is sunk by a U-boat. They are from a variety of backgrounds: an international journalist, a rich businessman, the radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor and an engineer with communist tendencies. Trouble starts when they pull a man out of the water who turns out to be from the U-boat. Nominated for three Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock's World War II drama, is a remarkable story of human survival.

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The Case of the Silent Partner - Perry Mason

The Case of the Silent Partner from Perry Mason aired October 26, 1957. Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner, a civil rights lawyer turned author, was the master of American mystery fiction. His mysteries contain intricate and challenging plots full of surprises, whodunits in the best tradition. 85 of his 146 books feature Perry Mason. The fictional attorney became the basis of a popular TV series, achieving an enviable record for winning his cases. At the height of his popularity Gardner was selling an average of 26,000 copies of his novels a day.In Silent Partner, successful florist Mildred Faulkner finds that the flower business is no bed of roses when arch-competitor Harry Peavis secretly buys stock in her small, family-owned business. To keep from being muscled out of her own company, Mildred goes to Perry Mason. But the legal eagle is stymied when Mildred's company is plundered by her brother-in-law to pay off gambling debts.

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The Case of the Restless Redhead - Perry Mason

The Case of the Restless Redhead from Perry Mason aired September 21, 1957. Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner, a civil rights lawyer turned author, was the master of American mystery fiction. His mysteries contain intricate and challenging plots full of surprises, whodunits in the best tradition. 85 of his 146 books feature Perry Mason. The fictional attorney became the basis of a popular TV series, achieving an enviable record for winning his cases. At the height of his popularity Gardner was selling an average of 26,000 copies of his novels a day.The Case of the Restless Redhead is a real cliff-hanger. Perry drives to the scene of a shooting and finds the police recovering the body of Harry Merrill from a car that went over the side of a mountain. Can you guess who done it?

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The Wild Bunch - 26 MEN

The Wild Bunch from Twenty-Six Men aired October 29, 1957. When a member of the Wild Bunch escapes from Ranger Clint Travis, he is fired. In order to redeem himself, he takes on the entire gang. It was based on true official files of the Arizona Rangers in the final days taming the old west. In 1901, a law enforcement organization was formed, known as the Arizona Rangers, consisting of twenty-six men: a captain, a lieutenant, four sergeants, and twenty privates. The Rangers preserved and maintained law and order in the Arizona Territory, making arrests of criminals in any part of Arizona. As one of the original members reportedly recalled: "The reason there was only twenty-six of us was because the Territory couldn't afford no more."

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The Blonde Tigress - Gang Busters

Blonde Tigress from Gang Busters aired around 1952. It was one of the earliest crime drama series. It started out on radio and moved to television in the fifties. The loud raucous opening, with tires screeching and sirens blaring startled people and gave birth to the descriptive phrase that is still in use, “coming on like Gang Busters”. Episode stories were based on actual Police and FBI files. In The Blonde Tigress a daring policewoman sets out to get in close with a trio of armed criminals which is led by a vicious and cunning and sly blonde babe.

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