TV Reader's Digest
TV Reader's Digest

TV Reader's Digest (1955)

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2 Seasons
January 17, 1955
English
Drama

Synopsis

TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.

Network

ABC

Episodes

Episodes

The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs
E1

The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs

Jan 17, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Trouble on the Double
E2

Trouble on the Double

Jan 24, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Britain's Most Baffling Murder
E3

Britain's Most Baffling Murder

30 min

No description available.

How Chance Made Lincoln President
E4

How Chance Made Lincoln President

Feb 7, 1955
30 min

No description available.

I'll Pick More Daisies
E5

I'll Pick More Daisies

Feb 14, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Top Secret
E6

Top Secret

Feb 21, 1955
30 min

No description available.

A Matter of Life and Death
E7

A Matter of Life and Death

Feb 28, 1955
30 min

No description available.

The End of Blackbeard the Pirate
E8

The End of Blackbeard the Pirate

Mar 7, 1955
30 min

No description available.

The American Master Counterfeiters
E9

The American Master Counterfeiters

Mar 14, 1955
30 min

No description available.

America's First Great Lady
E10

America's First Great Lady

Mar 21, 1955
30 min

No description available.

The Manufactured Clue
E11

The Manufactured Clue

Mar 28, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Incident on the China Coast
E12

Incident on the China Coast

Apr 4, 1955
30 min

No description available.

How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants
E13

How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants

Apr 11, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Honeymoon in Mexico
E14

Honeymoon in Mexico

Apr 18, 1955
30 min

A newlywed couple comes to a small Mexican village to spend a year painting. After helping an orphaned child with an injury, they unexpectedly end up as his parents. Once word gets around, other kids beat a path to their door hoping also to be adopted.

The Great Armored Car Robbery
E15

The Great Armored Car Robbery

Apr 25, 1955
30 min

No description available.

A Million Dollar Story
E16

A Million Dollar Story

May 2, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
E17

Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts

May 9, 1955
30 min

No description available.

France's Greatest Detective
E18

France's Greatest Detective

May 16, 1955
30 min

The story of Alphonse Bertillion, a low level employee of the French police, who developed a theory of identifying suspects by their unique physical measurements, like the size of the head. At first his superiors are skeptical, but statistics taken of a man in question exposes his guilt in a murder case.

Around the Horn to Matrimony
E19

Around the Horn to Matrimony

May 23, 1955
30 min

No description available.

The Anatomy of a Graft
E20

The Anatomy of a Graft

May 30, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror
E21

Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror

Jun 6, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Mr. Pak Takes Over
E22

Mr. Pak Takes Over

Jun 13, 1955
30 min

No description available.

My First Bullfight
E23

My First Bullfight

Jun 20, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Comrade Lindemann's Conscience
E24

Comrade Lindemann's Conscience

Jun 27, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Six Hours of Surgery
E25

Six Hours of Surgery

Jul 4, 1955
30 min

No description available.

The Baron and His Uranium Killing
E26

The Baron and His Uranium Killing

Jul 11, 1955
30 min

No description available.

Cast

Details

Original Title

TV Reader's Digest

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

65