The Ford Television Theatre - Season 8

1. Catch at Straws

Aired: 10/3/1956

2. Sudden Silence

Aired: 10/10/1956

3. Paris Edition

Aired: 10/17/1956

4. Measure of Faith

Aired: 10/24/1956

A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.

5. Black Jim Hawk

Aired: 10/31/1956

As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge.Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.

6. Sometimes It Happens

Aired: 11/7/1956

A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.

7. The Woman Who Dared

Aired: 11/14/1956

In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.

8. The Menace of Hasty Heights

Aired: 11/21/1956

As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.

9. Stand By To Dive

Aired: 11/28/1956

A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.

18. Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

Aired: 1/30/1957

Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son