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51. The Strange Case of Dr. Manning (1957)

75 min | Crime, Thriller

Dr. Manning, husband of a wealthy socialite, is kidnapped while making a late night housecall. Insurance investigator Logan is called and the hunt is on for kidnapped and kidnapper.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green, Bruce Seton

Votes: 68

52. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
Episode: Gun in His Hand (1956)

60 min | Drama

"An outlaw's son is torn between affection for his father and his own belief in law and order. While riding with the outlaw band, he is captured and imprisoned, then learns the gang ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Charles Drake, Royal Dano

Votes: 9

53. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode: Collector's Item (1960)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jeff's new client is Countess Maruska who hires him in regards to her art collection. What seems like a simple case has Jeff roughed up and kidnapped. Kookie decides to be a music impresario.

Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn, Jacqueline Beer

Votes: 47

54. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Opie's Piano Lesson (1967)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Opie's piano lessons clash with football practice.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Hope Summers

Votes: 205

55. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: Batman's Waterloo (1967)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Though Batman escapes his watery trap, Robin is left in the hands of King Tut. The deluded villain still believes that Lisa Carson is really Queen Cleopatra, and calls Lisa's father to ... See full summary »

Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 325

56. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: King Tut's Coup (1967)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

After a blow to the head, Yale's Egyptology professor once again believes he is King Tut. He mistakes Bruce Wayne's friend Lisa for Queen Cleopatra, and kidnaps her so he can bring her to ... See full summary »

Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 339

57. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Darrin Goes Ape (1971)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Serena turns Darrin into an ape.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White

Votes: 227

58. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

After drinking a "The Heavenly Himalayana" at a Chinese restaurant, Sam loses her powers and stripes breakout on her face.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White

Votes: 244

59. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: The Battle of Burning Oak (1969)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Samantha takes on the snooty Burning Oaks Country Club after Endora turns Darrin into a snob.

Director: R. Robert Rosenbaum | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Edward Andrews

Votes: 282

60. Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960)
Episode: Torch Song for Trumpet (1959)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Cal is asked by a young lady, Cindy Roberts to investigate how her previous lover Kip Kiley had been released early from jail and refuses to have anything to do with her. What Cal discovers... See full summary »

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Andrew Duggan, Richard Long, Arlene Howell, Van Williams

Votes: 21

61. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: A Respectable Girl (1958)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Matt Rockford and his men rescue a tinhorn gambler from three cowhands who claim that they had been cheated by the man they were trying to kill. Rockford lets the cardplayer go on his way ... See full summary »

Director: James Neilson | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 21

62. Destry (1964)
Episode: Stormy Is a Lady (1964)

60 min | Western

Destry stops into a ghost town to visit his old friend, saloonkeeper Bessie Hawkins and the young girl she raised as her own daughter after her mother died in childbirth. Destry tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: John Gavin, Janet Blair, John Hoyt, Charles Macaulay

Votes: 8

63. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Christmas Show: Burl Ives, Gale Storm, John Raitt, Melissa Montgomery (1958)

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Today is the Christmas Show: Burl Ives, Gale Storm, John Raitt, Melissa Montgomery.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Dinah Shore, Tony Charmoli, Burl Ives, Melissa Montgomery

64. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Audrey Meadows, Eddie Bracken, Louis Jourdan (1959)

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Director: William Asher | Stars: Dinah Shore, Joel Aldred, Eddie Bracken, Tony Charmoli

65. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Episode #3.24 (1959)

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Directors: Bob Finkel, Dean Whitmore | Stars: Dinah Shore, Ray Bolger, Gary Crosby, Peggy Lee

66. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Jose Greco, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses (1959)

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Dinah reminisces about her TV career and welcomes show-stopping entertainers Louis Prima and Keely Smith and their musical group, Sam Butera and The Witnesses.

Directors: Bob Finkel, Dean Whitmore | Stars: Dinah Shore, Sam Butera, José Greco, Louis Prima

67. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Van Johnson, Peggy Lee, Cliff Arquette, Sujata & Asoka (1959)

60 min | Music

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Directors: Bob Finkel, Dean Whitmore | Stars: Dinah Shore, Joel Aldred, Cliff Arquette, Sujata and Asoka

68. Gidget (1965–1966)
Episode: The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

A battle for a new surfing beach causes problems between Gidget and her boyfriend Brett. Gidget uses medical subterfuge to get him back from her rival Patty.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Randy Kirby

Votes: 48

69. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
Episode: Scene of the Crime (1962)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A reporter friend of Tom's urges him to accompany her on her latest assignment: a story on a famous hunter and author whom she has been asked to join in a search for the wild boar of Kauai.... See full summary »

Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, Poncie Ponce, Arch Johnson

Votes: 14

70. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: An Echo Out of the Past (1956)

30 min | Drama

A World War II field nurse discovers that her temporarily blind patient is her former sweetheart.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Jane Wyman, Jeff Morrow, Ross Elliott, Lorna Thayer

71. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: As Long as I Live (1955)

30 min | Drama

A despondent man decides to take a final fling and then kill himself.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Jane Wyman, Dan O'Herlihy, Sallie Brophy, Brian Keith

72. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: Excuse Me for Living (1956)

30 min | Drama

Comic confusion results when a mother-in-law joins a young couple in their crowded city apartment.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Edith Evanson, Arthur Franz, Jane Wyman

73. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: In a Different Life (1956)

30 min | Drama

A geologist and his wife arrive at a remote Peruvian village in the backwaters of the Amazon. Although neither of them has ever been in that part of the country before, the wife displays an... See full summary »

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Lawrence Dobkin, Scott Forbes, Jack Kruschen, Penny Santon

74. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: Let Yesterday Die (1956)

30 min | Drama

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Director: Don Weis | Stars: Jimmy Baird, Lawrence Dobkin, Ruby Goodwin, Betty Lynn

75. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: Not What She Pretended (1956)

30 min | Drama

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Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Robert F. Simon, Tom Tryon, Jane Wyman

76. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: Scent of Roses (1956)

30 min | Drama

After waiting for years for her fiancé to return from his trip out west, Clarissa is sure that it is a hopeless cause. When he finally does return, she is convinced that he is more interested in her younger sister than her.

Stars: Edith Evanson, Nancy Gates, Jack Kelly, Jane Wyman

77. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: The Key (1955)

30 min | Drama

A young student nurse, training at a sanatorium, becomes friendly with a young female patient. Although the authorities frown on the relationship, the nurse persists in her efforts to help the disturbed girl.

Stars: Vivi Janiss, Carolyn Jones, Emile Meyer, Ann Tyrrell

78. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode: The Little Black Lie (1957)

30 min | Drama

A policeman takes an interest in a pretty nightclub pianist when she is threatened by an ex-con.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Jane Wyman, Dane Clark, Jesslyn Fax, Tim Graham

79. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode: It Started with Eve (1956)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Carney | Stars: Alexander Campbell, Ken Carpenter, Ellen Corby, Lillian Culver

80. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The King of Diamonds Affair (1966)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The title refers to criminal Rafael Delgado, an expert diamond thief. He's involved with a band of criminals, who dress in British style (bowler hats and umbrellas) but who speak Italian. ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Nancy Kovack

Votes: 85

81. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: A Tale of Three Cities (1959)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Bart has to pose as a repentant gambler as part of a scheme to recover $2,000 for an attractive woman - who initially robbed him at gunpoint.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Jack Kelly, Pat Crowley, Ben Gage, Ed Kemmer

Votes: 98

82. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: Kiz (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Beau comes to the aid of an eccentric heiress, whose cousin is trying to drive her to insanity to inherit the family fortune.

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Roger Moore, Kathleen Crowley, Whit Bissell, Tristram Coffin

Votes: 69

83. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: Maverick Springs (1959)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

In an effort to save her brother from the clutches of a scheming Melanie Blake, a wealthy rancher blackmails Bret into playing the role of a wealthy Texan to seduce Melanie into giving up ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Kathleen Crowley, King Donovan

Votes: 121

84. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The Misfortune Teller (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Bret tries to beat a murder rap in Medicine Bow, a town he's never been to before.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: James Garner, Kathleen Crowley, Alan Mowbray, Ben Gage

Votes: 93

85. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The White Widow (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

A beautiful widow asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts -- unaware that he is the intended victim of the poison pen letters.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Jack Kelly, Julie Adams, Richard Webb, Ross Elliott

Votes: 74

86. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: Thunder from the North (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

An Indian princess helps Beau out of trouble when he is framed for murder.

Director: William D. Faralla | Stars: Roger Moore, Andra Martin, Richard Coogan, Janet Lake

Votes: 72

87. My Three Sons (1960–1972)
Episode: The State vs. Chip Douglas (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Ernie notices that a rare coin in his collection is missing and accuses Chip of swiping it. A kangaroo court is held and Chip is acquitted. Ernie then finds the coin and realizes Chip was innocent all along.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston

Votes: 53

88. One Happy Family (1961)
Episode: Big Night (1961)

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Barney has an important client to entertain so he and Mildred plan an extravagant night on the town. The rest of the household are left out but Dick and Penny get the notion a surprise is being planned for them.

Director: Al Lewis | Stars: Jody Warner, Dick Sargent, Elisabeth Fraser, Chick Chandler

89. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1958)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elaine is being threatened and blackmailed by her husband, Harry Pitkin, so she consults Perry. In a complex series of moves, Perry is sent on a wild goose chase to Elaine's apartment, Harry ends up dead, and Elaine is charged with murder.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 420

90. Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode: Double Image (1961)

60 min | Drama

Sandy meets a young woman vacationing in Florida who has an odd obsession with a local gangster.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain

Votes: 11

91. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: A Man Called Horse (1958)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Horse, a name he comes to be called, is searching for himself. Since he doesn't feel that he found it in Boston, where he grew up, he tries out west, under the watchful eye of a small tribe of Crow.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Ralph Meeker, Joan Taylor

Votes: 129

92. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Honorable Don Charlie Story (1958)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Don Charlie is a gambler and womanizer and makes no excuses for it. When he meets a woman who wants to marry him there may be trouble because the Major promised her uncle that she would make it safely to San Francisco.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Cesar Romero, Virginia Grey

Votes: 88

93. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Millie Davis Story (1958)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Millie Davis reluctantly takes in an orphaned baby girl. Eight years later the girl's grandmother arrives to retrieve her. But Millie doesn't want to give up the child, so she claims that she and Flint are the parents.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Evelyn Rudie, Nancy Gates

Votes: 96

94. The Roaring 20's (1960–1962)
Episode: Coney Red Hots (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Weber's, a famous Coney Island hot-dog restaurant, is being pressured by gangster Lou Brazil to buy mustard from him at $100 a gallon. Scott decides to help the owners stand up to Brazil.

Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Rex Reason, Donald May, Dorothy Provine, Gary Vinson

95. The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966)
Episode: The Slumber Party (1963)

TV-G | Comedy, Family, Music

Patty and Cathy have a slumber party at their house for some of their girlfriends. The Richard, Henry, Tom and another boy show up at the door, before the party starts. Little brother Ross ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Prager | Stars: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron, Paul O'Keefe

Votes: 30

96. Bachelor Father (1957–1962)
Episode: The Rescue of Rufus (1959)

30 min | Comedy, Family

Bentley Gregg takes the case of a canine client named Rufus, after a little boy's dog is accused of biting a man, who demands that Rufus be destroyed.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, Sammee Tong, Jimmy Boyd

Votes: 19

97. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Episode #3.2 (1958)

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Director: William Asher | Stars: Dinah Shore, Joel Aldred, Jimmy Durante, Ella Fitzgerald

98. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Episode #3.20 (1959)

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Director: Dean Whitmore | Stars: Dinah Shore, Steve Allen, George Gobel, André Previn

99. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Tony Randall, Betty Grable, Ella Fitzgerald (1959)

60 min | Music

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Directors: Bob Finkel, Dean Whitmore | Stars: Dinah Shore, Ella Fitzgerald, Alexandra Danilova, Betty Grable

100. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963)
Episode: Sid Caesar, Jose Greco, Mahalia Jackson (1958)

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Director: William Asher | Stars: Dinah Shore, Joel Aldred, Sid Caesar, Michael Davis