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51. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 1 (1962)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

7.0
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A docudrama based on the armed robbery of the Brink's Company in Boston on Jan. 17, 1950, the largest cash robbery in history, totaling $2,775,395.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Lambert, Paul Mazursky, Cliff Osmond, William Phipps

Votes: 12

52. Startime (1959–1961)
Episode: The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

8.2
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A disgruntled bank employee executes an elaborate corporate sabotage against his employers.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Conrad Bain, Patricia Barry, Charles Coburn, David Doyle

Votes: 22

53. Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
Episode: High Tor (1956)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

7.4
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A musical version of Maxwell Anderson's never-filmed fantasy play.

Directors: James Neilson, Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Everett Sloane

Votes: 29

54. ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode: The Wide Open Door (1967)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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An American con man and his lookalike, a Scotland Yard inspector who is incapacitated from an accident, must solve a case. They are hindered by an amorous overage secretary and an ex-con.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Leon Ames, Honor Blackman, Leslie Bradley, Eric Brotherson

55. The Best of Broadway (1954–1955)
Episode: Broadway (1955)

Comedy, Drama, Musical

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A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Don Gordon, Martha Hyer, Piper Laurie

56. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: Gideon's Follies (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

6.5
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Rich Mr. Gideon has recently married for the sixth time, and has invited all his slightly flaky ex-wives to meet his new spouse. Then he gets murdered. Police charge the new Mrs. Gideon, and the Prestons defend her---in an unusual way.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Shirl Conway, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 26

57. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: Killer Instinct (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

8.4
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When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, William Shatner, Joanne Linville

Votes: 46

58. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: Reunion with Death (1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

8.4
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Lawrence is called to a luncheon with six Korean War Air Force veterans, ostensibly for legal advice. But soon after he arrives he learns the real reason: they want him to act as defense ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Robert Webber, Lee Philips

Votes: 25

59. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: The Attack (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

8.6
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The Prestons defend a policeman who killed the teenage boy that attacked his five-year-old daughter. The officer stubbornly insists he had a right to do it and most of his neighbors agree with him.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Richard Kiley, Barbara Barrie

Votes: 30

60. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: The Boy Between (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

7.5
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The Prestons are hired by a stage actress who wants full custody of her son, and does not even want to grant visitation rights to the boy's father. But she refuses to tell them the full ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Norma Crane, Ilka Chase

Votes: 25

61. The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode: The Tarnished Cross (1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

7.9
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Lawrence Preston finds himself trying to save a man from the "justice" of a kangaroo court.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Biff McGuire, Martin Sheen

Votes: 18

62. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Ambassador at Large (1964)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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A bloody tyrant who rules the imaginary Latin American country of Pais del Sol is challenged by a powerful rebel leader who mouths sentiments of democracy and freedom. The U.S. is reluctantly drawn into their complex political battle.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Ned Cary, Andrew Duggan, James Edwards, Peter Falk

63. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Big Deal in Laredo (1962)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers. There's lots of money at stake, and he insists to his disapproving wife that he's got a winning hand. When he has a heart attack, she must take over.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Walter Matthau, Teresa Wright, Zachary Scott, John McGiver

64. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Don't Go Upstairs (1964)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Mr. and Mrs. Harper argue about firing a life-long employee of their business, Jason Simmons. Daisy, their daughter, overhears their argument, and with that her fantasy begins. She hears a ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charles Aidman, Doug Chapin, James Daly, Mary Fickett

65. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964)

Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Infuriated by the arrogance shown by gangland bosses during a Senate hearing, a lonely young man named Jeremy decides to do something about it and punish these criminals for their wrongdoing by becoming "Jeremy Rabbit, Secret Avenger".

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Jim Backus, Brian Donlevy, Frank Gorshin, Carolyn Jones

66. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: More, More, More, More (1964)

Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Alice and Rex Adams find themselves rich when a small value of stock turns into a half million dollars. What they do to match this success will change their lives forever.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Patricia Barry, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, Martin Milner

67. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: The Legend of Lylah Clare (1963)

Comedy, Drama, Musical

8.3
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What really happened to the famous film star Lylah Clare, whose life (and death) forms the subject of a proposed new movie?

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Sorrell Booke, Alfred Drake, Johnny Haymer, Janice Mars

Votes: 12

68. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: The Shark (1963)

Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Fred once saved Harry from being killed by a shark, so when he visits Harry and his family he's treated like a guardian angel. But Fred needs to confide in his friend that he has just killed a prostitute. How Harry will take it?

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Skip Homeier, Diana Hyland, Peg Murray

69. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2 (1962)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Todays theme is the World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Lambert, Paul Mazursky, William Phipps, Gerald Price

70. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Two Faces of Treason (1963)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Cpl. William Yarrow is asked to to assume the identity of a Communist agent who has just died - an agent who bore a striking resemblance to him. If the ruse succeeds, Yarrow's country will benefit. If he fails, he could pay with his life.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Larry Blyden, Frank Campanella, James Daly, Lloyd Nolan

71. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode: Windfall (1963)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

8.7
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When Emily and Frank find $92,000 in a sink they bought in a junk shop, they decide to turn it over to the police. Friends call them fools, but the IRS thinks they have more money to report.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Eddie Albert, Rex Everhart, Murray Hamilton, Glynis Johns

Votes: 12

72. Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
Episode: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

9.4
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When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Raymond Bailey, Robert Gist, Les Hellman

Votes: 9

73. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Alice in Wonderland (1950)

Drama

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Young Dorothy goes down the hole in a dramatization of the children's classic.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Dorothy Jarnac, Jack Lemmon, Iris Mann, Biff McGuire

74. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Angel Street (1950)

Drama

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Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Ernest Cossart, Elfrida Derwent, Elizabeth Eustis, Judith Evelyn

75. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Another Darling (1950)

Drama

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A girl shows up on the doorstep of a relative for a self-invited visit and goes about charming every man in sight with flattery and phony charm.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Jack Albertson, Pat Crowley, Jack Ewing, Jack Lemmon

76. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Cause for Suspicion (1950)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Dean Harens, Louisa Horton, Glenn Langan, Neil Fitzgerald

77. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Dead on the Vine (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: John Alexander, Bertha Belmore, Peter Brandon, Faith Brook

78. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Final Copy (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Wally Cox, Anna Minot, Robert Sterling

79. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Heart of Darkness (1950)

60 min | Drama

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A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Faith Brook, Richard Carlson, Richard Purdy, Murvyn Vye

80. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Joy to the World (1948)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Eddie Albert, Janet Blair, Philip Coolidge, Myron McCormick

81. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Night over London (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stella Andrew, Leslie Barrie, Alexander Clark, Basil Howes

82. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Peter Ibbetson (1951)

Drama

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Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart. Their love ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stella Andrew, Richard Greene, Anna Lee, Iris Mann

83. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Spring Again (1951)

60 min | Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Walter Hampden

84. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Ghost Patrol (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Ernest Truex, Jane Seymour, Dennis Patrick, Paul Ford

85. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Ghost Patrol (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Ford, Martin Newman, Dennis Patrick, Jane Seymour

86. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Golden Mouth (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Richard Abbott, Anne Bancroft, Carry Bridewell, Frank DeKova

87. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Marble Faun (1950)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Wesley Addy, Sally Chamberlin, Anna Lee, Alan Shayne

88. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Married Look (1950)

Drama

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A man who has been taking his wife of 20 years for granted is given a wake-up call. Through fantasies with a younger woman, he is reminded of what drew him to his wife so many years earlier.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Betsy Blair, Paul Kelly, Lois Wilson

89. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Touchstone (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Francis Compton, Jerome Cowan, Jacqueline deWit, Paul Kirk Giles

90. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The Traitor (1950)

60 min | Drama

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An nuclear physicist feels that the only way to hope for world peace is to share its secrets with the USSR.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Wesley Addy, Barbara Ames, James Coots, Walter Hampden

91. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: The White-Headed Boy (1950)

Drama

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In a small Irish town, an older man is trying to get his daughter married off to the "white-headed boy" who just failed at studying medicine. In the meantime, he's courting the young man's aunt.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Biff McGuire, Mildred Natwick, Elinor Randel

92. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Three in a Room (1951)

Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Judith Evelyn, Howard Freeman, Louisa Horton, Pat Kirkland

93. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode: Ticket to Oblivion (1951)

60 min | Drama

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Signe Hasso, Anthony Quinn

94. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956–1957)
Episode: Antigone (1956)

Drama

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King Creon of Thebes denies a honorably burial to the warrior Polyneices but the deceased's sister Antigone objects. While attempting to steal the body it entangles Antigone with the vengeful Creon.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Claude Rains, Marisa Pavan, Felicia Montealegre, Mildred Natwick

95. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956–1957)
Episode: Roar of the Lion (1956)

Drama

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Dora, a widow with a charming young son, has her move into a new neighborhood turned into a nightmare by a sadistic juvenile delinquent named Matt.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Bert Freed, Nancy Kelly, Clifford Tatum Jr., Ann Shoemaker

96. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956–1957)
Episode: So Short a Season (1957)

Drama

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Bob Quincy goes to great lengths to hide the fact that he's an expert gunslinger by going about as a clown.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Albert Salmi, Susan Oliver, Rip Torn, Hope Emerson

97. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956–1957)
Episode: The Army Game (1956)

Drama

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Danny considers his time in the army a waste and pretends to be crazy to get a psychiatric discharge.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Andrews, Philip Abbott, George Grizzard

Votes: 19

98. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956–1957)
Episode: The Rag Jungle (1956)

Drama

7.2
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Charlie, working in the garment industry, refuses to pay the protection money demanded by racketeers. After his father Vito is beaten up Charlie organizes the other clothing manufacturers into standing together against the mob.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Paul Newman, Nehemiah Persoff, Edmon Ryan, Don Gordon

Votes: 17

99. Person to Person (1953–1961)
Episode: Episode #1.23 (1954)

30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Ezio Pinza

100. Person to Person (1953–1961)
Episode: Episode #1.28 (1954)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Groucho Marx, James P. Mitchell



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