Episode guide
Armstrong Circle Theatre: Season 8
19 episodes · premiered Oct 2, 1956
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- Episode 1: The Bystander Oct 2, 1956
- Episode 2: S.O.S. from the Andrea Doria Oct 16, 1956 This drama about the tragedy of the Andrea Doria is a combination of narration by John Cameron Swayze, film clips and a re-enactment of the story of Thure Peterson and his wife, who loses…
- Episode 3: Flare Up Oct 30, 1956
- Episode 4: Flight #387 from Budapest Nov 13, 1956 Docudrama of a small group of Hungarians escaping to West Germany. Polyak gathers people who wish to flee and, after great difficulty, arranges for a gun. They board a flight to a city…
- Episode 5: Search, Seizure and Arrest Dec 11, 1956 A dramatization of the actual operations of a customs enforcement squad on a ship as it tracks down a man trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. Inspector Michaels boards a ship from…
- Episode 6: Operation Deep Freeze: Crash of the Otter Dec 25, 1956 Dramatization of seven men marooned by a plane crash in Antarctica. The plane, the Otter, is part of the largest Antarctic expedition in history, Operation Deep Freeze. The crash occurs…
- Episode 7: Divorcées Anonymous Jan 8, 1957 A drama of a woman on the verge of divorce and how Divorcees Anonymous, a Chicago organization, deals with such cases. The organization tries along with two divorced women to make the…
- Episode 8: The Freedom Fighters of Hungary Jan 22, 1957 Dramatization of how three strangers, Anna Percelz, Sandor Fisvek and Ferenc Lukacs, become part of a force fighting a common enemy. The drama traces the heroic and tragic paths each…
- Episode 9: Error in Judgment: The Case of Prisoner #16688 Feb 5, 1957 True-life drama of a young lawyer's untiring efforts to free a man he believes was unjustly convicted. The lawyer, Bob Gorman, examines the file of Roy Eaton, who has been serving time…
- Episode 10: The Trial of Poznan Feb 19, 1957
- Episode 11: The Vanished Mar 5, 1957
- Episode 12: Four Homes for Danny Mar 19, 1957 This is the story of an unloved and misunderstood child, Danny, and the homes in which he lives and tries to find himself. He begins to be difficult at home and in class, but his nagging…
- Episode 13: Arson: File #732 Apr 2, 1957 This is a drama based on the work of the Fire Marshal's Office of Nassau County, Long Island, New York. A case history is presented about the solution of an arson for profit case, which…
- Episode 14: Slow Assassination: Perón Vs. La Prensa Apr 16, 1957 A dramatization of the actual life and death struggle of an independent newspaper against the tyranny of the dictator, Juan Perón. The press of the world brought to light the fight of Dr…
- Episode 15: Night Court Apr 30, 1957 A dramatization based on fact of a typical night in New York's famous Night Court, the City Magistrate's Court, where cases of minor crimes and disturbances are handled. Insight is given…
- Episode 16: Day of Disaster: Riker's Island May 14, 1957
- Episode 17: Three Cents Worth of Fear May 28, 1957
- Episode 18: Money for Sale Jun 11, 1957
- Episode 19: The Hunted: The Eva Soreny Story Jun 25, 1957