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Series · 1955–1956Ended

TV Reader's Digest

8.0·2 seasons·65 episodes·30 min avg.

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.

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The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs
The Last of the Old Time Shooting SheriffsUp next
Jan 17, 1955
02
Trouble on the Double
Trouble on the Double
Jan 24, 1955
03
TBA
Britain's Most Baffling MurderTBA
04
How Chance Made Lincoln President
How Chance Made Lincoln President
Feb 7, 1955
05
I'll Pick More Daisies
I'll Pick More Daisies
Feb 14, 1955
06
Top Secret
Top Secret
Feb 21, 1955
07
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death
Feb 28, 1955
08
The End of Blackbeard the Pirate
The End of Blackbeard the Pirate
Mar 7, 1955
09
The American Master Counterfeiters
The American Master Counterfeiters
Mar 14, 1955
10
America's First Great Lady
America's First Great Lady
Mar 21, 1955
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The Manufactured Clue
The Manufactured Clue
Mar 28, 1955
12
Incident on the China Coast
Incident on the China Coast
Apr 4, 1955
13
How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants
How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants
Apr 11, 1955
14
Honeymoon in Mexico
Honeymoon in Mexico
Apr 18, 1955

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.

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The Great Armored Car Robbery
The Great Armored Car Robbery
Apr 25, 1955
16
A Million Dollar Story
A Million Dollar Story
May 2, 1955
17
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
May 9, 1955
18
France's Greatest Detective
France's Greatest Detective
May 16, 1955

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.

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Around the Horn to Matrimony
Around the Horn to Matrimony
May 23, 1955
20
The Anatomy of a Graft
The Anatomy of a Graft
May 30, 1955
21
Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror
Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror
Jun 6, 1955
22
Mr. Pak Takes Over
Mr. Pak Takes Over
Jun 13, 1955
23
My First Bullfight
My First Bullfight
Jun 20, 1955
24
Comrade Lindemann's Conscience
Comrade Lindemann's Conscience
Jun 27, 1955
25
Six Hours of Surgery
Six Hours of Surgery
Jul 4, 1955
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The Baron and His Uranium Killing
The Baron and His Uranium Killing
Jul 11, 1955

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Hugh Reilly
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