A woman, known as the nightclub entertainer "That Ryan Girl" is forced to choose between her husband and her son. The father plans to trade on their reputations to clear himself of a murder rap.
A former naval intelligence officer, now a college professor, is offered a job by a group of European socialists. He is forced to confront the changes in life since the start of the Cold War.
Emma's a beautiful, intelligent heiress who cares for her elderly father. In desperate need of diversion, she involves herself in the romances and dalliances of her friends.
Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.
The original presentation received such extensive praise, the same production crew and cast were hired for a highly unusual repeat live performance, thus becoming the first live drama in television history to be broadcast twice due to popularity. Both shows were performed and broadcast live.
Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.
Despite having no political aspirations or experience, Mrs. Bibb is asked to fill the seat of her deceased husband. Aiding her is her husband's assistant, Ned, who is engaged to the Bibbs' daughter. Events take an ugly turn when it Ned is suspected of having taken a bribe from a contractor.
A man who in a drunken rage killed a neighbor is released from prison after serving five years. Paddo returns home and takes out his rage on his friends and family members. His son Willie stands up to the brute and proves that Paddo is neither needed nor wanted by the family.
Jeff Peters uses his personal magnetism to fleece the mayor of a hick town, run a shady matrimonial agency and establish a monopoly on the rot-gut whiskey business. Peters is joined in these schemes by a right-hand man and a beautiful widow. The trio thinks that they are unstoppable until they meet up with a former master of the con game.
As part of its law school training, a college stages mock trials for students to gain experience. One of its mock trials turns real when the city's mayor is put on the stand and the misuse of taxpayers' money is revealed.
Al Kendall has climbed from delivery boy to ownership of a dress manufacturing plant. Now facing bankruptcy, he hires an arsonist to burn the plant down so he can collect the insurance. When the building goes up in flames, a man is unexpectedly killed, leaving Kendall facing a murder charge.
A young lawyer is urged by the local political boss to run for the district attorney's office. Wanting to fight for justice, he debates accepting the politician's support. Though he despises the boss' methods, he feels he can accomplish much good with the man's endorsement.
A woman who has been away for years recovering from a mental illness returns to find her life quite different. She comes home to a daughter who does not remember her and a husband who has since remarried.
A mousy bank clerk whose hobby is collecting guppies attends his 20th anniversary college reunion. He assumes an outgoing persona for the occasion and impresses the alumni with his gregarious ways.
Four dangerous desperadoes are heading into a peaceful Western town. The young sheriff gets no support from the merchants who fear a shoot-out will ruin the town's reputation or the locals who are simply afraid. He's left with just his gun and sense of duty to take on the deadly quartet.
A decorated ex GI fears that he is the victim of the "killer instinct" when he shoots a fleeing bandit. Does this stem from an evil instinct or from a sense of justice? Another violent crisis, however, proves his anxiety unfounded.
A well-liked policeman dreams that he will have a shoot-out with a criminal on a specific day. While walking his beat on that night, he encounters the thug of his dreams.
Two college students hitching their way back to school. A fierce storm arises, and they take shelter in a local farmer's barn. The next day on the radio they hear that the daughter of the farmer who gave them shelter has been murdered, and the boys are shocked to hear that a description of the killers matches them perfectly.
