Climax!
6.7
1954
Drama
, Mystery
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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- Cast:
- William Lundigan , Mary Costa
Episode 38 : Deal a Blow
August. 25,1955
A teenage boy gets into a dispute with an abusive movie theater manager Mr. Grubbs. The boy's father Tom Ditmar accepts the manager's somewhat twisted version of the incident and doesn't give his son a chance to explain his side of the matter.
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Episode 37 : Fear Strikes Out
August. 18,1955
True story of ballplayer battling mental illness and domineering father.
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Episode 36 : Edge of Terror
August. 11,1955
A small town banker and his family are threatened with death if he identifies the leader of the gang that tried to rob his bank.
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Episode 35 : One Night Stand
August. 04,1955
In 1937, the members of a jazz ensemble come to the aid of one of their colleagues who is stricken with tuberculosis.
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Episode 34 : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
July. 28,1955
Classic Stevenson tale of a scientist whose experiments into the duality of man transform him into the misshapen, murderous Mr. Hyde.
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Episode 33 : The Healer
July. 21,1955
A brilliant surgeon, burdened with a self-centered wife and a beautiful heiress who's in love with him, becomes tormented by doubts about his ability after losing a patient during a difficult operation.
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Episode 32 : The Escape of Mendes-France
July. 14,1955
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Episode 31 : Wild Stallion
July. 07,1955
A handsome, devil-may-care fortune hunter [from South America] makes his home with a well-to-do Southern family. He is attracted at first to the daughter, until he discovers the mother is the one who holds the key to the family fortune.
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Episode 30 : The Dance
June. 30,1955
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Episode 29 : To Wake at Midnight
June. 23,1955
All the pent-up prejudices and hatreds of postwar Europe are revived when a Nazi lieutenant recovers consciousness in a British hospital after being in a coma for years.
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Episode 28 : The Dark Fleece
June. 16,1955
A gold miner returns to his righteous California hometown, circa1857. He has great wealth, but also a burdened conscious; he has killed a man.
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Episode 27 : The Unimportant Man
June. 02,1955
The life of an ordinary, mild-mannered man is changed when he identifies the murderer of his employer's brother.
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Episode 26 : A Farewell to Arms
May. 26,1955
An American, in the Italian Army during World War I, who meets a nurse and falls in love with her. Together they try to find a haven from the turbulence around them.
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Episode 25 : No Stone Unturned
May. 19,1955
A Scottish student has the historical Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. His purpose is to get England to recognize Scotland's independence.
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Episode 24 : The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia
May. 05,1955
A courageous nun suffers ordeals while trying to escape from behind the Iron Curtain.
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Episode 23 : The First and the Last
April. 28,1955
The threat of scandal, revolving around the death of a man in London, prompts an ambitious lawyer to disregard both legan and moral principles. His concern for his own career puts an innocent man's life in jeopardy.
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Episode 22 : Flight 951
April. 21,1955
A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was the defendant. Now a successful businessman travelling under an assumed name, he must decide between keeping his secret and saving the eyesight of a fellow passenger.
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Episode 21 : Private Worlds
April. 07,1955
A woman doctor probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution.
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Episode 20 : The Champion
March. 31,1955
The famous story deals with a boxer whose rise to fame has been at the expense of friends and associates. Through flashbacks, we see how Midge Kelly rose from the Chicago slums to a world championship.
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Episode 19 : The Darkest Hour
March. 24,1955
An ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter.
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Episode 18 : The Great Impersonation
March. 10,1955
The action of this tale of intrigue and espionage takes place in the jungles of East Africa in 1914. The destinies of Germany and Great Britain are dependent upon one man whose decision is influenced by one of the two women in his life.
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Episode 16 : The Box of Chocolates
February. 24,1955
A hated columnist becomes involved in murder after receiving an innocent-looking box of chocolates with a note from the manufacturer asking him to try them.
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Episode 15 : The Valiant Men
February. 10,1955
Lt. Comm. Knowles is assigned to skipper the USS Hamilton from England back to New York. While he and his crew celebrate New Year's Eve 1943, an unknown danger lurks nearby.
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Episode 14 : The Leaf Out of the Book
February. 03,1955
The story revolves around two women, one a successful career woman, the other an ambitious girl. After giving the daughter of an old friend a job, the successful businesswoman realizes the drawbacks of her generosity.
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Episode 13 : The Mojave Kid
January. 27,1955
The Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.
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Episode 12 : Escape From Fear
January. 13,1955
An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.
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Episode 11 : The Bigger They Come
January. 06,1955
Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.
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Episode 10 : Nightmare in Copenhagen
December. 30,1954
Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.
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Episode 9 : The White Carnation
December. 16,1954
A woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innocent gift but lead to terror.
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Episode 8 : Epitaph for a Spy
December. 09,1954
An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.
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Episode 7 : An Error in Chemistry
December. 02,1954
A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, only to wind up dead shortly afterwards, the husband quick to confess.
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Episode 6 : The After House
November. 25,1954
A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing until the dream voyage turns into a nightmare. The ship's officer is thrown overboard and another is hacked to death who is next.
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Episode 5 : The Gioconda Smile
November. 11,1954
The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.
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Episode 4 : Sorry, Wrong Number
November. 04,1954
A neurotic invalid whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to get help and her growing terror and realisation of the truth chill you to the bone.
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Episode 3 : Casino Royale
October. 21,1954
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. The first dramatization of a James Bond novel.
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Episode 2 : The Thirteenth Chair
October. 14,1954
When his friend is murdered, Edward Wales sets out to capture the killer. He stages a seance and invites 13 people, any one of who may have killed the dead man, but it ends in chaos when the killer strikes again during a blackout.
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