TV Reader's Digest
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Drama
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.
Episodes
S01 · E01
The Last of the Old Time Shooting SheriffsJanuary 17, 1955
S01 · E02
Trouble on the DoubleJanuary 24, 1955
S01 · E03
Britain's Most Baffling Murder
S01 · E04
How Chance Made Lincoln PresidentFebruary 7, 1955
S01 · E05
I'll Pick More DaisiesFebruary 14, 1955
S01 · E06
Top SecretFebruary 21, 1955
S01 · E07
A Matter of Life and DeathFebruary 28, 1955
S01 · E08
The End of Blackbeard the PirateMarch 7, 1955
S01 · E09
The American Master CounterfeitersMarch 14, 1955
S01 · E10
America's First Great LadyMarch 21, 1955
S01 · E11
The Manufactured ClueMarch 28, 1955
S01 · E12
Incident on the China CoastApril 4, 1955
S01 · E13
How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the GiantsApril 11, 1955
S01 · E14
Honeymoon in MexicoApril 18, 1955
S01 · E15
The Great Armored Car RobberyApril 25, 1955
S01 · E16
A Million Dollar StoryMay 2, 1955
S01 · E17
Dear Friends and Gentle HeartsMay 9, 1955
S01 · E18
France's Greatest DetectiveMay 16, 1955
S01 · E19
Around the Horn to MatrimonyMay 23, 1955
S01 · E20
The Anatomy of a GraftMay 30, 1955
