Climax!#ep20
{{Short description|American anthology TV series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Dennis O'Keefe Phyllis Kirk Lloyd Bridges 1954.JPG
| caption = Dennis O'Keefe, Phyllis Kirk, and Lloyd Bridges in "Edge of Terror", 1955.
| alt_name = Climax Mystery Theater
| genre = Anthology
| director = John Frankenheimer
Ida Lupino
Arthur Hiller
Allen Reisner
Ralph Nelson
Buzz Kulik
Paul Nickell
William H. Brown Jr.
David Swift
Jack Smight
Don Medford
Anthony Barr
| presenter = William Lundigan (1954–1958)
Mary Costa (1956–1958)
| theme_music_composer = Leith Stevens
| opentheme =
| composer = Jerry Goldsmith
Bernard Herrmann
Alex North
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 166
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Albert R. Broccoli{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
| producer = Martin Manulis
Bretaigne Windust
| camera = Television Film
| runtime = 47–50 minutes
| channel = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|1954|10|07}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1958|06|26}}
}}
Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television 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, using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS's rival network, NBC (the broadcasting division of RCA). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, but, although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white kinescope copies of some episodes survive to the present day. The series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955–1956 season and #26 for 1956–1957.{{Cite web|url=https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/index.htm|title=ClassicTVguide.com: TV Ratings|publisher=classictvguide.com|access-date=2018-03-14}}
Production
In February 1955, Martin Manulis became the producer, replacing Bretaigne Windust. The trade publication Variety reported that the change in producers would be accompanied by a change in format. It said, "The sponsor, Chrysler, has been discontent with the restrictive suspense-horror formula," and that future episodes would be "designed to accent adventure and emotional climaxes rather than stark melodrama".{{cite magazine |date=February 16, 1955 |page=21 |title=Chrysler's 'Lay Off The Scary Stuff' Cues 'Climax' Story Switch |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety197-1955-02/page/n177/mode/2up?view=theater |accessdate=April 4, 2023}}
Notable episodes
In 1954, the Climax! episode "Casino Royale" featured secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale. It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. It was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to Casino Royale in the late 1990s. This adaptation is available on DVD as a bonus feature on the MGM DVD release of the 1967 film adaptation of the novel.
The only other episode of Climax! available on DVD is Gore Vidal's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, retitled on Climax! as "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".{{Citation|last=Reisner|first=Allen|title=Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|date=1955-07-28|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0394419/|others=Michael Rennie, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Sinclair|access-date=2018-03-14}} It stars Michael Rennie, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Lowell Gilmore. It is available in the DVD box set Classic Sci-Fi TV—150 Episodes from Mill Creek Entertainment.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In an earlier episode of Climax!, an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, actor Tristram Coffin, playing a dead body, arose in-shot and walked offstage. The event was widely covered in the media of the day, later becoming an urban legend that was attributed to Peter Lorre and the aforementioned adaptation of Casino Royale.{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/deadman.asp|title=Death Takes a Powder|website=Snopes|access-date=1 June 2010}}
In addition, a small number of episodes from the series can be found on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTKmp3L0wn-UpS3Gnj1hdk-oOCLRUkIzu|title=Climax • TV Series (Classic TV Channel/ComedyMX)|website=YouTube.com|access-date=1 June 2024}}
Episodes
=Series overview=
{{Series overview
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| link1 = #Season 1 (1954–55)
| episodes1 = 38
| start1 = {{Start date|1954|10|7}}
| end1 = {{End date|1955|8|25}}
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| link2 = #Season 2 (1955–56)
| episodes2 = 44
| start2 = {{Start date|1955|9|1}}
| end2 = {{End date|1956|8|30}}
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| link3 = #Season 3 (1956–57)
| episodes3 = 45
| start3 = {{Start date|1956|9|6}}
| end3 = {{End date|1957|8|29}}
| color4 = #000050
| link4 = #Season 4 (1957–58)
| episodes4 = 37
| start4 = {{Start date|1957|9|5}}
| end4 = {{End date|1958|6|26}}
}}
=Season 1 (1954–55)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Long Goodbye
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|10|7}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Thirteenth Chair
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|10|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Casino Royale
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|10|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Sorry, Wrong Number
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|11|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Gioconda Smile
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|11|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The After House
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|11|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = An Error in Chemistry
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|12|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Epitaph for a Spy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|12|9}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The White Carnation
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|12|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Nightmare in Copenhagen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1954|12|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Bigger They Come
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|1|6}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Escape from Fear
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|1|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Mojave Kid
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|1|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Leaf Out of the Book
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Valiant Men
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|2|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Box of Chocolates
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|2|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = South of the Sun
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|3|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Great Impersonation
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|3|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Darkest Hour
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|3|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Champion
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|3|31}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Private Worlds
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|4|7}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Flight 951
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|4|21}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = The First and the Last
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|4|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|5|5}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = No Stone Unturned
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|5|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = A Farewell to Arms
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|5|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = The Unimportant Man
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|6|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = The Dark Fleece
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|6|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = To Wake at Midnight
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|6|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = The Dance
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|6|30}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = Wild Stallion
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|7|7}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = The Escape of Mendes-France
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|7|14}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = The Healer
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|7|21}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|7|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = One Night Stand
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|8|4}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Edge of Terror
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|8|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Fear Strikes Out
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|8|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Deal a Blow
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|8|25}}
| ShortSummary =
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=Season 2 (1955–56)=
{{Episode table |background=#B0171F |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |airdate=15 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|9|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Public Pigeon #1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|9|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Silent Decision
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|9|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Night of Execution
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|9|22}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Sailor on Horseback
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|9|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Thin Air
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|10|13}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = House of Shadows
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|10|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Pink Cloud
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|10|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Schedule to Defraud
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|11|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = A Promise to Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|11|17}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Portrait in Celluloid
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|11|24}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = A Man of Taste
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|12|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Passport
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|12|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Day They Gave the Babies Away
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|12|22}}
| ShortSummary = With Mary Treen.
| LineColor = B0171F
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Bailout at 43,000 Feet
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1955|12|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Prowler
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|1|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The Hanging Judge
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|1|12}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Secret of River Lane
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|1|26}}
| ShortSummary = Starring Gigi Perreau{{cite news |title=Programs, Personalities |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/163931995/ |access-date=January 25, 2025 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=January 22, 1956 |page=5 H|via = Newspapers.com }}
| LineColor = B0171F
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Gamble on a Thief
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|2|2}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Fifth Wheel
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|2|9}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Nightmare by Day
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|2|23}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Sound of Silence
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|3|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = The Louella Parsons Story
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|3|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Pale Horse, Pale Rider
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|3|22}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = An Episode of Sparrows
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|3|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Spin Into Darkness
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|4|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = The Lou Gehrig Story
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|4|19}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Sit Down with Death
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|4|26}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = The Empty Room Blues
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|5|3}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Flame-Out in T-6
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|5|17}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Shadow of Evil
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|5|24}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Figures in Clay
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|5|31}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Faceless Adversary
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|6|7}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = To Scream at Midnight
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|6|14}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The Circular Staircase
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|6|21}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = A Trophy for Howard Davenport
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|6|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Phone Call for Matthew Quade
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|7|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Fear Is the Hunter
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|7|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Fury at Dawn
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|7|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| EpisodeNumber2 = 40
| Title = The Man Who Lost His Head
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|7|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| EpisodeNumber2 = 41
| Title = Child of the Wind / Throw Away the Cane
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|8|2}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| EpisodeNumber2 = 42
| Title = No Right to Kill
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|8|9}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 81
| EpisodeNumber2 = 43
| Title = The 78th Floor
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|8|16}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 82
| EpisodeNumber2 = 44
| Title = Dark Wall
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|8|30}}
| ShortSummary =
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=Season 3 (1956–57)=
{{Episode table |background=#500050 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |airdate=15 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 83
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Bury Me Later
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|9|6}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 84
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Burst of Violence
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|9|13}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 85
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Garsten Case
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|9|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 86
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Fog
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|9|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 87
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Island in the City
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|10|4}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 88
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Journey Into Fear
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|10|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 89
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Midas Touch
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|10|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 90
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Night of the Heat Wave
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|10|25}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 91
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Flight to Tomorrow
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|11|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 92
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Night Shriek
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|11|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 93
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Chinese Game
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|11|22}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 94
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Secret Thread
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|11|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 95
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Savage Portrait
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|12|6}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 96
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Strange Hostage
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|12|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 97
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Ten Minutes to Curfew
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1956|12|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 98
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Carnival at Midnight
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|1|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 99
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The Gold Dress
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|1|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 100
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Circle of Destruction
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|1|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 101
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Trouble at Number 5
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|1|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 102
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Stalker
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|2|7}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 103
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Stain of Honor
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|2|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 104
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Long Count
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|2|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 105
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = And Don't Ever Come Back
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|2|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 106
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Night of a Rebel
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|3|7}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 107
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Let It Be Me
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|3|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 108
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Strange Sanctuary
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|3|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 109
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Don't Touch Me
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|4|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 110
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = The Mad Bomber
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|4|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 111
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Avalanche at Devil's Pass
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|4|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 112
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = The Strange Deaths at Burnleigh
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|5|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 113
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = Bait for the Tiger
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|5|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 114
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = The Hand of Evil
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|5|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 115
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = The Disappearance of Amanda Hale
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|5|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 116
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Mr. Runyon of Broadway
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|6|6}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 117
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The Man Who Stole the Bible
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|6|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 118
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = A Taste for Crime
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|6|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 119
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = The Trial of Captain Wirz
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|6|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 120
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Locked in Fear
| AltTitle = False Witness
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|7|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 121
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Payment for Judas
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|7|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 122
| EpisodeNumber2 = 40
| Title = Walk a Tightrope
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|7|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 123
| EpisodeNumber2 = 41
| Title = The High Jungle
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|7|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 124
| EpisodeNumber2 = 42
| Title = The Giant Killer
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|8|1}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 125
| EpisodeNumber2 = 43
| Title = Trail of Terror
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|8|8}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 126
| EpisodeNumber2 = 43
| Title = Murder Is a Witch
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|8|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 127
| EpisodeNumber2 = 44
| Title = The Stranger Within
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|8|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 128
| EpisodeNumber2 = 45
| Title = Deadly Climate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|8|29}}
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=Season 4 (1957–58)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 129
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Trial by Fire
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|9|5}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 130
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Secret of the Red Room
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|9|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 131
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Necessary Evil
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|9|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 132
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Along Came a Spider
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|9|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 133
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Jacob and the Angels
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|10|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 134
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Mask for the Devil
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|10|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 135
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Largest City in Captivity
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|10|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 136
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Tunnel of Fear
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|10|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 137
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Keep Me in Mind
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|11|7}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 138
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Two Tests for Tuesday
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|11|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 139
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = A Matter of Life and Death
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|11|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 140
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Murder Has a Deadline
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|11|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 141
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Devil's Brood
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|12|5}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 142
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Hurricane Diane
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|12|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 143
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = To Walk the Night
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|12|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 144
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Shadow of a Memory
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1957|12|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 145
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Scream in Silence
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|1|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 146
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Thieves over Tokyo
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|1|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 147
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Sound of the Moon
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|1|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 148
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Burst of Fire
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 149
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Four Hours in White
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|2|6}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 150
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Secret Love of Johnny Spain
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|2|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 151
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Albert Anastasia—His Life and Death
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|2|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 152
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Thief with the Big Blue Eyes
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|3|6}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 153
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = So Deadly My Love
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|3|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 154
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = The Great World and Timothy Colt
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|3|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 155
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = On the Take
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|4|3}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 156
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = The Volcano Seat
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|4|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 157
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Shooting for the Moon
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|4|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 158
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = The Deadly Tattoo
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|5|1}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 159
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Big Success
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|5|8}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 160
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = The Disappearance of Daphne
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|5|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 161
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Time of the Hanging
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|5|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 162
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = The Push-Button Giant
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|5|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 163
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = Spider Web
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|6|5}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 164
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = House of Doubt
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|6|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 165
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Cabin B-13
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1958|6|26}}
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Guest stars
File:Sir Cedric Hardwicke Joan Tetzel Climax 1957.jpg and Sir Cedric Hardwicke in "Strange Death at Burnleigh" (1957) ]]
(In alphabetical order)
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- Julie Adams
- Anna Maria Alberghetti
- Eddie Albert
- Don Ameche
- Edward Arnold
- Mary Astor
- Anne Bancroft
- Ethel Barrymore
- Ralph Bellamy
- Joan Bennett
- Jack Benny
- Ward Bond
- Richard Boone
- Lloyd Bridges
- Terry Burnham[https://archive.org/details/independent-press-telegram-1959-03-01/page/n9/mode/2up?q=+%22pigtailed+blonde%22 "Pig-Tailed Blonde Has Role as Lana Turner's Daughter"]. Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram. March 1, 1959. p. A11. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- Raymond Burr
- Rory Calhoun
- Art Carney
- John Carradine
- Jack Carson
- John Cassavetes
- Lon Chaney Jr
- Linda Christian
- Steve Cochran
- Claudette Colbert
- Wendell Corey
- Hume Cronyn
- Mary Costa
- Linda Darnell
- Jane Darwell
- Laraine Day
- Brandon deWilde
- Paul Douglas
- Tom Drake
- Joanne Dru
- James Dunn
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Nina Foch
- John Forsythe
- Anne Francis
- Betty Furness
- Eva Gabor
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Farley Granger
- Bonita Granville
- Coleen Gray
- Peter Graves
- Jean Hagen
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke
- Charlton Heston
- Paul Henreid
- Celeste Holm
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Kim Hunter
- Tab Hunter
- Ruth Hussey
- Vivi Janiss
- Louis Jourdan
- Katy Jurado
- Boris Karloff
- Phyllis Kirk
- Jack Klugman
- Angela Lansbury
- Peter Lawford
- Cloris Leachman
- June Lockhart
- Marjorie Lord
- Peter Lorre
- Tina Louise{{cite news |title=Project 20 Gives Record of America |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal/164011801/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |work=The Salina Journal |date=November 21, 1957 |page=16|via = Newspapers.com }}
- Barton MacLane
- Walter Matthau
- Raymond Massey
- Lee Marvin
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Dorothy McGuire
- Steve McQueen
- Patricia Medina
- Ralph Meeker
- Vera Miles
- Sal Mineo
- Thomas Mitchell
- Robert Mitchum
- Elizabeth Montgomery
- Agnes Moorehead
- Rita Moreno
- Barry Nelson
- Edmond O'Brien
- Margaret O'Brien
- Pat O'Brien
- Dennis O'Keefe
- Susan Oliver
- Maureen O'Sullivan
- Betsy Palmer
- Dick Powell
- Robert Preston
- Vincent Price
- Dale Robertson
- Edward G. Robinson
- Cesar Romero
- Ann Rutherford
- Sylvia Sidney
- William Shatner
- Red Skelton
- Dean Stockwell
- Elaine Stritch
- Yma Sumac
- Joan Tetzel
- Franchot Tone
- Claire Trevor
- Lana Turner
- Eli Wallach
- Ethel Waters
- John Wayne
- James Whitmore
- Shelley Winters
- Joanne Woodward
- Teresa Wright
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0046587|title=Climax!}}
- [http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Climax.htm Climax! at CVTA with episode list]
- {{Internet Archive film|id=Climax-DrJekyllAndMrHyde|name=Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde}}
Category:1954 American television series debuts
Category:1958 American television series endings
Category:1950s American anthology television series