The Ford Television Theatre - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

Years Ago

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1948

Joy to the World

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1948

Night Must Fall

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1948

Fear grips the hearts of everyone in an English village after a murderer begins stalking the inhabitants. And one young lady suspects that the madman may very well be the servant who has just moved into her home.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1949

A lecturer who is injured while visiting the home of a well-to-do socialite and must spend Christmas in her home convalescing. Sheridan Whiteside and his battles with the long-suffering nurse.

The Silver Cord

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1949

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage.

Outward Bound

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1949

A group of passengers aboard a crewless boat have one thing in common ... they are all dead and one by one their stories are revealed and judged by the Examiner.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1949

The story of the eccentric Brewster family of Brooklyn, N.Y. In addition to the scheming old women who poison their victims with elderberry wine, the family includes Teddy, who suffers delusions that he is Theodore Roosevelt and that the Panama Canal runs through the cellar of his home. The locks he digs become convenient graves for the lonely men who fall victims to Aunt Martha and Aunt Abby's machinations.

One Sunday Afternoon

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 16, 1949

A dentist wishes he had married someone else, until years later he realizes he loves his wife Amy better.

Season 3

The Traitor

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 8, 1950

A man who has been taking his wife of 20 years for granted is given a wake-up call. Through fantasies with a younger woman, he is reminded of what drew him to his wife so many years earlier.