Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre

Catch at Straws

A district attorney tries to help a Korean War veteran who returns home in disgrace. Even though he has been cleared of treason by a military court, the ex-GI is the object of scorn and persecution by the community.

Sudden Silence

Incidents in the growth of an old Western Town as seen through the eyes the sheriff's wife, Irene Frazier.

Paris Edition

Measure of Faith

A Catholic priest who was brutally beaten in a Communist prison, questions his faith.

Black Jim Hawk

As a youngster, Jim Hawk begged Governor Sam Houston of Tennessee to release his father, a convicted murderer. Houston refused and the boy swore revenge. Jim Hawk became one of the West's most notorious outlaws and finally got his chance to follow through on his boyhood threat.

Sometimes It Happens

A Welsh girl lives in New York City with her uncle and aunt. An old folk legend of her native country says that a love which proves itself three times will last forever. She decides to try this theory out on a young man she meets.

The Women Who Dared

In 1870, after years of hardship, a woman achieves her ambition of becoming a doctor. She dreams of serving the people in a small Western town, but the years of struggle seem wasted. The townspeople hate this woman who has dared enter a male profession.

The Menace of Hasty Heights

As the wife of a would-be councilman is preparing a house party to assure his election, an escaped convict takes shelter in the house. Instead of becoming frightened, she takes advantage of his entrance and puts him to work helping her.

Stand By to Dive

A young naval officer who has not seen his father since his parents were divorced when he was a child, is assigned to the submarine his father commands.

Front Page Father

A newspaper publisher starts an attack on local police because of the high rate of juvenile delinquency in his city.

The Marriage Plan

A young man buys a seemingly worthless traffic island in front of his house. The women in his family are so outraged at this idiotic move, that the young man ends up spending the night in a pup tent.

Duffy's Man

A young man arrives in a small western town and gets a job in a local stable. Most of the able-bodied men in the area are out of town on a roundup, so when five desperadoes terrorize the town, it's up to the stranger to drive them out.

Model Wife

A group of girls earn money for their set charity by posing for a calendar. One of them becomes interested in the photographer, but he shows her only indifference.

Fear Has Many Faces

During the Korean War, a sergeant was forced to shoot another soldier who made a break for the rear. The sergeant finds it impossible to forget the experience even after he returns to civilian life.

The Quiet Stranger

Sweet Charlie

The Penlands and the Poodle

Mrs. Wane Comes to Call

Laura Chandler is unable and seemingly unwilling to recover from the loss of her son.

The Connoisseur

An American, living in Europe, makes his somewhat precarious living selling art treasures to wealthy Americans. He believes that his wife and daughter are satisfied with their vagabond life until he overhears a conversation between them.

The Ringside Seat

Matty Curran loses his championship box title to a younger fighter. Matty's young son is afraid that his father has become a coward, and has let him down at a crucial moment.

With No Regrets

Christine Emerson, an elderly school principal, takes the side of a youngster who has been accused of setting fire to the school building. The school board wants to expel him.

The Man Who Beat Lupo

A famous Italian swordsman dons a mask and secretly turns professional to earn money for his family. After earning international renown and enough money to keep his mother comfortable until her death, he retires, intending never to duel again.

Broken Barrier

A highly paid executive has never quite forgiven his father for the harsh treatment he received as a child. Even when he receives word that his father is dying, he finds it hard to pay a last visit to the family farm.

Fate Travels East

A successful female novelist leaves her husband after they disagree about the amount of time she devotes to her career. On the train, she discovers an anonymous suicide note, and is afraid her husband wrote it.