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TV Reader's Digest Season 2

October. 17,1955

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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.

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TV Reader's Digest Season 2 Full Episode Guide

Episode 39 - The Smuggler

First Aired: July. 09,1956

Episode 38 - The Only Way Out

First Aired: July. 02,1956

Episode 37 - Family Reunion USA

First Aired: June. 25,1956

Episode 36 - Go Fight City Hall

First Aired: June. 18,1956

Episode 35 - The Gigantic Bank Note Swindle

First Aired: June. 11,1956

Episode 34 - The General's Escape

First Aired: June. 04,1956

Episode 33 - The Man Who Dreamt Winners

First Aired: May. 28,1956

Episode 32 - Down on the Tennessee

First Aired: May. 21,1956

Episode 31 - Britain's Most Baffling Murder Case

First Aired: May. 14,1956

Episode 30 - The Old, Old Story

First Aired: May. 07,1956

Episode 29 - Miss Victoria

First Aired: April. 30,1956

Episode 28 - Uncle Sam's C-Men

First Aired: April. 23,1956

Episode 27 - The Woman Who Changed Her Mind

First Aired: April. 16,1956

Episode 26 - Courage

First Aired: April. 09,1956

Episode 25 - The Secret Weapon of Joe Smith

First Aired: April. 02,1956

Episode 24 - The Trigger Finger Clue

First Aired: March. 26,1956

Episode 23 - No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache

First Aired: March. 19,1956

Episode 22 - Night Court

First Aired: March. 12,1956

Episode 21 - It's a Wise Father

First Aired: March. 05,1956

Episode 20 - The Case of the Uncertain Hand

First Aired: February. 27,1956

Episode 19 - Return from Oblivion

First Aired: February. 20,1956

Episode 18 - Texas in New York

First Aired: February. 13,1955

Episode 17 - The Mystery of Minnie

First Aired: February. 06,1956

Episode 16 - Cochise, Greatest of the Apaches

First Aired: January. 30,1956

Episode 15 - A Bell for Okinawa

First Aired: January. 23,1956

Episode 14 - The Man Who Beat Death

First Aired: January. 16,1956

Episode 13 - Why the Choir Was Late

First Aired: January. 09,1956

Episode 12 - In the Eye of a Hurricane

First Aired: January. 02,1956

Episode 11 - Ordeal at Yuba Gap

First Aired: December. 26,1955

Episode 10 - When the Wise Men Appeared

First Aired: December. 19,1955

Episode 9 - Emergency Case

First Aired: December. 12,1955

Episode 8 - The Sad Death of a Hero

First Aired: December. 05,1955

Episode 7 - If I Were Rich

First Aired: November. 28,1955

Longing to move up in the world and escape their ordinary lives, the Johnson family pin all their hopes on a sweepstakes ticket. When their ticket becomes one of twenty finalists, temptation to sell it before the prize is selected wears on them, but they win it. Afterward, what looked like a life of ease turns into problems and heartache.