Paul Nickell

The Bat

A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by spinster Cornelia Van Gorde.

Summer Pavilion

In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.

Confessions of a Nervous Man

From the anthology series Studio One. On opening night, a playwright sits in a bar interacting with well-wishers and remembering the problems of getting a play ready for Broadway while anxiously awaiting the verdicts of the eight newspaper reviewers.

1984

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Studio One's anthology series.

The Trial of John Peter Zenger

A reenactment of the trial of John Peter Zenger who was arrested during US colonial times for printing materials against the British.

Abraham Lincoln

The story of court-martialed Union soldier William Scott, who is slated for execution for sleeping on duty after he was sent for by Abraham Lincoln.

10,000 Horses Singing

James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has been stowed there.

A Bolt of Lightning

The story of James Otis who was a part of the American revolution. He contested in court the right of the British to search colonists' homes.

A Passenger to Bali

Captain English permits Mr. Walkes to board his ship bound for Bali, only to learn Walkes is unwelcome at virtually every port, forcing English to endure his increasingly unwelcome guest.

Flowers from a Stranger

The mental condition of psychiatrist's wife Lorna Baylor begins to deteriorate as an anonymous delivery of flowers arrives at her home, awakening her phobia of white carnations. This is the 1950 version. You can tell because it previews the next weeks movie, which was The Wisdom Tooth.