Series·1955·2 seasons

TV Reader's Digest

Drama

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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The Last of the Old Time Shooting SheriffsE1 · 30 min
Trouble on the DoubleE2 · 30 min
Britain's Most Baffling MurderE3 · 30 min
How Chance Made Lincoln PresidentE4 · 30 min
I'll Pick More DaisiesE5 · 30 min
Top SecretE6 · 30 min
A Matter of Life and DeathE7 · 30 min
The End of Blackbeard the PirateE8 · 30 min
The American Master CounterfeitersE9 · 30 min
America's First Great LadyE10 · 30 min
The Manufactured ClueE11 · 30 min
Incident on the China CoastE12 · 30 min
How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the GiantsE13 · 30 min
Honeymoon in MexicoE14 · 30 min

A newlywed couple comes to a small Mexican village to spend a year painting. After helping an orphaned child with an injury, they unexpectedly end up as his parents. Once word gets around, other kids beat a path to their door hoping also to be adopted.

The Great Armored Car RobberyE15 · 30 min
A Million Dollar StoryE16 · 30 min
Dear Friends and Gentle HeartsE17 · 30 min
France's Greatest DetectiveE18 · 30 min

The story of Alphonse Bertillion, a low level employee of the French police, who developed a theory of identifying suspects by their unique physical measurements, like the size of the head. At first his superiors are skeptical, but statistics taken of a man in question exposes his guilt in a murder case.

Around the Horn to MatrimonyE19 · 30 min
The Anatomy of a GraftE20 · 30 min
Human Nature Through a Rear View MirrorE21 · 30 min
Mr. Pak Takes OverE22 · 30 min
My First BullfightE23 · 30 min
Comrade Lindemann's ConscienceE24 · 30 min
Six Hours of SurgeryE25 · 30 min
The Baron and His Uranium KillingE26 · 30 min

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2 credited

Hugh Reilly
Hugh Reilly
Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond

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