The Matt Kirby Story

S04 E01 • Wednesday, Sep 18, 1957 • Sep 18

A newspaper man who ruthlessly embellishes the misdeeds of others in his stories uses his million to buy controlling interest in his paper but a female reporter could have unsavory and damaging details about the man's past.

The Pete Marlowe Story

S04 E02 • Wednesday, Sep 25, 1957 • Sep 25

After spending 20 years in prison Pete Marlowe tries to reconnect with the family he left behind.

The Roy Delbridge Story

S04 E03 • Wednesday, Oct 2, 1957 • Oct 2

An ex-GI is unable to dance due to his war wounds.

The Carl Bronson Story

S04 E04 • Wednesday, Oct 9, 1957 • Oct 9

A former show business star, who has fallen on hard times, is tracked down by Michael Anthony to a seedy hotel and presented with the million dollar check.

The Laura Hunter Story

S04 E05 • Wednesday, Oct 16, 1957 • Oct 16

A policewoman uses her million in an attempt to prove that her policeman boyfriend was framed by whom she believes is an unscrupulous fur dealer in a robbery scheme executed to collect insurance.

The Larry Parker Story

S04 E06 • Wednesday, Oct 23, 1957 • Oct 23

Larry Parker pines for a French woman he met in the war so much that he takes for granted a loving wife but is able to resolve the conflict when the money allows Parker and his wife to take a European trip with a stop in France.

The Ruth Ferris Story

S04 E07 • Wednesday, Oct 30, 1957 • Oct 30

Ruth Ferris' envious sister's engages in campaign to drive a wedge between Ruth and her new husband by suggesting the man has married Ruth for her money and will kill her for it as the sister thinks he did to his first wife.

The Hap Connolly Story

S04 E08 • Wednesday, Nov 13, 1957 • Nov 13

Drifter Hap Connolly harbors a runaway orphan boy for whose parents he worked prior to their deaths and comes into conflict with a young teacher over her intense educational schedule for the boy.

The Frank Keegan Story

S04 E09 • Wednesday, Nov 20, 1957 • Nov 20

The Steve Logan Story

S04 E10 • Wednesday, Nov 27, 1957 • Nov 27

Steve Logan uses his money to start a construction business with his Korean War buddy Larry who has been crippled by a job accident saving Steve's life which condition makes Larry feel unworthy to compete for a woman the two men love.

The Anitra Dellano Story

S04 E11 • Wednesday, Dec 4, 1957 • Dec 4

Seamstress Anitra Dellano meets a socialite at the Mardi Gras and is ashamed to tell him about her occupation.

The Hugh Waring Story

S04 E12 • Wednesday, Dec 11, 1957 • Dec 11

Anthony's research concerning the story of man on death row who he just gave a million that is wife is alive and framed him for her murder convinces Anthony that the man's story is true.

The Barbara Lydon Story

S04 E13 • Wednesday, Dec 18, 1957 • Dec 18

Barbara Lydon forsakes her longtime hometown love and uses her million to travel to Switzerland where she becomes romantically involved with a count caught up in a live and death struggle over a World War II grudge.

The Regina Wainwright Story

S04 E14 • Wednesday, Dec 25, 1957 • Dec 25

Wheelchair bound and of faded fortune, Regina Wainwright of southern aristocratic heritage hides her million to make her daughter think that the mother is dependent on her and to spoil the daughter's relationship with a Yankee suitor.

The Rod Matthews Story

S04 E15 • Wednesday, Jan 1, 1958 • Jan 1

To give the million Anthony traces Rod Matthews to a secluded island where he hides after being unjustly court marshaled and disowned by family and Matthews decides to use the money return to the United States and exact revenge.

The Marjorie Martinson Story

S04 E16 • Wednesday, Jan 8, 1958 • Jan 8

An actress ' misguided effort to use her money to revive a long faded career is interrupted when the demands of an old love forces to her reconsider her plans.

The Peter Barkley Story

S04 E17 • Wednesday, Jan 15, 1958 • Jan 15

Peter Bartley wants to use his money to find and help his two younger brothers who were separated from him by adoption from a Catholic orphanage where Pete grew to adulthood.

The Jonathan Bookman Story

S04 E18 • Wednesday, Jan 22, 1958 • Jan 22

An art dealer uses his million to start an island artists' colony while dealing with an uncooperative and shrewish wife and becoming increasingly enamored of a young model and dancer.

The Doris Winslow Story

S04 E19 • Wednesday, Jan 29, 1958 • Jan 29

After Elliot Smith marries nurse Doris Winslow who is unaware of Smith's great family wealth, another jealous nurse jeopardizes the marriage by causing Smith to believe that Winslow has married him for his money.

The Michael Holm Story

S04 E20 • Wednesday, Feb 5, 1958 • Feb 5

When Michael Holm receives his million, he decides to leave his meager and unrewarding law practice to become a man of leisure until his girlfriend introduces him to a man in a shaky legal situation and he sees the good he can now do.

The Martha Crockett Story

S04 E21 • Wednesday, Feb 12, 1958 • Feb 12

Martha decides to use her check to sponsor her husband's violin recital at Carnegie Hall.

The John Richards Story

S04 E22 • Wednesday, Feb 26, 1958 • Feb 26

A high school principal, the check recipient , must guide his son in dealing with a group of young hoodlums who beat his friend to death and now threaten the son.

The Johanna Judson Story

S04 E23 • Wednesday, Mar 5, 1958 • Mar 5

Johanna Judson abruptly leaves her employment as a companion for a grumpy woman but asks the woman's charming nephew to enter into a marriage of convenience because she wants a companion to share her travels funded with her money.

The Raymond Dupar Story

S04 E24 • Wednesday, Mar 12, 1958 • Mar 12

After acquiring his million dollar cheque, quiet librarian Raymond DuPar is followed around by gangsters. He's also a bit deaf, and hadn't heard them plotting in the library, though they think he did. When DuPar begs the police for help, they get suspicious of his new, unexplainable wealth.

The Neal Bowers Story

S04 E25 • Wednesday, Mar 19, 1958 • Mar 19

An American medical student in Paris losing in his rivalry for an American art student to a French composer due to her sympathy for the man after he loses sight in an accident uses his check to restore the rivals sight to even the odds.

The John Smith Story

S04 E26 • Wednesday, Mar 26, 1958 • Mar 26

A man who has suffered amnesia in a hotel fire uses his money to search his identity and discovers his involvement in a romantic triangle which led to murder.

The Susan Birchard Story

S04 E27 • Wednesday, Apr 2, 1958 • Apr 2

Childhood sweethearts meet up later in life by accident and fall in love all over again.

The Tony Drummond Story

S04 E28 • Wednesday, Apr 9, 1958 • Apr 9

Young architect Tony Drummond insists he must make a success of himself before he'll marry his rich heiress fiancée. She offers to finance a his housing development plans so they can marry sooner, but he refuses. When Michael Anthony presents him with the Tipton cheque, Drummond assumes it, too is one of her schemes.

The Thorne Sisters Story

S04 E29 • Wednesday, Apr 16, 1958 • Apr 16

Three spinster sisters receive jointly the million and start a spending spree that draws suspicion, particularly of busybody Atwood, on sister Tessie of embezzlement of government funds in her duties as town clerk.

The Rafe Peterson Story

S04 E30 • Wednesday, Apr 23, 1958 • Apr 23

A big game hunter in Africa has an encounter with a rogue elephant that nearly kills him. The incident scares him so much he loses his nerve. But after receiving the Tipton cheque, his confidence is restored and returns to hunt the elephant and pursue his boss's daughter, who he's fallen in love with.

The Andrew Sterling Story

S04 E31 • Wednesday, Apr 30, 1958 • Apr 30

The recipient this week is a retired widower who has just been joined by his son, a recent graduate of law school but not ready to start his own office. Upon getting the million dollars, the old man buys a two luxury apartments for his son and himself, and starts an affair with a far younger manicure girl. The son tries to stop it, but falls for her instead.

The Wally Bannister Story

S04 E32 • Wednesday, May 7, 1958 • May 7

Wally Banister is shunned and even fired from his job for hanging a jury in a murder trial so when he gets his million he uses the money to prove the innocence of the defendant in that trial.

The Jack Garrison Story

S04 E33 • Wednesday, May 14, 1958 • May 14

Because Phil Williams sees Garrison kiss Helen Rawlings to whom Williams is engaged, Phil threatens to kill Garrison while on an Air Force assignment at the North Pole so Garrison balks at a rescue when Williams is trapped in a crevice.

The Paul Taylor Story

S04 E34 • Wednesday, May 21, 1958 • May 21

Paul Naylor believes that his wife and daughter value him only for the things he provides for them so when he receives his million he withdraws from his all consuming business and pretends to be broke to assess their reaction.

The Russ White Story

S04 E35 • Wednesday, May 28, 1958 • May 28

When Russ White goes to thank and offer financial help to the family of the man who gave White his cornea, he is initially rebuffed because of a scandal of which he is unaware and which becomes more complex upon investigation.