The Dick Powell Show — Season 1

Aspiring actress Julie Greer is talking to someone on the phone when there is a knock at the door. She puts the phone down and answers the door. A person, who we don't see but who Julie obviously knows, enters. She tells the person to quit and leave. The person attacks and strangles her. Julie's last words are to repeatedly scream out ""George Townsend"". Julie's body is discovered by her roommate Ann Farmer. Millionaire police captain Amos Burke, with the assistance of fellow officers Phil Winslow and Joe Nolan, investigate the case. A little black book containing the names of many men, whom Julie may have had affairs with and dumped over the years, is found. The names include: Rex, the singing cowboy star of a TV series; Dr. C.Z.

Escaped convict Sid Williams shows up at the home of his brother Paul.

Blackjack dealer Eddie Doyle is good at his job, but his salary is a pittance compared to the sums that cross his table. Doyle needs five grand fast, for an operation for his young daughter, so he and a pal named Victor cook up a plan. Victor plays the game while Eddie deals losing hands for the house.

American flier Collin Shatner's plane is hit during a bombing mission near the end of World War 2.

Toy tycoon Chandler Hanford decides that Jack Farmer, the firm's fair-haired boy, is just the person to handle the company's outside investments.

In Southeast Asia, two professional soldiers reflect on their encounters with their sergeant, a tough infantryman captured by the enemy.

A crooked politician doesn't want his wife to get a Mexican divorce, because then she can testify against him.

Mob boss Burton Stevens is seriously injured in a so-called car accident, and will die unless he picks someone to die in his place.

Story of a Greek tomato delivery truck driver whose schedule is interrupted when he picks up a pregnant hitchhiker.

Police chief Harry Sellers warns Officer Obie Roberts to break off his ""secret"" romance with Carol Manson before he ruins his career and his marriage.

Attorney Robert Thatcher tells the police that he was seeing the murder victim while his wife was in a mental hospital.

An alcoholic newspaperman uses a partially blind ex-prizefighter to expose a boxing-racket boss.

When underworld boss MacThane is released from prison, the California stakes turn even higher.

Inspector Boulanger of the Paris police is keeping a careful eye on the activities of Vincent Powers at the Orly Airport . So instead of picking up that highly valuable valise he came for, he has the porter place it among the luggage of Alice Wood, an American tourist.

When World War I breaks out, a strange couple seeks to escape from German East Africa.