Climax!

1954 - 1958 NR 1h 00m 6.7

This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Long Goodbye

1. The Long Goodbye

Aired: Oct 7, 1954

Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering h...

Episode 2 The Thirteenth Chair

2. The Thirteenth Chair

Aired: Oct 14, 1954

A TV version of the Bayard Viellet play about a séance held to trap a murdere...

Episode 3 Casino Royale

3. Casino Royale

Aired: Oct 21, 1954

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss Le Chiffre whil...

Episode 4 Sorry, Wrong Number

4. Sorry, Wrong Number

Aired: Nov 4, 1954

While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a plot ...

Episode 5 The Gioconda Smile

5. The Gioconda Smile

Aired: Nov 11, 1954

The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for a man and his mistress. On...

Episode 6 The After House

6. The After House

Aired: Nov 25, 1954

A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing, until the ship's off...

Episode 7 An Error in Chemistry

7. An Error in Chemistry

Aired: Dec 2, 1954

A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve ...

Episode 8 Epitaph for a Spy

8. Epitaph for a Spy

Aired: Dec 9, 1954

An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors...

Episode 9 The White Carnation

9. The White Carnation

Aired: Dec 16, 1954

A woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innoce...

Episode 11 The Bigger They Come

11. The Bigger They Come

Aired: Jan 6, 1955

Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale o...

Episode 12 Escape from Fear

12. Escape from Fear

Aired: Jan 13, 1955

An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business...

Episode 13 The Mojave Kid

13. The Mojave Kid

Aired: Jan 27, 1955

The Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.

Episode 15 The Valiant Men

15. The Valiant Men

Aired: Feb 10, 1955

Lt. Commander Knowles is assigned to skipper the USS Hamilton from England ba...

Episode 17 South of the Sun

17. South of the Sun

Aired: Mar 3, 1955

They were strangers to each other, even the married ones, and they all dreame...

Episode 19 The Darkest Hour

19. The Darkest Hour

Aired: Mar 24, 1955

An ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on reven...

Episode 20 The Champion

20. The Champion

Aired: Mar 31, 1955

A ruthless professional boxer, Midge Kelly (Rory Calhoun), tramples anyone he...

Episode 21 Private Worlds

21. Private Worlds

Aired: Apr 7, 1955

TV version of the ahead-of-its-time film Private Worlds (1935), starring 'Cla...

Episode 22 Flight 951

22. Flight 951

Aired: Apr 21, 1955

A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was...

Episode 25 No Stone Unturned

25. No Stone Unturned

Aired: May 19, 1955

Scottish nationalist Ian Hamilton leads a group of like minded countrymen in ...

Episode 26 A Farewell to Arms

26. A Farewell to Arms

Aired: May 26, 1955

An affair between an English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian fro...

Episode 27 The Unimportant Man

27. The Unimportant Man

Aired: Jun 2, 1955

The life of an ordinary, mild-mannered man is changed when he identifies the ...

Episode 28 The Dark Fleece

28. The Dark Fleece

Aired: Jun 16, 1955

A gold miner returns to his righteous California hometown, circa1857. He has ...

Episode 29 To Wake at Midnight

29. To Wake at Midnight

Aired: Jun 23, 1955

All the pent-up prejudices and hatreds of postwar Europe are revived when a N...

Episode 31 Wild Stallion

31. Wild Stallion

Aired: Jul 7, 1955

A rich southern widow's daughter has an older man engaged to marry her, a dis...

Episode 33 The Healer

33. The Healer

Aired: Jul 21, 1955

A brilliant surgeon, burdened with a self-centered wife and a beautiful heire...

Episode 35 One Night Stand

35. One Night Stand

Aired: Aug 4, 1955

In 1937, the members of a jazz ensemble come to the aid of one of their colle...

Episode 36 Edge of Terror

36. Edge of Terror

Aired: Aug 11, 1955

A small town banker and his family are threatened with death if he identifies...

Episode 37 Fear Strikes Out

37. Fear Strikes Out

Aired: Aug 18, 1955

A young major league baseball player, Jimmy Piersall (Tab Hunter), battles me...

Episode 38 Deal a Blow

38. Deal a Blow

Aired: Aug 25, 1955

When a 16-year-old, neglected by his movie producer father, gets in trouble, ...


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Info about Climax!

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres: Drama