Climax!

Season 1 Episode 20: The Champion

4 Seasons Mar 31, 1955 NR 1h 6.7

A ruthless professional boxer, Midge Kelly (Rory Calhoun), tramples anyone he can to get to the top, including his loyal brother Connie (Tommy Cook). This is a TV version (adapted by Rod Serling) of the Ring Lardner story, filmed in 1949...

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Season 1 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, ...

Info about Climax!

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama