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Season 5 Episode 4: Hold Back the Dawn

7 SeasonsSep 16, 1954NR1h7.6

Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 To Each His Own

1. To Each His Own

Aired: Aug 26, 1954

An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her so...

Episode 3 Christmas in July

3. Christmas in July

Aired: Sep 9, 1954

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a for...

Episode 4 Hold Back the Dawn

4. Hold Back the Dawn

Aired: Sep 16, 1954

Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into th...

Episode 5 The Heiress

5. The Heiress

Aired: Sep 23, 1954

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusiv...

Episode 7 The Mansion

7. The Mansion

Aired: Oct 7, 1954

Young Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South a...

Episode 10 September Tide

10. September Tide

Aired: Oct 28, 1954

A middle-aged woman is surprised when her son-in-law falls deeply in love wit...

Episode 12 Five Star Final

12. Five Star Final

Aired: Nov 11, 1954

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics ...

Episode 14 A Medal for Benny

14. A Medal for Benny

Aired: Nov 25, 1954

Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the tow...

Episode 15 Craig's Wife

15. Craig's Wife

Aired: Dec 2, 1954

A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her po...

Episode 16 Ladies in Retirement

16. Ladies in Retirement

Aired: Dec 9, 1954

The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her...

Episode 17 Double Indemnity

17. Double Indemnity

Aired: Dec 16, 1954

An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme ...

Episode 18 September Affair

18. September Affair

Aired: Dec 23, 1954

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a qui...

Episode 19 The Chase

19. The Chase

Aired: Dec 30, 1954

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's inv...

Episode 20 Sunset Boulevard

20. Sunset Boulevard

Aired: Jan 6, 1955

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has...

Episode 21 Penny Serenade

21. Penny Serenade

Aired: Jan 13, 1955

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexp...

Episode 23 So Evil My Love

23. So Evil My Love

Aired: Jan 27, 1955

Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and ro...

Episode 24 One Foot in Heaven

24. One Foot in Heaven

Aired: Feb 3, 1955

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one ...

Episode 25 A Bell for Adano

25. A Bell for Adano

Aired: Feb 10, 1955

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Itali...

Episode 26 The Copperhead

26. The Copperhead

Aired: Feb 17, 1955

Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a tra...

Episode 27 So Dark the Night

27. So Dark the Night

Aired: Feb 24, 1955

A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven ...

Episode 28 Casablanca

28. Casablanca

Aired: Mar 3, 1955

Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American e...

Episode 30 It Grows on Trees

30. It Grows on Trees

Aired: Mar 17, 1955

What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.

Episode 31 Shadow of a Doubt

31. Shadow of a Doubt

Aired: Mar 24, 1955

A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he se...

Episode 33 The Browning Version

33. The Browning Version

Aired: Apr 7, 1955

Forced to retire from an English public school. a disliked professor must con...

Episode 34 No Sad Songs for Me

34. No Sad Songs for Me

Aired: Apr 14, 1955

Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurabl...

Episode 35 An Act of Murder

35. An Act of Murder

Aired: Apr 21, 1955

A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.

Episode 36 The Great McGinty

36. The Great McGinty

Aired: Apr 28, 1955

Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But en...

Episode 37 Remember the Night

37. Remember the Night

Aired: May 5, 1955

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third off...

Episode 38 Eight Iron Men

38. Eight Iron Men

Aired: May 12, 1955

Tensions arise when a WW II squadron is ordered not to rescue a squad mate pi...

Episode 40 Thunder on the Hill

40. Thunder on the Hill

Aired: May 26, 1955

Convicted murderess Valerie Carns is being transported to Norwich to be execu...

Episode 41 The Suspect

41. The Suspect

Aired: Jun 2, 1955

A middle aged man commits murder when he feels that his happiness is threaten...

Episode 43 The Inside Story

43. The Inside Story

Aired: Jun 16, 1955

When money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds...

Episode 44 Forever Female

44. Forever Female

Aired: Jun 23, 1955

An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role any...

Episode 47 Dark Tribute

47. Dark Tribute

Aired: Jul 14, 1955

Murder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.

Episode 50 The Nine-Penny Dream

50. The Nine-Penny Dream

Aired: Aug 4, 1955

A dream of winning a penny pool is realized by the meek owner of an English p...

Episode 51 Perilous Deception

51. Perilous Deception

Aired: Aug 11, 1955

A man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.

Episode 53 June Bride

53. June Bride

Aired: Aug 25, 1955

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an I...

Episode 55 The Happy Man

55. The Happy Man

Aired: Sep 8, 1955

A man finds a wallet in a taxicab with a lot of money in it. He turns it in t...


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