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A black-market liquor organization pressures honest dealers while presenting civic leader Johnson as a respectable spokesman for independent merchants. Britt notices that Johnson knows details of a killing before the…
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A black-market liquor organization pressures honest dealers while presenting civic leader Johnson as a respectable spokesman for independent merchants. Britt notices that Johnson knows details of a killing before the…
Allen's attempt to organize a hillbilly band goes awry when concert violinist Albert Spalding is mistakenly recruited as the group's singer.
A peaceful Russian village is shattered by the German invasion, forcing ordinary families to resist occupation, endure loss and fight to preserve both their lives and their dignity.
Abner struggles to run the store alone and find help, discovering that being the sole boss is less satisfying than he expected.
Twin Forks is shaken when the Lone Ranger discovers that a respected community leader may secretly be a notorious criminal mastermind.
A dramatization based on Otto Zoff's They Shall Inherit the Earth examines what modern war has done to children in different countries. Scenes contrast ordinary childhood play with militarization, hunger,…
Fred Allen's visit becomes a battle of wisecracks with Archie while Miss Duffy uses Leap Year as an excuse to intensify her search for a husband.
Abner regrets leaving the theater venture just as Lum appears to be prospering, unaware that the picture show is about to suffer a disastrous fire.
Lum's uninsured picture show burns down, leaving him broke and too proud to admit how badly the loss has affected him.
On the first show of the new year, Abbott tries to teach Lou how to court a woman properly, acting out a doorstep proposal and romance lesson that Lou repeatedly…
Preston races to prevent a revenge killing while uncovering the truth behind a stolen emerald.
The disappearance of an eccentric Southern patriarch reveals a murderous plot inside his troubled family.
A wealthy industrialist comes west looking for his son and finds the young man branded an outlaw and somehow connected to the Lone Ranger.
After rescuing a woman from an apartment fire, Britt becomes suspicious of the handkerchief she was desperate to save. Its knotted border conceals a Braille-like message leading to an ultraviolet-revealed…
Using two separate disguises, Nick infiltrates a criminal organization trying to exploit and murder an innocent heiress.
Gildersleeve pretends to be sick to avoid an early morning, but the lie lands him in a hospital where he becomes terrified that doctors plan to operate.
After a beer barrel knocks Fred unconscious, the accident grows into an absurd courtroom fight over his damaged suit and the missing beer.
A German anti-Nazi activist seeking temporary refuge with his family in America is threatened by a blackmailer, forcing him into a desperate decision so his resistance work can continue.
After a torpedo sinks his ship in the South Atlantic, Seaman Basil Izzi and a handful of survivors crowd onto a raft with almost no food or water. Over eighty-three…
Fibber tackles his 1943 income-tax return while Harry Von Zell turns up still trying to get paid for his earlier appearance.
Working as Abner's delivery boy creates new resentment between the former partners as Lum finds ways to dodge chores and Abner struggles with the store books.
An heiress is threatened by a greedy cousin who wants her share of a ranch, leaving the Lone Ranger to stop a deadly inheritance scheme.
Lou arrives soaked and sneezing, setting off routines about colds, exercise and physical fitness before a strongman-style professor demonstrates his supposed powers. Guest Peter Lorre then invites Lou to his…
Preston investigates a killing and a forged deed involving a prospector's greedy son and an accomplice.
Lum turns his humiliating delivery job to his advantage by demanding a raise and maneuvering Abner into a position he did not expect.
A portrait painter's murder leads Keen through jealousy, false assumptions, and mistaken identity.
Reporter Ed Lowry thinks he has found the love of his life in Estelle Ritter, unaware that she is working with the gang behind a bank robbery. When Lowry grows…
With a condemned man only hours from execution, Nick races to prove his innocence and uncovers betrayal behind the original crime.
A puppy, a doghouse project, and a flattering widow repeatedly distract Gildersleeve while he struggles to finish his income-tax paperwork.
A respectable small-town civic leader loses his memory and reverts to the con artist he used to be, then tries to use his old criminal instincts both for a new…
A dramatization of Lin Tai Yi's War Tide follows young Loyin as war destroys the ordinary life of her Chinese family. Her brother goes to fly against the Japanese, her…
Songs and sketches explore the humorous complications of romance, marriage and everyday family life.
A Duffy’s Tavern comedy broadcast featuring the guest billing “Guest Lauritz Melchior (AFRS).”
A bouquet arrives for Molly from a mysterious man named Ralph, leaving Fibber determined to find out who sent the flowers and why.
Guest Harold Peary as the Great Gildersleeve joins a show that begins with shipyard, military and family jokes before moving into music lessons and neighborhood comedy. Young characters practice trumpet…
Preston and King work to clear an innocent man accused of murder while identifying the real killers behind a gold-rush crime.
Lum's imitation-diamond business collapses and a trade leaves him stuck with a barber chair, pointing him toward yet another unlikely profession.
A famous singer disappears from her dressing room, exposing jealousies and buried pasts in the Broadway theater world.
A railroad foreman pushing the Union Pacific forward faces deliberate sabotage, and the Lone Ranger and Tonto help keep the line moving.
A box of recorded messages from a murder victim provides Nick with the clues to a baffling killing.
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