Episodes
Target for Three
October 1, 1959
Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.
The Sounds of Eden
October 15, 1959
Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.
Misalliance
October 29, 1959
A group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend engage in an exploration of their varied romantic entanglements.
The Hidden Image
November 12, 1959
A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.
The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
November 26, 1959
In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?
The Tunnel
December 10, 1959
In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.
The Silver Whistle
December 24, 1959
The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.
John Brown's Raid
January 14, 1960
The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
A Dream of Treason
January 21, 1960
A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.
To the Sound of Trumpets
February 10, 1960
In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naïve and romanticized attitude to war.
The Cruel Day
February 24, 1960
Violence and brutality greet a French Army captain when he arrives in Algeria to assume command of a remote outpost. He is appalled by the savage massacre of an Algerian family by the Rebels. When the French take a prisoner who knows the names of Rebel leaders, the captain is told that torture is the only way to make him talk. Then the captain meets the prisoner - a handsome, intelligent teenage boy.
Tomorrow
March 7, 1960
Slow witted, and tired, Fentry leads a lonely life of grinding poverty in his sharecropper's shack until a sick, pregnant woman escaping her abusive husband comes there. He takes her in and cares for her, eventually falling in love with her.
The Hiding Place
March 22, 1960
In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.
Alas, Babylon
April 3, 1960
Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.
Journey to the Day
April 22, 1960
Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.
The Shape of the River
May 2, 1960
Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
May 16, 1960
In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.
