Cavalcade of America: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cavalcade of America Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Monument to a Young Man
Sep 18, 1956 · 60 min
A Los Angeles police detective, school principal, and star athlete try to help a juvenile delinquent.
A Bed of Roses
Sep 25, 1956 · 60 min
An engaged girl disagrees with her parents about the kind of wedding ceremony she should have. She wants an elaborate church wedding; her parents insist on a simple home ceremony.
The People and General Glancy
Oct 9, 1956 · 60 min
The small community of Duluth, Ga., is desperately in need of a hospital, but refuses to accept a wealthy industrialist's check.
Wild April
Oct 16, 1955 · 60 min
Portrays events in the later life of Johnny Appleseed, showing his influence on the pioneers who lived in a small community in the Ohio River Valley.
The Hobo Kid
Oct 23, 1956 · 60 min
A truant-officer tracks down a kid who's not in school because he's watching his father drink himself to death.
Date With a Stranger
Oct 30, 1956 · 60 min
An Austrian girl is desperate because she is about to be deported from the U.S. She prays to George Washington for help. This results in a mysterious encounter with a man named C
Innocent Bystander
Nov 13, 1956 · 60 min
A newspaper reporter that has lived his whole life believing in the biblical maxim of ?As Ye Sow, so Shall Ye Reap.? When he is seriously injured while investigating a juvenile ga
Woman's Work
Nov 20, 1956 · 60 min
An elderly man lets his son and the boy's bride live in the family home. His intentions are to turn the girl into a household slave, but she has a different idea.
Return of Bombardier
Nov 27, 1956 · 60 min
During his imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp, an American flier finds that religion gives him the strength he needs to withstand hardship. He vows to return to Japan to preach t
Pursuit of a Princess
Dec 4, 1956 · 60 min
Long-time partners in an antique business break up when one of them marries the other?s former girl friend. Each opens an antique store, keeping a wary eye on the other?s activiti
Once a Hero
Dec 11, 1956 · 60 min
An ex-rodeo champion who feels he has failed as a father tries to gain respect in his son's eyes by going back to the rodeo where he was once successful.
The Blessed Midnight
Dec 18, 1956 · 60 min
A youngster steals a cake from a bakery to give his aunt. With the help of a friend his own age, the boy tries to keep from being caught.
Three Young Kings
Dec 25, 1956 · 60 min
As part of the Christmas festivities in a Latin-American village, youngster traditionally distribute gifts to other children whose parents purchased the presents. The gift-givers a
The Two Worlds of Nicolo
Jan 1, 1957 · 60 min
A teenage Italian boy comes to this country to attend high school as an exchange student. He is thrilled and happy with everything about his visit, until he learns his family in I
The House of Empty Rooms
Jan 8, 1957 · 60 min
A widow worries about the years ahead. All the children are living far away, and her house seems increasingly empty and lonely each day.
Leap to Heaven
Jan 15, 1957 · 60 min
Story of two-time Olympic champion Bob Richards in Polevaulting (1952-1956), who started off as a young football halfback, then after winning Olympic medals moving on to the minist
Dowry for Ilona
Jan 22, 1957 · 60 min
A young Hungarian-American couple fall in love and plan to marry. They announce their intentions to their parents, and immediately a family rivalry emerges. Both fathers want to
The Man from St. Paul
Jan 29, 1957 · 60 min
Principal John Norton befriends a youngster who is accused of robbery, and obtains a parole for the boy. He even gets him a job as cashier in the school lunchroom. When money is
Are Trees People?
Feb 5, 1957 · 60 min
An elderly Irishwoman is living alone in suburban home given to her by her married daughter. On a trip back to the Bronx to visit old friends, she discovers three orphan youngster
Decision for a Hero
Feb 12, 1957 · 60 min
Joe Loring, a college football player, doesn't know it, but Dewey Elton, a fellow student, has been writing letters home saying they are best friends. When Dewey dies unexpectedly
The Frightened Witness
Feb 19, 1957 · 60 min
Joe Kohler happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He witnesses a mob hit when a car deliberately runs over a pedestrian. When mob lieutenant Craig tells Joe that he ha
The Man Who Asked No Favors
Mar 5, 1957 · 60 min
During a dry spell, members of a preacher's congregation demand that he ask the Lord to send them rain. He refuses, which enrages his followers.
Don Marshall's Brat
Mar 19, 1957 · 60 min
Young Trudy Marshall is an 11-year old who dreams of ending the feud between her parents and maternal grandfather. When she saves the life of an elderly Mexican bandit, the Calave
The Widow is Willing
Mar 26, 1957 · 60 min
After an attempted takeover of her ranch the widow is smitten by her hostile opponent.
The Last Signer
Apr 2, 1957 · 60 min
Citizen's of an American town are infuriated when a Czech immigrant signs his name to one of the historical copies of the Declaration of Independence.
The Shark on the Mountain
Apr 23, 1957 · 60 min
Young Brian Beck is addicted to telling tall tales. After he sees a man killed he tells his best friend Noah, that he is in danger. But the old man thinks it's another of Brian's
Chicago 2-1-2
Apr 30, 1957 · 25 min
A caller plays a cat and mouse game with his intended victim when the roles become reversed.