Kraft Television Theatre: Season 10
Season 10 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 Kraft Television Theatre Season 9.
- 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 10 Progress Shield
The Plunge
Sep 26, 1956
Al Kendall has climbed from delivery boy to ownership of a dress manufacturing plant. Now facing bankruptcy, he hires an arsonist to burn the plant down so he can collect the insur
Murder of a Sand Flea
Oct 10, 1956
A young Marine recruit undergoes rigorous combat training at a Marine boot camp.
Before It's Too Late
Nov 14, 1956
A frantic father helps police search for his traveling wife and daughter. The child had been bitten by a rabid dog and needs medical attention immediately.
The Ninth Hour
Dec 5, 1956
A pair of convicts, the leader and his psychopathic follower, attempt a prison break. The two take over the isolation wing of a penitentiary and hold a couple of guards hostage. Th
The Just and the Unjust
Dec 26, 1956
A young lawyer is urged by the local political boss to run for the district attorney's office. Wanting to fight for justice, he debates accepting the politician's support. Though h
Six Hours of Terror
Jan 9, 1957
A powerful diplomat and a possible Russian spy are among the passengers on a transatlantic flight thought to have a bomb aboard. As tension builds, a French detective goes about th
A Traveler from Brussels
Feb 27, 1957
An American salesman who is about to return home from Brussels after an unsuccessful business trip is offered $10,000 to smuggle diamonds to the U.S. He agrees and promptly has the
Night of the Plague
Mar 20, 1957
A British pathologist conducts an autopsy on a corpse to discover the cause of death. He's shocked to discover that the unidentified man died of the bubonic plague. Scotland Yard i
Sheriff's Man
Mar 28, 1957
Conflict develops between an old sheriff and his ambitious, young deputy as the two pursue a killer on the loose.
A Night of Rain
Apr 24, 1957
A young man comes into the life of a childless married couple, functioning in many ways as a son. Trouble begins when he and the wife fall in love and begin plotting the death of t
The Glass Wall
May 15, 1957
A woman who has been away for years recovering from a mental illness returns to find her life quite different. She comes home to a daughter who does not remember her and a husband
The Roaring Twentieth
Jun 5, 1957
A mousy bank clerk whose hobby is collecting guppies attends his 20th anniversary college reunion. He assumes an outgoing persona for the occasion and impresses the alumni with his
Circle of Fear
Aug 14, 1957
A psychotic actor goes to extremes to keep his ex-girlfriend from going out with another man. When she falls in love with a new man, the couple become the target of threats and vio
Ride into Danger
Aug 27, 1957
Four dangerous desperadoes are heading into a peaceful Western town. The young sheriff gets no support from the merchants who fear a shoot-out will ruin the town's reputation or th
The Killer Instinct
Sep 18, 1957
A decorated ex GI fears that he is the victim of the "killer instinct" when he shoots a fleeing bandit. Does this stem from an evil instinct or from a sense of justice? Another vio