Kraft Television Theatre: Season 11
Season 11 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 10.
- 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 11 Progress Shield
Polka
Dec 18, 1957
The Polish-American father of three daughters takes great pride in entering the annual polka contest each year with one of the girls. Last year, when his oldest daughter married, t
Eddie
Jan 22, 1958
A well-liked policeman dreams that he will have a shoot-out with a criminal on a specific day. While walking his beat on that night, he encounters the thug of his dreams.
Material Witness
Feb 19, 1958
An average citizen witnesses a murder. His family then faces intimidation from the killer.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
May 7, 1958
A group of shady characters from a mining town wind up stuck in a blizzard with a naive young couple. The situation brings out the best, and worst, in everyone.
All the King's Men: Part 1
May 14, 1958
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.
Death Wears Many Faces
Jul 30, 1958 · 60 min
Two college students hitching their way back to school. A fierce storm arises, and they take shelter in a local farmer's barn. The next day on the radio they hear that the daughter
Night Cry
Aug 13, 1958
A tough veteran cop, expecting to be promoted to a supervisor position, is passed over, and finds himself assigned to a homicide by the man who took what he considered to be his jo
We Haven't Seen Her Lately
Aug 20, 1958
Elderly Aunt Violet lets it be known that she's particularly afraid of one of her heirs, who she thinks is greedy enough to do away with her to get her money. Not long after hiring
Riddle of a Lady
Sep 24, 1958
A sophisticated, upper-crust British lawyer turns to a much shadier colleague to clear him when he's charged with murdering a somewhat disreputable woman.