Lux Video Theatre: 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 Lux Video Theatre 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
To Each His Own
Aug 26, 1954 · 60 min
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Christmas in July
Sep 9, 1954 · 60 min
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As
Hold Back the Dawn
Sep 16, 1954 · 60 min
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
The Heiress
Sep 23, 1954 · 60 min
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
The Mansion
Oct 7, 1954 · 60 min
Young Master Lacy must make up his mind between a daughter of the Old South and a Northern hussy.
Five Star Final
Nov 11, 1954 · 60 min
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.
A Medal for Benny
Nov 25, 1954 · 60 min
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his fam
Craig's Wife
Dec 2, 1954 · 60 min
A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Ladies in Retirement
Dec 9, 1954 · 60 min
The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.
Double Indemnity
Dec 16, 1954 · 60 min
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
September Affair
Dec 23, 1954 · 60 min
An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opp
The Chase
Dec 30, 1954 · 60 min
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
Sunset Boulevard
Jan 6, 1955 · 60 min
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Penny Serenade
Jan 13, 1955 · 60 min
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
So Evil My Love
Jan 27, 1955 · 60 min
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes
One Foot in Heaven
Feb 3, 1955 · 60 min
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
A Bell for Adano
Feb 10, 1955 · 60 min
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements,
The Copperhead
Feb 17, 1955 · 60 min
Milt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abra
So Dark the Night
Feb 24, 1955 · 60 min
A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's da
Casablanca
Mar 3, 1955 · 60 min
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
The Life of Emile Zola
Mar 10, 1955 · 60 min
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
It Grows on Trees
Mar 17, 1955 · 60 min
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Shadow of a Doubt
Mar 24, 1955 · 60 min
A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.
My Name is Julia Ross
Mar 31, 1955 · 60 min
Julia Ross is a young woman alone in the world and is in search of a job. She is hired by an elderly woman named Mrs. Hughes to act as her live-in personal secretary. One of Mrs. H
The Browning Version
Apr 7, 1955 · 60 min
Forced to retire from an English public school. a disliked professor must confront his utter failures as a teacher, a husband, and a man.
No Sad Songs for Me
Apr 14, 1955 · 60 min
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make e
An Act of Murder
Apr 21, 1955 · 60 min
A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
The Great McGinty
Apr 28, 1955 · 60 min
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics. But endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Remember the Night
May 5, 1955 · 60 min
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction
Eight Iron Men
May 12, 1955 · 60 min
Tensions arise when a WW II squadron is ordered not to rescue a squad mate pinned down by the enemy, for fear of risking more lives.
Make Way for Tomorrow
May 19, 1955 · 60 min
An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
Thunder on the Hill
May 26, 1955 · 60 min
Convicted murderess Valerie Carns is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary becomes convinced
The Suspect
Jun 2, 1955 · 60 min
A middle aged man commits murder when he feels that his happiness is threatened. Without remorse the man continues on believing he's executed the perfect crime and won't be caught.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Jun 9, 1955 · 60 min
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
The Inside Story
Jun 16, 1955 · 60 min
When money is inadvertently removed from an hotel safe, it leads to all kinds of problems.
Forever Female
Jun 23, 1955 · 60 min
An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.
Dark Tribute
Jul 14, 1955 · 60 min
Murder mystery in which a woman who has won the sweepstakes is found murdered.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Jul 28, 1955 · 60 min
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
The Nine-Penny Dream
Aug 4, 1955 · 60 min
A dream of winning a penny pool is realized by the meek owner of an English pub, but the prestige he expected eludes him.
Perilous Deception
Aug 11, 1955 · 60 min
A man murders his wife then makes his interest known to her best friend.
June Bride
Aug 25, 1955 · 60 min
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
The Happy Man
Sep 8, 1955 · 60 min
A man finds a wallet in a taxicab with a lot of money in it. He turns it in to the police, who--according to the law--will hold it for 90 days, and if no one claims it, the wallet
The Eyes of Father Tomasino
Sep 22, 1955 · 60 min
When a gentle older priest is found killed a young man quota the force so he can devote all his time to finding the killer.