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An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
Episode 23 : The Mildred Milliken Story
June. 22,1955
Millie who makes a meager living renting rooms is incautiously desperate to marry when she receives her million so she can adopt a group of orphans.
Episode 22 : The Cobb Marley Story
June. 15,1955
When Cobb Morley's wife is killed by a burglar just prior to his receiving the million, the money cast more suspicion on him as the already prime suspect.
Episode 21 : The Vickie Lawson Story
June. 08,1955
A personal secretary use her million to mock sophistication for and compatibility with a hero writer who she hopes to marry but who is also cynically pursued by her former self-absorbed boss.
Episode 20 : The Sam Donovan Story
June. 01,1955
Unassuming Sam Donovan seems to spend his million frivolously without abandon much to the consternation of his controlling parsimonious fiancée.
Episode 19 : The Uncle Robby Story
May. 25,1955
Uncle Robby dies just after receiving his million before he can change his will that forces his favorite niece and her husband to spend every penny on a honeymoon or surrender the balance to another scheming materialistic niece.
Episode 18 : The Merle Roberts Story
May. 18,1955
A young woman who lives with an abusive mother and a detached and selfish step family meets a young scientist who wants to marry her but the man is loathe to wait for her much anticipated meeting with her long absent father.
Episode 17 : The Walter Carter Story
May. 11,1955
Walter Carter has had mental care and has had hallucinations about receiving a fortune since a business failure has broke him hurting his partners so those associates and his family believe that his million is imaginary.
Episode 16 : The Jack Martin Story
May. 04,1955
A man facing imminent execution for a murder he was framed of doing uses his million to buy evidence that he hopes will prove his innocence.
Episode 15 : The Luke Fortune Story
April. 27,1955
Rodeo champion Luke Fortune must on their wedding day explain to his new bride a month's long period of absence with no contact as relates to suggestive photographs of him with a rich international socialite or face immediate divorce.
Episode 14 : The Fred Malcolm Story
April. 20,1955
Life threatening events cause Fred Malcolm to believe that his much younger wife is planning his murder to gain the entire million because he is unaware that others know of his good fortune.
Episode 13 : The Quentin Harwood Story
April. 13,1955
Tightwad Quentin Harwood does not adjust his excessively frugal habits even after receiving his million much to the chagrin of his deprived wife who then issues an ultimatum to change those ways.
Episode 12 : The Pev Johnson Story
April. 06,1955
Bill Bartlett gets slothful Pev Johnson a job in his bank because his daughter does not feel she can marry Bill until Pev has means but suspicion of embezzlement threatens the bank and the marriage when Pev starts spending his million.
Episode 11 : The Ken Fowler Story
March. 30,1955
A couple, who live clandestinely to protect custody of a child adopted outside the regular channels, seek legal help with their million just as the child's biological father contacts them
Episode 10 : The Charles Lomar Story
March. 23,1955
Charles Lamar is in service to his old country employers from nobility for whom he struggles to have live within their means while maintaining a job in an importing business and seeking a path to marriage.
Episode 9 : The Betty Jane Ryan Story
March. 16,1955
A private detective hired by Anthony to find a missing nurse of exemplary character engaged to a doctor discovers a past possibly very much less respectable than the nurse's present image suggests.
Episode 8 : The Nancy Marlborough Story
March. 09,1955
An English teacher's use of her money to invest in a boxer puts her in conflict with school administration and crooked promoters.
Episode 7 : The Harvey Blake Story
March. 02,1955
Three hobos make what money they can by selling pamphlets in the local park, decrying the evils of worshiping money. When one of them, Harvey Blake, is picked by Mr. Tipton to receive the $1 million, the condition is that he cannot reveal to anyone how he got the money. His two pals begin to think that he came by the money through some illegal means. So, when they find out about it, do the police.
Episode 6 : The Margaret Browning Story
February. 23,1955
The widow of a renowned actor uses her million to produce a screenplay of her future son-in-law and hopes to propel her daughter from a minor to a lead actress but the daughter struggles with the task.
Episode 5 : The Emily Short Story
February. 16,1955
When Emily Short receives the million dollar cheque she flies over to Paris. Oh the flight she meets Mark Ryan. Falling head over heels for Mark she doesn't realize that he is smuggling diamonds.
Episode 4 : The Dan Mulcahy Story
February. 09,1955
Bessie Mulcahy wants to spend her husband's gift of $1,000,000. to get a rich society husband for their eligible daughter.
Episode 3 : The Joe Iris Story
February. 02,1955
When he spends some of his million, low level criminal and ex-convict Joe Iris has difficulty convincing the police and former higher level associates that he has not returned to his old ways.
Episode 2 : The Carl Nelson Story
January. 26,1955
Carl Nelson becomes obsessed with money, which jeopardizes his relationships.
Episode 1 : The Amy Moore Story
January. 19,1955
Amy Moore, trying to raise her invalid son on a clerk's wages, thinks the check will solve all her problems.
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