Armstrong Circle Theatre - Season 4 (1953)

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The widow of a World War II flier realizes that she's "grown up now" and has a life of her own to live.

A young doctor his torn between his love of family and his duty as a naval officer.

A minister's daughter discovers the depth of her father's love after she falls for a musician.

A taxi driver is thoroughly infatuated with his new wife and has her accompany him on all his trips, to the indignation of his fellow drivers.

A young girl tries to break free from the smoke-covered mill town where she was born.

An ex-Italian soldier, Piero Battaglia, returns home to his country for revenge against the traitor who informed on his brother, a member of the underground. Because of that coward Piero's brother was executed by the Nazis and the angry man is determined not to let such a scoundrel live. Curiously, the locals and his brother's ex-girlfriend prove unsupportive. They even try to dissuade Piero from carrying out his plan. In fact, they know the truth - the sad truth - about his late brother's activities.

By allowing themselves to be guided in their attitude toward a young couple by a "how to" book instead of their real emotions, the parents appear indifferent to their children's wish to get married.

An old warehouse worker dreams of saving enough money to return to his native Ireland, but it would seem unlikely. A young man who also works there is in a bad fix, he too has little money but his baby is sick and needs medicine he can't afford. He gambles with the dock workers and loses what little he had. Meanwhile, the old man discovers he has a valuable dollar with the winning serial number in a newspaper contest.

A young man comes home from college wearing a beard -- a symbol of his new-found independence from his mother.

A top Hollywood star realizes his greatest triumph is off-screen.

A timid stranger literally stumbles into the role of hero and is made custodian of the law in Misery Gulch.

An ex-GI must decide between telling a lie to save a friend from jail and telling a truth to free himself from an evil situation.

A poor but proud man whose family suffers because of the chip on his shoulder finds that Christmas can be wonderful.

After waiting five years for her fiance to return, an Irish girl is faced with an unexpected decision three days before marrying another man.

A young couple whose son was killed in an auto accident encounter heart-breaking resistance when they attempt to adopt an orphan they love.

A man returns to the family he deserted thirty years before.

A young wife believes that she is not good enough for her successful husband.

Three gold-hungry adults are thwarted by a young boy.

A businessman down on his luck lands a job in sales.

A confused and depressed teenager rebels by announcing that he's a Communist.

The story of ill-fated lovers who drift apart but find that memory has a way of haunting one's life.

An aging opera star makes her first TV appearance.

A man who would rather dream up a get-rich-quick scheme than do an honest day's work hits upon the idea of having his wife's pet hen increase her egg production in an amazing fashion.

Orphanage director Sister Madeleine is forced to harbor a fugitive.

A widow and a man 10 years her junior become involved in a shipboard romance as the man travels to meet his fiance.

A colonel must make a tough decision about sending a friend into a situation that may result in death.

A champion Scottie, his young mistress, and a law student get caught in international intrigue by a Pekingese.

His daughter's faith in fairy tales helps a grief-stricken father overcome the loss of his wife. But he must convince the child that her strong faith cannot bring her mother back.

Jubel Corbett's farm, house, and reputation go to pieces because he is obsessed with the idea that somewhere on his land gold is to be found.

The Buckleys find out their son Paul is a member of a teenage gang planning to rob a neighborhood store. They want to call the police, but Paul begs them not to, afraid the gang will hurt him if they think he's an informer.

A broken man vows revenge against a Nazi after his wife and child were killed in the Dachau concentration camp.

A shy woman sets her mind on finding Mr. Right, but when she does she has to tackle the problem of a proposal.

After being released from a hospital after a nervous breakdown, a former patient tries to make his way in the world.

A longshoreman decides he has stood brutal treatment of dock racketeers long enough.