TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the ABC from 1955 to 1956. Based on articles that appeared in Reader's Digest magazine, the episodes based on true stories which were varied in their themes, plots and content. Themes included crime, heroism, mystery, romance, and human interest. Episode writers included Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Cleveland Amory and Frank Gruber. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Claude Akins, Leon Askin, Jean Byron, Chuck Connors, Peter Graves, Tod Griffin, Francis McDonald, Max Showalter, John Howard, Lee Marvin, Gene Raymond, Jerry Paris, and Michael Winkelman.
The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs
Jan 17, 1955
No description available.
Trouble on the Double
Jan 24, 1955
No description available.
Britain's Most Baffling Murder
No description available.
How Chance Made Lincoln President
Feb 7, 1955
No description available.
I'll Pick More Daisies
Feb 14, 1955
No description available.
Top Secret
Feb 21, 1955
No description available.
A Matter of Life and Death
Feb 28, 1955
No description available.
The End of Blackbeard the Pirate
Mar 7, 1955
No description available.
The American Master Counterfeiters
Mar 14, 1955
No description available.
America's First Great Lady
Mar 21, 1955
No description available.
The Manufactured Clue
Mar 28, 1955
No description available.
Incident on the China Coast
Apr 4, 1955
No description available.
How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants
Apr 11, 1955
No description available.
Honeymoon in Mexico
Apr 18, 1955
A newlywed couple comes to a small Mexican village to spend a year painting. After helping an orphaned child with an injury, they unexpectedly end up as his parents. Once word gets around, other kids beat a path to their door hoping also to be adopted.
The Great Armored Car Robbery
Apr 25, 1955
No description available.
A Million Dollar Story
May 2, 1955
No description available.
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
May 9, 1955
No description available.
France's Greatest Detective
May 16, 1955
The story of Alphonse Bertillion, a low level employee of the French police, who developed a theory of identifying suspects by their unique physical measurements, like the size of the head. At first his superiors are skeptical, but statistics taken of a man in question exposes his guilt in a murder case.
Around the Horn to Matrimony
May 23, 1955
No description available.
The Anatomy of a Graft
May 30, 1955
No description available.
Human Nature Through a Rear View Mirror
Jun 6, 1955
No description available.
Mr. Pak Takes Over
Jun 13, 1955
No description available.
My First Bullfight
Jun 20, 1955
No description available.
Comrade Lindemann's Conscience
Jun 27, 1955
No description available.
Six Hours of Surgery
Jul 4, 1955
No description available.
The Baron and His Uranium Killing
Jul 11, 1955
No description available.
