The Millionaire - Season 5
Season 5
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DatesSep 3, 1958 - Jun 10, 1959
Episodes
Season 5Episode 130 min
The Betty Hawley Story
After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their child in a hospital and in America. Hence, John agrees to accept $1,000 to drive over rutted dirt roads in an old rickety truck loaded with nitroglycerin to a mine cave-in many miles off.
Sep 3, 1958
Season 5Episode 230 min
The Norman Conover Story
Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.
Sep 10, 1958
Season 5Episode 330 min
The Fred Morgan Story
Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepted by an run away convict but Fred devises an escape.
Sep 17, 1958
Season 5Episode 430 min
The Ken Leighton Story
Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain now because he has no money to pay the bills.
Sep 24, 1958
Season 5Episode 530 min
The David Barrett Story
Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and he meets the owner's daughter. They fall in love, but when the Farmer finds out, he fights him and orders him away until he can provide for the girl.
Oct 1, 1958
Season 5Episode 630 min
The Martin Scott Story
Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can't use any in a college fund his parents save for him,yet unbeknownst to everyone else, Scott has gotten himself in debt to a bookie and must nearly drain the account.
Oct 8, 1958
Season 5Episode 730 min
The Ellen Curry Story
Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
Oct 15, 1958
Season 5Episode 830 min
The William Vaughan Story
William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
Oct 22, 1958
Season 5Episode 930 min
The Cat Story
Soon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew Freddie Howard is to take care of the feline at a fabulous annual stipend allotted. Freddie's fiancée dislikes Ralph though, who suddenly runs away. Without him, the rest of the inheritance will go to a cat hospital.
Oct 29, 1958
Season 5Episode 1030 min
The Dan Howell Story
Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself and run loose on the train.
Nov 5, 1958
Season 5Episode 1130 min
The Newman Johnson Story
Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million and turns the tables as he buys his company.
Nov 12, 1958
Season 5Episode 1230 min
The Lee Randolph Story
Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.
Nov 19, 1958
Season 5Episode 1330 min
The Frank Harrigan Story
Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a million with almost disastrous consequences for the fortune.
Dec 3, 1958
Season 5Episode 1430 min
The Pete Hopper Story
Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million dollars is presented to him, Pete thinks the bribe offer has been renewed.
Dec 10, 1958
Season 5Episode 1530 min
Millionaire Eric Lodek
Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's body and decides to impersonate him.
Dec 17, 1958
Season 5Episode 1630 min
Millionaire William Courtney
William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
Jan 7, 1959
Season 5Episode 1730 min
Millionaire Terrence Costigan
Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
Jan 14, 1959
Season 5Episode 1830 min
Millionaire Irene Marshall
Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
Jan 21, 1959
Season 5Episode 1930 min
Millionaire Julia Conrad
Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
Jan 28, 1959
Season 5Episode 2030 min
Millionaire Emily Baker
A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple country girl.
Feb 4, 1959
Season 5Episode 2130 min
Millionaire John Rackman
Feb 11, 1959
Season 5Episode 2230 min
Millionaire Father Gilhooley
A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
Feb 18, 1959
Season 5Episode 2330 min
Millionaire Hank Butler
Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
Feb 25, 1959
Season 5Episode 2430 min
Millionaire Angela Temple
Mar 4, 1959
Season 5Episode 2530 min
Millionaire Charlie Weber
Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
Mar 11, 1959
Season 5Episode 2630 min
Millionaire Alicia Osante
Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.
Mar 18, 1959
Season 5Episode 2730 min
Millionaire Marcia Forrest
New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.
Mar 25, 1959
Season 5Episode 2830 min
Millionaire Henny Banning
Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and others believe he has wealth.
Apr 1, 1959
Season 5Episode 2930 min
Millionaire Sally Simms
When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise for her mother falls in love with Sally and she with him.
Apr 8, 1959
Season 5Episode 3030 min
Millionaire Ann Griffin
Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent requires them to be apart for the sake of publicity.
Apr 15, 1959
Season 5Episode 3130 min
Millionaire Karl Miller
Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.
Apr 22, 1959
Season 5Episode 3230 min
Millionaire Gilbert Burton
Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she feels she and her partner brother are using Gilbert.
Apr 29, 1959
Season 5Episode 3330 min
Millionaire Susan Ballard
Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.
May 6, 1959
Season 5Episode 3430 min
Millionaire Bill Franklin
Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of New York City.
May 13, 1959
Season 5Episode 3530 min
Millionaire Louise Benson
Artist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco waterfront but there love can go no further until the man faces murders charges in his hometown.
May 20, 1959
Season 5Episode 3630 min
Millionaire Martha Halloran
Clint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his plane to return because he did not receive funds his wife sent and is unaware of the million.
May 27, 1959
Season 5Episode 3730 min
Millionaire Charles Bradwell
Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.
Jun 10, 1959
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