Climax!

Total Seasons :4Total Episodes : 166

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Episodes(38)

The Long Goodbye

1. The Long Goodbye

Private Detective Philip Marlowe decides to help out a friend Lennox when his wife is found brutally murdered. Marlowe winds up in jail accused of her murder and tries to solve the case after his release.

Air Date : 1954-10-07

The Thirteenth Chair

2. The Thirteenth Chair

When his friend is murdered, Edward Wales sets out to capture the killer. He stages a seance and invites 13 people, any one of who may have killed the dead man, but it ends in chaos when the killer strikes again during a blackout.

Air Date : 1954-10-14

Casino Royale

3. Casino Royale

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. The first dramatization of a James Bond novel.

Air Date : 1954-10-21

Sorry, Wrong Number

4. Sorry, Wrong Number

A neurotic invalid whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to get help and her growing terror and realisation of the truth chill you to the bone.

Air Date : 1954-11-04

The Gioconda Smile

5. The Gioconda Smile

The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.

Air Date : 1954-11-11

The After House

6. The After House

A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing until the dream voyage turns into a nightmare. The ship's officer is thrown overboard and another is hacked to death who is next.

Air Date : 1954-11-25

An Error in Chemistry

7. An Error in Chemistry

A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, only to wind up dead shortly afterwards, the husband quick to confess.

Air Date : 1954-12-02

Epitaph for a Spy

8. Epitaph for a Spy

An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.

Air Date : 1954-12-09

The White Carnation

9. The White Carnation

A woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innocent gift but lead to terror.

Air Date : 1954-12-16

Nightmare in Copenhagen

10. Nightmare in Copenhagen

Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.

Air Date : 1954-12-30

The Bigger They Come

11. The Bigger They Come

Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.

Air Date : 1955-01-06

Escape From Fear

12. Escape From Fear

An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.

Air Date : 1955-01-13

The Mojave Kid

13. The Mojave Kid

The Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.

Air Date : 1955-01-27

The Leaf Out of the Book

14. The Leaf Out of the Book

The story revolves around two women, one a successful career woman, the other an ambitious girl. After giving the daughter of an old friend a job, the successful businesswoman realizes the drawbacks of her generosity.

Air Date : 1955-02-03

The Valiant Men

15. The Valiant Men

Lt. Comm. Knowles is assigned to skipper the USS Hamilton from England back to New York. While he and his crew celebrate New Year's Eve 1943, an unknown danger lurks nearby.

Air Date : 1955-02-10

The Box of Chocolates

16. The Box of Chocolates

A hated columnist becomes involved in murder after receiving an innocent-looking box of chocolates with a note from the manufacturer asking him to try them.

Air Date : 1955-02-24

South of the Sun

17. South of the Sun

They were strangers to each other, even the married ones, and they all dreamed in human ways. But the least of these eight persons did something about his little dream. In so doing, he bound the strangers in an intimate circle, whether they knew it or not. He touched them all in passing and changed their lives and dreams forever, according to their own choices. In one turn of the earth something happened.

Air Date : 1955-03-03

The Great Impersonation

18. The Great Impersonation

The action of this tale of intrigue and espionage takes place in the jungles of East Africa in 1914. The destinies of Germany and Great Britain are dependent upon one man whose decision is influenced by one of the two women in his life.

Air Date : 1955-03-10

The Darkest Hour

19. The Darkest Hour

An ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter.

Air Date : 1955-03-24

The Champion

20. The Champion

The famous story deals with a boxer whose rise to fame has been at the expense of friends and associates. Through flashbacks, we see how Midge Kelly rose from the Chicago slums to a world championship.

Air Date : 1955-03-31

Private Worlds

21. Private Worlds

A woman doctor probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution.

Air Date : 1955-04-07

Flight 951

22. Flight 951

A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was the defendant. Now a successful businessman travelling under an assumed name, he must decide between keeping his secret and saving the eyesight of a fellow passenger.

Air Date : 1955-04-21

The First and the Last

23. The First and the Last

The threat of scandal, revolving around the death of a man in London, prompts an ambitious lawyer to disregard both legan and moral principles. His concern for his own career puts an innocent man's life in jeopardy.

Air Date : 1955-04-28

The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia

24. The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia

A courageous nun suffers ordeals while trying to escape from behind the Iron Curtain.

Air Date : 1955-05-05

No Stone Unturned

25. No Stone Unturned

A Scottish student has the historical Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. His purpose is to get England to recognize Scotland's independence.

Air Date : 1955-05-19

A Farewell to Arms

26. A Farewell to Arms

An American, in the Italian Army during World War I, who meets a nurse and falls in love with her. Together they try to find a haven from the turbulence around them.

Air Date : 1955-05-26

The Unimportant Man

27. The Unimportant Man

The life of an ordinary, mild-mannered man is changed when he identifies the murderer of his employer's brother.

Air Date : 1955-06-02

The Dark Fleece

28. The Dark Fleece

A gold miner returns to his righteous California hometown, circa1857. He has great wealth, but also a burdened conscious; he has killed a man.

Air Date : 1955-06-16

To Wake at Midnight

29. To Wake at Midnight

All the pent-up prejudices and hatreds of postwar Europe are revived when a Nazi lieutenant recovers consciousness in a British hospital after being in a coma for years.

Air Date : 1955-06-23

The Dance

30. The Dance

Air Date : 1955-06-30

Wild Stallion

31. Wild Stallion

A handsome, devil-may-care fortune hunter [from South America] makes his home with a well-to-do Southern family. He is attracted at first to the daughter, until he discovers the mother is the one who holds the key to the family fortune.

Air Date : 1955-07-07

The Escape of Mendes-France

32. The Escape of Mendes-France

Air Date : 1955-07-14

The Healer

33. The Healer

A brilliant surgeon, burdened with a self-centered wife and a beautiful heiress who's in love with him, becomes tormented by doubts about his ability after losing a patient during a difficult operation.

Air Date : 1955-07-21

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

34. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Classic Stevenson tale of a scientist whose experiments into the duality of man transform him into the misshapen, murderous Mr. Hyde.

Air Date : 1955-07-28

One Night Stand

35. One Night Stand

In 1937, the members of a jazz ensemble come to the aid of one of their colleagues who is stricken with tuberculosis.

Air Date : 1955-08-04

Edge of Terror

36. Edge of Terror

A small town banker and his family are threatened with death if he identifies the leader of the gang that tried to rob his bank.

Air Date : 1955-08-11

Fear Strikes Out

37. Fear Strikes Out

True story of ballplayer battling mental illness and domineering father.

Air Date : 1955-08-18

Deal a Blow

38. Deal a Blow

A teenage boy gets into a dispute with an abusive movie theater manager Mr. Grubbs. The boy's father Tom Ditmar accepts the manager's somewhat twisted version of the incident and doesn't give his son a chance to explain his side of the matter.

Air Date : 1955-08-25

Cast

William Lundigan
William Lundigan

(Self - Host)

Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert

( - )

Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright

(Eilene Wade)

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

(Jason Burrage)

Marguerite Chapman
Marguerite Chapman

(Mrs. Carter)

Macdonald Carey
Macdonald Carey

(John Benson)

Vanessa Brown
Vanessa Brown

(Vera)

Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe

(Inspector Marney)

Jean Del Val
Jean Del Val

( - )

Tom Drake
Tom Drake

(Terry Lennox)

Tristram Coffin
Tristram Coffin

(The Body)

Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter

(Helen Ditmar)

Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold

(Lieutenant Shipley)

Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke

(Mr. Utterson)

Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie

(Lord Edward Dominey / Major General Von Raggenstein)

Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn

( - )

Arthur Franz
Arthur Franz

(Dick Crosby)

Katherine Warren
Katherine Warren

(Matron)

Joanne Dru
Joanne Dru

(Marcia)

Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville

(Laura Jordan)

Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien

(Joel Flint)

Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney

( - )

Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell

(B. Cool)

Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala

( - )

Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina

(Laura)

Guy Madison
Guy Madison

( - )

Bob Sweeney
Bob Sweeney

(Gil Rodin)

Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas

(Dr. Merle Gardner)

Mari Blanchard
Mari Blanchard

( - )

Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire

(Janet Spence)

David O'Brien

( - )

Wally Brown
Wally Brown

(Tommy Haley)

Dick Powell
Dick Powell

(Philip Marlowe)

John Alvin
John Alvin

(Sir Roscoe Crosby)

Natalie Schafer
Natalie Schafer

(Lucrece Durhurst)

Louis Jourdan
Louis Jourdan

(Pierre Mendes-France)

Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Keyes

(Drusilla Cayley)

Robert Newton
Robert Newton

(Keith Dorrant)

Robert Young
Robert Young

(Lieutenant Commander Knowles)

Steven Geray
Steven Geray

( - )

Jean Porter
Jean Porter

(Joan)

Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter

(Jimmy Piersall)

Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff

(Albert Ganz)

Don Brodie
Don Brodie

( - )

Ward Bond
Ward Bond

(Sheriff Ab Kale)

Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy

(Ian Hamilton)

John Hoyt
John Hoyt

(Poole)

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff

(Dr. Philip Nestri)

Wendell Corey
Wendell Corey

(Lieutenant Erich Ganz)

Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran

(Ralph Leslie)

Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan

(Dr. Donald Carter)

Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz

(Dr. James Lifford)

Lori Nelson
Lori Nelson

( - )

Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter

(Wesley Jerome Penn)

Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman

(Mrs. Sullivan)

Art Carney
Art Carney

(Donald Lam)

Warren Stevens
Warren Stevens

(Dr. Alec McGregor)

Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan

(Lady Dominey)

Barbara Britton
Barbara Britton

(Duana Clarke)

Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid

(Capt. Sebastian Von Reis)

Peggy Ann Garner
Peggy Ann Garner

(Nora Wallen)

Elliott Reid
Elliott Reid

(Scotty Henderson)

Frieda Inescort
Frieda Inescort

(Martha Hale)

Marjorie Lord
Marjorie Lord

( - )

Margaret Field
Margaret Field

(M'liss)

Barbara Ruick
Barbara Ruick

(Judith Kale)

Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell

(Kay Matheson)

Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore

(Mme. Rosalie La Grange)

Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle

( - )

George Brent
George Brent

( - )

Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett

(Honora)

Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien

(Police Lieutenant Moore)

John Craven
John Craven

(The Reporter)

Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk

(Mrs. Evans)

John Lupton
John Lupton

(The Mojave Kid)

Mona Freeman
Mona Freeman

(Mary Piersall)

Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer

( - )

John Forsythe
John Forsythe

(Joe Sullivan)

Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva

( - )

Jay Novello
Jay Novello

( - )

Martin E. Brooks
Martin E. Brooks

( - )

Victor Jory
Victor Jory

(Robert)

Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey

(Katherine Benson)

Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford

(Bunco Kelly)

Kathleen Crowley
Kathleen Crowley

(Laura Harriss)

Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton

(Sheriff)

James MacArthur
James MacArthur

(Hal Ditmar)

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson

(Josef Vadassy)

Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont

( - )

Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin

(Paisan)

Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey

(Captain Coppedge)

John Agar
John Agar

(Larry Dorrant)

Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban

(Pete McLean)

Howard Duff
Howard Duff

( - )

Karen Steele
Karen Steele

(Gloria)

Robert Preston
Robert Preston

(William Struthers)

Paul Cavanagh
Paul Cavanagh

( - )

Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley

(Charley Kincaid)

Paula Winslowe

( - )

Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun

(Midge Kelly)

Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell

(Mona Herbert)

Barbara Morrison
Barbara Morrison

(The Dowager)

Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper

( - )

Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez

(Senor Torres, Commandante of Police)

John Conte
John Conte

(Dr. Duillermo Brown)

John Carradine
John Carradine

(John Evan)

Richard Long
Richard Long

(Max Harriss)

Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene

(Dr. Charles Saunders)

Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger

(Man in Theatre)

Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero

(Mendy Mendez)

Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien

(Kathy Fathian)

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

(Mr. Grubbs)

Barbara Baxley
Barbara Baxley

(Catherine Jones)

Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt

( - )

Lamont Johnson
Lamont Johnson

(Lionel Trent)

Anthony Eustrel
Anthony Eustrel

( - )

Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks

(Emma Herich)

Rick Vallin
Rick Vallin

( - )

Sheila Bromley
Sheila Bromley

( - )

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine Fitzgerald

(Miriam Lambert)

Mary Astor
Mary Astor

(Mrs. Harriss)

Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters

(Leona Stevenson)

Robert H. Harris
Robert H. Harris

(Grady)

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor

(Princess Stephanie)

Robert B. Williams
Robert B. Williams

( - )

Hilda Plowright

( - )

Peggy Maley
Peggy Maley

(Grace Knight)

Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters

(Aunt Kate)

Booth Colman
Booth Colman

(Bruno McKee)

Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon

(Detective)

Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey

(Nancy Blount)

Leonard Carey
Leonard Carey

( - )

Paul Picerni
Paul Picerni

( - )

Ray Collins
Ray Collins

(Jerome Harris)

Janet Blair
Janet Blair

(Joan Hale)

Ivan Triesault
Ivan Triesault

( - )

Edward Binns
Edward Binns

(Lieutenant Lewis)

Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons

( - )

Addison Richards
Addison Richards

(Papa)

Lillian Bronson
Lillian Bronson

( - )

John Emery
John Emery

(Abel Dennis)

Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone

(Henry Hutton)

Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson

(Jimmy Bond)

Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre

(Le Chiffre)

Michael Pate
Michael Pate

(Clarence Leiter)

Linda Christian
Linda Christian

(Valerie Mathis)

Eugene Borden
Eugene Borden

(Chef de Parte)

Kurt Katch
Kurt Katch

(Zoltan)

Gene Roth
Gene Roth

(Basil)

Harry Carey, Jr.
Harry Carey, Jr.

( - )

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