Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American drama television series that premiered on NBC on June 6, 1950. It ended on May 7, 1967. It stars Sandy Becker, John Cameron Swayze, Henry Hamilton and Douglas Edwards.
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.
Premise
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.
Factual story of Hurricane Diane, showing how the United States Weather Bureau operates in all its phases, from the storm's inception through a 24-hour vigil until danger is past. It shows the effects of the storm on two people, Josephina, a young girl, and Sebastiano, her brother in Winsted, Connecticut. The action switches from the Weather Bureau where Reinhardt Schmidt, chief forecaster, is charting the hurricane and the home of Josephina and Sebastiano. The storm gains in intensity as she, recently arrived from Italy, plans her first American picnic. Josephina is drowned.
October 11, 1955
3
Minding Our Own Business
November 1, 1955
Season 8 preview19 episodes total
Season 8 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
The Bystander
October 2, 1956
2
S.O.S. from the Andrea Doria
This drama about the tragedy of the Andrea Doria is a combination of narration by John Cameron Swayze, film clips and a re-enactment of the story of Thure Peterson and his wife, who loses her life after heroic attempts to free her from beneath a steel beam. It also includes a re-enactment of the story of Lilly Doona who jumps overboard to rescue her daughter. The U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Center plays a major role in the rescue efforts.
October 16, 1956
3
Flare Up
October 30, 1956
Season 9 preview18 episodes total
Season 9 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Buried 2000 Years: The Dead Sea Scrolls
October 2, 1957
2
Crisis on Longierier Island
October 16, 1957
3
Assignment: Junkies' Alley
October 30, 1957
Season 10 preview15 episodes total
Season 10 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Case for Room 310
October 1, 1958
2
The House of Flying Objects
October 29, 1958
3
The Nautilus
November 26, 1958
Season 11 preview17 episodes total
Season 11 episode preview
Episode
Title
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1
The Jailbreak
October 14, 1959
2
Rue du Marche
October 28, 1959
3
Security Risk
November 25, 1959
Season 12 preview17 episodes total
Season 12 episode preview
Episode
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1
Engineer of Death: The Eichmann Story
Adolph Eichmann, the man responsible for the deaths of six million Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe, disregards the pleas of Ellen Madison, a woman condemned to the gas chamber.
October 12, 1960
2
The Antique Swindle
November 9, 1960
3
The Hidden World
November 23, 1960
Season 13 preview18 episodes total
Season 13 episode preview
Episode
Title
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Legend of Murder: The Untold Story of Lizzie Borden