The Lux Video Theatre

An aging, domineering actress believes she has the right to control everyone around her--including family. She wants to disinherit her grandson and keep him away from the young French woman he loves.

A woman discovers that she possesses strange occult powers becomes vengeful towards her neighbors and a witch to local children. Her enterprising son plots to use his mother's powers for his personal gain.

A rich old lady has been murdered and the vague clues are a blood-stained envelope, a toothpick, and a dead mosquito.

A famed British barrister agrees to represent the man charged with a crime--a crime that he. himself, committed.

A greedy law office clerk plots to kill his boss for his personal gain. Together with the man's housekeeper, the pair pin the crime on the dead man's nephew. The treacherous duo believe they've staged the "perfect" murder.

Hayden Strathmore is fighting for the future of his company. Two adversaries are determined to gain control of the company and unseat him as president. Strathmore walks into a special board meeting and soon realizes the meeting is rigged. He's saved by an act of nature: a tornado hits.

A successful and married TV producer becomes infatuated with a young woman, falling madly in love. Soon, he's about to lose his marriage and police have implicated him a murder.

A school teacher and the married man she's been seeing are among the passengers burned beyond recognition in a bus crash. They only clue to their identities is a scorched key found in the debris.

A woman tells her husband that she got blood in her car after hitting a dog. Police examination reveals it to be human blood--the same type as her ex-boyfriend who was found murdered the night before.

The wife of a small town college professor want to make sure her husband gets a promotion. She pleads with the man who got the position to relinquish it to her husband. When this fails, she turns to blackmail and murder.

A scheming woman is determined that her family rule the small New Mexico town where they live. Her unbridled desire for control drives at least one family member to insanity.

During the Nazi occupation of World War II, members of the French Underground are endangered because of an act of kindness by one of its members.

A man becomes suspicious of the young woman he's fallen in love with. He wonders if she's the sweet person she seems on the surface, of if she's actually a cunning, evil murderer.''The episode climaxes with a dramatic swimming pool sequence presented live.

A cad is murdered; his wife's alibi is that she was in an alcoholic stupor. During his search for a killer, a young detective's zeal almost leads to a grave miscarriage of justice.

A young nightclub musician believes he will die soon of an incurable disease. Seeking to insure his family's financial security, he makes an unusual sacrifice. That gesture leads him on a hunt for a killer who's identity would give him a new lease on life.

A small island off the coast of Nova Scotia is home to a lighthouse, and a religious fanatic and his frightened family. With deep-seated hatred, the demented lighthouse keeper forbids his family members from leaving their isolated home. Deep seated anger finally erupts and someone is murdered.

In this live restaging, Vincent Giel is up for parole after serving 36 years for killing three boys in a fraternity hazing. He faces a tough parole board and a public that wants him to stay behind bars.

The relationship between a father, his four sons and their devoted governess become strained to the breaking point. The cause of the discord is a deceitful woman, the wife of one of the sons.

Sandra remarries before her divorce is finalized, rendering her new union null and void. After having seen how selfishly she treats her co-workers, the second husband is happy to have slipped out the noose. He goes on to marry his true love, a childhood sweetheart.

A handsome Irish soldier risks his safety for the love of a beautiful woman in this staging of the Victor Herbert musical. Set during 1789, the Irish rebels easily defeat their bumbling British foes.''Songs include "Thine Alone".

A nurse who attends a wealthy invalid woman collapses on the street and is rushed to a hospital. There, under the influence of narcotics, reveals details of her unhappy life which include murder.

Coral, a cabaret singer on the South Seas island of Oraka, is labeled "undesirable" by the local police. Men, however, heartily disagree. She meets and falls in love with a former a rubber company employee on the island.

Dentist Biff Grimes is has the sudden desire to kill Hugo Barnstead. Years earlier, Barnstead had stolen his girlfriend and framed him for a crime which sent him to jail. When Hugo comes into his office for an extraction, the doctor wants to even the score.

During a day at a police station, the cop in charge has to deal with a parade of humanity. He has to contend with a crooked lawyer, a bank hold-up, a phony European count, and a murder.

The captain of a small charter cruiser on the island of Martinique meets and falls for an American woman. He ends up joining the Free French movement during World War II.

A young woman poses as a society socialite and gets a job as a plumber's helper, all in an effort to help support her father.

Set during Victorian times, a woman remarries after having been deserted by her husband several years earlier. That's when the first husband shows up and blackmails her with the secret of her bigamy.

In this farce, a woman poses as a Connecticut matron--complete with imaginary husband, child, and farm--to write a magazine column. Her ruse is eventually discovered, but an unexpected visit from a sailor provides a happy romantic ending.

Two successful women who have been friends since childhood. Kit has become a successful novelist; the other a housewife. Conflict arises when one accuses the other of conducting an affair with her husband.

Fiona Gaylord becomes head of the family following the death of her parents. With her two sisters, she tries to hold onto their rapidly and mysteriously shrinking estate. Fiona realizes she must confront the man responsible for their diminishing fortune: her ex-husband who instigated legal manipulations as revenge.

An ice-cold TV actress who was cheating her way to the top ends up dead. One of the top writers involved in her web becomes a suspect in this behind-the-scenes thriller.

After being scooped on a big crime story, a crusading newspaper reporter is demoted to writing the "advice to the lovelorn" column. His "punishment" unexpectedly gives him a lead on a major underworld racket and soon he's back on the crime-busting trail.

A wife and mother's current happiness is threatened when a jail sentence in her past is exposed. Her husband divorces her and gets custody of their child.

A former circus entertainer is seeing two men, both powerful political figure. When she's jilted by the one she loves, she marries the other to get revenge. She's then embroiled in a political fight.

An innocent man is almost convicted by circumstantial evidence of murdering a young woman.

A woman who suffered a miserable childhood is almost at her breaking point. He finally is able to finds happiness through a compassionate psychiatrist. An unexpected event, however, almost destroys her progress.

What for a departing soldier is just a brief fling is true love for the woman remaining behind. After keeping the flame burning while he's away at war, she's crushed when, upon returning, he claims not to even recognize her.

In the season premiere, cash-strapped Mildred Pierce contends with an ungrateful, self-centered daughter who craves nothing but wealth. To please her daughter, Mildred agrees to marry a rich man but matters become complicated when she finds him murdered.

In the final episode of the summer programs, a public relations executive is prepared to ruin a friend's life for his own personal benefit. The only thing that stops him from revealing a long-hidden scandal is his son's love for the friend's daughter.

A man becomes temporarily trapped in a building with his seven-year-old son, giving them a chance to talk. He's startled to learn the reason his child idolizes him: because of his past as a criminal. It's at that point that the father makes his son's future his primary concern.

A kind, elderly Irish priest known for performing miracles develops a reputation for being a genuine saint. Despite his protests that he's not, he receives a visit from a mysterious "baron" who's convinced he is and begins his effort to claim the clergyman's soul for the Devil.

A wagon train of settlers moves West, led by their Sioux guide. A gambler along for the trip is suspicious of their guide, convinced that he is leading them into an ambush.

A wealthy woman encounters trouble on her wedding day when her father, a lonely widower who hates the thought of losing her, tries to destroy her happiness.

Mike Garcia moves his large family from Puerto Rico to New York City because he's heard America is the land of plenty. He's surprised by how plentiful; he can get anything he wants just by signing for it. Soon, creditors are circling like vultures.

The cloud of suspicion hangs over a woman acquitted of murdering her husband. Her attractive daughter has fallen in love with a tenant in their family rooming house and the two set out to find her father's real killer.

After serving many years in prison for homicide, an inmate feels he has paid his debt to society. He files for parole and the warden is in favor, but one member of the parole board stands in his way.

The governor of a Caribbean Island finds his political future jeopardized by his wife's past. She flees the island when her first husband appears and is promptly murdered. The governor's own mother is charged with the crime.

Millie is a divorced mother who makes her money staging shady charity events and pocketing some of the revenue. The romance of her daughter, a teen-heiress, is threatned when one of mom's "benefits" runs afoul of the law.

Using an assumed identity, a European princess comes to America to find a husband. The pilot she falls in love with is quite upset upon learning who she actually is.

A financial tycoon dies when he mysteriously falls from the window of his apartment. His assistant is immediatly accused of having murdered him.

A multi-millionaire poses as a regular boarder in the home of the woman who refused his marriage proposal years earlier. To help her and her family, he plans to give them a large chunk of his fortune.

A wealthy industrialist is pronounced dead when a burned body in a car accident is misidentified. That's when he realizes his unfaithful wife had been plotting his murder.

A groom deserts his young bride on their wedding night, only to reappear a month later. When he returns, he's accused of a murder and all evidence points toward his guilt.

To allow her to marry another man, a gorgeous woman plans her husband's murder against the exotic background of Cairo, Egypt.

A tough-as-nails reporter is determined to bring down a notorious gambling kingpin. To get the goods, he has to work his way through many dead bodies and a few fist fights.

On his death bed, a father asks to meet his son's fiance. In a bind, he asks a hat check girl to fill in as his bride-to-be. Things get messy when Dad recovers and can't wait to attend their wedding.

An assistant bank manager steals $1 million at Friday closing. He hops a plane to Brazil accompanied by his wife, who's clueless about his crime. By Monday morning, he's realized how little money means.

A man unfairly sent to prision for an accidental death has, during his incarceration, become an actual hardened criminal.

In this romantic comedy, a carefree foreign reporter returns to the United States with two orphans and goes in search of a wife.

To help her boss out of a sticky legal situation, his secretary agrees to become his wife just long enough to resolve the problem. Eventually, she decides she's like the "job" full-time.

A heiress who falls in love with a blind pianist lets him believe that she is blind, also. When he learns that he may regain his vision. he's faced with a difficult choice between women.

A one-time movie glamour queen, her glory days behind her, begins a steady spiral downward, climaxing in her drunk driving arrest. A stranger appears, posts her bail, and tries to help her get back on her feet.

A stubborn farmer set in his ways will not take anyone's advice. He refuses the county agent's attempts to teach him modern agricultural techniques and almost loses his farm in the process.

After witnessing a neighbor commit a murder, a woman immediately notifies the police. By the time they arrive, the killer has hidden the corpse and convinces the cops that the woman who called them is mentally unbalanced and needs to be committed to an insane asylum.

A conniving woman gets rid of her husband by murdering him and frames her lover with the crime. This, she assumes, will free her up to marry a millionaire.

A husband loses faith in his "perfect wife" she he hears incriminating evidence at her murder trial.

A would-be playboy and a jaded manicurist are both on the prowl for a rich spouse when they meet each other. Their developing love affair gets in the way of their gold-digging ambitions.

An insurance company's detective is sent to investigate the sudden death of a man in a small town. He learns that the deceased was the town's most hated citizen and senses that evidence is being covered-up.

A gunfighter pose as a rich rancher's long lost son. His plan is to get at the man's money. He wants out of the scheme when he falls in love with his would-be "sister".

A young wife becomes convinced that her playboy husband has killed his best friend and is now planning her murder. In her attempt to escape, she gets herself into a situation that could unintentionally result in her death.

A young attorney is paid good money to act as a tycoon's bodyguard. The good job turns sour when he's suddenly charged with murder. Complicating matters, he's also in love with the old man's secretary/girlfriend.

Miss Susie runs a boarding house in a college town. She does her best to encourage a romance between a boarding student who feels he's not worthy of a certain girl.

An equally successful couple, an actress and a playwright, decide to retire from show business. The writer husband, however, just can't tear himself away from the theater.

A sucessful doctor devotes so much time to her patients that her husband, a playwright, feels neglected. He employes "another woman" to try and make her jealous.

A woman joins her writer husband on an assignment and passes her time in a near-by casion. Her new passion almost destroys their marriage.

After passing his bar exam, a police captain is ready to leave the force and open a law office. He's talked into staying for one last assignment: clean up one of the city's crime-ridden districts.

A simple $2 bet on a horse begins a respectable bank employee on a spectacular winning streak. This is immediately followed by a long run of losses. A crooked bookie quickly ensnares him a costly swindle.

An American teacher in Asia rescues a bunch of orphans when war breaks out. She has trouble getting them through U. S. immigration so she assumes the identity of a deceased commodore to make it happen.

In the season premiere, a battle-scarred ex-GI visits the cottage where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his injuries. There he meets the homely "old maid" and the two lonely souls marry.