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The Millionaire

Season 5 1958 - 1959

  • 1958-09-03T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 15h 25m (37 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
What would you do if someone gave you a million dollars and it was all tax free? That was the premise of this 1955-60 CBS series in which unseen millionaire John Beresford Tipton each week gave away a million bucks to a needy person. Marvin Miller played Tipton's secretary, Michael Anthony, who was the man who handed out the checks to the lucky beneficiaries. Paul Frees provided the voice of the unseen millionaire Tipton.

37 episodes

Season Premiere

1958-09-03T04:00:00Z

5x01 The Betty Hawley Story

Season Premiere

5x01 The Betty Hawley Story

  • 1958-09-03T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-09-10T04:00:00Z

5x02 The Norman Conover Story

5x02 The Norman Conover Story

  • 1958-09-10T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-09-17T04:00:00Z

5x03 The Fred Morgan Story

5x03 The Fred Morgan Story

  • 1958-09-17T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-09-24T04:00:00Z

5x04 The Ken Leighton Story

5x04 The Ken Leighton Story

  • 1958-09-24T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-10-01T04:00:00Z

5x05 The David Barrett Story

5x05 The David Barrett Story

  • 1958-10-01T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-10-08T04:00:00Z

5x06 The Martin Scott Story

5x06 The Martin Scott Story

  • 1958-10-08T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-10-15T04:00:00Z

5x07 The Ellen Curry Story

5x07 The Ellen Curry Story

  • 1958-10-15T04:00:00Z25m

Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.

1958-10-22T04:00:00Z

5x08 The William Vaughan Story

5x08 The William Vaughan Story

  • 1958-10-22T04:00:00Z25m

William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.

1958-10-29T05:00:00Z

5x09 The Cat Story

5x09 The Cat Story

  • 1958-10-29T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-11-05T05:00:00Z

5x10 The Dan Howell Story

5x10 The Dan Howell Story

  • 1958-11-05T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-11-12T05:00:00Z

5x11 The Newman Johnson Story

5x11 The Newman Johnson Story

  • 1958-11-12T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-11-19T05:00:00Z

5x12 The Lee Randolph Story

5x12 The Lee Randolph Story

  • 1958-11-19T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-12-03T05:00:00Z

5x13 The Frank Harrigan Story

5x13 The Frank Harrigan Story

  • 1958-12-03T05:00:00Z25m

Arthur Franz stars as Frank Harrigan, a cynical businessman who tosses away a million dollar check when he thinks his friends are trying to make a fool of him.

1958-12-10T05:00:00Z

5x14 The Pete Hopper Story

5x14 The Pete Hopper Story

  • 1958-12-10T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1958-12-17T05:00:00Z

5x15 Millionaire Eric Lodek

5x15 Millionaire Eric Lodek

  • 1958-12-17T05:00:00Z25m

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.

5x16 Millionaire William Courtney

  • 1959-01-07T05:00:00Z25m

William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.

5x17 Millionaire Terrence Costigan

  • 1959-01-14T05:00:00Z25m

Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.

5x18 Millionaire Irene Marshall

  • 1959-01-21T05:00:00Z25m

Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.

1959-01-28T05:00:00Z

5x19 Millionaire Julia Conrad

5x19 Millionaire Julia Conrad

  • 1959-01-28T05:00:00Z25m

Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.

1959-02-04T05:00:00Z

5x20 Millionaire Emily Baker

5x20 Millionaire Emily Baker

  • 1959-02-04T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-02-11T05:00:00Z

5x21 Millionaire John Rackman

5x21 Millionaire John Rackman

  • 1959-02-11T05:00:00Z25m

5x22 Millionaire Father Gilhooley

  • 1959-02-18T05:00:00Z25m

A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.

1959-02-25T05:00:00Z

5x23 Millionaire Hank Butler

5x23 Millionaire Hank Butler

  • 1959-02-25T05:00:00Z25m

Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.

1959-03-04T05:00:00Z

5x24 Millionaire Angela Temple

5x24 Millionaire Angela Temple

  • 1959-03-04T05:00:00Z25m

1959-03-11T05:00:00Z

5x25 Millionaire Charlie Weber

5x25 Millionaire Charlie Weber

  • 1959-03-11T05:00:00Z25m

Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.

1959-03-18T05:00:00Z

5x26 Millionaire Alicia Osante

5x26 Millionaire Alicia Osante

  • 1959-03-18T05:00:00Z25m

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.

5x27 Millionaire Marcia Forrest

  • 1959-03-25T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-04-01T05:00:00Z

5x28 Millionaire Henny Banning

5x28 Millionaire Henny Banning

  • 1959-04-01T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-04-08T05:00:00Z

5x29 Millionaire Sally Simms

5x29 Millionaire Sally Simms

  • 1959-04-08T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-04-15T05:00:00Z

5x30 Millionaire Ann Griffin

5x30 Millionaire Ann Griffin

  • 1959-04-15T05:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-04-22T05:00:00Z

5x31 Millionaire Karl Miller

5x31 Millionaire Karl Miller

  • 1959-04-22T05:00:00Z25m

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.

5x32 Millionaire Gilbert Burton

  • 1959-04-29T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-05-06T04:00:00Z

5x33 Millionaire Susan Ballard

5x33 Millionaire Susan Ballard

  • 1959-05-06T04:00:00Z25m

Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.

1959-05-13T04:00:00Z

5x34 Millionaire Bill Franklin

5x34 Millionaire Bill Franklin

  • 1959-05-13T04:00:00Z25m

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.

1959-05-20T04:00:00Z

5x35 Millionaire Louise Benson

5x35 Millionaire Louise Benson

  • 1959-05-20T04:00:00Z25m

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.

5x36 Millionaire Martha Halloran

  • 1959-05-27T04:00:00Z25m

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.

Season Finale

1959-06-10T04:00:00Z

5x37 Millionaire Charles Bradwell

Season Finale

5x37 Millionaire Charles Bradwell

  • 1959-06-10T04:00:00Z25m

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.

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