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Climax! (1954)

3.8 4 seasons 166 episodes Ended
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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.

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Seasons & episodes

E1
The Long GoodbyeOct 7, 1954 · 1h 0m

Private Detective Philip Marlowe decides to help out a friend Lennox when his wife is found brutally murdered. Marlowe winds up in jail acc…

E2
The Thirteenth ChairOct 14, 1954 · 1h 0m

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…

E3
Casino RoyaleOct 21, 1954 · 1h 0m

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

E4
Sorry, Wrong NumberNov 4, 1954 · 1h 0m

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 murd…

E5
The Gioconda SmileNov 11, 1954 · 1h 0m

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

E6
The After HouseNov 25, 1954 · 1h 0m

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 overboa…

E7
An Error in ChemistryDec 2, 1954 · 1h 0m

A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, o…

E8
Epitaph for a SpyDec 9, 1954 · 1h 0m

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

E9
The White CarnationDec 16, 1954 · 1h 0m

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

E10
Nightmare in CopenhagenDec 30, 1954 · 1h 0m

Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.

E11
The Bigger They ComeJan 6, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E12
Escape From FearJan 13, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E13
The Mojave KidJan 27, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E14
The Leaf Out of the BookFeb 3, 1955 · 1h 0m

The story revolves around two women, one a successful career woman, the other an ambitious girl. After giving the daughter of an old friend…

E15
The Valiant MenFeb 10, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 194…

E16
The Box of ChocolatesFeb 24, 1955 · 1h 0m

A hated columnist becomes involved in murder after receiving an innocent-looking box of chocolates with a note from the manufacturer asking…

E17
South of the SunMar 3, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 some…

E18
The Great ImpersonationMar 10, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 Bri…

E19
The Darkest HourMar 24, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E20
The ChampionMar 31, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 Mi…

E21
Private WorldsApr 7, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E22
Flight 951Apr 21, 1955 · 1h 0m

A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was the defendant. Now a successful businessman travelling under…

E23
The First and the LastApr 28, 1955 · 1h 0m

The threat of scandal, revolving around the death of a man in London, prompts an ambitious lawyer to disregard both legan and moral princip…

E24
The Deliverance of Sister CeciliaMay 5, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E25
No Stone UnturnedMay 19, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E26
A Farewell to ArmsMay 26, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 t…

E27
The Unimportant ManJun 2, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E28
The Dark FleeceJun 16, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E29
To Wake at MidnightJun 23, 1955 · 1h 0m

All the pent-up prejudices and hatreds of postwar Europe are revived when a Nazi lieutenant recovers consciousness in a British hospital af…

E30
The DanceJun 30, 1955 · 1h 0m
E31
Wild StallionJul 7, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 t…

E32
The Escape of Mendes-FranceJul 14, 1955 · 1h 0m
E33
The HealerJul 21, 1955 · 1h 0m

A brilliant surgeon, burdened with a self-centered wife and a beautiful heiress who's in love with him, becomes tormented by doubts about h…

E34
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeJul 28, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E35
One Night StandAug 4, 1955 · 1h 0m

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

E36
Edge of TerrorAug 11, 1955 · 1h 0m

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.

E37
Fear Strikes OutAug 18, 1955 · 1h 0m

True story of ballplayer battling mental illness and domineering father.

E38
Deal a BlowAug 25, 1955 · 1h 0m

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 somew…

Cast

William LundiganSelf - Host
Mary CostaSelf - Host

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