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- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineWilliam PhippsTwo episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.
- DirectorMarc DanielsEdward SedgwickStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceDesi Arnaz greets the "I Love Lucy" studio audience and invites them to watch Lucille Ball and the cast film a special extended episode.not commercially released until 2007 DVD
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJack WarnerRobert MorleyGeorge RelphSam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpectedly, Reggie is invited to the home of poet and writer Alexander Whitehead. Reggie fears he will also miss the final day--and therefore Sam's last innings--but it turns out that Alexander is a cricket lover.remake of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre episode
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineGloria SaundersA compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony Express vs. Telegraph, edited together and released as a feature film.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRay MillandGrace KellyRobert CummingsA former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.remake of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre episode
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderRichard BooneTwo homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member.
- DirectorGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonCompilation of 3 episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV show: episodes #30 ("Jet Ace"), #35 ("The Dog Who Knew Superman"), and #42 ("The Clown Who Cried").
- DirectorGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonCompilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #33 ("Superman in Exile"), 36 ("The Face and the Voice"), and #51 ("The Whistling Bird").
- DirectorGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonCompilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #39 ("Machine That Could Plot Crimes"), #40 ("Jungle Devil"), and #31 ("Shot in the Dark").
- DirectorGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonCompilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vulture"), #44 ("The Semi-Private Eye"), and #32 ("The Defeat of Superman").
- DirectorGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonCompilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #34 ("A Ghost for Scotland Yard"), #49 ("Lady in Black"), and #38 ("Panic in the Sky").
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.remake of The Philco Television Playhouse episode
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard WordsworthProfessor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil RuysdaelAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.three The Magical World of Disney episodes edited together
- DirectorBill KarnStarsMyron HealeyDon C. HarveySam EdwardsHardened criminal repeatedly breaks out of Oregon State Prison, eluding police for prolonged periods afterwards.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsJon HallRay MontgomeryMarjorie LordThree episodes (27,28,29) of the TV series Ramar of the Jungle (1952) edited together and released as a feature.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineBobby JordanTwo episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBette DavisErnest BorgnineDebbie ReynoldsWhen Jane Hurley tells her parents Tom (a struggling cab driver) and Agnes (a domestic engineer) that she is marrying Ralph Halloran, Agnes starts planning a big wedding, even though Jane and Ralph don't want it and Tom cannot afford it.remake of Goodyear Playhouse episode
- DirectorFielder CookStarsVan HeflinEverett SloaneEd BegleyWhen Fred Staples is recruited onto the board of a high-powered New York corporation, he finds his ethics and ambition at odds.remake of Kraft Theatre episode(s)
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenJeff YorkDavy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.two episodes of The Magical World of Disney edited together
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsGlenn FordDonna ReedLeslie NielsenAfter the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.remake of The United States Steel Hour episode, "Fearful Decision"
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsPaul NewmanWendell CoreyWalter PidgeonA decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.remake of The United States Steel Hour episode
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.remake of Studio One episode
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJohn LongdenSidney JamesProfessor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsJohn CassavetesSidney PoitierJack WardenThe budding friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repugnant co-worker.remake of The Philco Television Playhouse episode, "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall"