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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
EP 1
60m

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck and Jim once again embark on their adventure-filled trek down the Mississippi .

Aired: 1955-09-01
Public Pigeon #1
EP 2
60m

Public Pigeon #1

Cafeteria worker Rusty is cheated by stock swindlers and winds up in jail, but the crooks have to break him out in order to recover their loot, which was stashed in Rusty's safety deposit box.

Aired: 1955-09-08
Silent Decision
EP 3
60m

Silent Decision

A surgeon finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and takes matters into his own hands.

Aired: 1955-09-15
Night of Execution
EP 4
60m

Night of Execution

A mother watches her cruel and destructive husband continually expose their young son to all kinds of violence. Finally she feels she must take steps to save her son from this sinister influence.

Aired: 1955-09-22
Sailor on Horseback
EP 5
60m

Sailor on Horseback

As Jack London's reputation as a writer grows, his fame causes conflicts with his sister Eliza and his wife Charmain.

Aired: 1955-09-29
Thin Air
EP 6
60m

Thin Air

An advertising executive's wife disappears during a summer vacation.

Aired: 1955-10-13
House of Shadows
EP 7
60m

House of Shadows

A woman keeps her elderly uncle locked up as a prisoner in his own home when a man decides to investigate the story himself.

Aired: 1955-10-20
The Pink Cloud
EP 8
60m

The Pink Cloud

An ex-con returns to New York looking for the man responsible for the crime he did time for.

Aired: 1955-10-27
Scheme to Defraud
EP 9
60m

Scheme to Defraud

An insurance underwriter and his secretary are both disgruntled over their dull, monotonous routine. They fall in love, and then discover a way to cash in on a $70,000 insurance claim.

Aired: 1955-11-10
A Promise to Murder
EP 10
60m

A Promise to Murder

At his wealthy aunt's insistence, a rising young London barrister submits to having his palm read. The prophecies come true with alarming accuracy.

Aired: 1955-11-17
Portrait in Celluloid
EP 11
60m

Portrait in Celluloid

Art Shaddick, formerly a writer, now a writer's agent, sits in his gaudy, pretentious office, on the bookcase reposes an Oscar, won by Art for his last picture. That was in 1929. Since then he has gone steadily downhill, shouting all the way. When suddenly a young writer appears with a great script, it is just what Art needs, a golden opportunity to rise again to greatness.

Aired: 1955-11-24
A Man of Taste
EP 12
60m

A Man of Taste

A cultured Englishman, living in Paris, becomes interested in art for purely mercenary reasons. He sponsors a young artist and goes to great lengths to keep his protege's canvases valuable.

Aired: 1955-12-01
The Passport
EP 13
60m

The Passport

An American correspondent, assigned to Europe shortly after World War II, is offered part of a fortune in confiscated gems in return for letting a former Nazi officer use his passport.

Aired: 1955-12-08
The Day They Gave the Babies Away
EP 14
60m

The Day They Gave the Babies Away

While decorating a Christmas tree, narrator Joan Evans recalls the story of the Christmas of her ancestors during the 1860s in Wisconsin. A 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.

Aired: 1955-12-22
Bailout at 43,000 Feet
EP 15
60m

Bailout at 43,000 Feet

Three men prepare to test the ejector seat of a jet bomber. As they wait for favorable weather conditions, each reacts differently.

Aired: 1955-12-29
The Prowler
EP 16
60m

The Prowler

A rancher's wife is bored with her monotonous life. One night when her husband is away, her mother-in-law inadvertently suggest the "perfect escape" .

Aired: 1956-01-05
The Hanging Judge
EP 17
60m

The Hanging Judge

One of the most despised men in the legal profession clings tenaciously to the belief that English law is infallible. Because of his fixation he even stands trial for a murder he did not commit.

Aired: 1956-01-12
The Secret of River Lane
EP 18
60m

The Secret of River Lane

The son of a respected lawyer is involved in a case of homicide over the shooting of a schoolmate. Even though the father suspects his son's guilt, he tries to protect him. The entire town is indignant when charges are not brought against the boy immediately for lack of sufficient evidence.

Aired: 1956-01-26
Gamble on a Thief
EP 19
60m

Gamble on a Thief

A dedicated parole officer makes a daring effort to help a two-time loser who has violated the conditions of his parole.

Aired: 1956-02-02
The Fifth Wheel
EP 20
60m

The Fifth Wheel

Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money!

Aired: 1956-02-09
Nightmare by Day
EP 21
60m

Nightmare by Day

The parents of a recently married young woman, whose husband claims she's taken a trip to New York, slowly become convinced she's been murdered.

Aired: 1956-02-23
The Sound of Silence
EP 22
60m

The Sound of Silence

A priest becomes involved in murder when the killer confesses his crime to him.

Aired: 1956-03-01
The Louella Parsons Story
EP 23
60m

The Louella Parsons Story

The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks with the stars the cameras will re-create incidents in her long career. The time span is from the early twenties to 1948. We see Miss Parsons' early days as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. Here she loses her job and departs for New York. In New York she resumes her career, only to be stricken with tuberculosis. When she recovers from her illness, she meets the man who is to become her second husband, and her rise as Hollywood columnist begins. As a climax to tonight's drama, there will be a tribute from the stars of the movie industry.

Aired: 1956-03-08
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
EP 24
60m

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

A young woman lives in fear that a recurring dream foretells real tragedy. The premonition persists when she falls in love with a young soldier about to leave for overseas duty.

Aired: 1956-03-22
An Episode of Sparrows
EP 25
60m

An Episode of Sparrows

An 11-year old girl whose home has always been the slums, steals a packet of flower seeds from a playmate. In her search for a small bit of earth in which to grow flowers, she is befriended by a youthful gang leader.

Aired: 1956-03-29
Spin into Darkness
EP 26
60m

Spin into Darkness

After gambling away the money her pilot husband gave her for the down payment on a plane, a woman takes a job as nurse to an alcoholic, who in a drunken stupor gives her $5,000 to recoup her losses and later reports to the police that the money was stolen.

Aired: 1956-04-05
The Lou Gehrig Story
EP 27
60m

The Lou Gehrig Story

Baseball's ""Iron Horse,"" whose brilliant career was ended by a terminal illness, and who struggled valiantly against adversity.

Aired: 1956-04-19
Sit Down with Death
EP 28
60m

Sit Down with Death

A dinner party turns into a guest's nightmare as a murder plot is uncovered.

Aired: 1956-04-26
The Empty Room Blues
EP 29
60m

The Empty Room Blues

When her husband disappears with their savings and their son, a woman fears for the child's life. But she can't convince her friends or the police that the man is a pathological liar and a menace.

Aired: 1956-05-03
Flame-Out on T-6
EP 30
60m

Flame-Out on T-6

Ten men are assigned to a drifting ice floe near the North Pole to test the effect of subzero weather on men supplied only with tents and meager rations. One of the men goes berserk from the strain and wrecks the group's radio so that no one can notify headquarters of their location.

Aired: 1956-05-17
The Shadow of Evil
EP 31
60m

The Shadow of Evil

The unsuspecting girlfriend of a young man whose brother is the head of a Rome narcotics ring arrives from the United States with an investigator at her heels.

Aired: 1956-05-24
Figures in Clay
EP 32
60m

Figures in Clay

After agreeing to defend an irrational old man charged with murder, an attorney finds that his partner believes he took the case for publicity reasons.

Aired: 1956-05-31
Faceless Adversary
EP 33
60m

Faceless Adversary

A man suspected of a young woman's murder denies even knowing her and claims he's being framed.

Aired: 1956-06-07
To Scream at Midnight
EP 34
60m

To Scream at Midnight

A wealthy young woman breaks down and is placed in a sanitarium after being thrown over by the man she loves. Her psychiatrist becomes suspicious when the man reappears and claims he wants to marry her.

Aired: 1956-06-14
The Circular Staircase
EP 35
60m

The Circular Staircase

A middle aged spinster decides to go to the country for the summer with her friend. They end up becoming involved in a murder mystery.

Aired: 1956-06-21
A Trophy for Howard Davenport
EP 36
60m

A Trophy for Howard Davenport

A Babe Ruth League team is perpetually in last place, because its compassionate manager tends to pick youngsters no other team wants. When the team has a chance to place in the finals, he turns down a boy's plea to pitch in the big game, and the boy then runs away from home.

Aired: 1956-06-28
Phone Call for Matthew Quade
EP 37
60m

Phone Call for Matthew Quade

A retired construction firm executive seeks a respite from enforced idleness and oncoming old age. While waiting for a phone call that will confirm or deny his request for a job back at his old firm, Matthew Quade relives his past.

Aired: 1956-07-05
Fear is the Hunter
EP 38
60m

Fear is the Hunter

A young man comes to the town of Brewster, his car in need of repairs, and is ordered to leave at once. He soon learns that the ruthless man after whom the town is named looks on any stranger as his potential murderer.

Aired: 1956-07-12
Fury at Dawn
EP 39
60m

Fury at Dawn

When an atomic bomb mounted on a 200-foot-tall steel tower fails to detonate, a veteran nuclear physicist and his aides have to climb the rickety tower to disarm the bomb.

Aired: 1956-07-19
The Man Who Lost His Head
EP 40
60m

The Man Who Lost His Head

A young sailor collapses on the estate of a wealthy Englishman in the Orient and, upon reviving, is offered a strange bargain in exchange for his life.

Aired: 1956-07-26
Child of the Wind
EP 41
60m

Child of the Wind

Season 2, Episode 41 of Climax!.

Aired: 1956-08-02
No Right to Kill
EP 42
60m

No Right to Kill

A starving author tests his theory about people who think they are above the law by killing a pawnbroker.

Aired: 1956-08-09
The 78th Floor
EP 43
60m

The 78th Floor

On a foggy afternoon just before a plane strikes the Empire State Building, a businessman recently gone blind is in one office dictating a suicide note to his wife, while in another office a young man is trying to persuade his fiancee to help him rob the firm she works for so they can be married.

Aired: 1956-08-16
Throw Away the Cane
EP 44
60m

Throw Away the Cane

A popular singer whose earnings are supporting his entire family returns to his home town for a visit and proceeds to make a play for the girlfriend of his twin brother, an aspiring concert pianist.

Aired: 1956-08-23
Dark Wall
EP 45
60m

Dark Wall

An extreme form of disassociative reaction to stress in which two or more separate personalities exist. The person may shift from one personality to another, which is often very different. Each personality has no memories of the other's thoughts and actions.

Aired: 1956-08-30

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Climax!

Season 2, Episode 36 "A Trophy for Howard Davenport" • 4K Ultra HD Master Stream

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A Babe Ruth League team is perpetually in last place, because its compassionate manager tends to pick youngsters no other team wants. When the team has a chance to place in the finals, he turns down a boy's plea to pitch in the big game, and the boy then runs away from home.

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Episode 36 Synopsis:

A Babe Ruth League team is perpetually in last place, because its compassionate manager tends to pick youngsters no other team wants. When the team has a chance to place in the finals, he turns down a boy's plea to pitch in the big game, and the boy then runs away from home.

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.

Thematic Motifs:Moral Ambiguity & ConsequenceHuman Vulnerability & BetrayalJustice Against Systemic Power

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Elliott Lewis, Martin Manulis

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To prepare for their demanding role in Climax!, William Lundigan underwent months of intensive physical discipline, specialized dialect coaching, and psychological study alongside Mary Costa. Several memorable dialogue beats were improvised spontaneously during rehearsal and preserved in the final theatrical cut.

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The Director concealed subtle visual Easter eggs throughout Climax!, embedding recurring color palettes and acoustic themes that foreshadow the climax. Key frame compositions deliberately pay homage to classic cinema masterpieces of the 20th century.

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Climax! achieved stellar critical acclaim across international film festivals and audience rating aggregators, earning massive praise for its visual fidelity, gripping pacing, and career-defining performances.

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1951 - Pre-Production Greenlight

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1952 - 1953 Filming Window

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1953 - Final Cut Delivery

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October 7, 1954

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