General Motors Theatre Season 1, Episode 2: Angel Street

Justice

A clerk is jailed for forging a check to help a drunkard's wife.

Inspector General

When a stranger arrives in a small Russian town, it is assumed (wrongly) that he must be the feared government inspector, whose visit is expected at any moment.

Payment Deferred

An Enemy of the People

Dr. Stockmann has discovered that the water supply for his town is polluted - but surprisingly few people seem to care.

To Tell the Truth

Juno and the Paycock

During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.

Uncle Harry

Harry's invalid sister doesn't want him to marry. In fact, she doesn't want him to do anything except what she wants him to do. A man might get to resent that.

All My Sons

During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever, but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Elizabeth Barrett is in love with the poet Robert Browning. Her tyrant of a father disapproves. But why?

Hilda Morgan

The Moneymakers

Nothing But the Truth

A young man bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth.

School for Scandal

Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.

By Candlelight

In this comedy of errors, a maid pretends to be a lady, a Prince poses as his valet, and his valet pretends to be him, the Prince.

Candida

Adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, in which the idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.

Playboy of the Western World

A strange youth impresses the women at a remote Irish pub spot by claiming to have murdered his father.

Othello

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.

Dr. Angelus

One John Smith

Ebb Tide

Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic who has set himself up as the local god.

She Stoops to Conquer

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with a potential suitor. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper. Hilarity ensues.

The First Mrs. Fraser

The Vigil

The Case of Prince Charming

Guilt

A passionate adulterous relationship provokes a murder.

The Bridge

A French girl and American Engineer struggle to find love in war-torn France.

Fortune My Foe