The BEST episodes directed by Robert Florey
#1 - The Ruth Owens Story
Wagon Train - Season 1 - Episode 4
Ruth Owens, her little girl and her second husband are journeying west with the train. Her husband is a teacher and they seem like any other average couple on the train.The weather has turned hot and the train has hit a dry patch. Water is rationed. Tempers are on a knife edge. One particularly hot night a young stranger rides into camp. He has had word that his older sister is on the train and he has come looking for her to tell her that their father is dead. The first family he comes across asks him about her. He explains that she was a waitress in a smart hotel. When one of the men hears the name of the ""hotel"" he laughs in the boy's face; the place is infamous for one type of woman in particular. Upset by the insinuation about his sister the boy lashes out and the man ends up dead. The men on the train form a lynching party but Major Adams intervenes. When Ruth Owens sees the boy she recognises him as her brother, but to step forward and defend him would mean losing her new found r
#2 - The Les Rand Story
Wagon Train - Season 1 - Episode 5
Charlie Wooster, cook to Major Adams, is badly injured when he becomes trapped under a wagon. The train doesn't have a doctor but Flint thinks there is a town a couple of days ride away which does. The Major duly sends him on his way. Riding hard Flint soon reaches Little Fork, a one horse town in the middle of nowhere where the few inhabitants live uneasily with neighbouring Indians who occasionally try to trade with them. When Flint arrives he finds all the townsfolk in the saloon. To begin with they are not too friendly to the scout, although he does learn that the doctor is out of town and no-one knows when he will be back. Flint decides to wait it out. Then there is a sudden change for no apparent reason. The folk become friendly; offer Flint a bed for the night and food. Although he is puzzled by the change, he doesn't question it straight away, deciding to bide his time. Almost the moment Flint's head touches the pillow he is asleep. Next morning he awakes to a silent town. Ever
#3 - Perchance to Dream
The Twilight Zone - Season 1 - Episode 9
A man is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.
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#4 - Where Beauty Lies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 7 - Episode 38
Caroline Hardy's affair with the handsome Paul Ross comes to an abrupt end when her brother tells Paul's wife about them. Intent on revenge, Caroline sets off an explosion that will have life-changing results.
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#5 - The Fever
The Twilight Zone - Season 1 - Episode 17
Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.
#6 - The Long Morrow
The Twilight Zone - Season 5 - Episode 15
An astronaut falls in love with a woman before going on a 40-year mission into space.
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#7 - The Changing Heart
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 6 - Episode 14
The time for love is any time, but for Dane Ross and his beloved Lisa, the clock is almost certainly ticking.
#8 - A Jury of Her Peers
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 7 - Episode 12
A local sheriff has failed to find enough evidence to prove Millie Wright killed her husband. When the sheriff's wife stumbles across some clues that may prove Millie guilty, will she speak up?
#9 - The Opportunity
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 7 - Episode 33
An assistant manager of a department store finds a unique use for a girl he has caught shoplifting. Agreeing to let the girl off, he sets into motion a plan that will lead to murder.
#10 - Moonstone
The Outer Limits - Season 1 - Episode 24
Lunar colonists find themselves in grave danger when they attempt to aid five fugitive alien scientists.
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#11 - The Children of Alda Nuova
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 7 - Episode 35
An American criminal living in Rome gets more than he bargained for when supplying narcotics to a group of juveniles.
#12 - The Doreen Maney Story
The Untouchables - Season 1 - Episode 24
New York City: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx. On the evening of June 8, 1933, Max Baer knocked out Max Schmeling in the 10th round of their scheduled 15-round championship boxing match.* The gate was $240,000. (Since 60,000 fans were there, that means the average ticket price was $4.00) An hour later, one of the Granite Armored Cars, with 4 armed guards, drives off with the receipts. Doreen Maney steps in front of the moving truck; the driver slams on his brakes, but Doreen falls down as if she's been hit. When the driver gets out of the truck and checks on her, she pulls out a gun. Sheik Humphries drops a tear-gas canister through a conveniently-located vent in the armored truck, forcing the other 3 guards out. Jake Logan, a triggerman who was hired just for this job (not a member of the gang), keeps his chopper handy. Then Len Carson, the 3rd member of the gang, drives up with their getaway car; he starts stealing money from the armored car. Everything was going as Doreen wanted
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