Crossroads

1955–1957 · Ended · 2 seasons · 78 episodes · Drama · United States

Creator Harry Joe Brown · Channel ABC · Starring Terry Frost, G. Pat Collins, Philip Ahn

An anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations.
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Episodes

39 episodes · October 1955 – June 1956
  1. Episode 1: 1. The Shadow of GodOctober 7, 1955 · 25 min
    A priest attempts to prove a man's innocence.
  2. Episode 2: 2. CleanupOctober 14, 1955 · 25 min
    A pastor exhorts his parishioners to take back their city from the gangsters and corrupt politicians who have taken it over.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Unholy TrioOctober 21, 1955 · 30 min
    A rabbi discovers that he is the only one who can save an innocent man from the electric chair for a murder he didn't commit.
  4. Episode 4: 4. With All My LoveOctober 28, 1955 · 30 min
    A chaplain and two soldiers journey into the Philippine jungle to rescue two American civilians from advancing Japanese forces. However, Hulda Lind refuses to return until native Jose is converted to Christianity.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The HostageNovember 4, 1955 · 30 min
    Catholic priest Father Felix is summoned to the state penitentiary to hear the Confession of an inmate in solitary. Trouble ensues.
  6. Episode 6: 6. Broadway TrustNovember 11, 1955 · 30 min
    A man embezzles $5,000 from his employer to pay for a land deal. When the deal falls through, he has until 3:00 the next day to pay it back before the bank examiners discover the loss.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. Mr. Liberty BellNovember 18, 1955 · 30 min
    American missionary Dr. Roy Bell leads a resistance force on the Philippine island of Negros during the Japanese occupation.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The Good ThiefNovember 25, 1955 · 30 min
    A Red prison is a priest's parish. Father Joseph Kapaun, a US Army chaplain, must strive to bring meaning and inspiration to the lives of a small group of POWs.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Mightier Than the SwordDecember 2, 1955 · 30 min
    A Baptist minister prints copies of the Bible in order to smuggle them behind the Iron Curtain.
  4. Episode 10: 10. The GamblerDecember 9, 1955 · 30 min
    An unemployed man with a gambling problem becomes suicidal.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Chinese CheckersDecember 16, 1955 · 30 min
  6. Episode 12: 12. Vivi Shining BrightDecember 23, 1955 · 30 min
    A young bride meets with an accident which leaves her paralyzed.
  7. Episode 13: 13. A Bell for O'DonnellDecember 30, 1955 · 30 min
    A pastor struggles with his trust in a con artist.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Through the WindowJanuary 6, 1956 · 30 min
  9. Episode 15: 15. Cavalry in ChinaJanuary 13, 1956 · 30 min
    An American missionary in China endures persecution from the brutal Communists.
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Mountain AngelJanuary 20, 1956 · 30 min
    A minister struggles to convince the people of the Tennessee hills the value of modern medicine.
  11. Episode 17: 17. St. George and the DragonJanuary 27, 1956 · 30 min
    Father Slee works with the young hoodlums in the neighborhood to straighten out their lives.
  12. Episode 18: 18. The Inner LightFebruary 3, 1956 · 30 min
    Father Raymond, a missionary in China, helps villager Po Ling deal with his blindness after a fireworks manufacturing accident.
  13. Episode 19: 19. The Little HeraldFebruary 10, 1956 · 30 min
    Reverend Perkins, a Presbyterian missionary, establishes an air link to a remote Brazilian village.
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Strange BequestFebruary 17, 1956 · 30 min
    A death row inmate makes a strange bequest.
  15. Episode 21: 21. The Pavement PastorFebruary 24, 1956 · 30 min
    A pastor born and raised in the tenements develops a dim view of the draft laws, resulting in his imprisonment.
  16. Episode 22: 22. The RebelMarch 2, 1956 · 30 min
    Rabbi Seixas is on the run from the Redcoats and their Hessian mercenaries after New York falls to the British. The British want to see the Rabbi hang for his support for the American Revolutionaries.
  17. Episode 23: 23. Mother O'BrienMarch 9, 1956 · 30 min
    A detective is torn between his duties to his family and his job when he learns that his drug addict brother is committing crimes to support his habit.
  18. Episode 24: 24. The Sacred TrustMarch 16, 1956 · 30 min
    A courtroom drama depicting the historic legal decision in 1813, upholding the inviolability of religious confession.
  19. Episode 25: 25. Bowery BishopMarch 23, 1956 · 30 min
    The minister of a Bowery mission has his donations stolen. A transient working in the kitchen knows who did it, and threatens revenge, but the minister persuades him otherwise, and give himself up to serve an old charge he's still wanted on. In Sing Sing, both men meet, and when the first is stabbed, it looks like a revenge murder.
  20. Episode 26: 26. Dig or Die, Brother HydeMarch 30, 1956 · 30 min
    An itinerant pastor traveling the prairie tries to restore a woman's faith, and save her child's life, by using a little amateur psychology.
  21. Episode 27: 27. Two-Fisted SaintApril 6, 1956
  22. Episode 28: 28. Deadly FearApril 13, 1956
  23. Episode 29: 29. Anatole Of The BayousApril 20, 1956
  24. Episode 30: 30. The White CarnationApril 27, 1956
  25. Episode 31: 31. Home is the SailorMay 4, 1956
  26. Episode 32: 32. The LifelineMay 11, 1956
  27. Episode 33: 33. The JudgeMay 18, 1956
  28. Episode 34: 34. Soldiers Of SalvationMay 25, 1956
  29. Episode 35: 35. The Man On The Totem PoleJune 1, 1956
  30. Episode 36: 36. The Rabbi Davis StoryJune 8, 1956
  31. Episode 37: 37. The Singing PreacherJune 15, 1956
  32. Episode 38: 38. A Holiday For Father JimJune 22, 1956
  33. Episode 39: 39. False ProphetJune 29, 1956

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EPISODE LENGTH
25 minutes
FIRST AIRED
October 7, 1955
LAST AIRED
June 28, 1957
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Federal Telefilms, Sterling Films

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