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The Best Episodes of Climax! Season 1

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Climax! Season 1 Episode 1 - The Long Goodbye
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #1 - The Long Goodbye

    S1:E1

    Private Detective Philip Marlowe decides to help out a friend Lennox when his wife is found brutally murdered. Marlowe winds up in jail accused of her murder and tries to solve the case after his release.

    Director:William H. Brown Jr.
    Writer:E. Jack Neuman

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  2. Climax! Season 1 Episode 2 - The Thirteenth Chair
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Thirteenth Chair

    S1:E2

    When his friend is murdered, Edward Wales sets out to capture the killer. He stages a seance and invites 13 people, any one of who may have killed the dead man, but it ends in chaos when the killer strikes again during a blackout.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Walter Newman

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  3. Climax! Season 1 Episode 3 - Casino Royale
    5.6/10(1677 votes)

    #3 - Casino Royale

    S1:E3

    American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. The first dramatization of a James Bond novel.

    Director:William H. Brown Jr.
    Writer:Charles Bennett

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  4. Climax! Season 1 Episode 4 - Sorry, Wrong Number
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Sorry, Wrong Number

    S1:E4

    A neurotic invalid whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to get help and her growing terror and realisation of the truth chill you to the bone.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Climax! Season 1 Episode 5 - The Gioconda Smile
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Gioconda Smile

    S1:E5

    The death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Climax! Season 1 Episode 6 - The After House
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The After House

    S1:E6

    A steward aboard a yacht thinks his job is easy sailing until the dream voyage turns into a nightmare. The ship's officer is thrown overboard and another is hacked to death who is next.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Climax! Season 1 Episode 7 - An Error in Chemistry
    5.8/10(24 votes)

    #7 - An Error in Chemistry

    S1:E7

    A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, only to wind up dead shortly afterwards, the husband quick to confess.

    Director:William H. Brown Jr.
    Writer:David Dortort

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  8. Climax! Season 1 Episode 8 - Epitaph for a Spy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Epitaph for a Spy

    S1:E8

    An unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Climax! Season 1 Episode 9 - The White Carnation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The White Carnation

    S1:E9

    A woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innocent gift but lead to terror.

    Directors:Jack Smight, John Frankenheimer, Don Medford
    Writer:Raymond Chandler

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  10. Climax! Season 1 Episode 10 - Nightmare in Copenhagen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Nightmare in Copenhagen

    S1:E10

    Thru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Climax! Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bigger They Come
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Bigger They Come

    S1:E11

    Private investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Climax! Season 1 Episode 12 - Escape From Fear
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Escape From Fear

    S1:E12

    An American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Climax! Season 1 Episode 13 - The Mojave Kid
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Mojave Kid

    S1:E13

    The Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.

    Directors:William H. Brown Jr., Tony Barr
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Climax! Season 1 Episode 14 - The Leaf Out of the Book
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Leaf Out of the Book

    S1:E14

    The story revolves around two women, one a successful career woman, the other an ambitious girl. After giving the daughter of an old friend a job, the successful businesswoman realizes the drawbacks of her generosity.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Climax! Season 1 Episode 15 - The Valiant Men
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Valiant Men

    S1:E15

    Lt. Comm. Knowles is assigned to skipper the USS Hamilton from England back to New York. While he and his crew celebrate New Year's Eve 1943, an unknown danger lurks nearby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Climax! Season 1 Episode 16 - The Box of Chocolates
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Box of Chocolates

    S1:E16

    A hated columnist becomes involved in murder after receiving an innocent-looking box of chocolates with a note from the manufacturer asking him to try them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Climax! Season 1 Episode 17 - South of the Sun
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - South of the Sun

    S1:E17

    They were strangers to each other, even the married ones, and they all dreamed in human ways. But the least of these eight persons did something about his little dream. In so doing, he bound the strangers in an intimate circle, whether they knew it or not. He touched them all in passing and changed their lives and dreams forever, according to their own choices. In one turn of the earth something happened.

    Director:John Frankenheimer
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Climax! Season 1 Episode 18 - The Great Impersonation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Great Impersonation

    S1:E18

    The action of this tale of intrigue and espionage takes place in the jungles of East Africa in 1914. The destinies of Germany and Great Britain are dependent upon one man whose decision is influenced by one of the two women in his life.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Climax! Season 1 Episode 19 - The Darkest Hour
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Darkest Hour

    S1:E19

    An ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter.

    Director:John Frankenheimer
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Climax! Season 1 Episode 20 - The Champion
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Champion

    S1:E20

    The famous story deals with a boxer whose rise to fame has been at the expense of friends and associates. Through flashbacks, we see how Midge Kelly rose from the Chicago slums to a world championship.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Rod Serling

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  21. Climax! Season 1 Episode 21 - Private Worlds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Private Worlds

    S1:E21

    A woman doctor probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution.

    Director:John Frankenheimer
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Climax! Season 1 Episode 22 - Flight 951
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Flight 951

    S1:E22

    A doctor forsakes the medical profession following a court trial where he was the defendant. Now a successful businessman travelling under an assumed name, he must decide between keeping his secret and saving the eyesight of a fellow passenger.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Climax! Season 1 Episode 23 - The First and the Last
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The First and the Last

    S1:E23

    The threat of scandal, revolving around the death of a man in London, prompts an ambitious lawyer to disregard both legan and moral principles. His concern for his own career puts an innocent man's life in jeopardy.

    Director:John Frankenheimer
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Climax! Season 1 Episode 24 - The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia

    S1:E24

    A courageous nun suffers ordeals while trying to escape from behind the Iron Curtain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Climax! Season 1 Episode 25 - No Stone Unturned
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - No Stone Unturned

    S1:E25

    A Scottish student has the historical Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. His purpose is to get England to recognize Scotland's independence.

    Director:John Frankenheimer
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Long Goodbye" is the best rated episode of "Climax!" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by William H. Brown Jr. and written by E. Jack Neuman, it aired on 10/7/1954. This episode is rated 6.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Thirteenth Chair".