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The Best Episodes of General Electric Theater Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 1 - Pretending Makes It Do
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Pretending Makes It Do

    S3:E1

    Mrs. MacDowell makes daydream plans for her young college professor son in the belief that pretending will make them so.

    Director:Frank Wisbar
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 2 - Too Old for the Girl
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    #2 - Too Old for the Girl

    S3:E2

    No description available

    Director:Frank Wisbar
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 3 - Nora #1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Nora #1

    S3:E3

    An abusive husband gives his wife no choice but to retreat from her world of pain and degradation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 4 - The High Green Wall
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #4 - The High Green Wall

    S3:E4

    Having survived a plane crash in the jungle, Henty finds a fortress-like home in the middle of nowhere, belonging to the affable Mr. McMaster. The latter doesn't want Henty to leave.

    Director:Nicholas Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 5 - The Long Way 'Round
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    #5 - The Long Way 'Round

    S3:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 6 - Edison the Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Edison the Man

    S3:E6

    82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 7 - The Road to Edinburgh
    3.2/10(173 votes)

    #7 - The Road to Edinburgh

    S3:E7

    Todays theme is The Road to Edinburgh.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 8 - I'm a Fool
    6.5/10(157 votes)

    #8 - I'm a Fool

    S3:E8

    Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set, I am a fool is a classic story of a heartsick and foolish farm boy who takes on a false identity to impress a beautiful girl and in so doing loses the love of his life forever.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 9 - The Face Is Familiar
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    #9 - The Face Is Familiar

    S3:E9

    A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery.

    Director:Frank Tashlin
    Writer:Howard Snyder

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  10. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 10 - The Rider on the Pale Horse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Rider on the Pale Horse

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 11 - Committed
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Committed

    S3:E11

    Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence

    Director:Frank Tuttle
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 12 - The Dark, Dark Hours
    7.7/10(103 votes)

    #12 - The Dark, Dark Hours

    S3:E12

    A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 13 - Music for Christmas
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Music for Christmas

    S3:E13

    Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform an program of Christmas music.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 14 - The White Steed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The White Steed

    S3:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 15 - Amelia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Amelia

    S3:E15

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    Director:Richard Irving
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 16 - D.P.
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - D.P.

    S3:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 17 - Yankee Pedler
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Yankee Pedler

    S3:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 18 - The Martyr
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #18 - The Martyr

    S3:E18

    1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush.

    Director:Jacques Tourneur
    Writer:Frank O'Connor

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  19. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 19 - The Big Shot
    5.7/10(14 votes)

    #19 - The Big Shot

    S3:E19

    Singer Johnnie Pulaski goes on an important audition and impresses. There is one condition that makes him want to refuse their offer--they ask him to change his last name. His girlfriend convinces him that the name is unimportant if he can sing. Ray, as Pulaski, introduces a new single, "Path to Paradise."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 20 - The Return of Gentleman Jim
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #20 - The Return of Gentleman Jim

    S3:E20

    Boxer Jim Corbett returns to face Joe Louis in the ring.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 21 - Love Is Eternal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Love Is Eternal

    S3:E21

    When Lincoln and Mary Todd were married, he had the phrase, "Love is Eternal", inscribed in her wedding band. Though years of loneliness and disappointment seem to disprove this sentiment, the historic pair finally realize its truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 22 - The Bachelor's Bride
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Bachelor's Bride

    S3:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 23 - Episode 3.23
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Episode 3.23

    S3:E23

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 24 - The Blond Dog
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Blond Dog

    S3:E24

    A struggling photographer runs over a dog while driving near the home of an actress. Little does he know that this insignificant auto accident will lead to his involvement in murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. General Electric Theater Season 3 Episode 25 - War and Peace on the Range
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - War and Peace on the Range

    S3:E25

    A film producer of B-movie Westerns has to hire a big-name actor's relative who is extremely incompetent for the chosen epic film.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Pretending Makes It Do" is the best rated episode of "General Electric Theater" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Frank Wisbar and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/12/1954. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Too Old for the Girl".