The Millionaire
Synopsis
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
Season 1 Episodes
EP 1
Amy Moore, trying to raise her invalid son on a clerk's wages, thinks the check will solve all her problems.
EP 2
Carl Nelson becomes obsessed with money, which jeopardizes his relationships.
EP 3
When he spends some of his million, low level criminal and ex-convict Joe Iris has difficulty convincing the police and former higher level…
EP 4
Bessie Mulcahy wants to spend her husband's gift of $1,000,000. to get a rich society husband for their eligible daughter.
EP 5
When Emily Short receives the million dollar cheque she flies over to Paris. Oh the flight she meets Mark Ryan. Falling head over heels for…
EP 6
The widow of a renowned actor uses her million to produce a screenplay of her future son-in-law and hopes to propel her daughter from a min…
EP 7
Three hobos make what money they can by selling pamphlets in the local park, decrying the evils of worshiping money. When one of them, Harv…
EP 8
An English teacher's use of her money to invest in a boxer puts her in conflict with school administration and crooked promoters.
EP 9
A private detective hired by Anthony to find a missing nurse of exemplary character engaged to a doctor discovers a past possibly very much…
EP 10
Charles Lamar is in service to his old country employers from nobility for whom he struggles to have live within their means while maintain…
EP 11
A couple, who live clandestinely to protect custody of a child adopted outside the regular channels, seek legal help with their million jus…
EP 12
Bill Bartlett gets slothful Pev Johnson a job in his bank because his daughter does not feel she can marry Bill until Pev has means but sus…
EP 13
Tightwad Quentin Harwood does not adjust his excessively frugal habits even after receiving his million much to the chagrin of his deprived…
EP 14
Life threatening events cause Fred Malcolm to believe that his much younger wife is planning his murder to gain the entire million because …
EP 15
Rodeo champion Luke Fortune must on their wedding day explain to his new bride a month's long period of absence with no contact as relates …
EP 16
A man facing imminent execution for a murder he was framed of doing uses his million to buy evidence that he hopes will prove his innocence.
EP 17
Walter Carter has had mental care and has had hallucinations about receiving a fortune since a business failure has broke him hurting his p…
EP 18
A young woman who lives with an abusive mother and a detached and selfish step family meets a young scientist who wants to marry her but th…
EP 19
Uncle Robby dies just after receiving his million before he can change his will that forces his favorite niece and her husband to spend eve…
EP 20
Unassuming Sam Donovan seems to spend his million frivolously without abandon much to the consternation of his controlling parsimonious fia…
EP 21
A personal secretary use her million to mock sophistication for and compatibility with a hero writer who she hopes to marry but who is also…
EP 22
When Cobb Morley's wife is killed by a burglar just prior to his receiving the million, the money cast more suspicion on him as the already…
EP 23
Millie who makes a meager living renting rooms is incautiously desperate to marry when she receives her million so she can adopt a group of…
