Climax!Seizoen 1

This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.

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38 Episodes

The Long Goodbye
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The Long GoodbyePrivate 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.
The Thirteenth Chair
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The Thirteenth ChairWhen 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.
Casino Royale
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Casino RoyaleDe televisieaflevering Casino Royale was de eerste verfilming van de roman Casino Royale van Ian Fleming. Het boek zou later nog twee keer verfilmd worden. De aflevering was te zien in de televisieserie Climax! (Climax Mystery Theater), die van 1954 tot 1958 op de Amerikaanse televisiezender CBS te zien was. Hiervoor werd elke keer een thriller verfilmd in de vorm van een toneelstuk. Het optreden werd dan rechtstreeks uitgezonden. Hierom werd het verhaal door Ian Fleming aangepast, zodat het in drie delen kon worden opgevoerd. Ook werden de namen van de personages aangepast en zou de hoofdrolspeler een Amerikaans geheim agent spelen. Felix Leiter werd hernoemd naar Clarence Leiter en was in deze film een Engelsman.
Sorry, Wrong Number
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Sorry, Wrong NumberA 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.
The Gioconda Smile
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The Gioconda SmileThe death of his crippled wife causes upheaval for the husband and his mistress. Only his family friend believes in his innocence.
The After House
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The After HouseA 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.
An Error in Chemistry
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An Error in ChemistryA 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.
Epitaph for a Spy
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Epitaph for a SpyAn unsuspecting Iron Curtain refugee is used as a pawn by two French traitors while he is at a resort in France.
The White Carnation
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The White CarnationA woman receives some mysterious white carnations, which seem to be an innocent gift but lead to terror.
Nightmare in Copenhagen
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Nightmare in CopenhagenThru romantic eyes she knew not what he was.
The Bigger They Come
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The Bigger They ComePrivate investigators Cool and Lam become involved in this suspenseful tale of thugs, thieves and legal chicanery.
Escape From Fear
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Escape From FearAn American engineer in Germany crosses over into the Soviet Zone on business and becomes entangled with the secret police.
The Mojave Kid
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The Mojave KidThe Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.
The Leaf Out of the Book
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The Leaf Out of the BookThe 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.
The Valiant Men
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The Valiant MenLt. 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.
The Box of Chocolates
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The Box of ChocolatesA 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.
South of the Sun
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South of the SunThey 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.
The Great Impersonation
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The Great ImpersonationThe 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.
The Darkest Hour
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The Darkest HourAn ex-cop is released from San Quentin after five years and sets out on revenge against the men who framed him for manslaughter.
The Champion
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The ChampionThe 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.
Private Worlds
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Private WorldsTV version of the ahead-of-its-time film Private Worlds (1935), starring 'Claudette Colbert' repeating her role as a very caring psychiatrist facing discrimination in a mental hospital because she's female. Also has a much more progressive view of mental illness than usual in the era. Based on a story by the novelist Phyllis Bottome (_Mortal Storm, The (1940)_.
Flight 951
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Flight 951A 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.
The First and the Last
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The First and the LastThe 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.
The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia
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The Deliverance of Sister CeciliaA courageous nun suffers ordeals while trying to escape from behind the Iron Curtain.
No Stone Unturned
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No Stone UnturnedA Scottish student has the historical Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. His purpose is to get England to recognize Scotland's independence.
A Farewell to Arms
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A Farewell to ArmsAn American, in the Italian Army during World War I, who meets a nurse and falls in love with her. Together they try to find a haven from the turbulence around them.
The Unimportant Man
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The Unimportant ManThe life of an ordinary, mild-mannered man is changed when he identifies the murderer of his employer's brother.
The Dark Fleece
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The Dark FleeceA gold miner returns to his righteous California hometown, circa1857. He has great wealth, but also a burdened conscious; he has killed a man.
To Wake at Midnight
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To Wake at MidnightAll the pent-up prejudices and hatreds of postwar Europe are revived when a Nazi lieutenant recovers consciousness in a British hospital after being in a coma for years.
The Dance
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The Dance
Wild Stallion
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Wild StallionA handsome, devil-may-care fortune hunter [from South America] makes his home with a well-to-do Southern family. He is attracted at first to the daughter, until he discovers the mother is the one who holds the key to the family fortune.
The Escape of Mendes-France
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The Escape of Mendes-France
The Healer
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The HealerA brilliant surgeon, burdened with a self-centered wife and a beautiful heiress who's in love with him, becomes tormented by doubts about his ability after losing a patient during a difficult operation.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTold through the Journal left by Dr. Jekyll after Mr. Hyde is killed in the opening scene. This is a bare bones production, but is very stylish never the less. The classic search of man's Duality. More subtle and sublime then the more famous versions.
One Night Stand
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One Night StandIn 1937, the members of a jazz ensemble come to the aid of one of their colleagues who is stricken with tuberculosis.
Edge of Terror
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Edge of TerrorA small town banker and his family are threatened with death if he identifies the leader of the gang that tried to rob his bank.
Fear Strikes Out
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Fear Strikes OutA young major league baseball player, Jimmy Piersall (Tab Hunter), battles mental illness and a harsh upbringing to succeed as a Boston Red Sox outfielder. Based on the memoir of the same title by Piersall. Made into a movie in 1957 starring Anthony Perkins as Piersall.
Deal a Blow
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Deal a BlowA teenage boy gets into a dispute with an abusive movie theater manager Mr. Grubbs. The boy's father Tom Ditmar accepts the manager's somewhat twisted version of the incident and doesn't give his son a chance to explain his side of the matter.