The MillionaireStagione 5

John Beresford Tipton is a multi-billionaire, and among the things he does with his money is to give away $1 million to people he doesn't know. Every week Tipton, who is never seen, instructs his assistant, Michael Anthony, to deliver a check to to the person he chose--and ask each to sign an agreement to never tell anyone how s/he got the money. Also shown is how the recipients' lives are changed.

Dove guardare The Millionaire • Stagione 5

37 Episodi

  • The Betty Hawley Story
    E1
    The Betty Hawley StoryAfter graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their child in a hospital and in America. Hence, John agrees to accept $1,000 to drive over rutted dirt roads in an old rickety truck loaded with nitroglycerin to a mine cave-in many miles off.
  • The Norman Conover Story
    E2
    The Norman Conover StoryGrocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.
  • The Fred Morgan Story
    E3
    The Fred Morgan StoryBefore they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepted by an run away convict but Fred devises an escape.
  • The Ken Leighton Story
    E4
    The Ken Leighton StoryEarnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain now because he has no money to pay the bills.
  • The David Barrett Story
    E5
    The David Barrett StoryStruggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and he meets the owner's daughter. They fall in love, but when the Farmer finds out, he fights him and orders him away until he can provide for the girl.
  • The Martin Scott Story
    E6
    The Martin Scott StoryMartin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can't use any in a college fund his parents save for him,yet unbeknownst to everyone else, Scott has gotten himself in debt to a bookie and must nearly drain the account.
  • The Ellen Curry Story
    E7
    The Ellen Curry StoryEllen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.
  • The William Vaughan Story
    E8
    The William Vaughan StoryWilliam Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.
  • The Cat Story
    E9
    The Cat StorySoon after an old spinster lady becomes a "Tipton-made Millionaire", she dies, leaving her estate to her cat, Ralph. The old woman's nephew Freddie Howard is to take care of the feline at a fabulous annual stipend allotted. Freddie's fiancée dislikes Ralph though, who suddenly runs away. Without him, the rest of the inheritance will go to a cat hospital.
  • The Dan Howell Story
    E10
    The Dan Howell StoryAnthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself and run loose on the train.
  • The Newman Johnson Story
    E11
    The Newman Johnson StoryMeek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million and turns the tables as he buys his company.
  • The Lee Randolph Story
    E12
    The Lee Randolph StoryCheck recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.
  • The Frank Harrigan Story
    E13
    The Frank Harrigan StoryStickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a million with almost disastrous consequences for the fortune.
  • The Pete Hopper Story
    E14
    The Pete Hopper StoryHopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million dollars is presented to him, Pete thinks the bribe offer has been renewed.
  • The Eric Lodek Story
    E15
    The Eric Lodek StoryEric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's body and decides to impersonate him.
  • The William Courtney Story
    E16
    The William Courtney StoryWilliam Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.
  • The Terrence Costigan Story
    E17
    The Terrence Costigan StoryTerrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.
  • The Irene Marshall Story
    E18
    The Irene Marshall StoryIrene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.
  • The Julia Conrad Story
    E19
    The Julia Conrad StoryJulia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.
  • The Emily Baker Story
    E20
    The Emily Baker StoryA career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple country girl.
  • The John Rackham Story
    E21
    The John Rackham Story
  • The Father Gilhooley Story
    E22
    The Father Gilhooley StoryA priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.
  • The Hank Butler Story
    E23
    The Hank Butler StoryJudy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.
  • The Charlie Weber Story
    E24
    The Charlie Weber Story
  • The Angela Temple Story
    E25
    The Angela Temple StoryRumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.
  • The Alicia Osante Story
    E26
    The Alicia Osante StoryMichael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.
  • The Marcia Forrest Story
    E27
    The Marcia Forrest StoryNew millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.
  • The Henry Banning Story
    E28
    The Henry Banning StoryHenry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and others believe he has wealth.
  • The Sally Simms Story
    E29
    The Sally Simms StoryWhen mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise for her mother falls in love with Sally and she with him.
  • The Ann Griffin Story
    E30
    The Ann Griffin StoryNewlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent requires them to be apart for the sake of publicity.
  • The Karl Miller Story
    E31
    The Karl Miller StoryRefugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.
  • The Gilbert Burton Story
    E32
    The Gilbert Burton StoryCountry boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she feels she and her partner brother are using Gilbert.
  • The Susan Ballard Story
    E33
    The Susan Ballard StorySmall town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.
  • The Bill Franklin Story
    E34
    The Bill Franklin StoryEditor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of New York City.
  • The Louise Benson Story
    E35
    The Louise Benson StoryArtist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco waterfront but there love can go no further until the man faces murders charges in his hometown.
  • The Martha Halloran Story
    E36
    The Martha Halloran StoryClint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his plane to return because he did not receive funds his wife sent and is unaware of the million.
  • The Charles Bradwell Story
    E37
    The Charles Bradwell StoryCharles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.
  • Marvin MillerMichael Anthony
  • Paul FreesJohn Beresford Tipton
  • Don FeddersonProduttore
  • Fred HenryProduttore Esecutivo

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