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- ↑ "Concerning Death" [adapted from the John Collier story] (2- 17-55) Edward Andrews, Jo Van Fleet 4. "How Beautiful the Shoes" [adapted from the short story by Wilbur Daniel Steele] (2-24-55) John Baragrey, Lois Smith 5. "Zone of Quiet"
- ↑ Larry James Gianakos Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle 1980 "43."The Summer Road" (12-1-55) Don Dubbins, Joan Tetzel, Don Briggs 45. "Nightmare by Day" [by Anne Howard Bailey] (12-8-55) Dor- een Lang, James Gregory 46. "Gang Up" [by Nicholas E. Baehr] (12-15-55) George Grizzard, Paul Carr, Polly Rowles 47. "The Selfish Giant" [adapted from the Oscar Wilde fable; narrated by Basil Rathbone] (12-22-55) George Mathews, Mia Slavenska 48. "Write Me a ...
