Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Long Goodbye | 1954-10-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Thirteenth Chair | 1954-10-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Casino Royale | 1954-10-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Sorry, Wrong Number | 1954-11-04 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Gioconda Smile | 1954-11-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The After House | 1954-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | An Error in Chemistry | 1954-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Epitaph for a Spy | 1954-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The White Carnation | 1954-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Nightmare in Copenhagen | 1954-12-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Bigger They Come | 1955-01-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Escape from Fear | 1955-01-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Mojave Kid | 1955-01-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Leaf Out of the Book | 1955-02-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Valiant Men | 1955-02-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Box of Chocolates | 1955-02-24 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | South of the Sun | 1955-03-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Great Impersonation | 1955-03-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Darkest Hour | 1955-03-24 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Champion | 1955-03-31 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Private Worlds | 1955-04-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Flight 951 | 1955-04-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The First and the Last | 1955-04-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia | 1955-05-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | No Stone Unturned | 1955-05-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | A Farewell to Arms | 1955-05-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | The Unimportant Man | 1955-06-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | The Dark Fleece | 1955-06-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | To Wake at Midnight | 1955-06-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | The Dance | 1955-06-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | Wild Stallion | 1955-07-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | The Escape of Mendes-France | 1955-07-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | The Healer | 1955-07-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1955-07-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | One Night Stand | 1955-08-04 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 36 | Edge of Terror | 1955-08-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 37 | Fear Strikes Out | 1955-08-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 38 | Deal a Blow | 1955-08-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1955-09-01 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Public Pigeon #1 | 1955-09-08 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Silent Decision | 1955-09-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Night of Execution | 1955-09-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Sailor on Horseback | 1955-09-29 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Thin Air | 1955-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | House of Shadows | 1955-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Pink Cloud | 1955-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Scheme to Defraud | 1955-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | A Promise to Murder | 1955-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Portrait in Celluloid | 1955-11-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | A Man of Taste | 1955-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Passport | 1955-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Day They Gave the Babies Away | 1955-12-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Bailout at 43,000 Feet | 1955-12-29 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Prowler | 1956-01-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Hanging Judge | 1956-01-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Secret of River Lane | 1956-01-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Gamble on a Thief | 1956-02-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | The Fifth Wheel | 1956-02-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Nightmare by Day | 1956-02-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Sound of Silence | 1956-03-01 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Louella Parsons Story | 1956-03-08 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Pale Horse, Pale Rider | 1956-03-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | An Episode of Sparrows | 1956-03-29 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Spin Into Darkness | 1956-04-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | The Lou Gehrig Story | 1956-04-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | Sit Down with Death | 1956-04-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | The Empty Room Blues | 1956-05-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | Flame-Out on T-6 | 1956-05-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 31 | The Shadow of Evil | 1956-05-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 32 | Figures in Clay | 1956-05-31 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 33 | Faceless Adversary | 1956-06-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 34 | To Scream at Midnight | 1956-06-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 35 | The Circular Staircase | 1956-06-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 36 | A Trophy for Howard Davenport | 1956-06-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 37 | Phone Call for Matthew Quade | 1956-07-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 38 | Fear is the Hunter | 1956-07-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 39 | Fury at Dawn | 1956-07-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 40 | The Man Who Lost His Head | 1956-07-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 41 | Child of the Wind | 1956-08-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 42 | No Right to Kill | 1956-08-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 43 | The 78th Floor | 1956-08-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 44 | Throw Away the Cane | 1956-08-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 45 | Dark Wall | 1956-08-30 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Bury Me Later | 1956-09-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Burst of Violence | 1956-09-13 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Garsten Case | 1956-09-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Fog | 1956-09-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Island in the City | 1956-10-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Journey Into Fear | 1956-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Midas Touch | 1956-10-18 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Night of the Heat Wave | 1956-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Flight to Tomorrow | 1956-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Night Shriek | 1956-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Chinese Game | 1956-11-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | The Secret Thread | 1956-11-29 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Savage Portrait | 1956-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Strange Hostage | 1956-12-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Ten Minutes to Curfew | 1956-12-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Carnival at Midnight | 1957-01-03 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The Gold Dress | 1957-01-17 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Circle of Destruction | 1957-01-24 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Trouble at Number 5 | 1957-02-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | The Stalker | 1957-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | Stain of Honor | 1957-02-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | The Long Count | 1957-02-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | And Don't Ever Come Back | 1957-02-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Night of a Rebel | 1957-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Let It Be Me | 1957-03-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Strange Sanctuary | 1957-03-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 27 | Don't Touch Me | 1957-04-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 28 | Mad Bomber | 1957-04-18 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 29 | Avalanche at Devil's Pass | 1957-04-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 30 | Strange Deaths at Burnleigh | 1957-05-02 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 31 | Bait for the Tiger | 1957-05-16 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 32 | The Hand of Evil | 1957-05-23 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 33 | The Disappearance of Amanda Hale | 1957-05-30 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 34 | Mr. Runyon of Broadway | 1957-06-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 35 | The Man Who Stole the Bible | 1957-06-13 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 36 | A Taste for Crime | 1957-06-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 37 | The Trial of Captain Wirtz | 1957-06-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 38 | False Witness | 1957-07-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 39 | Payment for Judas | 1957-07-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 40 | Walk a Tightrope | 1957-07-18 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 41 | The High Jungle | 1957-07-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 42 | The Giant Killer | 1957-08-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 43 | Trail of Terror | 1957-08-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 44 | Murder is a Witch | 1957-08-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 45 | The Stranger Within | 1957-08-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 46 | Deadly Climate | 1957-08-29 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Trial by Fire | 1957-09-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Secret of the Red Room | 1957-09-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Necessary Evil | 1957-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Along Came a Spider | 1957-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Jacob and the Angels | 1957-10-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Mask for the Devil | 1957-10-10 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Largest City in Captivity | 1957-10-17 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Tunnel of Fear | 1957-10-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Keep Me in Mind | 1957-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Two Tests on Tuesday | 1957-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1957-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Murder Has a Deadline | 1957-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | The Devil's Brood | 1957-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Hurricane Diane | 1957-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | To Walk the Night | 1957-12-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Shadow of a Memory | 1957-12-26 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Scream in Silence | 1958-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | Thieves of Tokyo | 1958-01-16 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | Sound of the Moon | 1958-01-23 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Burst of Fire | 1958-01-30 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | Four Hours in White | 1958-02-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | The Secret Love of Johnny Spain | 1958-02-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | Albert Anastasia, His Life and Death | 1958-02-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | The Thief with the Big Blue Eyes | 1958-03-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 25 | So Deadly My Love | 1958-03-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 26 | The Great World and Timothy Colt | 1958-03-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 27 | On the Take | 1958-04-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 28 | The Volcano Seat | 1958-04-10 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 29 | Shooting for the Moon | 1958-04-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 30 | The Deadly Tattoo | 1958-05-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 31 | The Big Success | 1958-05-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 32 | The Disappearance of Daphne | 1958-05-15 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 33 | Time of the Hanging | 1958-05-22 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 34 | The Push-Button Giant | 1958-05-29 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 35 | Spider Web | 1958-06-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 36 | House of Doubt | 1958-06-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 37 | Cabin B-13 | 1958-06-26 | 60 min |
| Production | Martin Manulis | Producer |
| Production | Elliott Lewis | Producer |
