Armstrong Circle Theatre · SEASON 7
H.R. 8438: The Story of a Lost Boy
Episode 19 · 1956-06-12
- Drama
Episode overview
An actual drama of a Yugoslavian youth who is now in America and hopes to stay here. Anton Steigerwald, a war orphan in Yugoslavia, is thought to be the child of an American citizen from whom he was separated during the war. Elizabeth Steigerwald, now in Philadelphia, wants to find her son. Her daughter Maria brings Anton to America although she knows he is not her brother Johann. She relies on him to tell her mother, but he does not. Anton's sister discovers that he is in America and reveals the truth to Mrs. Steigerwald. But she has known all along. He tells the U.S. authorities and the real Johann is brought to America. Anton is waiting for bill H.R. 3438 to pass which would allow him to stay.
Season 7 episodes
1. The Strange War of Sergeant Kreuzer1955-09-27
2. Lost: $2,000,000,000: The Diary of 'Diane'1955-10-11
3. Minding Our Own Business1955-11-01
4. Saturday Visit1955-11-15
5. The Town that Refused to Die1955-11-29
6. I Was Accused: The George Voskovec Story1955-12-13
7. Nightmare in Red1955-12-27
8. Ward Three: Four P.M. to Midnight: The St. Luke's Hospital Story1956-01-10
9. Hitchhike1956-01-24
10. The Third Ear1956-02-07
11. Terror at My Heels1956-02-21
12. Man in Shadow1956-03-06
13. Five Who Shook the Mighty1956-03-23
14. A Baby Named X1956-04-03
15. The Case of Colonel Petrov1956-04-17
16. Seventy-Three Seconds Into Space1956-05-01
17. Devil at the Door1956-05-15
18. The Second Family1956-05-29
19. H.R. 8438: The Story of a Lost Boy1956-06-12
