Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - Season 4
Season 4
Episodes
The Secret
A Hollywood columnist solves the mysterious disappearance of a silent film star.
Reunion at Steepler's Hill
Returning to his home town, a gunman (John Ireland) betrays an outlaw buddy to obtain reward money.
The Pipe
A suspect in a diamond robbery cleverly outwits thieves who think he has the store
The Viking
A lovable old fraud who tries to persuade his nephew to trade his chicken farm for a schooner.
The Net Draws Tight
A diner owners suspects his worker of stealing from the till when an injured killer wanders into the diner running from the police.
Square Shootin'
Eastern tenderfoot Jimmy Catlin matches wits with gunmen in the Old West.
The Best of Everything
A young man, greedy for wealth, resorts to murder to get it.
The Sensation Club
The Sensation Club worships the unusual and the bizarre. What better thing for Garman to bring before his fellow sensation-seekers than a man he believes is being sought for murder by the police.
No Rescue
A wanted Latin American jeopardizes his life to aid fellow passengers in a plane crash.
Midnight Haul
A short haul trucking company has been losing their valuable shipments to hijackers. One of the company's ace drivers believes its an inside job and takes matters into his own hands.
The Long Trail
Texas Ranger, Clay Waldon has been in the saddle for six months, from Texas to Oregon in pursuit of a suspected murderer named Sam Gates.
The Mystery of Murder
On a second honeymoon with his wife, the judge gets a chance to test his theory that there is a criminal type that will not kill under any circumstances.
Volturio Investigaters
A debonair jewel thief discovers there's no honor among thieves.
Spangal Island
A man in a small New England town is suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his rival.
Woman Expert
A detective uses his masculine charm to solve his cases. His method is to befriend the suspected murderer's sweetheart and gain her confidence.
Day of Good News
A man moves from the big city to a small town and works for the local newspaper which only covers good news.
The Dumbest Man in the Army
An Army misfit is ridiculed by his fellow soldiers when a prank backfires.
The Cool One
Tom Novak journeys to the Dakotas to find a wife and a ranch site. Although he finds them, another man asserts prior claim to both.
Man Out of the Rain
Floods followed by a landslide find Mona Tyrrel trapped in her home with Zakka - a young man who is a complete stranger to her.
Underground
Joe Tierney has had years of experience with the telephone company and its underground cable system. Some hoods decide to kidnap him and learn the location of a bank alarm.
Muder in Paradise
A couples small, quiet South Seas island paradise life is disrupted by strangers with a tale of a man lost at sea.
The Last Pilot Schooner
A rookie reporter is assigned to cover the final voyage of a schooner and gets caught up in the drama when the ship begins to sink.
Mr Schoolmarm
A Civil War veteran is eager to teach the ways of peace and democracy to the frontiersmen of the new state of Oregon.
The Way to Freedom
An embezzler gets the chance to impersonate a Scotland Yard Officer. As such he is assigned to search for a murderer.
Fast Break
A former basketball player, once jailed for accepting a bribe, must move from one city to another as his reputation catches up with him.
Fedar
In ancient Sicily, a sculptor is sentenced to be a galley slave for insulting a tyrant who rules the island.
Visitor in the Night
An ambitious mayor has a tough time trying to explain what he was doing in the company of a gorgeous blonde on election eve, when his wife was away.
Ride to the West
A gunslinger and his brother confront a crazed killer in a spooky Western ghost town.
Log the Man Innocent
A sea captain refuses to toss a man overboard because he is ill, the crew causes a mutiny and tosses both captain and sick man adrift in a boat.
Tourists Overnight
A niece is the traveling companion for her wealthy aunt and they stay overnight at a tourists' home and find themselves among gangsters.
Mr Ears
An elderly storekeeper keeps his young friend John Kelly entralled with tales of his days as an Indian fighter.
O'Brien
Federal Agent Ireland is assigned to a border town. There he poses as a criminal and rents a room in a home suspected of being a hideout for escaped convicts anxious to be smuggled across the border
Whose the Bloinde?
Dollars disappear when a mysterious blonde appears at closing time in a bank. The teller is hard pressed to explain the discrepancy in the day's receipts.
The Brute Next Door
A mild-mannered architect harbors a secret love of the more violent forms of sport. He gets his big chance when a boxer in need of a manager moves next door.
The Unlighted Road
A teenager wanders into a town in the hopes of making a better life for himself. Unfortunately, he finds himself running with the wrong crowd.
Too Many Nelsons
A western town in dominated by one family. When one of them is murdered, a stranger in town finds himself the object of a lynching bee.
Sentence of Death
A girl witnesses the shooting of a druggist. But she doesn't go along with the identification of a suspect made by other witnesses.
The Argonauts
After nearly 30 years of dull routine, a shipping clerk signs on with a ship as a sailor. But on the eve of embarkation, he meets up with more exciting fare in port.
Visa for X
A member of the British Civil Service whose job it is to produce identity cards for the War Office, is tempted to use his skills for illegitimate purposes when his son becomes a fugitive.
O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felons
A guest finally finds her way to O'Connor's insolvent fishing lodge in the High Sierras. But her car is flashy, her purse empty and her only luggage a revolver.
A Muke for Santa Fe
A father and son need another mule so they can join the wagon train and come across criminals that want more than they can offer for the transaction.
Splendid with Swords
The last of a line of famous fencers falls in love with a girl who scoffs at fencing.
The Ordeal of Dr. Sutton
The romance of a nurse suffers a setback when a doctor turns down a chance to establish a private practice.
Ambitious Cop
A policeman who wants to be a district attorney kills an old friend in a gun duel. He now has to reckon not only with the publc, which thinks of him as a killer, but with angry mobsters.
Meet Mister Justice
A small town postmaster, storekeeper and justice of the peace has his hands full when a young eloping couple attempts to "borrow" gasoline from his locked pump, the justice of the peace has work to do.
Visibly Zero
An aging senior airline pilot is about to be promoted to operations chief but feels he is being "grounded" due to his age. When he makes his farewell flight he learns that things are changing.
The Direct Approach
It's the opinion of old General John Hood that the new bridge planned for the town will destroy the town's charm, not to mention its fishing. Picture his rage when his granddaughter sets her cap for the chief engineer of the bridge.
Too Late to Run
The owner of a roadside diner is falling for his new waitress, but his young assistant is suspicious of her. The report that of a dangerous killer is in the vicinity changes the picture.
On Leave
Pvt. Henri Baptiste, decorated French soldier of World War I, obtains a leave and visits his home village, only to find it devasted.
Jury of One
A lawyer goes to a small Wyoming town in search of the heir to a strange legacy. Two claimants show up, each with verbal proof of his rightful claim and this puts the lawyer in the role of a Solomon to decide which is the heir.
The Case for the State
A young assistant district attorney suspects a trap has been baited for an indigent artist accused of stealing money from an art gallery.
Three Months to Remember
An ex-GI suffering from amnesia returns to his home town in an attempt to regain both his memory and an inheritance.
The Uninhibited Female
An efficiency expert on his first assignment and an outspoken secretary lock horns over how things are done.
Wild Call
After forty years of working in a department story Mr. Ridley wants to go on a sea voyage just like his whaling ancestors.
The Quitter
Trainer Bradley Taylor enlists the aid of a mule to train a frisky harness-race horse
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