Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - Season 4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes55
DatesSep 10, 1954 - Sep 23, 1955
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Episodes

The Secret
Season 4Episode 130 min

The Secret

A Hollywood columnist solves the mysterious disappearance of a silent film star.

Sep 10, 1954
Reunion at Steepler's Hill
Season 4Episode 230 min

Reunion at Steepler's Hill

Returning to his home town, a gunman (John Ireland) betrays an outlaw buddy to obtain reward money.

Sep 17, 1954
The Pipe
Season 4Episode 330 min

The Pipe

A suspect in a diamond robbery cleverly outwits thieves who think he has the store

Sep 24, 1954
The Viking
Season 4Episode 430 min

The Viking

A lovable old fraud who tries to persuade his nephew to trade his chicken farm for a schooner.

Oct 1, 1954
The Net Draws Tight
Season 4Episode 530 min

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.

Oct 8, 1954
Square Shootin'
Season 4Episode 630 min

Square Shootin'

Eastern tenderfoot Jimmy Catlin matches wits with gunmen in the Old West.

Oct 15, 1954
The Best of Everything
Season 4Episode 730 min

The Best of Everything

A young man, greedy for wealth, resorts to murder to get it.

Oct 22, 1954
The Sensation Club
Season 4Episode 830 min

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.

Oct 29, 1954
No Rescue
Season 4Episode 930 min

No Rescue

A wanted Latin American jeopardizes his life to aid fellow passengers in a plane crash.

Nov 5, 1954
Midnight Haul
Season 4Episode 1030 min

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.

Nov 12, 1954
The Long Trail
Season 4Episode 1130 min

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.

Nov 19, 1954
The Mystery of Murder
Season 4Episode 1230 min

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.

Nov 26, 1954
Volturio Investigaters
Season 4Episode 1330 min

Volturio Investigaters

A debonair jewel thief discovers there's no honor among thieves.

Dec 3, 1954
Spangal Island
Season 4Episode 1430 min

Spangal Island

A man in a small New England town is suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his rival.

Dec 10, 1954
Woman Expert
Season 4Episode 1530 min

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.

Dec 17, 1954
Day of Good News
Season 4Episode 1630 min

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.

Dec 24, 1954
The Dumbest Man in the Army
Season 4Episode 1730 min

The Dumbest Man in the Army

An Army misfit is ridiculed by his fellow soldiers when a prank backfires.

Dec 31, 1954
The Cool One
Season 4Episode 1830 min

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.

Jan 7, 1955
Man Out of the Rain
Season 4Episode 1930 min

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.

Jan 14, 1955
Underground
Season 4Episode 2030 min

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.

Jan 21, 1955
Muder in Paradise
Season 4Episode 2130 min

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.

Jan 28, 1955
The Last Pilot Schooner
Season 4Episode 2230 min

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.

Feb 4, 1955
Mr Schoolmarm
Season 4Episode 2330 min

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.

Feb 11, 1955
The Way to Freedom
Season 4Episode 2430 min

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.

Feb 18, 1955
Fast Break
Season 4Episode 2530 min

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.

Feb 25, 1955
Fedar
Season 4Episode 2630 min

Fedar

In ancient Sicily, a sculptor is sentenced to be a galley slave for insulting a tyrant who rules the island.

Mar 3, 1955
Visitor in the Night
Season 4Episode 2730 min

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.

Mar 11, 1955
Ride to the West
Season 4Episode 2830 min

Ride to the West

A gunslinger and his brother confront a crazed killer in a spooky Western ghost town.

Mar 18, 1955
Log the Man Innocent
Season 4Episode 2930 min

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.

Mar 25, 1955
Tourists Overnight
Season 4Episode 3030 min

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.

Apr 1, 1955
Mr Ears
Season 4Episode 3130 min

Mr Ears

An elderly storekeeper keeps his young friend John Kelly entralled with tales of his days as an Indian fighter.

Apr 8, 1955
O'Brien
Season 4Episode 3230 min

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

Apr 15, 1955
Whose the Bloinde?
Season 4Episode 3330 min

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.

Apr 22, 1955
The Brute Next Door
Season 4Episode 3430 min

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.

Apr 29, 1955
The Unlighted Road
Season 4Episode 3530 min

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.

May 6, 1955
Too Many Nelsons
Season 4Episode 3630 min

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.

May 13, 1955
Sentence of Death
Season 4Episode 3730 min

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.

May 20, 1955
The Argonauts
Season 4Episode 3830 min

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.

May 27, 1955
Visa for X
Season 4Episode 3930 min

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.

Jun 3, 1955
O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felons
Season 4Episode 4030 min

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.

Jun 10, 1955
A Muke for Santa Fe
Season 4Episode 4130 min

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.

Jun 17, 1955
Splendid with Swords
Season 4Episode 4230 min

Splendid with Swords

The last of a line of famous fencers falls in love with a girl who scoffs at fencing.

Jun 24, 1955
The Ordeal of Dr. Sutton
Season 4Episode 4330 min

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.

Jul 1, 1955
Ambitious Cop
Season 4Episode 4430 min

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.

Jul 8, 1955
Meet Mister Justice
Season 4Episode 4530 min

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.

Jul 15, 1955
Visibly Zero
Season 4Episode 4630 min

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.

Jul 22, 1955
The Direct Approach
Season 4Episode 4730 min

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.

Jul 29, 1955
Too Late to Run
Season 4Episode 4830 min

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.

Aug 5, 1955
On Leave
Season 4Episode 4930 min

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.

Aug 12, 1955
Jury of One
Season 4Episode 5030 min

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.

Aug 19, 1955
The Case for the State
Season 4Episode 5130 min

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.

Aug 26, 1955
Three Months to Remember
Season 4Episode 5230 min

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.

Sep 2, 1955
The Uninhibited Female
Season 4Episode 5330 min

The Uninhibited Female

An efficiency expert on his first assignment and an outspoken secretary lock horns over how things are done.

Sep 9, 1955
Wild Call
Season 4Episode 5430 min

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.

Sep 16, 1955
The Quitter
Season 4Episode 5530 min

The Quitter

Trainer Bradley Taylor enlists the aid of a mule to train a frisky harness-race horse

Sep 23, 1955

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