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Playhouse 90: Season 1

39 episodes · premiered Oct 4, 1956

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  1. Episode 1: Forbidden Area Oct 4, 1956 · 1h 30m Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?
  2. Episode 2: Requiem for a Heavyweight Oct 11, 1956 · 1h 30m An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries…
  3. Episode 3: Sizeman and Son Oct 18, 1956 · 1h 30m The happy atmosphere in Mr. Sizeman's factory is disrupted by an argumentative newcomer - his son.
  4. Episode 4: Rendezvous in Black Oct 25, 1956 · 1h 30m A woman is inexplicably killed on a street-corner. What has this to do with other deaths around the city?
  5. Episode 5: The Country Husband Nov 1, 1956 · 1h 30m After a near-death experience, a businessman starts to re-think his life, and wonders about leaving his wife.
  6. Episode 6: The Big Slide Nov 8, 1956 · 1h 30m A vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.
  7. Episode 7: Heritage of Anger Nov 15, 1956 · 1h 30m A wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.
  8. Episode 8: Eloise Nov 22, 1956 · 1h 30m It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
  9. Episode 9: Confession Nov 29, 1956 · 1h 30m When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.
  10. Episode 10: Made in Heaven Dec 6, 1956 · 1h 30m When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.
  11. Episode 11: Sincerely, Willis Wade Dec 13, 1956 · 1h 30m A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.
  12. Episode 12: The Family Nobody Wanted Dec 20, 1956 · 1h 30m A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children…
  13. Episode 13: Massacre at Sand Creek Dec 27, 1956 · 1h 30m An investigation into a massacre of Native Americans.
  14. Episode 14: Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses Jan 3, 1957 · 1h 30m Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hypnotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.
  15. Episode 15: The Ninth Day Jan 10, 1957 · 1h 30m Events in the aftermath of World War Three.
  16. Episode 16: So Soon to Die Jan 17, 1957 · 1h 30m Down on his luck, war hero Lionel Amblin contemplates committing a murder.
  17. Episode 17: The Star Wagon Jan 24, 1957 · 1h 30m An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine and decides to make a few changes.
  18. Episode 18: The Greer Case Jan 31, 1957 · 1h 30m When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
  19. Episode 19: The Miracle Worker Feb 7, 1957 · 1h 30m The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
  20. Episode 20: The Comedian Feb 14, 1957 · 1h 30m Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than…
  21. Episode 21: One Coat of White Feb 21, 1957 · 1h 30m A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.
  22. Episode 22: The Blackwell Story Feb 28, 1957 · 1h 30m In the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell determines to become a doctor.
  23. Episode 23: Invitation to a Gunfighter Mar 7, 1957 · 1h 30m A gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad…
  24. Episode 24: The Last Tycoon Mar 14, 1957 · 1h 30m A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
  25. Episode 25: The Hostess with the Mostes' Mar 21, 1957 · 1h 30m The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.
  26. Episode 26: Where's Charley? Mar 28, 1957 · 1h 30m Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from".
  27. Episode 27: Clipper Ship Apr 4, 1957 · 1h 30m A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who was scheduled to be put to death when…
  28. Episode 28: If You Knew Elizabeth Apr 11, 1957 · 1h 30m
  29. Episode 29: Three Men on a Horse Apr 18, 1957 · 1h 30m A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
  30. Episode 30: Four Women in Black Apr 25, 1957 · 1h 30m Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their…
  31. Episode 31: Child of Trouble May 2, 1957 · 1h 30m
  32. Episode 32: Homeward Borne May 9, 1957 · 1h 30m Just after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan boy, a concentration camp survivor. But conflict arises when her husband, a returning Air Force bomber pilot…
  33. Episode 33: The Helen Morgan Story May 16, 1957 · 1h 30m Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her own club. Also seen is her poor…
  34. Episode 34: Winter Dreams May 23, 1957 · 1h 30m
  35. Episode 35: Circle of the Day May 30, 1957 · 1h 30m On her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday), a wife begins to suspect her husband of unfaithfulness.
  36. Episode 36: Without Incident Jun 6, 1957 · 1h 30m Captain Russell Bidlack, commander of a U.S. Cavalry unit in 1870, determines to complete a rescue mission through dangerous Indian territory. In the course of the mission, he rescues the…
  37. Episode 37: Clash by Night Jun 13, 1957 · 1h 30m Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy…
  38. Episode 38: Ain't No Time for Glory Jun 20, 1957 · 1h 30m American soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
  39. Episode 39: The Fabulous Irishman Jun 27, 1957 · 1h 30m Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.