Four Star Playhouse - Season 1

Four Star Playhouse - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesSept. 25, 1952 - Juni 18, 1953
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Episodes

My Wife Geraldine
Season 1Episode 130 min

My Wife Geraldine

Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.
Sept. 25, 1952
Dante's Inferno
Season 1Episode 230 min

Dante's Inferno

Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.
Okt. 2, 1952
The Lost Silk Hat
Season 1Episode 330 min

The Lost Silk Hat

Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.
Okt. 23, 1952
Backstage
Season 1Episode 430 min

Backstage

An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes $5 could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.
Nov. 6, 1952
Welcome Home
Season 1Episode 530 min

Welcome Home

A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.
Nov. 20, 1952
The Island
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Island

Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.
Dez. 4, 1952
The Officer and the Lady
Season 1Episode 730 min

The Officer and the Lady

A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.
Dez. 18, 1952
Knockout
Season 1Episode 830 min

Knockout

Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.
Jan. 1, 1953
Man on a Train
Season 1Episode 930 min

Man on a Train

William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.
Jan. 15, 1953
Trail's End
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Trail's End

A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.
Jan. 29, 1953
Sound Off, My Love
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Sound Off, My Love

Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.
Feb. 12, 1953
The Man in the Box
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The Man in the Box

Theater-goers are surprised to see actor Victor Sherman at the play, considering what happened a year earlier. As the play proceeds, the man in the box imagines himself playing each of the characters in the drama being performed onstage.

Feb. 26, 1953
No Identity
Season 1Episode 1330 min

No Identity

Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.
März 12, 1953
The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
Season 1Episode 1430 min

The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.
März 26, 1953
The Last Voyage
Season 1Episode 1530 min

The Last Voyage

Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.
Apr. 23, 1953
Night Ride
Season 1Episode 1630 min

Night Ride

Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.
Mai 7, 1953
The Ladies On His Mind
Season 1Episode 1730 min

The Ladies On His Mind

A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.
Mai 21, 1953
Mr. Bingham
Season 1Episode 1830 min

Mr. Bingham

A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.
Juni 4, 1953
Shadowed
Season 1Episode 1930 min

Shadowed

Past haunts politician running for Senator.
Juni 18, 1953

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