Four Star Playhouse

Season 1

19 episodes · Sep 25, 1952

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  • S1E1

    My Wife Geraldine

    Sep 25, 195230m

    Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

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  • S1E2

    Dante's Inferno

    Oct 2, 195230m

    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.

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  • S1E3

    The Lost Silk Hat

    Oct 23, 195230m

    Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

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  • S1E4

    Backstage

    Nov 6, 195230m

    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.

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  • S1E5

    Welcome Home

    Nov 20, 195230m

    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.

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  • S1E6

    The Island

    Dec 4, 195230m

    Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

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  • S1E7

    The Officer and the Lady

    Dec 18, 195230m

    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.

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  • S1E8

    Knockout

    Jan 1, 195330m

    Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

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  • S1E9

    Man on a Train

    Jan 15, 195330m

    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.

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  • S1E10

    Trail's End

    Jan 29, 195330m

    A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.

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  • S1E11

    Sound Off, My Love

    Feb 12, 195330m

    Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

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  • S1E12

    The Man in the Box

    Feb 26, 195330m

    Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

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  • S1E13

    No Identity

    Mar 12, 195330m

    Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.

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  • S1E14

    The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

    Mar 26, 195330m

    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.

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  • S1E15

    The Last Voyage

    Apr 23, 195330m

    Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.

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  • S1E16

    Night Ride

    May 7, 195330m

    Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.

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  • S1E17

    The Ladies On His Mind

    May 21, 195330m

    A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.

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  • S1E18

    To Whom It May Concern

    Jun 4, 195330m

    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.

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  • S1E19

    Shadowed

    Jun 18, 195330m

    Past haunts politician running for Senator.

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