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Playhouse 90

Amongst numerous anthology series, this one stands out as being exceptionally ambitious due to its exceptional talent on set. It has attracted highly acclaimed directors and screenwriters, with many episodes recorded in real-time for both seasons.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Forbidden Area

1. Forbidden Area

Aired: Oct 4, 1956

Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disapp...

Episode 3 Sizeman and Son

3. Sizeman and Son

Aired: Oct 18, 1956

Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son...

Episode 4 Rendezvous in Black

4. Rendezvous in Black

Aired: Oct 25, 1956

Johnny Marr's fiancee is killed by a whiskey bottle thrown from an airplane. ...

Episode 5 The Country Husband

5. The Country Husband

Aired: Nov 1, 1956

After a car crash and the arrival of a beautiful babysitter, a young business...

Episode 6 The Big Slide

6. The Big Slide

Aired: Nov 8, 1956

A down-and-out vaudeville comedian, Buddy McCoy, becomes a successful silent ...

Episode 7 Heritage of Anger

7. Heritage of Anger

Aired: Nov 15, 1956

Industrialist Eddie Hanneman learns that his sons do not wish to take over th...

Episode 8 Eloise

8. Eloise

Aired: Nov 22, 1956

It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things...

Episode 9 Confession

9. Confession

Aired: Nov 29, 1956

When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate...

Episode 10 Made in Heaven

10. Made in Heaven

Aired: Dec 6, 1956

When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.

Episode 15 The Ninth Day

15. The Ninth Day

Aired: Jan 10, 1957

After World War III a small group of people live in the desert. A young man t...

Episode 16 So Soon to Die

16. So Soon to Die

Aired: Jan 17, 1957

An unemployed actor, Lionel Amblin, is hired to kill a young girl before she ...

Episode 17 The Star Wagon

17. The Star Wagon

Aired: Jan 24, 1957

An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, in...

Episode 18 The Greer Case

18. The Greer Case

Aired: Jan 31, 1957

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems en...

Episode 19 The Miracle Worker

19. The Miracle Worker

Aired: Feb 7, 1957

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Kelle...

Episode 20 The Comedian

20. The Comedian

Aired: Feb 14, 1957

Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthle...

Episode 21 One Coat of White

21. One Coat of White

Aired: Feb 21, 1957

A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.

Episode 26 Where's Charley?

26. Where's Charley?

Aired: Mar 28, 1957

Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt f...

Episode 27 Clipper Ship

27. Clipper Ship

Aired: Apr 4, 1957

A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping ma...

Episode 29 Three Men on a Horse

29. Three Men on a Horse

Aired: Apr 18, 1957

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped...

Episode 30 Four Women in Black

30. Four Women in Black

Aired: Apr 25, 1957

Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizo...

Episode 32 Homeward Borne

32. Homeward Borne

Aired: May 9, 1957

Just after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan...

Episode 34 Winter Dreams

34. Winter Dreams

Aired: May 23, 1957

A successful young man announces his recent engagement, only to be forced to ...

Episode 35 Circle of the Day

35. Circle of the Day

Aired: May 30, 1957

On her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday),a w...

Episode 36 Without Incident

36. Without Incident

Aired: Jun 6, 1957

The captain of a U.S. Cavalry unit rescues two wives of slain traders who wer...

Episode 37 Clash by Night

37. Clash by Night

Aired: Jun 13, 1957

Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears t...

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Playhouse 90 Videos

Playhouse 90 Intro

Playhouse 90 Intro

Info about Playhouse 90

Seasons: 4

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery, War, Romance