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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Episode 55 : The Quitter
September. 23,1955
Trainer Bradley Taylor enlists the aid of a mule to train a frisky harness-race horse.
Episode 54 : Wild Call
September. 16,1955
After working in a department store for forty years, a man decides to go on a sea voyage.
Episode 53 : The Uninhibited Female
September. 09,1955
An efficiency expert on his first assignment and an outspoken secretary lock horns over how things are done.
Episode 52 : Three Months to Remember
September. 02,1955
An ex-GI suffering from amnesia returns to his home town in an attempt to regain both his memory and an inheritance.
Episode 51 : The Case for the State
August. 26,1955
A young assistant district attorney suspects a trap has been baited for an indigent artist accused of stealing money from an art gallery.
Episode 50 : Jury of One
August. 19,1955
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.
Episode 49 : On Leave
August. 12,1955
Pvt. Henri Baptiste, decorated French soldier of World War I, obtains a leave and visits his home village, only to find it devastated.
Episode 48 : Too Late to Run
August. 05,1955
The owner of a roadside diner is falling for his new waitress, but his young assistant is suspicious of her. The report that a dangerous killer is in the vicinity changes the picture.
Episode 47 : The Direct Approach
July. 29,1955
A large state-decreed construction project overwhelms a small rural town that is dominated by a gruff but soft-hearted old soldier. His niece is young and craves romance, and finds it in the construction foreman, who's very much at odds with the townsfolk and especially a man that fancies himself as her boyfriend.
Episode 46 : Visibility Zero
July. 22,1955
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.
Episode 45 : Meet Mr. Justice
July. 15,1955
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.
Episode 44 : Ambitious Cop
July. 08,1955
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 public, which thinks of him as a killer, but with angry mobsters.
Episode 43 : The Ordeal of Dr. Sutton
July. 01,1955
The romance of a nurse suffers a setback when a doctor turns down a chance to establish a private practice.
Episode 42 : Splendid with Swords
June. 24,1955
The last of a line of famous fencers falls in love with a girl who scoffs at fencing.
Episode 41 : A Mule for Santa Fe
June. 17,1955
A father and son need another mule so they can join the wagon train. But they come across criminals who want more than they can offer for the transaction.
Episode 40 : O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felon
June. 10,1955
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.
Episode 39 : Visa for X
June. 03,1955
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.
Episode 38 : The Argonauts
May. 27,1955
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.
Episode 37 : Sentence of Death
May. 20,1955
A girl witnesses the shooting of a druggist. But she doesn't go along with the identification of a suspect made by other witnesses.
Episode 36 : Too Many Nelsons
May. 13,1955
A western town is dominated by one family. When one of them is murdered, a stranger in town finds himself the object of a lynch mob.
Episode 35 : The Unlighted Road
May. 06,1955
Young Jeff Latham stops at a roadside diner and ends up working there. After meeting a nice local girl, everything seems to be going his way. Things get complicated when he unwittingly gets involved with criminals working out of the diner.
Episode 34 : The Brute Next Door
April. 29,1955
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.
Episode 33 : Who's the Blonde?
April. 22,1955
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.
Episode 32 : O'Brien
April. 15,1955
Federal agent Sam Ireland is assigned to a lawless border town. Sam takes a room in a boarding house suspected of being the center of a human smuggling. The agent finds himself distracted by the fairer sex.
Episode 31 : Mr. Ears
April. 08,1955
An elderly storekeeper keeps his young friend enthralled with tales of his days as an Indian fighter.
Episode 30 : Tourists - Overnight
April. 01,1955
A niece is the traveling companion for her wealthy aunt and they stay overnight at a tourists' home and find themselves among gangsters.
Episode 29 : Log the Man Innocent
March. 25,1955
When 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.
Episode 28 : Ride to the West
March. 18,1955
A gunslinger and his brother confront a crazed killer in a spooky Western ghost town.
Episode 27 : Visitor in the Night
March. 11,1955
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.
Episode 26 : Fedar
March. 04,1955
In ancient Sicily, a sculptor is sentenced to be a galley slave for insulting a tyrant who rules the island.
Episode 25 : Fast Break
February. 25,1955
A former basketball player, once jailed for accepting a bribe, must move from one city to another as his reputation catches up with him.
Episode 24 : The Way to Freedom
February. 18,1955
An embezzler gets the chance to impersonate a Scotland Yard Officer. As such, he is assigned to search for a murderer.
Episode 23 : The Schoolmarm
February. 11,1955
A Civil War veteran is eager to teach the ways of peace and democracy to the frontiersmen of the new state of Oregon.
Episode 22 : The Last Pilot Schooner
February. 04,1955
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.
Episode 21 : Murder In Paradise
January. 28,1955
A couple's quiet South Seas island paradise life is disrupted by strangers with a tale of a man lost at sea.
Episode 20 : Underground
January. 21,1955
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.
Episode 19 : Man Out of the Rain
January. 14,1955
Floods followed by a landslide find Mona Tyrrel trapped in her home with Zakka - a young man who is a complete stranger to her.
Episode 18 : The Cool One
January. 07,1955
Tom Novak (Stephen McNally) journeys to the Dakotas to find a wife and a ranch site. Although he finds them, another man asserts prior claim to both.
Episode 17 : The Dumbest Man in the Army
December. 31,1954
An Army misfit is ridiculed by his fellow soldiers when a prank backfires.
Episode 16 : Day of Good News
December. 24,1954
A man moves from the big city to a small town and works for the local newspaper which only covers good news.
Episode 15 : Woman Expert
December. 17,1954
A detective uses his masculine charm to solve his cases. His method is to befriend the suspected murderer's sweetheart and gain her confidence.
Episode 14 : Spangal Island
December. 10,1954
A man in a small New England town is suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his rival.
Episode 13 : Volturio Investigates
December. 03,1954
A debonair jewel thief discovers there's no honor among thieves.
Episode 12 : Mystery of Murder
November. 26,1954
On a second honeymoon with his wife, a judge gets a chance to test his theory that there is a criminal type that will not kill under any circumstances.
Episode 11 : The Long Trail
November. 19,1954
Texas Ranger Walden accepts the hospitality of an Oregon sheriff and his daughter while on the trail of a man wanted for murder. He learns his quarry, Sam Gates, is nearby and the sheriff agrees to help him fulfill the order of the law. Several locals ask the ranger to reconsider arresting Gates because he was only acting in self defense. Plus, he's now a family man, married to the sheriff's daughter.
Episode 10 : Midnight Haul
November. 12,1954
A driver tries to find out why his trucks are being stolen
Episode 9 : No Rescue
November. 05,1954
A wanted Latin American jeopardizes his life to aid fellow passengers in a plane crash.
Episode 8 : The Sensation Club
October. 29,1954
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?
Episode 7 : The Best of Everything
October. 22,1954
A young man, greedy for wealth, resorts to murder to get it.
Episode 6 : Square Shootin'
October. 15,1954
A comedy about a tenderfoot in the Old West.
Episode 5 : The Net Draws Tight
October. 08,1954
The honest proprietor of a roadside cafe tries to help both a wayward boy and his own brother, an escaped killer.
Episode 4 : The Viking
October. 01,1954
This Travel Oz features the Boondooma Balladeers and Heritage Muster, a 5 day gathering of bush balladeers, musicians and poets, in a festival known appropriately as, the "spirit of the bush". The Two Tims take us to the Blue Mountains for a winter magic festival. Then celebrations to mark the discovery of Australia by white settlers. Travel to the Town of 1770 in Queensland.
Episode 3 : The Pipe
September. 24,1954
A suspect in a diamond robbery cleverly outwits thieves who think he has the store.
Episode 2 : Reunion at Steepler's Hill
September. 17,1954
Returning to his home town, a gunman (John Ireland) betrays an outlaw buddy to obtain reward money.
Episode 1 : The Secret
September. 10,1954
A Hollywood columnist solves the mysterious disappearance of a silent film star.
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