Ted Post
Director
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Season 6
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.
Released Oct. 5, 1951
Episode 60 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.playhouse, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.anthology-series, imdb.all-star-cast, imdb.ensemble-cast
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Moment of Vengeance
When a $20-a-month ranch hand elopes with the daughter of a cattle baron, the father gets his dander up and figures the young man is after his money.
Sept. 28, 1956, midnight
S6E2 - The House That Jackson Built
A woman who has devoted herself to her career decides she is never to wed. She proceeds to buy a house and build a life that doesn't involve having a family. But she is pleasantly surprised about what happens next.
Oct. 5, 1956, midnight
S6E3 - The Trophy
A self-made man uses his money to offset his crudeness. His wife is constantly humiliated by his bad taste.
Oct. 12, 1956, midnight
S6E4 - Enoch Prentiss
A hard man in business is on the receiving end of the squeeze play when his daughter is threatened by a blackmailer who wants $25,000 in exchange for her reputation.
Oct. 19, 1956, midnight
S6E5 - Always the Best Man
A bachelor talks his best friend into breaking his engagement. But after he meets the man's ex-fiance, he begins to fall in love with her himself.
Oct. 26, 1956, midnight
S6E6 - The Night They Won the Oscar
A dedicated director has had the loving support and understanding of his wife during the years in which he mastered his craft. After he wins an Oscar for a picture he directed, they find they are rapidly drifting apart.
Nov. 9, 1956, midnight
S6E7 - Explosion
An American secret agent fighting to get control of a South American oil well poses an Englishman to thwart enemy agents.
Nov. 16, 1956, midnight
S6E8 - The Letter
A Southern girl discovers that Confederate soldiers are not receiving letters from home. She therefore decides to deliver letters from her neighbors to their sons and sweethearts.
Nov. 23, 1956, midnight
S6E9 - Once Upon a Time
A small girl teaches a thief about honesty after she sees him commit a crime.
Nov. 30, 1956, midnight
S6E10 - Washington Incident
During the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing conversation.
Dec. 7, 1956, midnight
S6E11 - A Tale of Wells Fargo
After a series of train robberies and stagecoach hold-ups, the Wells Fargo Company assigns special agent Jim Hardie to capture the outlaws.
Dec. 14, 1956, midnight
S6E12 - A Light in the Desert
A doctor saves a mother, dying in childbirth, and restores his own soul in the process.
Dec. 21, 1956, midnight
S6E13 - The Big Payoff
Joe McQuade is a respected and honest detective, who is in line for a promotion. His daughter needs an operation and a racketeer offers him money.
Dec. 28, 1956, midnight
S6E14 - The Lady Was a Flop
Red McGivney, a former jockey who now works as an exercise boy, is sure that a race horse named Lady has the makings of a champion. After everyone else has given up, Red buys her to train and race himself.
Jan. 4, 1957, midnight
S6E15 - Tower Room 14-A
A house detective believes all women to be unfaithful until he meets a certain beautiful young lady.
Jan. 11, 1957, midnight
S6E16 - Terror in the Streets
The story of an artist who moves into a cheap tenement apartment to decide whether or not to marry, but instead of peace of mind finds herself in the middle of terror.
Jan. 18, 1957, midnight
S6E17 - The Enchanted
A man brings a young girl into his house with the intention of training her to be his wife.
Jan. 25, 1957, midnight
S6E18 - One Left Over
An auto accident takes the lives of a man's wife and his two sons, and he must find the courage to live for his daughter.
Feb. 1, 1957, midnight
S6E19 - Sometimes You Break Even
An Army doctor and nurse have two critical patients and lock horns over how to deal with the lack of resources.
Feb. 8, 1957, midnight
S6E20 - Night Drive
A drive with an old lady over a lonely road turns out to be a nightmare for a young woman when the old lady proves to be a man with a gun.
Feb. 15, 1957, midnight
S6E21 - The Wedding Present
A lonely woman, tired of her reputation as a respectable spinster, takes a drifter in as a boarder and discovers he's wanted for murder.
Feb. 22, 1957, midnight
S6E22 - The Life You Save
Marriage is the furthest thing from the mind of one-armed tramp, Tom Triplet -- then he sees Lucy Nell Crater, a deaf-mute girl with angelic innocence.
March 1, 1957, midnight
S6E23 - Carriage from Britain
A young mother's desire to keep ahead of the Joneses leads her to import a baby buggy like the one Prince Charles had.
March 8, 1957, midnight
S6E24 - The Girl in the Grass
Harry Carstairs wakes up feeling young and adventurous. His wife, however, doesn't share his romantic mood, so Harry wanders off to the park. He intends to read the financial page, but finds himself being stared at by a beautiful girl.
March 15, 1957, midnight
S6E25 - For Better, For Worse
Walter Van Buren begins to suspect that his new wife is a compulsive liar.
March 22, 1957, midnight
S6E26 - The Restless Gun
On the trail to visit his old friend Dan, former gunfighter Britt Ponset meets an escaped murderer nursing a grudge and plotting to kill Dan. Britt's job now is to warn Dan and help him prepare for the inevitable showdown.
March 29, 1957, midnight
S6E27 - Clothes Make the Man
A mousy little button salesman gets thrown out of his hotel when it is taken over by a new chain, because he wore outlandish clothes.
April 5, 1957, midnight
S6E28 - The Blue Hotel
Strangers stranded in a hotel by a blizzard pass the time by playing poker. Tensions rise when one of them accuses another of cheating.
April 12, 1957, midnight
S6E29 - Girl With a Glow
An attractive, charming librarian is smitten with the movie director who's been hanging around the library. He enlists her help in tracking down a stunning woman he'd seen there days before; he describes her as having "a glow." Though she's glad to help, she hates that she hasn't captured his attention like the future movie star has.
April 19, 1957, midnight
S6E30 - Hey, Mac
A beautiful divorcee and her spoiled teenage son destroy the peace of a widower and his pretty teenage daughter.
April 26, 1957, midnight
S6E31 - The Traveling Corpse
Professor Stephen Bolt, a teacher of criminology, hears a strange story from a guest lecturer: a man dies suddenly. While his wife is arranging the burial, the corpse disappears
May 3, 1957, midnight
S6E32 - The Dead are Silent
May 10, 1957, midnight
S6E33 - Switch Station
A drifter takes a temporary job at a stagecoach station but refuse a permanent one from manager Henry Maguire. As he's ready to move on bandits arrive threatening Henry and daughter Bess. The cowboy makes a crucial choice.
May 17, 1957, midnight
S6E34 - Sister Louise Goes to Town
A nun is bothered by the cloister's leaky roof, so, after learning she has come into an inheritance, she decides to do something about it.
May 24, 1957, midnight
S6E35 - The Sword
Cyrano de Bergerac is saved from the executioner's axe only by the adroit swordsmanship of de la Force.
May 31, 1957, midnight
S6E36 - An Old Spanish Custom
A temperamental movie star believes she can issue orders to everyone - even people she's just met.
June 7, 1957, midnight
S6E37 - Storm Over Rapallo
Pietro and Francesca live in a little Italian village on the Mediterranean. She's the cook in a ramshackle hotel and he's the waiter, but he rebels at spending his life picking up crumbs and plots big business deals at the waterfront. His association with Rubio, an evil fisherman frightens Francesca, but she is powerless to dissuade Pietro from entering into a scheme with Rubio to rob a pair of American tourists.
June 14, 1957, midnight
S6E38 - Fifty Beautiful Girls
A dancer repeatedly receives death threats by mail and phone calls.
June 21, 1957, midnight
S6E39 - Sporting Chance
A jealous man turns a duck hunting expedition into a manhunt.
June 28, 1957, midnight
S6E40 - Easy Going Man
A boy plays cupid for his widowed mother and her old flame.
Aug. 2, 1957, midnight
S6E41 - Hands of the Enemy
A defense attorney is met with antagonism when he arrives in a small town to help a boy already convicted by public opinion of stealing $8,000.
Aug. 9, 1957, midnight
S6E42 - The Face of a Killer
A gangster pursued by the police convinces a crooked plastic surgeon to alter his face to look like a respected banker so the thug can kill and assume the identity of the respected citizen
Aug. 16, 1957, midnight
S6E43 - Goodbye, Joe
Aug. 22, 1957, midnight
S6E44 - Always Open and Shut
Two policeman who are partners on a dangerous beat vie for the love of the same woman.
Aug. 29, 1957, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 22560 min.
Released: Oct. 5, 1951
Last Air Date: April 17, 1963, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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