Schlitz Playhouse
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.
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Season 6
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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.
Sep 28, 1956 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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Once Upon a Time
A small girl teaches a thief about honesty after she sees him commit a crime.
Nov 30, 1956 · 30m -
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Washington Incident
During the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing conversation.
Dec 7, 1956 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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A Light in the Desert
A doctor saves a mother, dying in childbirth, and restores his own soul in the process.
Dec 21, 1956 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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Tower Room 14-A
A house detective believes all women to be unfaithful until he meets a certain beautiful young lady.
Jan 11, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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The Enchanted
A man brings a young girl into his house with the intention of training her to be his wife.
Jan 25, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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.
Mar 1, 1957 · 30m -
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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.
Mar 8, 1957 · 30m -
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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.
Mar 15, 1957 · 30m -
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For Better, For Worse
Walter Van Buren begins to suspect that his new wife is a compulsive liar.
Mar 22, 1957 · 30m -
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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.
Mar 29, 1957 · 30m -
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E27
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.
Apr 5, 1957 · 30m -
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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.
Apr 12, 1957 · 30m -
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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.
Apr 19, 1957 · 30m -
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Hey, Mac
A beautiful divorcee and her spoiled teenage son destroy the peace of a widower and his pretty teenage daughter.
Apr 26, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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The Dead are Silent
May 10, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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E34
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 · 30m -
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E35
The Sword
Cyrano de Bergerac is saved from the executioner's axe only by the adroit swordsmanship of de la Force.
May 31, 1957 · 30m -
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E36
An Old Spanish Custom
A temperamental movie star believes she can issue orders to everyone - even people she's just met.
Jun 7, 1957 · 30m -
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E37
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.
Jun 14, 1957 · 30m -
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E38
Fifty Beautiful Girls
A dancer repeatedly receives death threats by mail and phone calls.
Jun 21, 1957 · 30m -
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E39
Sporting Chance
A jealous man turns a duck hunting expedition into a manhunt.
Jun 28, 1957 · 30m -
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E40
Easy Going Man
A boy plays cupid for his widowed mother and her old flame.
Aug 2, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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Goodbye, Joe
Aug 22, 1957 · 30m -
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E44
Always Open and Shut
Two policeman who are partners on a dangerous beat vie for the love of the same woman.
Aug 29, 1957 · 30m -
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Always Open and Shut
Aug 29, 1957 · 30m