

Playhouse 90
1956 · 4 seasons · 134 episodes · Ended · CBS
Drama
TMDB 7.5 · 10 votes
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
Episodes
- S01E01Forbidden Area1956-10-0490m
Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?
- S01E02Requiem for a Heavyweight1956-10-1190m
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
- S01E03Sizeman and Son1956-10-1890m
The happy atmosphere in Mr. Sizeman's factory is disrupted by an argumentative newcomer - his son.
- S01E04Rendezvous in Black1956-10-2590m
A woman is inexplicably killed on a street-corner. What has this to do with other deaths around the city?
- S01E05The Country Husband1956-11-0190m
After a near-death experience, a businessman starts to re-think his life, and wonders about leaving his wife.
- S01E06The Big Slide1956-11-0890m
A vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.
- S01E07Heritage of Anger1956-11-1590m
A wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.
- S01E08Eloise1956-11-2290m
It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
- S01E09Confession1956-11-2990m
When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.
- S01E10Made in Heaven1956-12-0690m
When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.
- S01E11Sincerely, Willis Wade1956-12-1390m
A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.
- S01E12The Family Nobody Wanted1956-12-2090m
A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.
- S01E13Massacre at Sand Creek1956-12-2790m
An investigation into a massacre of Native Americans.
- S01E14Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957-01-0390m
Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hypnotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.
- S01E15The Ninth Day1957-01-1090m
Events in the aftermath of World War Three.
- S01E16So Soon to Die1957-01-1790m
Down on his luck, war hero Lionel Amblin contemplates committing a murder.
- S01E17The Star Wagon1957-01-2490m
An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine and decides to make a few changes.
- S01E18The Greer Case1957-01-3190m
When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
- S01E19The Miracle Worker1957-02-0790m
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
- S01E20The Comedian1957-02-1490m
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
- S01E21One Coat of White1957-02-2190m
A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.
- S01E22The Blackwell Story1957-02-2890m
In the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell determines to become a doctor.
- S01E23Invitation to a Gunfighter1957-03-0790m
A gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad until they handed the reigns over to the new terror. Pooling their money again, this time to hire Jeffers to get rid of Dancer.
- S01E24The Last Tycoon1957-03-1490m
A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
- S01E25The Hostess with the Mostes'1957-03-2190m
The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.
- S01E26Where's Charley?1957-03-2890m
Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from".
- S01E27Clipper Ship1957-04-0490m
A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who was scheduled to be put to death when the vessel reached its destination. Though unyielding at first, the ship's stern captain eventually helped the woman to make a clean getaway, with the condemned man in tow.
- S01E28If You Knew Elizabeth1957-04-1190m
- S01E29Three Men on a Horse1957-04-1890m
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
- S01E30Four Women in Black1957-04-2590m
Four nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their fellow mankind.
- S01E31Child of Trouble1957-05-0290m
- S01E32Homeward Borne1957-05-0990m
Just after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan boy, a concentration camp survivor. But conflict arises when her husband, a returning Air Force bomber pilot, hates the boy and his psychological baggage.
- S01E33The Helen Morgan Story1957-05-1690m
Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her own club. Also seen is her poor choices, such as her affair with a married man, her short marriage to a much younger man, a court fight over an adopted baby and her fatal descent into booze addiction.
- S01E34Winter Dreams1957-05-2390m
- S01E35Circle of the Day1957-05-3090m
On her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday), a wife begins to suspect her husband of unfaithfulness.
- S01E36Without Incident1957-06-0690m
Captain Russell Bidlack, commander of a U.S. Cavalry unit in 1870, determines to complete a rescue mission through dangerous Indian territory. In the course of the mission, he rescues the wives of two slain traders and captures the Indian chief accused of the murders. When he returns to the fort, he's faced with a revolt among his own men.
- S01E37Clash by Night1957-06-1390m
Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
- S01E38Ain't No Time for Glory1957-06-2090m
American soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
- S01E39The Fabulous Irishman1957-06-2790m
Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Cast
Kim HunterGrace Carney, Julie Hogarth, Helen Bragg
Cliff RobertsonLieutenant, Danny Carson,
Nehemiah PersoffPrisoners Father, Pablo
Charles BronsonAndy Kovaric, Sgt Meras, Wolf Hagan
Jack PalanceHarlan 'Mountain' McClintock, Self - Host
Charles Bickford, Gen. Keaton
John Ericson
Dana AndrewsMark Bragg, Leo Bass- Joseph BernardPrimitivo
Nicholas ColasantoEladio
Steven HillAgustin
Marc LawrenceEl Sordo

