Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

S8 · E1 26 sep. 1958

A Thing to Fight For Aflevering 1

A peace-loving Civil War veteran seeks refuge from the violence of war as overseer on a Florida plantation.

S8 · E2 3 okt. 1958

The Best House in the Valley Aflevering 2

S8 · E3 10 okt. 1958

The Hasty Hanging Aflevering 3

A man and his wife are sentenced to hang without a trial.

S8 · E4 17 okt. 1958

The Four Aflevering 4

S8 · E5 24 okt. 1958

The Trouble With Ruth Aflevering 5

Not even her husband knows that Ruth Elliot is a kleptomaniac. But hoodlum Joseph Libo finds out about her illness and threatens to tell her husband unless she helps him carry out a robbery.

S8 · E6 31 okt. 1958

The Connoisseur Aflevering 6

S8 · E7 7 nov. 1958

False Impression Aflevering 7

A crippled dental technician falls in love with a pretty girl who refuses to have anything to do with him. He decides to steal a fortune in jewels in order to force the girl to overlook his physical handicap and marry him.

S8 · E8 14 nov. 1958

A Game of Hate Aflevering 8

S8 · E9 21 nov. 1958

Last Edition Aflevering 9

Newspaper editor Sheldon Black is being shoved aside for the publisher's slimy protégé, Dean Lowell, who passed Black's ideas off as his own. Before exiting, Black orders Lowell to cover the execution of a condemned man that Lowell was friends with in the war. If the reptile Lowell had been willing to soil his "war hero" reputation and testify, he could have saved the man from the electric chair. Instead, he remains quiet and turns in quite a news story.

S8 · E10 28 nov. 1958

Coney Island Winter Aflevering 10

S8 · E11 5 dec. 1958

Third Son Aflevering 11

The youngest brother is torn between whether to follow in the footsteps of his brother who is a frontier marshal or the other one who is a dashing gambler.

S8 · E12 12 dec. 1958

Drive a Desert Road Aflevering 12

S8 · E13 19 dec. 1958

No Answer Aflevering 13

A swindler who's known for separating rich widows from their money is the lead suspect in the murder of this latest "pigeon." His alibi seems pretty air tight: he was with the investigating cop when the murder supposedly took place.

S8 · E14 26 dec. 1958

Small Wonder Aflevering 14

S8 · E15 2 jan. 1959

A Fistful of Love Aflevering 15

Drama of a prizefighter's battle for survival.

S8 · E16 9 jan. 1959

The Deadly Guest Aflevering 16

S8 · E17 16 jan. 1959

You Can't Win 'Em All Aflevering 17

A professional football player refuses to admit that his playing days are over.

S8 · E18 30 jan. 1959

And Practically Strangers Aflevering 18

From childhood Alan Mitchell has always felt his abilities and achievements overshadowed by those of his younger brother Hugh. When Hugh requisitions Alan to work with him on a nuclear bomb project it puts an additional strain on their already tense relationship.

S8 · E19 6 feb. 1959

Death Trap Aflevering 19

S8 · E20 13 feb. 1959

The Man Who Had No Friends Aflevering 20

Champion Barry Brannon retires from a successful career as a fighter and goes into the restaurant business with his long-time manager, Charlie. When Barry proposes to his girl, he finds that she is in love with Charlie.

S8 · E21 20 feb. 1959

Various Temptations Aflevering 21

S8 · E22 27 feb. 1959

On the Brink Aflevering 22

Story of an intense hatred between father and son.

S8 · E23 6 mrt. 1959

Stand-In for Murder Aflevering 23

S8 · E24 13 mrt. 1959

Ivy League Aflevering 24

After 30 years in the Marine Corps, Bull Mitchell retires and enrolls as a college freshman.

S8 · E25 20 mrt. 1959

Frederick Aflevering 25

S8 · E26 27 mrt. 1959

The Salted Mine Aflevering 26

In the Old West, a beautiful mine owner hires a detective to discover if she has been swindled when she bought a mine.

S8 · E27 3 apr. 1959

The Dreamer Aflevering 27

S8 · E28 17 apr. 1959

This Will Do Nicely Aflevering 28

S8 · E29 1 mei 1959

The Case of the Two Sisters Aflevering 29

S8 · E30 15 mei 1959

Boy on a Fence Aflevering 30

S8 · E31 29 mei 1959

Mirror, Mirror Aflevering 31

S8 · E32 5 jun. 1959

The Rumor Aflevering 32

The guys of the billing department at Brittanica Insurance heard that one of them is about to be let go. After breaking up with his girlfriend-of-the-week, office playboy Eddie shoots off his mouth and says he's gonna quit and leave town. Of course, he reconsiders as soon as he meets another woman.

S8 · E33 12 jun. 1959

The Miss and the Missiles Aflevering 33

S8 · E34 19 jun. 1959

Hostage Aflevering 34

A motorcycle cop becomes hostage to a cold-blooded slayer who plans to use him to escape police roadblocks.

S8 · E35 17 jul. 1959

Cowboy Five Seven Aflevering 35

This dramatization was about a typical day in the lives of the men of SAC, was made by Stewart, a reserve officer in the air force, at Westover (Mass.) Air Base. No professional actors are used; officers and enlisted men and their families portray themselves.

S8 · E36 31 jul. 1959

A Ballad to Die By Aflevering 36

Rancher Anna Carrick hires singing cowboy Johnny Guitar to play at her wedding. Johnny soon learns that Anna is to marry a killer against her will.