Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

S8 · E1 · Sep 26, 1958

A Thing to Fight For Episode 1

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

S8 · E2 · Oct 3, 1958

The Best House in the Valley Episode 2

S8 · E3 · Oct 10, 1958

The Hasty Hanging Episode 3

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

S8 · E4 · Oct 17, 1958

The Four Episode 4

S8 · E5 · Oct 24, 1958

The Trouble With Ruth Episode 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 · Oct 31, 1958

The Connoisseur Episode 6

S8 · E7 · Nov 7, 1958

False Impression Episode 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 · Nov 14, 1958

A Game of Hate Episode 8

S8 · E9 · Nov 21, 1958

Last Edition Episode 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 · Nov 28, 1958

Coney Island Winter Episode 10

S8 · E11 · Dec 5, 1958

Third Son Episode 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 · Dec 12, 1958

Drive a Desert Road Episode 12

S8 · E13 · Dec 19, 1958

No Answer Episode 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 · Dec 26, 1958

Small Wonder Episode 14

S8 · E15 · Jan 2, 1959

A Fistful of Love Episode 15

Drama of a prizefighter's battle for survival.

S8 · E16 · Jan 9, 1959

The Deadly Guest Episode 16

S8 · E17 · Jan 16, 1959

You Can't Win 'Em All Episode 17

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

S8 · E18 · Jan 30, 1959

And Practically Strangers Episode 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 · Feb 6, 1959

Death Trap Episode 19

S8 · E20 · Feb 13, 1959

The Man Who Had No Friends Episode 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 · Feb 20, 1959

Various Temptations Episode 21

S8 · E22 · Feb 27, 1959

On the Brink Episode 22

Story of an intense hatred between father and son.

S8 · E23 · Mar 6, 1959

Stand-In for Murder Episode 23

S8 · E24 · Mar 13, 1959

Ivy League Episode 24

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

S8 · E25 · Mar 20, 1959

Frederick Episode 25

S8 · E26 · Mar 27, 1959

The Salted Mine Episode 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 · Apr 3, 1959

The Dreamer Episode 27

S8 · E28 · Apr 17, 1959

This Will Do Nicely Episode 28

S8 · E29 · May 1, 1959

The Case of the Two Sisters Episode 29

S8 · E30 · May 15, 1959

Boy on a Fence Episode 30

S8 · E31 · May 29, 1959

Mirror, Mirror Episode 31

S8 · E32 · Jun 5, 1959

The Rumor Episode 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 · Jun 12, 1959

The Miss and the Missiles Episode 33

S8 · E34 · Jun 19, 1959

Hostage Episode 34

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

S8 · E35 · Jul 17, 1959

Cowboy Five Seven Episode 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 · Jul 31, 1959

A Ballad to Die By Episode 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.