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Playhouse 90 : Season 4
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Air date: 01 Oct '59 - 17 episodesPlayhouse 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.
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List of Episodes (17)
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1. Target for Three
01 Oct '59Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.
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2. The Sounds of Eden
15 Oct '59Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.
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3. Misalliance
29 Oct '59A group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend engage in an exploration of their varied romantic entanglements.
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4. The Hidden Image
12 Nov '59A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.
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5. The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
26 Nov '59In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?
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6. The Tunnel
10 Dec '59In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.
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7. The Silver Whistle
24 Dec '59The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.
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8. John Brown's Raid
14 Jan '60The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
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9. A Dream of Treason
21 Jan '60A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.
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10. To the Sound of Trumpets
10 Feb '60In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naïve and romanticized attitude to war.
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11. The Cruel Day
24 Feb '60A French army officer arrives at a remote fort in Algeria and discovers that atrocities against the local population are commonplace
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12. Tomorrow
07 Mar '60Slow witted, and tired, Fentry leads a lonely life of grinding poverty in his sharecropper's shack until a sick, pregnant woman escaping her abusive husband comes there. He takes her in and cares for her, eventually falling in love with her.
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13. The Hiding Place
22 Mar '60In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.
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14. Alas, Babylon
03 Apr '60Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.
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15. Journey to the Day
22 Apr '60Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.
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16. The Shape of the River
02 May '60Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.
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17. In the Presence of Mine Enemies
16 May '60In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.
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