Goodyear Television Playhouse

Episode 1

Guilty Is the Stranger

Sun, Sep 26, 1954

Episode 2

The Personal Touch

Sun, Oct 10, 1954 60 mins

Episode 3

Flight Report

Sun, Nov 7, 1954

Walter Matthau plays the role of Lieutenant Burch in a drama about Naval carrier pilots during World War II.

Episode 4

Thunder of Silence

Sun, Nov 21, 1954

A troubled teenager and her father wind up moving in with a farmer and his family.

Episode 5

Last Boat from Messina

Sun, Dec 5, 1954

Episode 6

Class of '58

Sun, Dec 19, 1954

A hitchhiker is picked up by a salesman who lends the musician some advice about career choices.

Episode 7

A Case of Pure Fiction

Sun, Jan 2, 1955

Episode 8

Doing Her Bit

Sun, Jan 16, 1955

An entertainer performs for the troops in Korea and falls for a tough-as-nails Army captain.

Episode 9

The Way Things Happen

Sun, Jan 30, 1955

A writer waiting for his soon-to-be ex-wife discusses his trouble's with the restaurant owner.

Episode 10

The Rabbit Trap

Sun, Feb 13, 1955

"While on vacation, a father and son set a rabbit trap. They are to return the next day to free the rabbit, a prospective pet for the boy. But the family is forced to return to the city after a rush call from the father's demanding boss."--TV guide, February 13, 1955.

Episode 11

Backfire

Sun, Feb 27, 1955

A sociology professor who believes people have no real choices in their destinies must rethink his principles when he witnesses a crime.

Episode 12

My Lost Saints

Sun, Mar 13, 1955 60 mins

The Hallet's maid, Kate, over idolizes the family she works for and her mama as "Saints" and she fails to see their flaws. Kate also slightly over steps her role as a maid and the Hallets come to depend on her too slightly much. Things start to change when attention starved Mama arrives for an over night visit when she has a slight accident that triggers an psychosomatic illness that causes the stay to extend into weeks and forces Kate to decide to ether care for Mama or the Hallets.

Episode 13

The Chivington Raid

Sun, Mar 27, 1955

Colonel Shivington prepares a revenge attack on Indians, but one soldier stands in his way.

Episode 14

Beloved Stranger

Sun, Apr 10, 1955 60 mins

No fewer than three women could be the 'beloved stranger'. One of these three persons is to inherit the possessions from a sea captain. Unfortunately, the captain has died at sea without having the time to name which of the three women was the elect. It is up to a lawyer to investigate and find her.

Episode 15

Do It Yourself

Sun, Apr 24, 1955 60 mins

There's more than the do-it-yourself fever behind an unsuccessful writer's plan to build his home himself. His almost too perfect wife, a successful fashion editor, would realize that, if only she hadn't just been offered a job in Paris.

Episode 16

Visit to a Small Planet

Sun, May 8, 1955

A visitor from another planet arrives on Earth and seems anxious to provoke a war - "one thing you people do really well".

Episode 17

The Catered Affair

Sun, May 22, 1955

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

Episode 18

Mr. Dorothy Allen

Sun, Jun 5, 1955

Episode 19

End of the Mission

Sun, Jun 19, 1955

Episode 20

Tangled Web

Sun, Jul 3, 1955

Episode 21

Man on Spikes

Sun, Jul 17, 1955

Recounts the life of a baseball player from his youth to retirement.

Episode 22

The Prizewinner

Sun, Jul 31, 1955

Episode 23

The Takers

Sun, Aug 14, 1955