Lux Playhouse

Episode 1

The Best House in the Valley

Fri, Oct 3, 1958 30 mins

Confronted with unexpected widowhood after the sudden death of her husband, attractive Lamy fights to keep her rustic home. However, her rural paradise is threatened by meddlesome townspeople who don't approve of the lifestyle she has chosen for herself and her young daughter Mimi.

Episode 2

The Four

Fri, Oct 17, 1958 30 mins

Four teenage juvenile delinquents with a history of tormenting and intimidating their teachers in a small town high school direct their aggression toward new teacher Delphine Murphy. The tables turn when Murphy becomes the only person who can clear the four after they're accused of committing a crime.

Episode 3

The Connoisseur

Fri, Oct 31, 1958 30 mins

Having fled Hungary for a better life in the United States, lovely Magda Lederer allows herself to be swept off her feet by cultured, elegant Walter Brand. After Brand lavishes her with a complete makeover, and they marry, Magda realizes her dream come true is actually a nightmare, as Brand plots her death.

Episode 4

A Game of Hate

Fri, Nov 14, 1958 30 mins

After disposing of his latest victim in the woods, a psychopathic murderer uses a nearby rural schoolhouse as a temporary hideout. Meanwhile, the body is discovered by the schoolmarm, who is confronted by the killer and must find a way to save herself and the children.

Episode 5

Coney Island Winter

Fri, Nov 28, 1958 30 mins

Big Jim Weber, a Coney Island barman, is the victim of blackmail over his past life. Despite his efforts to conceal a previous marriage, his second wife learns about the first wife, who Big Jim never divorced, and the tense situation leads to violence.

Episode 6

Drive a Desert Road

Fri, Dec 12, 1958 30 mins

After surgeon Dr. Vic Martin loses the use of his hands due to severe burns, his wife is forced to drive them on a long car trip that takes them across the desert. There they quickly attract the attention of two hoods in another car who initiate them into a game of sheer terror down the isolated highway.

Episode 7

Small Wonder

Fri, Dec 26, 1958 30 mins

Wealthy Paul Ryder's nine year old daughter Beth disappears. He later receives a note telling him that she has been kidnapped and demanding a 50, 000 dollar ransom. Ryder pays the ransom, unaware that a lonely Beth has engineered the scheme to prove her father's love. Meanwhile, Beth's governess Elsa knows the truth and has blackmail in mind.

Episode 8

A Deadly Guest

Fri, Jan 9, 1959 30 mins

Selena Shelby, a sheltered matron living with her invalid mother Cora, takes on a lodger for extra money.When Robert Garvin, the handsome widower renting the room, takes an interest in the receptive Selena, Cora issues stern warnings to not trust the stranger, and Cora begins to fear for her life.

Episode 9

Deathtrap

Fri, Feb 6, 1959 30 mins

A dangerous criminal sentenced to life in prison swears vengeance on everyone who wronged him. After he eludes capture in a daring prison break, he initiates a series of frightening phone calls to Gloria Crawford, the woman whose testimony convicted him. A night of abject terror thus begins for Gloria as she receives intermittent phone calls from her tormentor, warning her that he's getting closer with each call and will murder her before morning.

Episode 10

Various Temptations

Fri, Feb 20, 1959 30 mins

Frumpish Clara Brown succumbs to the charms of Ron Abbott, a handsome, debonair stranger. After she invites him into her home, she's horrified to learn that he's a suspect in rash of brutal strangulation murders, but Abbott convinces her that it's a case of mistaken identity.

Episode 11

Stand-In for Murder

Fri, Mar 6, 1959 30 mins

Self-centered film star Alice Vincent possesses more enemies than friends. When her movie stand-in, a woman who very closely resembles her is brutally strangled to death, Alice decides that she was the killer's actual target. Through a series of flashbacks, Alice remembers scenarios with different people who had reason to kill her.

Episode 12

Frederick

Fri, Mar 20, 1959 30 mins

Lucinda Vaughn, a lonely and slightly mad old Southern maid, spends her days haunted by the sad memories of Frederick, the fiance who left her at the altar long ago. Lucinda loses her obsession and begins to focus on the present again when she finds herself in grave danger.

Episode 13

The Dreamer

Fri, Apr 3, 1959 30 mins

Christo Sierra, a romantic Latino bachelor, dreams of finding the perfect woman to love. He believes his dream has come true when he falls madly in love with the buxom, vivacious nightclub singer Denise Cerise, but Christo's best friend Mark fears that his starry-eyed pal will ultimately face a devastating heartbreak.

Episode 14

This Will Do Nicely

Fri, Apr 17, 1959 30 mins

Helen, a beautiful but discontent socialite, wants out of her marriage to an old codger and gets an idea when he mentions a woman who murdered her husband and got away with the crime. After planning the perfect crime, Helen shoots him then enlists the aide of his best friend, an amateur criminologist, to help her convince authorities that the shooting was a terrible accident. Dark humor and a twist ending highlight this suspenseful tale.

Episode 15

The Case of the Two Sisters

Fri, May 1, 1959 30 mins

A young woman who is accused of murdering her sister insists that she is innocent of the crime. Seasoned writer Stephen MacIllroy and his peculiar friend decide to join forces as amateur sleuths in an attempt to solve the mystery and save the girl from prison.

Episode 16

Boy on a Fence

Fri, May 15, 1959 30 mins

Traveling by train on his first solo excursion, ten year old Joe Wilson meets Jane, a beautiful young woman also without a companion because she's fleeing an embezzlement charge. She and the agreeable young boy strike a bargain that will enable her to escape capture by Detective Drake, the investigator hot on her trail.

Episode 17

Mirror, Mirror

Fri, May 29, 1959 30 mins

Kate Lodge, the reigning beauty queen of a small town, receives a visit from her beloved niece Kathy. Their warm friendship is quickly tested when the equally attractive and younger Kathy decides to vie with her aunt for the town's beauty queen title, as well as her love interest Clifford.

Episode 18

The Miss and Missiles

Fri, Jun 12, 1959 30 mins

In this romantic comedy, fashionable magazine journalist Connie Marshall arranges an interview with Colonel Bill Adams, the nation's most prolific jet pilot, after she's assigned to write a feature story on the emerging jet age. The pair enjoy an instant chemistry, but the proceedings are muddled by Connie's younger brother who idol worships Adams.

Episode 19

Cowboy Five Seven

Fri, Jul 17, 1959 30 mins