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Playhouse 90 Season 4 Episodes

Season 4 Episode Guide

16 Episodes 1959 - 1960

Episode 0

John Brown's Raid

Tue, Oct 25, 196060 mins

The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

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Episode 1

Target for Three

Thu, Oct 1, 195990 mins

Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.

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Episode 2

The Sounds of Eden

Thu, Oct 15, 195990 mins

Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.

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Episode 3

Misalliance

Thu, Oct 29, 195990 mins

A 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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Episode 4

The Hidden Image

Thu, Nov 12, 195990 mins

A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.

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Episode 5

The Grey Nurse Said Nothing

Thu, Nov 26, 195990 mins

In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?

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Episode 6

The Tunnel

Thu, Dec 10, 195990 mins

In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.

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Episode 7

The Silver Whistle

Thu, Dec 24, 195990 mins

The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.

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Episode 9

A Dream of Treason

Thu, Jan 21, 196090 mins

A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.

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Episode 10

To the Sound of Trumpets

Wed, Feb 10, 196090 mins

In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naive and romanticized attitude to war.

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Episode 11

The Cruel Day

Wed, Feb 24, 196090 mins

A French army officer arrives at a remote fort in Algeria and discovers that atrocities against the local population are commonplace.

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Episode 12

Tomorrow

Mon, Mar 7, 196090 mins

Slow 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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Episode 13

The Hiding Place

Tue, Mar 22, 196090 mins

In 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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Episode 14

Alas, Babylon

Sun, Apr 3, 196090 mins

Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.

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Episode 15

Journey to the Day

Fri, Apr 22, 196090 mins

Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.

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Episode 16

The Shape of the River

Mon, May 2, 196090 mins

Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.

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Episode 17

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Wed, May 18, 196090 mins

In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.

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