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Schlitz Playhouse Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
55 Episodes 1954 - 1955
Episode 1
The Secret
Fri, Sep 10, 195430 mins
A Hollywood columnist solves the mysterious disappearance of a silent film star.
Episode 2
Reunion at Steepler's Hill
Fri, Sep 17, 195430 mins
Returning to his home town, a gunman (John Ireland) betrays an outlaw buddy to obtain reward money.
Episode 3
The Pipe
Fri, Sep 24, 195430 mins
A suspect in a diamond robbery cleverly outwits thieves who think he has the store.
Episode 4
The Viking
Fri, Oct 1, 195430 mins
This Travel Oz features the Boondooma Balladeers and Heritage Muster, a 5 day gathering of bush balladeers, musicians and poets, in a festival known appropriately as, the "spirit of the bush". The Two Tims take us to the Blue Mountains for a winter magic festival. Then celebrations to mark the discovery of Australia by white settlers. Travel to the Town of 1770 in Queensland.
Episode 5
The Net Draws Tight
Fri, Oct 8, 195430 mins
The honest proprietor of a roadside cafe tries to help both a wayward boy and his own brother, an escaped killer.
Episode 6
Square Shootin'
Fri, Oct 15, 195430 mins
A comedy about a tenderfoot in the Old West.
Episode 7
The Best of Everything
Fri, Oct 22, 195430 mins
A young man, greedy for wealth, resorts to murder to get it.
Episode 8
The Sensation Club
Fri, Oct 29, 195430 mins
The Sensation Club worships the unusual and the bizarre. What better thing for Garman to bring before his fellow sensation-seekers than a man he believes is being sought for murder by the police?
Episode 9
No Rescue
Fri, Nov 5, 195430 mins
A wanted Latin American jeopardizes his life to aid fellow passengers in a plane crash.
Episode 10
Midnight Haul
Fri, Nov 12, 195430 mins
A driver tries to find out why his trucks are being stolen
Episode 11
The Long Trail
Fri, Nov 19, 195430 mins
Texas Ranger Walden accepts the hospitality of an Oregon sheriff and his daughter while on the trail of a man wanted for murder. He learns his quarry, Sam Gates, is nearby and the sheriff agrees to help him fulfill the order of the law. Several locals ask the ranger to reconsider arresting Gates because he was only acting in self defense. Plus, he's now a family man, married to the sheriff's daughter.
Episode 12
Mystery of Murder
Fri, Nov 26, 195430 mins
On a second honeymoon with his wife, a judge gets a chance to test his theory that there is a criminal type that will not kill under any circumstances.
Episode 13
Volturio Investigates
Fri, Dec 3, 195430 mins
A debonair jewel thief discovers there's no honor among thieves.
Episode 14
Spangal Island
Fri, Dec 10, 195430 mins
A man in a small New England town is suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his rival.
Episode 15
Woman Expert
Fri, Dec 17, 195430 mins
A detective uses his masculine charm to solve his cases. His method is to befriend the suspected murderer's sweetheart and gain her confidence.
Episode 16
Day of Good News
Tue, Dec 14, 195430 mins
A man moves from the big city to a small town and works for the local newspaper which only covers good news.
Episode 17
The Dumbest Man in the Army
Fri, Dec 31, 195430 mins
An Army misfit is ridiculed by his fellow soldiers when a prank backfires.
Episode 18
The Cool One
Fri, Jan 7, 195530 mins
Tom Novak (Stephen McNally) journeys to the Dakotas to find a wife and a ranch site. Although he finds them, another man asserts prior claim to both.
Episode 19
Man Out of the Rain
Fri, Jan 14, 195530 mins
Floods followed by a landslide find Mona Tyrrel trapped in her home with Zakka - a young man who is a complete stranger to her.
Episode 20
Underground
Fri, Jan 21, 195530 mins
Joe Tierney has had years of experience with the telephone company and its underground cable system. Some hoods decide to kidnap him and learn the location of a bank alarm.
Episode 21
Murder in Paradise
Fri, Jan 28, 195530 mins
A couple's quiet South Seas island paradise life is disrupted by strangers with a tale of a man lost at sea.
Episode 22
The Last Pilot Schooner
Fri, Feb 4, 195530 mins
A rookie reporter is assigned to cover the final voyage of a schooner and gets caught up in the drama when the ship begins to sink.
Episode 23
The Schoolmarm
Fri, Feb 11, 195530 mins
A Civil War veteran is eager to teach the ways of peace and democracy to the frontiersmen of the new state of Oregon.
Episode 24
The Way to Freedom
Fri, Feb 18, 195530 mins
An embezzler gets the chance to impersonate a Scotland Yard Officer. As such, he is assigned to search for a murderer.
Episode 25
Fast Break
Fri, Feb 25, 195530 mins
A former basketball player, once jailed for accepting a bribe, must move from one city to another as his reputation catches up with him.
Episode 26
Fedar
Fri, Mar 4, 195530 mins
In ancient Sicily, a sculptor is sentenced to be a galley slave for insulting a tyrant who rules the island.
Episode 27
Visitor in the Night
Fri, Mar 11, 195530 mins
An ambitious mayor has a tough time trying to explain what he was doing in the company of a gorgeous blonde on election eve, when his wife was away.
Episode 28
Ride to the West
Fri, Mar 18, 195530 mins
A gunslinger and his brother confront a crazed killer in a spooky Western ghost town.
Episode 29
Log the Man Innocent
Fri, Mar 25, 195530 mins
When a sea captain refuses to toss a man overboard because he is ill, the crew causes a mutiny and tosses both captain and sick man adrift in a boat.
Episode 30
Tourists--Overnight
Fri, Apr 1, 195530 mins
A niece is the traveling companion for her wealthy aunt and they stay overnight at a tourists' home and find themselves among gangsters.
Episode 31
Mr. Ears
Fri, Apr 8, 195530 mins
An elderly storekeeper (Walter Brennan) keeps his young friend (Tommy Rettig) enthralled with tales of his days as an Indian fighter.
Episode 32
O'Brien
Fri, Apr 15, 195530 mins
Federal agent Sam Ireland is assigned to a lawless border town. Sam takes a room in a boarding house suspected of being the center of a human smuggling. The agent finds himself distracted by the fairer sex.
Episode 33
Who's the Blonde?
Fri, Apr 22, 195530 mins
Dollars disappear when a mysterious blonde appears at closing time in a bank. The teller is hard pressed to explain the discrepancy in the day's receipts.
Episode 34
The Brute Next Door
Fri, Apr 29, 195530 mins
A mild-mannered architect harbors a secret love of the more violent forms of sport. He gets his big chance when a boxer in need of a manager moves next door.
Episode 35
The Unlighted Road
Fri, May 6, 195530 mins
Young Jeff Latham stops at a roadside diner and ends up working there. After meeting a nice local girl, everything seems to be going his way. Things get complicated when he unwittingly gets involved with criminals working out of the diner.
Episode 36
Too Many Nelsons
Fri, May 13, 195530 mins
A western town is dominated by one family. When one of them is murdered, a stranger in town finds himself the object of a lynch mob.
Episode 37
Sentence of Death
Fri, May 20, 195530 mins
A girl witnesses the shooting of a druggist. But she doesn't go along with the identification of a suspect made by other witnesses.
Episode 38
The Argonauts
Fri, May 27, 195530 mins
After nearly 30 years of dull routine, a shipping clerk signs on with a ship as a sailor. But on the eve of embarkation, he meets up with more exciting fare in port.
Episode 39
Visa for X
Fri, Jun 3, 195530 mins
A member of the British Civil Service whose job it is to produce identity cards for the War Office, is tempted to use his skills for illegitimate purposes when his son becomes a fugitive.
Episode 40
O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felon
Fri, Jun 10, 195530 mins
A guest finally finds her way to O'Connor's insolvent fishing lodge in the High Sierras. But her car is flashy, her purse empty and her only luggage a revolver.
Episode 41
A Mule for Santa Fe
Fri, Jun 17, 1955
A father and son need another mule so they can join the wagon train. But they come across criminals who want more than they can offer for the transaction.
Episode 42
Splendid with Swords
Fri, Jun 24, 195530 mins
The last of a line of famous fencers falls in love with a girl who scoffs at fencing.
Episode 43
The Ordeal of Dr. Sutton
Fri, Jul 1, 195530 mins
The romance of a nurse suffers a setback when a doctor turns down a chance to establish a private practice.
Episode 44
Ambitious Cop
Fri, Jul 8, 195530 mins
A policeman who wants to be a district attorney kills an old friend in a gun duel. He now has to reckon not only with the public, which thinks of him as a killer, but with angry mobsters.
Episode 45
Meet Mr. Justice
Fri, Jul 15, 195530 mins
A small town postmaster, storekeeper and justice of the peace has his hands full when a young eloping couple attempts to "borrow" gasoline from his locked pump.
Episode 46
Visibility Zero
Fri, Jul 22, 195530 mins
An aging senior airline pilot is about to be promoted to operations chief, but feels he is being "grounded" due to his age. When he makes his farewell flight he learns that things are changing.
Episode 47
The Direct Approach
Fri, Jul 29, 195530 mins
A large state-decreed construction project overwhelms a small rural town that is dominated by a gruff but soft-hearted old soldier. His niece is young and craves romance, and finds it in the construction foreman, who's very much at odds with the townsfolk and especially a man that fancies himself as her boyfriend.
Episode 48
Too Late to Run
Fri, Aug 5, 195530 mins
The owner of a roadside diner is falling for his new waitress, but his young assistant is suspicious of her. The report that a dangerous killer is in the vicinity changes the picture.
Episode 49
On Leave
Fri, Aug 12, 195530 mins
Pvt. Henri Baptiste, decorated French soldier of World War I, obtains a leave and visits his home village, only to find it devastated.
Episode 50
Jury of One
Fri, Aug 19, 195530 mins
A lawyer goes to a small Wyoming town in search of the heir to a strange legacy. Two claimants show up, each with verbal proof of his rightful claim, and this puts the lawyer in the role of a Solomon to decide which is the heir.
Episode 51
The Case for the State
Fri, Aug 26, 195530 mins
A young assistant district attorney suspects a trap has been baited for an indigent artist accused of stealing money from an art gallery.
Episode 52
Three Months to Remember
Fri, Sep 2, 195530 mins
An ex-GI suffering from amnesia returns to his home town in an attempt to regain both his memory and an inheritance.
Episode 53
The Uninhibited Female
Fri, Sep 9, 195530 mins
An efficiency expert on his first assignment and an outspoken secretary lock horns over how things are done.
Episode 54
Wild Call
Fri, Sep 16, 195530 mins
After working in a department store for forty years, a man decides to go on a sea voyage.
Episode 55
The Quitter
Fri, Sep 23, 195530 mins
Trainer Bradley Taylor enlists the aid of a mule to train a frisky harness-race horse.