Starring Boris Karloff
"The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse" was a 30-minute US television mystery anthology series, probably produced live. Boris Karloff hosted twelve episodes that aired from September to December 1949. All but five titles appear to be lost. Directors included Alex Segal. Amongst the actors appearing included: Mildred Natwick and Jean Muir. Known story titles: "Fake Face", "Five Golden Guineas", "Mad Illusion", "The Night Reveals", "The Shop at Sly Corner", and "Three O'Clock".
- 1949-1949
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
"The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse" was a 30-minute US television mystery anthology series, probably produced live. Boris Karloff hosted twelve episodes that aired from September to December 1949. All but five titles appear to be lost. Directors included Alex Segal. Amongst the actors appearing included: Mildred Natwick and Jean Muir. Known story titles: "Fake Face", "Five Golden Guineas", "Mad Illusion", "The Night Reveals", "The Shop at Sly Corner", and "Three O'Clock".
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1949
Episode 1
Five Golden Guineas
Thu, Sep 22, 1949
Episode 4
Mad Illusion
Thu, Oct 13, 1949
A man escapes Devil's Island penal colony after 20 years to seek revenge against the evil woman and the seaman husband responsible for sending him there.
Episode 9
Fake Face
Thu, Nov 17, 1949
Episode 11
Three O'Clock
Thu, Dec 1, 1949
Episode 12
The Shop at Sly Corner
Mon, Aug 1, 1949
Descius Heiss is a French expatriate, and former Devil's Island prisoner, with two passions; driving shrewd bargains in antiques at his Sly Corner Shop, and the care of his motherless, violin-playing daughter, Margaret. But, his comfortable wealth comes more from being a fence for stolen goods than it does buying-and-selling antiques. His secret is discovered by his shop assistant Archie Fellowes, a nasty, sniveling young rat, and he begins blackmailing Heiss. Heiss employs the usual solution to blackmailers, and the film ends in a London concert-hall where Margaret is playing the Mendelssohm Violin Concerto.
Episode 13
The Night Reveals
Thu, Dec 15, 1949