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The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse Season 1 Episodes

  • 1949-1949
  • 1 Season
  • ABC
  • Drama
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"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

Season 1

6 Episodes 1949 - 1949

Episode 1

Five Golden Guineas

Thu, Sep 22, 1949

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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.

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Episode 9

Fake Face

Thu, Nov 17, 1949

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Episode 11

Three O'Clock

Thu, Dec 1, 1949

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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.

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Episode 13

The Night Reveals

Thu, Dec 15, 1949

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