Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90 Season 4

TV Show

Season 4 Episodes

1. Target for Three

October 1st, 19591 hr 30 min

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

2. The Sounds of Eden

October 15th, 19591 hr 30 min

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

3. Misalliance

October 29th, 19591 hr 30 min

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.

4. The Hidden Image

November 12th, 19591 hr 30 min

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

5. The Grey Nurse Said Nothing

November 26th, 19591 hr 30 min

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

6. The Tunnel

December 10th, 19591 hr 30 min

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

7. The Silver Whistle

December 24th, 19591 hr 30 min

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

8. John Brown's Raid

January 14th, 19601 hr 30 min

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

9. A Dream of Treason

January 21st, 19601 hr 30 min

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

10. To the Sound of Trumpets

February 10th, 19601 hr 30 min

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

11. The Cruel Day

February 24th, 19601 hr 30 min

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

12. Tomorrow

March 7th, 19601 hr 30 min

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.

13. The Hiding Place

March 22nd, 19601 hr 30 min

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.

14. Alas, Babylon

April 3rd, 19601 hr 30 min

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

15. Journey to the Day

April 22nd, 19601 hr 30 min

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

16. The Shape of the River

May 2nd, 19601 hr 30 min

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

17. In the Presence of Mine Enemies

May 16th, 19601 hr 30 min

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

All Seasons

Season 4

Season 4

Oct 1, 1959
Season 3

Season 3

Sep 25, 1958
Season 2

Season 2

Sep 12, 1957
Season 1

Season 1

Oct 4, 1956