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Season
6 (CBS) (1956-57)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, James Beer, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, Jim Brent, Heikocleef
references:
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######### Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
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Meridian Productions, Inc. (filmed episodes) (up to #6.8 23Nov56)
Revue Productions, Inc. (filmed episodes) (from #6.9 30Nov56)
CBS, Fridays 9:30-10:00pm Eastern (30 min)
6.01 [261] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MOMENT OF VENGEANCE
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 28Sep56)
28-Sep-1956
Produced by William Self
Teleplay by Lowell Barrington
Based on a story by Elmore Leonard
Directed by Alvin Ganzer
starring
Ward Bond
Gene Nelson
Angie Dickinson
Myron Healey
Alex Montoya
Lane Bradford
Boyd Morgan
Julia Montoya
6.02 [262] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE HOUSE THAT JACKSON BUILT
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 05Oct56)
05-Oct-1956
starring
Diana Lynn
Arthur Franz
Synopsis:
A career girl fed up with man-hunting decides to buy a house
and settle down to spinsterhood gracefully. [RF]
6.03 [263] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE TROPHY
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 12Oct56)
12-Oct-1956
starring
Jack Carson ......... Harry Mauldron
Patricia Morison .... Jennifer Mauldron
Peter Adams ......... Steven Loring
Robert Carson ....... David Compton
Phyllis Stanley ..... Gladys Wilder
William O'Brien ..... Butler
Synopsis:
A self-made man uses his money to offset his crudeness.
His wife is constantly humiliated by his bad taste. [RF]
*Note: Aired in syndication on "The Playhouse" 16Jul59.
6.04 [264] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ENOCH PRENTISS
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 19Oct56)
19-Oct-1956
6.05 [265] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ALWAYS THE BEST MAN
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 26Oct56)
26-Oct-1956
starring
Don Taylor .......... Pete
Adam Kennedy ........ George
Angie Dickinson ..... Ann
Greta Thyssen ....... Lydia
Synopsis:
A bachelor talks his best friend into breaking his engagement. But after he
meets the man's ex-fiance, he begins to fall in love
with her himself! [RF]
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: no details
02-Nov-1956
6.06 [266] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE NIGHT THEY WON THE OSCAR
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 09Nov56)
09-Nov-1956
starring
June Lockhart ........ Fay Cameron
Richard Carlson ........ Larry Cameron
Hayden Rorke ......... Brian Levering
Dorothy Green ......... Monica Levering
Synopsis:
A dedicated director has had the loving support and understanding of his wife
during the years in which he mastered his craft. After he wins an Oscar for a picture
he directed, they find they are rapidly drifting apart. [RF]
6.07 [267] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: EXPLOSION
Revue Productions, Inc. prod. no. 1304A
16-Nov-1956
starring
Jack Kelly
Synopsis 1:
Enemy agents battle for control of an oil well. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A secret agent in South America poses as an eccentric Englishman. [RF]
6.08 [268] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE LETTER
Meridian Productions, Inc. (copyright date 23Nov56)
23-Nov-1956
starring
Vera Miles
John Ericson
Synopsis:
A Southern girl discovers that Confederate soldiers are not receiving letters
from home.
She therefore decides to deliver letters from her neighbors to their sons and sweethearts. [RF]
6.09 [269] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ONCE UPON A TIME
(copyright title "Once Upon A Crime")
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 30Nov56)
30-Nov-1956
starring
Peter Lawford
Rudy Lee
Ray Ferrell
Synopsis 1:
A small girl teaches a thief about honesty after she sees him commit a crime. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A thief steals the money box from an amusement park, then attaches himself
to a group of children to keep from getting caught. [RF]
6.10 [270] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE WASHINGTON INCIDENT
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 07Dec56)
07-Dec-1956
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Mark Stevens ......... Abraham Lincoln
James Gregory ........ Morgan
Fredd Wayne .......... Pollack
Dean Stockwell
Synopsis:
During the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing
conversation. [RF]
6.11 [271] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A TALE OF WELLS FARGO
Revue Productions, Inc.
Pilot for Tales of Wells Fargo (Revue)(1957-62) starring Dale Robertson
(aka The Hole-In-The-Wall Gang)
14-Dec-1956
Produced by Nat Holt
Story and Teleplay by Frank Gruber
Directed by Bernard Gerard
starring
Dale Robertson .......... Jim Hardie
Helen Westscott ....... Bess
Stuart Randall ........ Marshal
John Berardino ........ Harrigan
Tom McDonough ......... Rosser
John Merrick .......... Beal
Paul Fix
Ray Teal
George Chandler
William Forrest
Jason Johnson
Joe McGuinn
Synopsis 1:
Special Wells Fargo Agent, Jim Hardie goes after a gang of train robbers,
known as the Haggerty Brothers who stole a Wells-Fargo strong box
containing twenty-thousand dollars in gold. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
A gang of outlaws conduct a series of Wells Fargo stagecoach and office
robberies.
The company assigns Jim Hardie to investigate
and stop the robbers. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Colgate Western Theater 17Jul59.
6.12 [272] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A LIGHT IN THE DESERT
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 21Dec56)
21-Dec-1956
starring
Lew Ayres
Virginia Field
6.13 [273] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE BIG PAYOFF
(copyright title "The Payoff")
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 21Dec56)
28-Dec-1956
starring
Ralph Bellamy ....... Joe McQuade
Nat Pendleton
Synopsis:
Joe McQuade is a respected and honest detective, who is in line for a promotion.
His daughter needs an operation and a racketeer offers him money. [RF]
6.14 [274] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE LADY WAS A FLOP
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 18Oct56)
04-Jan-1957
starring
Mickey Rooney ....... Red McGivney
J. Pat O'Malley ...... Morgan
Hayden Rorke ....... Whitlock
Synopsis:
Red McGivney, a former jockey who now works as an exercise boy,
is sure that a race horse named Lady has the makings of a champion.
After everyone else has given up, Red buys her to train and race
himself. [RF]
6.15 [275] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TOWER ROOM 14-A
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 13Nov56)
11-Jan-1957
Produced by Frank P. Rosenberg
Teleplay by David P. Harmon
Based on a story by Raymond Chandler
Directed by Don Weis
starring
Edmond O'Brien
Ruta Lee
Richard Jaeckel
Jerry Paris
Joseph Corey
Edward Wright
Peggy Connolly
Kirby Smith
Marilyn Buferd
Rayford Barnes
6.16 [276] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TERROR IN THE STREETS
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 21Nov56)
18-Jan-1957
starring
Linda Darnell
Richard Long
K.T. Stevens
6.17 [277] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE ENCHANTED
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 26Oct56)
25-Jan-1957
directed by John Brahm
starring
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Kurt Kasznar
John Ericson
Synopsis 1:
A man brings a young girl into his house with the intention of training her to
be his wife. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A roadhouse operator is in love with his young ward. [RF]
6.18 [278] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ONE LEFT OVER
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 07Dec56)
01-Feb-1957
starring
Robert Cummings
Beverly Washburn
Steve Brodie
6.19 [279] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SOMETIMES YOU BREAK EVEN
Revue prod. no. 118A (08Feb57 copyright date)
08-Feb-1957
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Mona Freeman ......... Susan
Barry Atwater ........ Captain Hartman
John Wilder .......... Carl
Will J. White ........ Don
Synopsis:
An Army doctor and nurse have two critical patients and lock horns
over how to deal with the lack of resources. [RF]
6.20 [280] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NIGHT DRIVE
Revue prod. no. 114A (copyright date 15Feb57)
15-Feb-1957
starring
Everett Sloane
Constance Cummings
6.21 [281] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE WEDDING PRESENT
Revue prod. no. 116A (copyright date 22Feb57)
22-Feb-1957
starring
Celeste Holm
Gary Merrill
6.22 [282] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE LIFE YOU SAVE (film)
Revue prod. no. 112A (copyright date 18Dec56)
01-Mar-1957
Produced by Frank P. Rosenberg
Adapted by Nelson Gidding
Based on Flannery O'Connor's short story
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
starring
Gene Kelly ....... Tom T. Triplet
Janice Rule ....... Lucynell Crater
Agnes Moorehead
Paul Smith ....... George
Buddy Hart ....... Hitchhiker
Barbara Pepper ....... Miss Buell
Synopsis:
Tom T. Triplet is an engaging one-armed tramp, a man who has been to a lot of
places
and seen a lot of things. But never before has he seen anyone like Lucynell Crater,
a deaf-mute of angelic innocence. Marriage was the furthest thing from Tom's mind
as he made his rounds through an impoverished section of the South. [RF]
6.23 [283] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: CARRIAGE FROM BRITAIN
Revue prod. no. 126A (copyright date 08Mar57)
08-Mar-1957
starring
Janet Leigh
Eduardo Ciannelli
6.24 [284] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE GIRL IN THE GRASS (film)
Revue prod. no. 122A (copyright date 15Mar57)
15-Mar-1957
Adapted by Dwight Taylor
Based on a story by Margery Sharp
Directed by Ray Milland
starring
Carolyn Jones ........ the Girl
Ray Milland ....... Harry Carstairs
Fay Baker ....... Sylvia
Nora Marlowe ...... Katherine
Olive Blakeney ....... Briggs
Synopsis:
Harry Carstairs wakes up on a beautiful Indian summer day feeling young
and adventurous. His wife, however, doesn't share his romantic mood, so Harry
wanders off to the park. He intends to read the financial page, but finds himself
being stared at by a beautiful girl. [RF]
6.25 [285] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE
Revue prod. no. 129A (copyright date 22Mar57)
22-Mar-1957
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Bette Davis
Anne Baxter
6.26 [286] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE RESTLESS GUN
Pilot for Restless Gun (1957-59) Western series starring John Payne
Revue Productions, Inc. (copyright date 29Mar57)
29-Mar-1957
starring
John Payne ....... Vint Bonner
Andrew Duggan ....... Red Dawson
William Hopper ....... Don Maler
Michael Landon
6.27 [287] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN (film)
Revue prod. no. 113A (copyright date 05Apr57)
05-Apr-1957
adapted by Arthur Sheekman
from a story by Nunnally Johnson
starring
Hume Cronyn ....... Wilbur Meeler
Jessica Tandy ....... Cora Torrence
Hans Conried ....... Emory Caldwell
Joseph Kearns ....... Pembrook
Russell Hicks ....... J. Winston Fletcher
Ray Walker ....... Hilburn
Bill McLean ....... Ben
Olan Soule ....... Night Clerk
Herb Vigran ....... Jason
Synopsis:
Traveling salesman Wilbur Meeler has stayed at the modest Aragon Hotel
for years. He's been known by the loud clothes he wears. Checking back
into the hotel after a selling trip, he finds anew manager who's determined to
upgrade the hotel. The manager decides Wilbur must go! [RF]
6.28 [288] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE BLUE HOTEL (film)
Revue prod. no. 111A (copyright date 12Apr57)
12-Apr-1957 (rerun 26Jul57)
Adapted by John McGreevey
Story by Stephen Crane
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Vincent Price ....... Swede
Lee Van Cleef ....... Cowboy
Chick Chandler ....... Easterner
Adam Kennedy ....... Johnnie
Tristram Coffin ....... Gambler
Phil Chambers ....... Manager
Synopsis:
A Swede arrives in a small Nebraska town and checks into the hotel there.
He's convinced that everyone is ready to kill him. Violence ensues when,
during a card game, he accuses a cowboy of cheating. [RF]
6.29 [289] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: GIRL WITH A GLOW
Revue prod. no. 123A (copyright date 19Apr57)
19-Apr-1957
starring
John Forsythe .......... Peter Bronson
Patricia Crowley ....... June Baker
6.30 [290] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: HEY, MAC
Revue prod. no. 120A (copyright date 26Apr57)
26-Apr-1957
starring
Gary Merrill
Sue George
Marian Marsh
Gordon Gebert
6.31 [291] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE TRAVELING CORPSE
Revue prod. no. 136A (copyright date 03May57)
03-May-1957 CBS Fri
Produced by Joan Harrison
Teleplay by Joel Murcott
Based on a story by Norman Matson
Directed by James Neilson
starring
Dennis O'Keefe
John Baragrey
Gertrude Michael
Leora Dana
Synopsis:
Professor Stephen Bolt, a teacher of criminology, hears a strange story from
a guest lecturer: a man dies suddenly. While his wife is arranging the burial,
the corpse disappears. [TA]
6.32 [292] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE DEAD ARE SILENT
Revue prod. no. 125A (copyright date 06May57)
10-May-1957
starring
Glynnis Johns
6.33 [293] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SWITCH STATION
Revue prod. no. 138A (copyright date 14May57)
17-May-1957 (Network rerun 04Oct57)
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Charlton Heston
John Carradine
Edgar Buchanan ....... Henry Maguire
Catherine McLeod ..... Bess Maguire
John Dierkes ......... Dr. Belvedere
Paul Burns ........... Old Pete
Boyd Stockman ........ Driver
Synopsis:
A wandering cowboy gets a job at a stagecoach station's switch station.
Fond of his wandering life, he refuses the offer of a permanent job.
Then a band of stagecoach robbers rides in and threatens the
cowboy's employer and his
daughter. [JBeer]
*Syndication airing on "Spotlight Playhouse" Tuesday 25Aug59 CBS,
Presented by Johnson's Wax.
6.34 [294] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SISTER LOUISE GOES TO TOWN
Revue prod. no. 128A (copyright date 24May57)
24-May-1957 CBS Friday
Directed by John Brahm
starring
Teresa Wright ....... Sister Louise
Josephine Hutchinson
Synopsis:
A nun with an inventive mind cannot seem to keep her mind on her duties
at St. Cecile's, which involve collecting clothing for
foreign missions. The
cloister's leaky roof bothers her and, after receiving word she has come
into an inheritance, she decides to do something about it. [TA]
6.35 [295] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE SWORD
Revue prod. no. 134A (copyright date 31May57)
31-May-1957
starring
Fredd Wayne .......... Cyrano de Bergerac
Jacques Sernas ....... Paul de la Force
Nicola Michaels ...... Marion
Henry Daniell ........ Count Maverin
John Doucette ........ Bouclet
Paul Frees............ Baliff
Synopsis:
The tale of the journey of Cyrano in search of his Dulce.
6.36 [296] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM
Revue prod. no. 130A (copyright date 07Jun57)
07-Jun-1957 CBS Friday (Network Rerun 27Sep57)
directed by John Brahm
starring
Dolores del Río
Cesar Romero
with:
Murray Hamilton
Leon Askin
Celia Lovsky
Belle Mitchell
Synopsis:
A temperamental movie star believes she can issue
orders to everyone - even people she's just met. [TA]
6.37 [297] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: STORM OVER RAPALLO
Revue prod. no. 145A (copyright date 12Jun57)
14Jun1957 CBS Friday (Network Rerun 27Sep57)
Written by Adrian Spies and Jameson Brewer
Directed by Paul Henreid
starring
Ricardo Montalban ... Pietro
Yvonne De Carlo ..... Francesca
George Mathews ...... Rubio
Frank Puglia ........ Rossi
Peg LaCentra ........ Grace
Ned Wever ........... Albert
Len Lesser .......... First Card Player
Paul Lambert ........ Second Card Player
Robin Morse ......... Third Card Player
George Humbert ...... Fisherman
Synopsis:
Pietro and Francesca live in a little Italian village on the Mediterranean.
She's the cook in a ramshackle hotel and he's the waiter, but he rebels at spending
his life picking up crumbs and plots big business deals at the waterfront.
His association with Rubio, an evil fisherman frightens Francesca but
she is powerless to dissuade Pietro from entering into a scheme
with Rubio to rob a pair of American tourists. [RF]
6.38 [298] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: FIFTY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
Revue prod. no. 132A (copyright date 21Jun57)
21-Jun-1957 CBS Fri
starring
Barbara Bel Geddes ... Marcia
Edward Andrews ....... Anders
Synopsis:
A dancer receives death threats by repeatedly receiving letters and phone calls.
[RF]
6.39 [299] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SPORTING CHANCE
Revue prod. no. 148A (copyright date 24Jun57)
28-Jun-1957 CBS Fri
starring
John Baragrey
Mark Stevens
6.40 [300] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NIGHT FRIGHT
Revue prod. no. 138A (copyright date 16Jul57)
19-Jul-1957 CBS Fri
6.41 [301] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: EASY-GOING MAN
Revue prod. no. 108A (copyright date 07Mar57)
02-Aug-1957 CBS Fri
starring
Lee Marvin ........ Jim Patterson
Virginia Grey ..... Laura Ward
Danny Richards .... Sonny
Synopsis 1:
A boy plays cupid for his widowed mother and her old flame. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Jim Patterson goes to the Olive Branch Saloon to play faro. He's surprised to
find his
old girlfriend Laura Ward working there as a dealer. Then he learns that the wild
teenager he sees there is her son. Now a widow, Laura is unable to control Sonny,
and Jim decides to take the boy back to his ranch to
straighten him out. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Western Theater 31Jul59.
6.42 [302] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: HANDS OF THE ENEMY
Revue prod. no. 107A (copyright date 17Apr57)
09-Aug-1957
starring
Kevin McCarthy
Hope Summers
Michael Landon
Rhys Williams
Synopsis:
An attorney almost becomes a killer's second victim. [RF]
6.43 [303] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE FACE OF A KILLER
Revue prod. no. 1312A (copyright date 14Aug57)
16-Aug-1957
(syndicated on "Studio 57")
Produced by Richard Lewis
Directed by Mark Stevens
Story & teleplay by Charles Beaumont
starring
Mark Stevens ..... Art Sears/Philip Cunningham
Sam Buffington
Peter Damon
Jean Howell
William Kendis
Max Power
Howard Dayton
Butch Bernard
Olan Soule
Synopsis 1:
A Gangster on the run conceives an idea to assume the identity of a banker by
convincing
a down-and-out plastic surgeon to change his face
resembling that of the Banker. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
Tired of running from the law, Arthur Sears hatches a diabolical scheme.
He plans to do away with a respectable bank president. [JB]
6.44 [304] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: GOODBYE, JOE
Revue prod. no. 1311A (copyright date 22Aug57)
22-Aug-1957
6.45 [305] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ALWAYS OPEN AND
SHUT
Revue prod. no. 1303A (copyright date 04Mar57)
29-Aug-1957
(syndicated airing on "Studio 57" 08Apr57)
Producer Richard Lewis
Teleplay by David P. Harmon
Original story by Thomas Walsh
Directed by Don McDougall
Guest Cast:
Ray Danton
Scott Brady
Jean Howell
Synopsis:
Two young policemen, partners on a risky night patrol,
jealously love the same woman. [JB]
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