Four Star Playhouse

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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956. Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged anywhere from surreal mysteries, such as "The Man on the Train", to light comedies,...read more

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956. Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged anywhere from surreal mysteries, such as "The Man on the Train", to light comedies, such as "The Lost Silk Hat". The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.

Original Release

09/25/1952 on CBS

US Release

09/25/1952

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Firing Squad Thursday, 06 October 1955
2 Face of Danger Thursday, 13 October 1955
3 Let the Chips Fall Thursday, 20 October 1955
4 Full Circle Thursday, 27 October 1955
5 A Spray of Bullets Thursday, 03 November 1955
6 The Devil to Pay Thursday, 10 November 1955
7 Here Comes the Suit Thursday, 17 November 1955
8 Looking Glass House Thursday, 24 November 1955
9 Something Very Special Thursday, 01 December 1955
10 A Place Full of Strangers Thursday, 08 December 1955
11 One Way Out Thursday, 15 December 1955
12 Dark Meeting Thursday, 05 January 1956
13 Magic Night Thursday, 12 January 1956
14 Tunnel of Fear Thursday, 19 January 1956
15 High Stakes Thursday, 26 January 1956
16 The Listener Thursday, 02 February 1956
17 Safe Keeping Thursday, 09 February 1956
18 No Limit Thursday, 16 February 1956
19 Command Thursday, 23 February 1956
20 Once to Every Woman Thursday, 01 March 1956
21 Red Wine Thursday, 08 March 1956
22 To Die at Midnight Thursday, 15 March 1956
23 Desert Encounter Thursday, 22 March 1956
24 The Story of Emily Cameron Thursday, 29 March 1956
25 The Rites of Spring Thursday, 05 April 1956
26 Autumn Carousel Thursday, 12 April 1956
27 Wall of Bamboo Thursday, 19 April 1956
28 Touch and Go Thursday, 26 April 1956
29 A Long Way from Texas Thursday, 03 May 1956
30 That Woman Thursday, 10 May 1956
31 The Other Room Thursday, 17 May 1956
32 One Forty Two Thursday, 24 May 1956
33 Beneath the Surface Thursday, 31 May 1956
34 Watch the Sunset Thursday, 07 June 1956
35 Second Chance Thursday, 14 June 1956
36 Woman Afraid Thursday, 21 June 1956
37 The Stacked Deck Thursday, 28 June 1956
38 Distinguished Service Thursday, 05 July 1956
39 Yellowbelly Thursday, 12 July 1956
40 The Stand-In Thursday, 19 July 1956
41 Success Story Thursday, 26 July 1956
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Directors

Roy Kellino, Robert Florey, Richard Kinon, Robert Aldrich, Blake Edwards, William A. Seiter, Frank McDonald, Laslo Benedek, William Asher, Anton Leader, Leslie Goodwins, Jules Bricken, William Cameron Menzies, James Neilson, Lewis R. Foster, George Jenkins, Harry Horner, Hal Walker, Don Weis, Ida Lupino, Peter Godfrey, Christian Nyby

Writers

Gwen Bagni, John Bagni, Richard Carr, Frederick Brady, Blake Edwards, Frederick J. Lipp, Seeleg Lester, Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus, James Bloodworth, Marc Brandel, László Görög, Willard Wiener, Milton Merlin, Thelma Robinson, Amory Hare, Roland Winters, Ida Lupino, D.D. Beauchamp, Robert Eggenweiler, Oscar Millard, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Octavus Roy Cohen, Milton Geiger, Thomas Phipps, Benita Hume, Coles Trapnell, Leslie Stevens, Leonard Freeman, Mary Synon, Clock Dailey, William Brandon, Walter C. Brown, Thomas Flanagan, Ben Perry, Leroy H. Zehren, Rose Simon Kohn, Dick Stenger, Ben Canfield, Robert L. Hecker, Herman Epstein, Lord Dunsany, Leonard St. Clair, Elliot West, Don Quinn, Barbara Merlin, Gertrude Fass, George Fass, Norman Paul, Jerome Gruskin, Mark Taylor, Ty Cobb, William Douglas Lansford, Bob Hannum, Wally Kline, Jean C. Clark, Leo Trefzger, Leo Trelzger, Douglass Welch, Dorothy M. Johnson, Colin McDougall, Lois T. Henderson, Gordon Malherbe Hillman, Irving Phillips, Robert Standish, James Neal Harvey, Paul Elbogen, Lorrie Frishman, Maxwell Maltz, Leonard Pruyn, Jackson Hill, Albert Webster, Edwin Pugh, Louise Kennedy Mabie, Charles Einstein, John Bingham, Donald Hough, W. Somerset Maugham, Quinn Martin, P.G. Wodehouse, Kenneth Higgins, Eugene Vale, Cornell Woolrich, Joyce Selznick, Stanley Niss, Muriel Roy Bolton, Montgomery Pittman, DeWitt Bodeen, Lawrence G. Blochman, Harold Shumate, Robert Dozier, Al C. Ward, Jerome Epstein, Charles Beaumont, Fred Schiller, Frank L. Moss, Don Ettlinger, Harold Swanton, Oliver Crawford, Elick Moll, Anthony Coldeway, Lou Rusoff, Michael Fessier, Ronald Colman, Robert Wells, Arthur Weiss, Buck Houghton, William Bowers

Cast

Producers

Editors

Samuel E. Beetley, Roland Gross, Lester Orlebeck, Frank Doyle, Desmond Marquette, Chandler House, Jean Ravel, Sherman Todd

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