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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Season 3 1953 - 1954

  • 1953-09-05T01:30:00Z on CBS
  • 30m
  • 1d 2h 30m (53 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Comedy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

53 episodes

Season Premiere

1953-09-05T01:30:00Z

3x01 The Perfect Secretary

Season Premiere

3x01 The Perfect Secretary

  • 1953-09-05T01:30:00Z30m

An architect finds that romance can hurt a working relationship.

1953-09-12T01:30:00Z

3x02 Lost and Found

3x02 Lost and Found

  • 1953-09-12T01:30:00Z30m

Embezzler Mark Andrews trains a dog as a killer to exact revenge from his ex-boss.

1953-09-19T01:30:00Z

3x03 Boomerang

3x03 Boomerang

  • 1953-09-19T01:30:00Z30m

A crime-bent college student's carefully laid plans for robbery boomerang.

1953-09-26T01:30:00Z

3x04 Desert Tragedy

3x04 Desert Tragedy

  • 1953-09-26T01:30:00Z30m

Prospector Jake Simpson unwittingly allows a killer to join his search for a gold mine.

1953-10-03T02:30:00Z

3x05 The Prize

3x05 The Prize

  • 1953-10-03T02:30:00Z30m

A farmer tries to strike up a romance with the Professor of animal husbandry.

1953-10-10T02:30:00Z

3x06 The Long Shot

3x06 The Long Shot

  • 1953-10-10T02:30:00Z30m

After three other cargo planes have mysteriously disappeared, an army air corps crew is informed that their plane is carrying a hidden time bomb. Since a powerful storm has made visibility virtually nil, the airmen desperately search their craft for the explosives.

1953-10-17T02:30:00Z

3x07 In the Pincers

3x07 In the Pincers

  • 1953-10-17T02:30:00Z30m

A long-ago crime is exposed in a letter disrupts the comfortable life of a married couple

1953-10-24T02:30:00Z

3x08 Second Sight

3x08 Second Sight

  • 1953-10-24T02:30:00Z30m

A man blinded by an accident is forced to borrow money from a racketeer in order to support his wife.

1953-10-31T02:30:00Z

3x09 The Sail

3x09 The Sail

  • 1953-10-31T02:30:00Z30m

Aspiring artist Mark Norton is financed by his father---who thinks he's studying agriculture.

1953-11-07T02:30:00Z

3x10 Lineman's Luck

3x10 Lineman's Luck

  • 1953-11-07T02:30:00Z30m

Two brothers fall for the same girl.

1953-11-14T02:30:00Z

3x11 Lucky Thirteen

3x11 Lucky Thirteen

  • 1953-11-14T02:30:00Z30m

An honest man learns that he can save his daughter from being swindled only by resorting to fraud himself.

1953-11-21T02:30:00Z

3x12 Fresh Start

3x12 Fresh Start

  • 1953-11-21T02:30:00Z30m

Despondent shop girl Norma Bailey decides to end it all by gas asphyxiation. Before it can take effect, a young man breaks in and stops it, but he's there by chance, running from the police, pursuing him for a stolen diamond bracelet. Later, Norma falls in love with him and tries to persuade the victim not to press charges.

1953-11-28T02:30:00Z

3x13 Closed Door

3x13 Closed Door

  • 1953-11-28T02:30:00Z30m

A heartless businessman has spent the last three weeks in a single room of his home. He's developed a psychosomatic affliction which makes it unable for him to turn the room's doorknob. He refuses to leave until he can open the door himself, and refuses psychiatric help. A family with a sick child takes refuge in his home during a severe storm against his wishes.

1953-12-05T02:30:00Z

3x14 Storm Swept

3x14 Storm Swept

  • 1953-12-05T02:30:00Z30m

The wife of a fugitive from the law escapes with him to a far away island. Their tiny refuge becomes the scene of great emotional and physical upheaval with the arrival of a mysterious detective and a tropical storm.

1953-12-12T02:30:00Z

3x15 No Compromise

3x15 No Compromise

  • 1953-12-12T02:30:00Z30m

In the 1870s, Texas Ranger Earl Webb must escort wanted gunman John Fenner by passenger train through the state of Louisiana to get back home. However, the long, grueling journey is fraught with danger, including many of Fenner's trigger happy relatives trying to free the prisoner.

1953-12-19T02:30:00Z

3x16 Part of the Game

3x16 Part of the Game

  • 1953-12-19T02:30:00Z30m

An opponent of a boxer who goes blind during a fight is tormented by the fact that he may have caused the blindness.

1953-12-26T02:30:00Z

3x17 The Baker of Barnbury

3x17 The Baker of Barnbury

  • 1953-12-26T02:30:00Z30m

A baker discovers talents other than baking during the holidays.

1954-01-02T02:30:00Z

3x18 Go Away a Winner

3x18 Go Away a Winner

  • 1954-01-02T02:30:00Z30m

Vi divorces her husband after he be comes involved with crooks and goes to prison for a gas station holdup. She gets on with her life with her son and new husband. Seven years later, out of prison, Marty shows up at the amusement park shooting gallery she operates. He's angry and wants her to know he's good with a gun.

1954-01-09T02:30:00Z

3x19 Rim of Violence

3x19 Rim of Violence

  • 1954-01-09T02:30:00Z30m

A young policeman's daily contact with ugliness and heartbreak shakes his faith in humanity.

1954-01-16T02:30:00Z

3x20 Pearl Handled Guns

3x20 Pearl Handled Guns

  • 1954-01-16T02:30:00Z30m

A colorful outlaw is the object of a boy's hero-worship.

1954-01-23T02:30:00Z

3x21 At the Natchez Inn

3x21 At the Natchez Inn

  • 1954-01-23T02:30:00Z30m

An adventurer impersonates the lost Dauphin to elude Napoleon's men.

1954-01-30T02:30:00Z

3x22 Give the Guy a Break

3x22 Give the Guy a Break

  • 1954-01-30T02:30:00Z30m

An officer comes to the aid of his friend who is being sought for murder.

1954-02-06T02:30:00Z

3x23 Four Things to Do

3x23 Four Things to Do

  • 1954-02-06T02:30:00Z30m

A man heads out west to get rich mining gold and breaks a lot of promises along the way.

1954-02-13T02:30:00Z

3x24 Man from Outside

3x24 Man from Outside

  • 1954-02-13T02:30:00Z30m

A police lieutenant serving time in a state penitentiary is trying to obtain evidence for a man facing execution on a false charge.

1954-02-20T02:30:00Z

3x25 The Jungle Trap

3x25 The Jungle Trap

  • 1954-02-20T02:30:00Z30m

While leading a safari, a professional hunter encounters the judge who sentenced his innocent brother to death for a crime he did not commit.

1954-02-27T02:30:00Z

3x26 Night Ride to Butte

3x26 Night Ride to Butte

  • 1954-02-27T02:30:00Z30m

A young woman is forced to choose between two detectives who love her.

1954-03-06T02:30:00Z

3x27 The Great Lady

3x27 The Great Lady

  • 1954-03-06T02:30:00Z30m

A retired actress defends a woman on a murder charge.

1954-03-13T02:30:00Z

3x28 Groundloop

3x28 Groundloop

  • 1954-03-13T02:30:00Z30m

An ex-pilot's restlessness threatens his marriage.

1954-03-20T02:30:00Z

3x29 Her Kind of Honor

3x29 Her Kind of Honor

  • 1954-03-20T02:30:00Z30m

A corporal in Napoleon's army faces death for his alleged romantic involvement with Josephine.

1954-03-27T02:30:00Z

3x30 The Edge of Battle

3x30 The Edge of Battle

  • 1954-03-27T02:30:00Z30m

An Army lieutenant is held captive by a troubled G.I.

1954-04-03T02:30:00Z

3x31 Tapu

3x31 Tapu

  • 1954-04-03T02:30:00Z30m

A man returns to an island to claim buried gold.

1954-04-10T02:30:00Z

3x32 The Plugged Nickel

3x32 The Plugged Nickel

  • 1954-04-10T02:30:00Z30m

After an argument with his wife, a man embarks on an auto trip that throws him into contact with an escaped killer.

1954-04-17T02:30:00Z

3x33 Something Wonderful

3x33 Something Wonderful

  • 1954-04-17T02:30:00Z30m

A young actress must decide between marriage and a stage career.

1954-04-24T02:30:00Z

3x34 Dawn at Damascus

3x34 Dawn at Damascus

  • 1954-04-24T02:30:00Z30m

An engineer, caught in a romantic triangle, is almost killed by the woman he loves.

1954-05-01T01:30:00Z

3x35 Decision at Sea

3x35 Decision at Sea

  • 1954-05-01T01:30:00Z30m

On a hospital ship, a Navy doctor tries to help a wounded marine who has lost the will to live.

1954-05-08T01:30:00Z

3x36 Prisoner in the Town

3x36 Prisoner in the Town

  • 1954-05-08T01:30:00Z30m

Angry townspeople persecute a deputy sheriff who tries to defend a girl accused of murder.

1954-05-15T01:30:00Z

3x37 The Pearl Street Incident

3x37 The Pearl Street Incident

  • 1954-05-15T01:30:00Z30m

A beauty parlor owner finds herself caught in the middle of escaping criminals.

1954-05-22T01:30:00Z

3x38 Blizzard Bound

3x38 Blizzard Bound

  • 1954-05-22T01:30:00Z30m

A trio is trapped by a raging blizzard. Their group is joined by a thug who managed to escape a plane wreck.

1954-05-29T01:30:00Z

3x39 Little War at San Dede

3x39 Little War at San Dede

  • 1954-05-29T01:30:00Z30m

Three Americans are arrested in a small South American country as a revolution is about to take place. The authorities believe that one of the three is the leader of the revolt and threaten to kill all three men unless the ring-leader comes forward.

1954-06-05T01:30:00Z

3x40 The Whale on the Beach

3x40 The Whale on the Beach

  • 1954-06-05T01:30:00Z30m

A retired sea captain has problems when he finds a whale washed up on his doorstep after a storm.

3x41 The Treasure of Santo Domingo

  • 1954-06-12T01:30:00Z30m

A vacationing bookkeeper gets involved in a bizarre struggle for life and treasure with an escaped convict.

1954-06-19T01:30:00Z

3x42 The Black Mate

3x42 The Black Mate

  • 1954-06-19T01:30:00Z30m

No-nonsense sailor Bunter signs on as first mate on a sailing ship helmed by an eccentric skipper. The Captain is a firm believer in spiritualism which Bunter dismisses as idiotic superstition. But one strange night, Bunter falls on the deck, saying he's seen a ghost. The next morning, his hair is completely white.

After two years on Devil's Island, a prisoner escapes and is befriended by a policeman.

3x44 How the Brigadier Won His Medal

  • 1954-07-03T01:30:00Z30m

Napoleon sends one of his Brigadiers (Claude Dauphin) on a special mission to the King of Spain.

1954-07-10T01:30:00Z

3x45 Rabbit's Foot

3x45 Rabbit's Foot

  • 1954-07-10T01:30:00Z30m

Small town police are about to search the swamps for the murderer of a local cop when a man emerges from the bayou. He says he's a detective on the trail of a payroll thief and shot the robber/cop killer in a shootout. The man shows off a bag full of the stolen money which he says he retrieved and must return to the city immediately. Before he can catch a train out of town, the deputy realizes the "detective" isn't who he claims to be and a chase back into the swamps ensues.

1954-07-17T01:30:00Z

3x46 Showdown at Sunset

3x46 Showdown at Sunset

  • 1954-07-17T01:30:00Z30m

In the Old West, a boy's life is jeopardized by gunmen who want to take control of his father's land.

1954-07-24T01:30:00Z

3x47 The General's Boots

3x47 The General's Boots

  • 1954-07-24T01:30:00Z30m

A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.

1954-07-31T01:30:00Z

3x48 By-Line

3x48 By-Line

  • 1954-07-31T01:30:00Z30m

A reporter's girlfriend tries to keep him from stepping into a deadly trap set by his vicious managing editor.

3x49 The Roman and the Renegade

  • 1954-08-07T01:30:00Z30m

In ancient Rome, a general's daughter falls under the spell of her enemy -- the invading Hannibal.

1954-08-14T01:30:00Z

3x50 Gift of the Devil

3x50 Gift of the Devil

  • 1954-08-14T01:30:00Z30m

A young sheepman is torn between a blacksmith's daughter and a woman who promises to help him win a fortune at cards.

1954-08-21T01:30:00Z

3x51 Captain in Command

3x51 Captain in Command

  • 1954-08-21T01:30:00Z30m

A destitute pilot takes the only flying job offered him, then begins to suspect that his employers are criminals.

1954-08-28T01:30:00Z

3x52 Hemmed In

3x52 Hemmed In

  • 1954-08-28T01:30:00Z30m

A recluse, locked in an elevator, faces death.

Season Finale

1954-09-04T01:30:00Z

3x53 Delay at Fort Bliss

Season Finale

3x53 Delay at Fort Bliss

  • 1954-09-04T01:30:00Z30m

A small army garrison is surrounded by Apaches who threaten to wipe out the entire command unless an Indian prisoner is set free.

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