Playhouse 90

Season 1

Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.

Where to Watch Season 1

39 Episodes

  • Forbidden Area
    E1
    Forbidden AreaWhy are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?
  • Requiem for a Heavyweight
    E2
    Requiem for a HeavyweightAn over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
  • Sizeman and Son
    E3
    Sizeman and SonThe happy atmosphere in Mr. Sizeman's factory is disrupted by an argumentative newcomer - his son.
  • Rendezvous in Black
    E4
    Rendezvous in BlackA woman is inexplicably killed on a street-corner. What has this to do with other deaths around the city?
  • The Country Husband
    E5
    The Country HusbandAfter a near-death experience, a businessman starts to re-think his life, and wonders about leaving his wife.
  • The Big Slide
    E6
    The Big SlideA vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.
  • Heritage of Anger
    E7
    Heritage of AngerA wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.
  • Eloise
    E8
    EloiseIt's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
  • Confession
    E9
    ConfessionWhen a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.
  • Made in Heaven
    E10
    Made in HeavenWhen Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.
  • Sincerely, Willis Wade
    E11
    Sincerely, Willis WadeA wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.
  • The Family Nobody Wanted
    E12
    The Family Nobody WantedA true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.
  • Massacre at Sand Creek
    E13
    Massacre at Sand CreekAn investigation into a massacre of Native Americans.
  • Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
    E14
    Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesSome racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hypnotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.
  • The Ninth Day
    E15
    The Ninth DayEvents in the aftermath of World War Three.
  • So Soon to Die
    E16
    So Soon to DieDown on his luck, war hero Lionel Amblin contemplates committing a murder.
  • The Star Wagon
    E17
    The Star WagonAn inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine and decides to make a few changes.
  • The Greer Case
    E18
    The Greer CaseWhen a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
  • The Miracle Worker
    E19
    The Miracle WorkerThe story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
  • The Comedian
    E20
    The ComedianSammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
  • One Coat of White
    E21
    One Coat of WhiteA newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.
  • The Blackwell Story
    E22
    The Blackwell StoryIn the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell determines to become a doctor.
  • Invitation to a Gunfighter
    E23
    Invitation to a GunfighterA gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad until they handed the reigns over to the new terror. Pooling their money again, this time to hire Jeffers to get rid of Dancer.
  • The Last Tycoon
    E24
    The Last TycoonA movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
  • The Hostess with the Mostes'
    E25
    The Hostess with the Mostes'The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.
  • Where's Charley?
    E26
    Where's Charley?Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from".
  • Clipper Ship
    E27
    Clipper ShipA romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who was scheduled to be put to death when the vessel reached its destination. Though unyielding at first, the ship's stern captain eventually helped the woman to make a clean getaway, with the condemned man in tow.
  • If You Knew Elizabeth
    E28
    If You Knew Elizabeth
  • Three Men on a Horse
    E29
    Three Men on a HorseA meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
  • Four Women in Black
    E30
    Four Women in BlackFour nuns, led by Sister Teresa, begin a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert in 1870. Their faith enables them to deal with the challenges of nature and the hostility of their fellow mankind.
  • Child of Trouble
    E31
    Child of Trouble
  • Homeward Borne
    E32
    Homeward BorneJust after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan boy, a concentration camp survivor. But conflict arises when her husband, a returning Air Force bomber pilot, hates the boy and his psychological baggage.
  • The Helen Morgan Story
    E33
    The Helen Morgan StoryBroadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her own club. Also seen is her poor choices, such as her affair with a married man, her short marriage to a much younger man, a court fight over an adopted baby and her fatal descent into booze addiction.
  • Winter Dreams
    E34
    Winter Dreams
  • Circle of the Day
    E35
    Circle of the DayOn her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday), a wife begins to suspect her husband of unfaithfulness.
  • Without Incident
    E36
    Without IncidentCaptain Russell Bidlack, commander of a U.S. Cavalry unit in 1870, determines to complete a rescue mission through dangerous Indian territory. In the course of the mission, he rescues the wives of two slain traders and captures the Indian chief accused of the murders. When he returns to the fort, he's faced with a revolt among his own men.
  • Clash by Night
    E37
    Clash by NightMae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
  • Ain't No Time for Glory
    E38
    Ain't No Time for GloryAmerican soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
  • The Fabulous Irishman
    E39
    The Fabulous IrishmanRomanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.

 

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