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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 6

September. 28,1956
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7.7
| 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.

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 6 Full Episode Guide

Episode 44 - Always Open and Shut
First Aired: August. 29,1957

Two policeman who are partners on a dangerous beat vie for the love of the same woman.

Episode 43 - Goodbye, Joe
First Aired: August. 22,1957

Episode 42 - The Face of a Killer
First Aired: August. 16,1957

A gangster pursued by the police convinces a crooked plastic surgeon to alter his face to look like a respected banker so the thug can kill and assume the identity of the respected citizen

Episode 41 - Hands of the Enemy
First Aired: August. 09,1957

A defense attorney is met with antagonism when he arrives in a small town to help a boy already convicted by public opinion of stealing $8,000.

Episode 40 - Easy Going Man
First Aired: August. 02,1957

A boy plays cupid for his widowed mother and her old flame.

Episode 39 - Sporting Chance
First Aired: June. 28,1957

A jealous man turns a duck hunting expedition into a manhunt.

Episode 38 - Fifty Beautiful Girls
First Aired: June. 21,1957

A dancer repeatedly receives death threats by mail and phone calls.

Episode 37 - Storm Over Rapallo
First Aired: June. 14,1957

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.

Episode 36 - An Old Spanish Custom
First Aired: June. 07,1957

A temperamental movie star believes she can issue orders to everyone - even people she's just met.

Episode 35 - The Sword
First Aired: May. 31,1957

Cyrano de Bergerac is saved from the executioner's axe only by the adroit swordsmanship of de la Force.

Episode 34 - Sister Louise Goes to Town
First Aired: May. 24,1957

A nun is bothered by the cloister's leaky roof, so, after learning she has come into an inheritance, she decides to do something about it.

Episode 33 - Switch Station
First Aired: May. 17,1957

A drifter takes a temporary job at a stagecoach station but refuse a permanent one from manager Henry Maguire. As he's ready to move on bandits arrive threatening Henry and daughter Bess. The cowboy makes a crucial choice.

Episode 32 - The Dead are Silent
First Aired: May. 10,1957

Episode 31 - The Traveling Corpse
First Aired: May. 03,1957

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

Episode 30 - Hey, Mac
First Aired: April. 26,1957

A beautiful divorcee and her spoiled teenage son destroy the peace of a widower and his pretty teenage daughter.

Episode 29 - Girl With a Glow
First Aired: April. 19,1957

An attractive, charming librarian is smitten with the movie director who's been hanging around the library. He enlists her help in tracking down a stunning woman he'd seen there days before; he describes her as having "a glow." Though she's glad to help, she hates that she hasn't captured his attention like the future movie star has.

Episode 28 - The Blue Hotel
First Aired: April. 12,1957

Strangers stranded in a hotel by a blizzard pass the time by playing poker. Tensions rise when one of them accuses another of cheating.

Episode 27 - Clothes Make the Man
First Aired: April. 05,1957

A mousy little button salesman gets thrown out of his hotel when it is taken over by a new chain, because he wore outlandish clothes.

Episode 26 - The Restless Gun
First Aired: March. 29,1957

On the trail to visit his old friend Dan, former gunfighter Britt Ponset meets an escaped murderer nursing a grudge and plotting to kill Dan. Britt's job now is to warn Dan and help him prepare for the inevitable showdown.

Episode 25 - For Better, For Worse
First Aired: March. 22,1957

Walter Van Buren begins to suspect that his new wife is a compulsive liar.

Episode 24 - The Girl in the Grass
First Aired: March. 15,1957

Harry Carstairs wakes up 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.

Episode 23 - Carriage from Britain
First Aired: March. 08,1957

A young mother's desire to keep ahead of the Joneses leads her to import a baby buggy like the one Prince Charles had.

Episode 22 - The Life You Save
First Aired: March. 01,1957

Marriage is the furthest thing from the mind of one-armed tramp, Tom Triplet -- then he sees Lucy Nell Crater, a deaf-mute girl with angelic innocence.

Episode 21 - The Wedding Present
First Aired: February. 22,1957

A lonely woman, tired of her reputation as a respectable spinster, takes a drifter in as a boarder and discovers he's wanted for murder.

Episode 20 - Night Drive
First Aired: February. 15,1957

A drive with an old lady over a lonely road turns out to be a nightmare for a young woman when the old lady proves to be a man with a gun.

Episode 19 - Sometimes You Break Even
First Aired: February. 08,1957

An Army doctor and nurse have two critical patients and lock horns over how to deal with the lack of resources.

Episode 18 - One Left Over
First Aired: February. 01,1957

An auto accident takes the lives of a man's wife and his two sons, and he must find the courage to live for his daughter.

Episode 17 - The Enchanted
First Aired: January. 25,1957

A man brings a young girl into his house with the intention of training her to be his wife.

Episode 16 - Terror in the Streets
First Aired: January. 18,1957

The story of an artist who moves into a cheap tenement apartment to decide whether or not to marry, but instead of peace of mind finds herself in the middle of terror.

Episode 15 - Tower Room 14-A
First Aired: January. 11,1957

A house detective believes all women to be unfaithful until he meets a certain beautiful young lady.

Episode 14 - The Lady Was a Flop
First Aired: January. 04,1957

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.

Episode 13 - The Big Payoff
First Aired: December. 28,1956

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.

Episode 12 - A Light in the Desert
First Aired: December. 21,1956

A doctor saves a mother, dying in childbirth, and restores his own soul in the process.

Episode 11 - A Tale of Wells Fargo
First Aired: December. 14,1956

After a series of train robberies and stagecoach hold-ups, the Wells Fargo Company assigns special agent Jim Hardie to capture the outlaws.

Episode 10 - Washington Incident
First Aired: December. 07,1956

During the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing conversation.

Episode 9 - Once Upon a Time
First Aired: November. 30,1956

A small girl teaches a thief about honesty after she sees him commit a crime.

Episode 8 - The Letter
First Aired: November. 23,1956

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.

Episode 7 - Explosion
First Aired: November. 16,1956

An American secret agent fighting to get control of a South American oil well poses an Englishman to thwart enemy agents.

Episode 6 - The Night They Won the Oscar
First Aired: November. 09,1956

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.

Episode 5 - Always the Best Man
First Aired: October. 26,1956

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.

Episode 4 - Enoch Prentiss
First Aired: October. 19,1956

A hard man in business is on the receiving end of the squeeze play when his daughter is threatened by a blackmailer who wants $25,000 in exchange for her reputation.

Episode 3 - The Trophy
First Aired: October. 12,1956

A self-made man uses his money to offset his crudeness. His wife is constantly humiliated by his bad taste.

Episode 2 - The House That Jackson Built
First Aired: October. 05,1956

A woman who has devoted herself to her career decides she is never to wed. She proceeds to buy a house and build a life that doesn't involve having a family. But she is pleasantly surprised about what happens next.

Episode 1 - Moment of Vengeance
First Aired: September. 28,1956

When a $20-a-month ranch hand elopes with the daughter of a cattle baron, the father gets his dander up and figures the young man is after his money.

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