Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Season 3

Aired 4 September 1953

An architect finds that romance can hurt a working relationship.

Aired 11 September 1953

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

Aired 18 September 1953

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

Aired 25 September 1953

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

Aired 2 October 1953

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

Aired 9 October 1953 • 30 min

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. The Episode was Directed by Ted Post and stars Charles Bronson as Sgt. Roy Smith, and Pitt Herbert as Rouke.

Aired 16 October 1953

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

Aired 23 October 1953

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

Aired 30 October 1953

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

Aired 6 November 1953

Two brothers fall for the same girl.

Aired 13 November 1953

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

Aired 20 November 1953

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.

Aired 27 November 1953

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.

Aired 4 December 1953

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.

Aired 11 December 1953

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.

Aired 18 December 1953

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

Aired 25 December 1953

A baker discovers talents other than baking during the holidays.

Aired 1 January 1954

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.

Aired 8 January 1954

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

Aired 15 January 1954

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

Aired 22 January 1954

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

Aired 29 January 1954

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

Aired 5 February 1954

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

Aired 12 February 1954

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

Aired 19 February 1954

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

Aired 26 February 1954

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

Aired 5 March 1954

A retired actress defends a woman on a murder charge.

Aired 12 March 1954

An ex-pilot's restlessness threatens his marriage.

Aired 19 March 1954

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

Aired 26 March 1954

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

Aired 2 April 1954

A man returns to an island to claim buried gold.

Aired 9 April 1954

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

Aired 16 April 1954

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

Aired 23 April 1954

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

Aired 30 April 1954

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

Aired 7 May 1954

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

Aired 14 May 1954

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

Aired 21 May 1954

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

Aired 28 May 1954

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.

Aired 4 June 1954

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

Aired 11 June 1954

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

Aired 18 June 1954

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.

Aired 25 June 1954

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

Aired 2 July 1954

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

Aired 9 July 1954

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.

Aired 16 July 1954

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

Aired 23 July 1954

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.

Aired 30 July 1954

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

Aired 6 August 1954

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

Aired 13 August 1954

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

Aired 20 August 1954

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

Aired 27 August 1954

A recluse, locked in an elevator, faces death.

Aired 3 September 1954

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