About this season
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly Bergen
Episodes (52)
1. When A Lovely Woman
Aired 2 October 1953 • 30 min
2. Wait For Me Downstairs
Aired 9 October 1953 • 30 min
3. The Night Light At Vorden's
Aired 16 October 1953 • 30 min
4. Death Has A System
Aired 23 October 1953 • 30 min
5. The Ragged Stranger
Aired 30 October 1953 • 30 min
6. Melody In Black
Aired 6 November 1953 • 30 min
The town is gossiping about a local murder. Her continued piano lessons and a $1000 note implicate a young girl in the crime.
7. The House Nobody Wanted
Aired 13 November 1953 • 30 min
8. Claire
Aired 20 November 1953 • 30 min
A woman working hard to support her ill husband is put on the spot by the nurse.
9. Frozen Escape
Aired 27 November 1953 • 30 min
10. Vacation Wife
Aired 4 December 1953 • 30 min
A young wife takes a vacation alone at a mountain resort and meets another man.
11. The Motive Goes Round And Round
Aired 11 December 1953 • 30 min
12. Death Makes A Pass
Aired 18 December 1953 • 30 min
13. Who Is Sylvia?
Aired 25 December 1953 • 30 min
14. Miss Darkness
Aired 1 January 1954 • 30 min
15. The Gold Thumb
Aired 8 January 1954 • 30 min
A ruthless sister plots murder in order to get a large inheritance.
16. Account Closed
Aired 15 January 1954 • 30 min
17. Farewell Performance
Aired 22 January 1954 • 30 min
18. Too Gloomy For Private Puskin
Aired 29 January 1954 • 30 min
19. The Psychophonic Nurse
Aired 5 February 1954 • 30 min
A couple of new parents are unable to keep a nanny because none will follow the clinical rules in a new child-rearing book. John, head of an electronics company, has his staff develop a robotic nurse to care for the baby. The humanoid seems perfect, except for its inability to use judgment or give love.
20. A Far, Far Better Thing
Aired 12 February 1954 • 30 min
21. Live A Little
Aired 19 February 1954 • 30 min
A devoted husband becomes involved with another woman in a life of crime.
22. His Brother's Girl
Aired 26 February 1954 • 30 min
23. Taps For A Hoofer
Aired 5 March 1954 • 30 min
24. Don't You Remember?
Aired 12 March 1954 • 30 min
25. Open Season
Aired 19 March 1954 • 30 min
A man suspects his wife of being unfaithful and arranges a showdown at a duck hunt with the other man.
26. The Silence
Aired 26 March 1954 • 30 min
A woman frightens the construction workers in the jungles of India when they believe she is the "kiss of death".
27. The Grey And Gold Dress
Aired 2 April 1954 • 30 min
28. Borrow My Car
Aired 9 April 1954 • 30 min
Two garage mechanics become involved with an attractive woman and a store robbery.
29. Hollywood, Home Sweet Home
Aired 16 April 1954 • 30 min
30. The Sound Of Silence
Aired 23 April 1954 • 30 min
31. And The Beasts Were There
Aired 30 April 1954 • 30 min
32. Girl On The Drum
Aired 7 May 1954 • 30 min
33. The Black Purse
Aired 14 May 1954 • 30 min
34. Fie, Fie, Fifi
Aired 21 May 1954 • 30 min
35. Grenadine
Aired 28 May 1954 • 30 min
36. Unfair Game
Aired 4 June 1954 • 30 min
37. Terror Train
Aired 11 June 1954 • 30 min
38. Doubled In Danger
Aired 18 June 1954 • 30 min
A recently released convict vows revenge on the man that unjustly set him up. He meets a stranger who also has murder on his mind. They agree to kill each other's intended victims, so they can have perfect alibis.
39. When The Police Arrive
Aired 25 June 1954 • 30 min
40. Dear Little Fool
Aired 4 July 1954 • 30 min
41. Uncle Charlie
Aired 11 July 1954 • 30 min
42. The Whistling Room
Aired 18 July 1954 • 30 min
43. Bachelor's Week-end
Aired 25 July 1954 • 30 min
44. Annual Honeymoon
Aired 1 August 1954 • 30 min
45. Long, Long Ago
Aired 8 August 1954 • 30 min
46. Mungahana
Aired 15 August 1954 • 30 min
47. The Perfect Gentleman
Aired 22 August 1954 • 30 min
48. Playmates
Aired 29 August 1954 • 30 min
49. Adopted Son
Aired 5 September 1954 • 30 min
50. A Mansion for Jimmy
Aired 12 September 1954 • 30 min
51. One Thing Leads To Another
Aired 19 September 1954 • 30 min
52. Portrait of Tobey
Aired 26 September 1954 • 30 min