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 (40)
1. Sal
Aired 3 October 1954 • 30 min
2. Gentlemen's Affair
Aired 10 October 1954 • 30 min
3. Death The Hard Way
Aired 17 October 1954 • 30 min
4. I Went to Havana
Aired 24 October 1954 • 30 min
An American tourist takes a trip to Cuba to hit the gambling casinos in Havana, convinced he has a surefire way to win at the roulette tables. He runs into two con men, who are equally sure they have a surefire way to swindle him out of his money.
5. The Affairs Of Ann
Aired 31 October 1954 • 30 min
6. Death Rides A Wild Cat
Aired 7 November 1954 • 30 min
A group of people start out a cross-country tour by sharing expanses, but the trip soon deteriorates into violence and murder.
7. This Man For Hire
Aired 14 November 1954 • 30 min
8. The Colonel And His Son
Aired 21 November 1954 • 30 min
A colonel returning to his home in an East-West border town discovers his son is missing.
9. Desert Reckoning
Aired 28 November 1954 • 30 min
10. Girl In Distress
Aired 5 December 1954 • 30 min
An ex-soldier released from a mental institution inherits a large sum of money and is framed for a murder that his girlfriend was involved in.
11. The Woman On The Bus
Aired 12 December 1954 • 30 min
Fleeing from two gunmen, a desperate woman seeks refuge with a family in a remote desert area. Too late, she realizes that she has endangered the lives of her protectors.
12. Santa's Old Suit
Aired 19 December 1954 • 30 min
13. Lost Lullaby
Aired 26 December 1954 • 30 min
14. Midnight Chimes
Aired 2 January 1955 • 30 min
15. The Golden Flower
Aired 9 January 1955 • 30 min
16. The Unblushing Bride
Aired 16 January 1955 • 30 min
17. The House On Judas Street
Aired 23 January 1955 • 30 min
18. Otto And The Coat
Aired 30 January 1955 • 30 min
19. And Never Come Back
Aired 6 February 1955 • 30 min
20. Pals To The End
Aired 13 February 1955 • 30 min
21. The Vanishing Suitor
Aired 20 February 1955 • 30 min
A wealthy woman's trip to the altar is mysteriously sidetracked.
22. The Quiet Wife
Aired 27 February 1955 • 30 min
23. Mr. Donald Takes A Risk
Aired 6 March 1955 • 30 min
24. Wait For George
Aired 13 March 1955 • 30 min
A woman is terrorized by one of the farmhands who says he must "wait for George" to return.
25. A Husband Appears
Aired 20 March 1955 • 30 min
26. The Loner
Aired 27 March 1955 • 30 min
27. Passage Home
Aired 3 April 1955 • 30 min
28. Petersen's Eye
Aired 10 April 1955 • 30 min
29. The House Where Time Stopped
Aired 17 April 1955 • 30 min
30. The Lady Challenges
Aired 24 April 1955 • 30 min
31. The Longest Legs In Show
Aired 1 May 1955 • 30 min
32. Stake My Life
Aired 8 May 1955 • 30 min
33. The Man Nobody Wanted
Aired 15 May 1955 • 30 min
34. Australian Search
Aired 22 May 1955 • 30 min
35. The Boy With The Beautiful Mother
Aired 29 May 1955 • 30 min
36. The Boy And The Coach
Aired 5 June 1955 • 30 min
37. Woman In The Mine
Aired 12 June 1955 • 30 min
The story of an ancient superstition among miners that a woman in a mine brings danger while a rat is the sign of good luck.
38. I'll Be Waiting
Aired 19 June 1955 • 30 min
39. Nightingale
Aired 26 June 1955 • 30 min
40. I Love You, Trudy
Aired 3 July 1955 • 30 min