Playhouse 90 (Season 4)

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.

  • Poster for Target for Three

    Target for Three 0.0

    Air date: 1959-10-01

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.

  • Poster for The Sounds of Eden

    The Sounds of Eden 0.0

    Air date: 1959-10-15

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.

  • Poster for Misalliance

    Misalliance 0.0

    Air date: 1959-10-29

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: A group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend engage in an exploration of their varied romantic entanglements.

  • Poster for The Hidden Image

    The Hidden Image 0.0

    Air date: 1959-11-12

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.

  • Poster for The Grey Nurse Said Nothing

    The Grey Nurse Said Nothing 0.0

    Air date: 1959-11-26

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?

  • Poster for The Tunnel

    The Tunnel 0.0

    Air date: 1959-12-10

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.

  • Poster for The Silver Whistle

    The Silver Whistle 0.0

    Air date: 1959-12-24

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.

  • Poster for John Brown's Raid

    John Brown's Raid 0.0

    Air date: 1960-01-14

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

  • Poster for A Dream of Treason

    A Dream of Treason 0.0

    Air date: 1960-01-21

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.

  • Poster for To the Sound of Trumpets

    To the Sound of Trumpets 0.0

    Air date: 1960-02-10

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naïve and romanticized attitude to war.

  • Poster for The Cruel Day

    The Cruel Day 0.0

    Air date: 1960-02-24

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: A French army officer arrives at a remote fort in Algeria and discovers that atrocities against the local population are commonplace

  • Poster for Tomorrow

    Tomorrow 0.0

    Air date: 1960-03-07

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Slow witted, and tired, Fentry leads a lonely life of grinding poverty in his sharecropper's shack until a sick, pregnant woman escaping her abusive husband comes there. He takes her in and cares for her, eventually falling in love with her.

  • Poster for The Hiding Place

    The Hiding Place 0.0

    Air date: 1960-03-22

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.

  • Poster for Alas, Babylon

    Alas, Babylon 0.0

    Air date: 1960-04-03

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.

  • Poster for Journey to the Day

    Journey to the Day 0.0

    Air date: 1960-04-22

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.

  • Poster for The Shape of the River

    The Shape of the River 0.0

    Air date: 1960-05-02

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.

  • Poster for In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies 0.0

    Air date: 1960-05-16

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.

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