Playhouse 90

Season 2 (40 Episodes)

4 Seasons1957NR1h 30m8.4

Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 3 Topaze

3. Topaze

Aired: Sep 26, 1957

A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and fin...

Episode 5 The Playroom

5. The Playroom

Aired: Oct 10, 1957

Three siblings return home when their mother wins a "Mother of the Year" awar...

Episode 8 The Edge of Innocence

8. The Edge of Innocence

Aired: Oct 31, 1957

A lawyer's new brother-in-law disapproves of his specialty of defending murde...

Episode 9 The Clouded Image

9. The Clouded Image

Aired: Nov 7, 1957

A young stranger, Brat Farrar, shows up claiming to be the twin brother of a ...

Episode 11 The Troublemakers

11. The Troublemakers

Aired: Nov 21, 1957

A group of university students beat and kill an outspoken journalist for the ...

Episode 12 Panic Button

12. Panic Button

Aired: Nov 28, 1957

The investigation into a plane crash concludes that it was caused by pilot er...

Episode 13 Galvanized Yankee

13. Galvanized Yankee

Aired: Dec 5, 1957

During the American Civil War, the commander of a Northern prisoner of war ca...

Episode 14 The Thundering Wave

14. The Thundering Wave

Aired: Dec 12, 1957

Middle-aged actress Victoria Maxwell comes to terms with her destructive life...

Episode 16 The Lone Woman

16. The Lone Woman

Aired: Dec 26, 1957

Set in Colorado in 1830, the owner of a trading post seeks to annul the marri...

Episode 17 Reunion

17. Reunion

Aired: Jan 2, 1958

A New York lawyer, Jason Merrick, organizes a reunion for his World War II co...

Episode 18 The Last Man

18. The Last Man

Aired: Jan 9, 1958

In the old West, Mitch Barrett's wife dies during childbirth. Barrett blames ...

Episode 19 The 80 Yard Run

19. The 80 Yard Run

Aired: Jan 16, 1958

Long ago, Christian made a run of 80 yards to make the winning touchdown in a...

Episode 20 Before I Die

20. Before I Die

Aired: Jan 23, 1958

A surgeon becomes convinced of the innocence of a convicted murderer based on...

Episode 22 The Violent Heart

22. The Violent Heart

Aired: Feb 6, 1958

Photographer Paul is invited to a French estate to take pictures but a romanc...

Episode 23 No Time at All

23. No Time at All

Aired: Feb 13, 1958

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in,...

Episode 24 Point of No Return

24. Point of No Return

Aired: Feb 20, 1958

Financier Charles Gray, under consideration for a promotion, is sent to his h...

Episode 27 The Male Animal

27. The Male Animal

Aired: Mar 13, 1958

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their...

Episode 30 The Dungeon

30. The Dungeon

Aired: Apr 17, 1958

Karl Ohringer is acquitted of murder on grounds that the killing was not inte...

Episode 31 Verdict of Three

31. Verdict of Three

Aired: Apr 24, 1958

Marina Arkwritght is put on trial for allegedly poisoning her son. Three of t...

Episode 32 Rumors of Evening

32. Rumors of Evening

Aired: May 1, 1958

A married American bomber pilot, Capt. Neil Dameron, is stationed at an air b...

Episode 33 Not the Glory

33. Not the Glory

Aired: May 8, 1958

A Nazi spy, Wilhelm Konreid, travels to London in 1939, posing as a Polish pa...

Episode 35 Bomber's Moon

35. Bomber's Moon

Aired: May 22, 1958

A hard-hearted Colonel loses many men in his group's bombing missions over Wo...

Episode 36 Natchez

36. Natchez

Aired: May 29, 1958

A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah.

Episode 37 The Innocent Sleep

37. The Innocent Sleep

Aired: Jun 5, 1958

When a rich man marries a much younger wife and his ailing health gets rather...

Episode 39 The Great Gatsby

39. The Great Gatsby

Aired: Jun 26, 1958

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses ove...

Episode 40 Bitter Heritage

40. Bitter Heritage

Aired: Aug 7, 1958

Following the death of Jesse James, his peace-loving, law-abiding son, Jesse ...


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Info about Playhouse 90

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery, War, Romance