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Playhouse 90

Season 2 Episode 39: The Great Gatsby

4 SeasonsJun 26, 1958NR1h 30m7.7

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

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 ...

Info about Playhouse 90

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

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