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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Season 2 (40 Episodes)

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An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. Polly Bergen took over as hostess in the next...

An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. Polly Bergen took over as hostess in the next year.

Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Sal

1. Sal

Aired: Oct 3, 1954

A woman is about to have her sordid past revealed by an unexpected visit from...

Episode 3 Death, the Hard Way

3. Death, the Hard Way

Aired: Oct 17, 1954

The young wife of a prominent politician takes up gambling as a hobby and bri...

Episode 4 I Went to Havana

4. I Went to Havana

Aired: Oct 24, 1954

An American tourist takes a trip to Cuba to hit the gambling casinos in Havan...

Episode 5 The Affairs of Ann

5. The Affairs of Ann

Aired: Oct 31, 1954

An attractive lady is called upon to free a husband and wife of murder charges.

Episode 6 Death Rides a Wildcat

6. Death Rides a Wildcat

Aired: Nov 7, 1954

A group of people start out a cross-country tour by sharing expanses, but the...

Episode 7 This Man for Hire

7. This Man for Hire

Aired: Nov 14, 1954

A woman who had once written some incriminating letters to a man is now think...

Episode 9 Desert Reckoning

9. Desert Reckoning

Aired: Nov 28, 1954

Two businessmen and the woman they're both in love with are forced to crash-l...

Episode 10 Girl in Distress

10. Girl in Distress

Aired: Dec 5, 1954

An ex-soldier released from a mental institution inherits a large sum of mone...

Episode 11 The Woman on the Bus

11. The Woman on the Bus

Aired: Dec 12, 1954

Fleeing from two gunmen, a desperate woman seeks refuge with a family in a re...

Episode 12 Santa's Old Suit

12. Santa's Old Suit

Aired: Dec 19, 1954

A downhearted Santa Claus can't afford a new suit, but he finds his reward in...

Episode 13 Lost Lullaby

13. Lost Lullaby

Aired: Dec 26, 1954

A detective's assignment is to uncover the real identity of a lost boy who is...

Episode 18 Otto and the Coat

18. Otto and the Coat

Aired: Jan 30, 1955

A struggling theatrical producer buys a coat in a thrift shop and a miracle o...

Episode 20 Pals to the End

20. Pals to the End

Aired: Feb 13, 1955

A group of vicious fortune-hunters tries to get a grizzled old prospector to ...

Episode 22 The Quiet Wife

22. The Quiet Wife

Aired: Feb 27, 1955

Jim is concerned about his timid, "plain Jane" wife Sarah. She's gotten to re...

Episode 24 Wait for George

24. Wait for George

Aired: Mar 13, 1955

A woman is terrorized by one of the farmhands who says he must "wait for Geor...

Episode 25 A Husband Disappears

25. A Husband Disappears

Aired: Mar 20, 1955

A husband goes on a hunting trip, but when he gets back his wife doesn't reco...

Episode 26 The Loner

26. The Loner

Aired: Mar 27, 1955

A boy neglected by his parents goes into his own fantasy world.

Episode 27 Passage Home

27. Passage Home

Aired: Apr 3, 1955

Dodson paid the captain of a freighter $200 for passage back to the US. Inste...

Episode 28 Petersen's Eye

28. Petersen's Eye

Aired: Apr 10, 1955

Opportunist tax adjuster Rutherford investigates the claim of an atomic lab t...

Episode 30 The Lady Challenges

30. The Lady Challenges

Aired: Apr 24, 1955

There is a reason behind an ambitious woman's scorn for all those who cannot ...

Episode 32 Stake My Life

32. Stake My Life

Aired: May 8, 1955

A wife is too ambitious for her husband's career. Before she is through she i...

Episode 34 Australian Search

34. Australian Search

Aired: May 22, 1955

An American adventurer, on a strange mission for a Hollywood producer, seeks ...

Episode 37 Woman in the Mine

37. Woman in the Mine

Aired: Jun 12, 1955

The story of an ancient superstition among miners that a woman in a mine brin...

Episode 38 I'll Be Waiting

38. I'll Be Waiting

Aired: Jun 19, 1955

Two vacationists fall in love at a summer resort, but they decide to test tha...

Episode 39 The Nightingale

39. The Nightingale

Aired: Jun 26, 1955

The story of Bulbul, a nondescript puppy whose name is the Arabic word for "N...

Episode 40 I Love You, Trudy

40. I Love You, Trudy

Aired: Jul 3, 1955

A bride's former boyfriend and three gangsters hide in the apartment of a hon...

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Info about The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Seasons: 2

Network: ABC

Genres:Drama