Four Star Playhouse
This award-winning TV series featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.
A Place of His Own
A brain-damaged PT boat commander is exploited by his prominent family but loved by his community. The World War II hero longs for his own small house, but his miserly sister-in-law refuses to provide the Commander with a $500 down payment.
A Matter of Advice
Weary Dr. Gentry gets no rest from his irritating patients. The pediatrician deals with ill-mannered kids and parents who can't make a move without checking with him first. An evening out with his wife becomes a disaster.
Search in the Night
A newspaper reporter is intrigued as to why a woman hired a dive team to retrieve her purse from the Chicago River.
The Hard Way
Vic breaks the bank at Willie's gambling hall, and Willie unknowingly pays him off with counterfeit money. When Vic threatens him, Willie convinces him that they've both been duped
For Art's Sake
Ted Parker enlists his friend Addy, a famous art expert, into an elaborate ruse to portray his budding love interest as a break-out artist, despite her lack of talent.
The Room
A doctor opens an office in a small Cuban village, but he finds out that doctors are not allowed, according to the decree of a vengeful 200-year-old unseen tyrant.
Moorings
An overworked man is ordered by his doctor to take a vacation. While at the resort, he falls in love with a blind woman.
A Man of the World
Predictable Andy Bush is taking a train to his annual three-week vacation without his wife. A young woman in trouble approaches him and asks him to help her by pretending to be her husband.
House for Sale
A woman visits an isolated house expecting to meet with the realtor. Instead, she encounters a murderer who's escaped from a mental hospital. When a couple drops in to tour the home, she tries to escape with them, but they refuse to believe her.
The Bad Streak
The owner of a financially distressed casino faces a dilemma when his estranged son gambles against him. Either his casino will go bankrupt, or he'll bring about the financial ruin of his son.
Second Dawn
A blind man has a chance for surgery to restore his sight, but it may last for just a few minutes.
The Bomb
An engaged couple and the woman's former suitor take shelter in an abandoned house, too late to notice an unexploded bomb. Their retreat is cut off by a cave-in, and they must defuse the bomb with instructions delivered over a phone line.
Detective's Holiday
A detective takes a trip to a cabin in the woods to get away from it all. A man, his wife, & his two kids entertain him. When one of the kids lets it slip that their step-mother just got her blond hair, the detective predicts she is running from the law.
Operation in Money
The chief teller of a bank openly embezzles a large sum of money to extort a pay raise from the bank's board of directors.
The Book
A stranger tussles with John over a library book and is struck and killed by a passing car. John discovers a message in the book and follows it to a blind meeting, only to be mistaken for a hitman with an assassination team.
Masquerade
Kit and her fiancé are hosting a Mardi Gras costume party at her huge mansion when frightening news arrives. Her ex-husband, a crazed murderer, has just escaped from prison and is believed to be costumed as a corpse-like character.
Village in the City
An artist discovers that one of his favorite models has been murdered and an investigation begins to discover the murderer.
The Doctor and the Countess
A famous plastic surgeon is recruited to severely disfigure the face of a beautiful countess, in order to relate to her husband, who was burned and disfigured in a serious accident and has become a recluse.
