Playhouse 90Season 31958 · 38 episodesEpisodes1The Plot to Kill StalinIn late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with anti-Semitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.2Days of Wine and RosesAn alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.3The Time of Your LifeWilliam Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil.4The Long March5Shadows TrembleAn elderly immigrant tries to buy an old house in New England and is opposed by snobbish locals.6Word from a Sealed-Off BoxA courier for the Dutch Resistance is captured by the Nazis.7Heart of DarknessA trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.8Old ManTo fight a Mississippi flood in 1927, a prison farm releases some convicts.9The Return of Ansel GibbsAfter years in retirement, Ansel Gibbs is asked to return to government service.10Free Weekend11Seven Against the WallThe story of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929.12The NutcrackerThis telecast of George Balanchine's famous production was broadcast only four years after it was premiered by the New York City Ballet. This was the only episode of the series televised in color.13Face of a Hero14The Wings of the DoveAn impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.15The Blue Men16The Velvet AlleyErnie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.17A Quiet Game of CardsA few friends meet each weekend for a quiet game of cards. But they're bored with poker and, in trying to find another diversion, gradually find themselves plotting a hypothetical murder. It is hypothetical, isn't it?18Child of Our TimeWar deprives Tanguy of his childhood. When his mother returns to Spain to oppose the Franco regime, he is left in Nazi-occupied Marseilles, France.19The Second Man20The RaiderA corporate raider plans a hostile takeover. To stall him, pressure is put on a scientist to rush through a new type of engine before all necessary tests have been completed.21The Ding-A-Ling GirlA housewife is offered a Hollywood contract. She'd rather stay home, but her husband has ambitions for her.22Made in JapanA young soldier in occupied Japan after World War II falls in love with a lovely Japanese girl, but is horrified about what his prejudiced family in Philadelphia will think if he takes her home with him.23For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.24For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2The completion of the mission has tragic consequences.25A Trip to Paradise26In Lonely Expectation27The Day Before Atlanta28Judgment at NurembergIn the later stages of the Nuremberg Trials, four German judges are accused of perverting the course of justice.29A Corner of the Garden30Dark DecemberDuring World War II, an army doctor struggles to convert a Franciscan monastery into a field hospital.31Diary of a NurseThe daily emergencies and stresses of a major city's hospital ward as seen through the eyes of nurse Gail Lucas.32A Marriage of StrangersMarry in haste, repent at leisure? Well, maybe.33Out of DustOn a cattle drive across the prairie, the sons of a wealthy cattle baron plot his death.34The Rank and FileA powerful union leader is interrogated by a Senate committee. Testifying before a Senate, William Kilcoyne tells the story of his career. He began as a factory worker and his shrewdness and ambition carried him up through the ranks to his present position as head of a large union.35The Killers of MussoliniAs the Salo Republic crumbles around him, Mussolini, along with his mistress and several of his ministers flee with retreating Nazi soldiers, but are caught at the town of Dongo by red partisans. All are brutally executed without trial.36Project ImmortalityKey defense scientist Doner has cancer. Schramm is assigned to code Doner's thinking into a computer. He gets to know him as a friend, a husband and father. The project is successful, but he now knows identity is not programmable.37Dark as the NightA British politician finds himself open to blackmail because of the indiscretion of his American wife.38The Second Happiest DayA man about to be married recalls the day his life changed permanently.Season 1Season 2Season 4
