Four Star Playhouse Season 1, Episode 19: Shadowed

1

My Wife Geraldine

Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.

30 min

2

Dante's Inferno

Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.

30 min

3

The Lost Silk Hat

Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.

30 min

4

Backstage

An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes $5 could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.

30 min

5

Welcome Home

A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.

30 min

6

The Island

Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.

30 min

7

The Officer and the Lady

A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.

30 min

8

Knockout

Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.

30 min

9

Man on a Train

William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.

30 min

10

Trail's End

A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.

30 min

11

Sound Off, My Love

Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.

30 min

12

The Man in the Box

Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

30 min

13

No Identity

Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.

30 min

14

The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.

30 min

15

The Last Voyage

Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.

30 min

16

Night Ride

Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.

30 min

17

The Ladies On His Mind

A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.

30 min

18

To Whom It May Concern

A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.

30 min

19

Shadowed

Past haunts politician running for Senator.

30 min