List of Playhouse 90 episodes
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The following is an episode list of the American CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90 that aired from 1956 to 1960, totaling 133 episodes within four seasons.
The network began airing hour-long teleplays broadcast live, with the intention to present the more unusual, hour-and-a-half-long dramas, thus the "90" in the show's title. Later shows in 1957 were taped, rather than live.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | Day / Time | ||
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| 1 | 39 | October 4, 1956 | June 27, 1957 | Thursday, 9:30 p.m. ET | |
| 2 | 40 | September 12, 1957 | August 7, 1958 | Thursday, 9:30 p.m. ET | |
| 3 | 38 | September 25, 1958 | June 25, 1959 | Thursday, 9:30 p.m. ET | |
| 4 | 16 | October 1, 1959 | May 18, 1960 | Thursday at 9:30 pm (October 1, 1959 - January 21, 1960) Tuesday at 9:30 pm (February 9, 1960; March 22, 1960) Wednesday at 8:00 pm (February 24, 1960; May 18, 1960) Monday at 9:30 pm (March 7, 1960; May 2, 1960) Sunday at 9:30 pm (April 3, 1960) Friday at 9:30 pm (April 22, 1960) | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1956–57)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Forbidden Area" | John Frankenheimer | Rod Serling | October 4, 1956 | [1] | |
| 2 | 2 | "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | Ralph Nelson | Rod Serling | October 11, 1956 | ||
| 3 | 3 | "Sizeman and Son" | Vincent J. Donehue | Elick Moll | October 18, 1956 | ||
| 4 | 4 | "Rendezvous in Black" | John Frankenheimer | Novel by : Cornell Woolrich Teleplay by : James P. Cavanagh | October 25, 1956 | ||
| 5 | 5 | "The Country Husband" | James Neilson | Short story by : John Cheever Teleplay by : Paul Monash | November 1, 1956 | ||
| 6 | 6 | "The Big Slide" | Ralph Nelson | Edmund Beloin, Dean Riesner | November 8, 1956 | ||
| 7 | 7 | "Heritage of Anger" | Vincent J. Donehue | Harold Jack Bloom | November 15, 1956 | ||
| 8 | 8 | "Eloise" | John Frankenheimer | Leonard Spigelgass | November 22, 1956 | ||
| 9 | 9 | "Confession" | Anton M. Leader | Devery Freeman | November 29, 1956 | ||
| 10 | 10 | "Made in Heaven" | Ralph Nelson | Hagar Wilde | December 6, 1956 | ||
| 11 | 11 | "Sincerely, Willis Wade" | Vincent J. Donehue | Novel by : John P. Marquand Adapted by : Frank Gilroy | December 13, 1956 | ||
| 12 | 12 | "The Family Nobody Wanted" | John Frankenheimer | Memoir by : Helen Doss Teleplay by : George Bruce | December 20, 1956 | ||
| 13 | 13 | "Massacre at Sand Creek" | Arthur Hiller | William Sackheim | December 27, 1956 | ||
| 14 | 14 | "Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses" | Unknown | Unknown | January 3, 1957 | [2] | |
| 15 | 15 | "The Ninth Day" | Unknown | Unknown | January 10, 1957 | ||
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| 16 | 16 | "So Soon to Die" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 1957 | ||
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| 17 | 17 | "The Star Wagon" | Unknown | Unknown | January 24, 1957 | ||
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| 18 | 18 | "The Greer Case" | Ralph Nelson | Unknown | January 31, 1957 | ||
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| 19 | 19 | "The Miracle Worker" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1957 | ||
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| 20 | 20 | "The Comedian" | John Frankenheimer | Story by : Ernest Lehman Teleplay by : Rod Serling | February 14, 1957 | ||
| 21 | 21 | "One Coat of White" | Ralph Nelson | Unknown | February 21, 1957 | [3] | |
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| 22 | 22 | "The Blackwell Story" | James Neilson | Mel Barr, Lloyd C. Douglas | February 28, 1957 | ||
| 23 | 23 | "Invitation to a Gunfighter" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 1957 | ||
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| 24 | 24 | "The Last Tycoon" | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 1957 | ||
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| 25 | 25 | "The Hostess with the Mostes'" | Paul Nickell | Speed Lamkin, Hagar Wilde | March 21, 1957 | ||
| 26 | 26 | "Charley's Aunt" | Unknown | Unknown | March 28, 1957 | ||
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| 27 | 27 | "Clipper Ship" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 1957 | ||
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| 28 | 28 | "If You Know Elizabeth" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 1957 | ||
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| 29 | 28 | "Three Men on a Horse" | Unknown | Unknown | April 18, 1957 | ||
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| 30 | 30 | "Four Women in Black" | Unknown | Unknown | April 25, 1957 | ||
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| 31 | 31 | "Child of Trouble" | Unknown | Unknown | May 2, 1957 | ||
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| 32 | 32 | "Homeward Borne" | Arthur Hiller | Novel by : Ruth Chatterton Teleplay by : Halsted Welles | May 9, 1957 | ||
| 33 | 33 | "Helen Morgan" | George Roy Hill | Leonard Spigelgass, Paul Monash | May 16, 1957 | ||
| 34 | 34 | "Winter Dreams" | Unknown | Unknown | May 23, 1957 | ||
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| 35 | 35 | "Circle of the Day" | Unknown | Unknown | May 30, 1957 | ||
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| 36 | 36 | "Without Incident" | Charles Marquis Warren | Story by : Charles Marquis Warren Teleplay by : David Victor, Herbert Little Jr | June 6, 1957 | ||
| 37 | 37 | "Clash by Night" | Unknown | Unknown | June 13, 1957 | ||
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| 38 | 38 | "Ain't No Time for Glory" | Unknown | Unknown | June 20, 1957 | ||
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| 39 | 39 | "The Fabulous Irishman" | John Frankenheimer | Elick Moll | June 27, 1957 | ||
Season 2 (1957–58)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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| 40 | 1 | "The Death of Manolete" | John Frankenheimer | Barnaby Conrad, Paul Monash | September 12, 1957 | |
| 41 | 2 | "The Dark Side of the Earth" | Arthur Penn | Rod Serling | September 19, 1957 | |
| 42 | 3 | "Topaze" | Vincent J. Donehue | Play by : Marcel Pagnol Adapted by : Ellis St. Joseph | September 26, 1957 | |
| 43 | 4 | "A Sound of Different Drummers" | John Frankenheimer | Robert Alan Aurthur | October 3, 1957 | |
| 44 | 5 | "The Playroom" | Franklin Schaffner | Tad Mosel | October 10, 1957 | |
| 45 | 6 | "Around the World in 90 Minutes" | Byron Paul | Unknown | October 17, 1957 | |
| 46 | 7 | "The Mystery of Thirteen" | Robert Mulligan | Story by : Robert Graves Adapted by : David Shaw | October 24, 1957 | |
| 47 | 8 | "The Edge of Innocence" | Arthur Hiller | Berne Giler | October 31, 1957 | |
| 48 | 9 | "The Clouded Image" | Franklin J. Schaffner | Story by : Josephine Tey Adapted by : James P. Cavanaugh | November 7, 1957 | |
| 49 | 10 | "The Jet Propelled Couch" | Burgess Meredith and James Clark | Story by : Robert M. Lindner Adapted by : Stanley Roberts | November 14, 1957[ | |
| 50 | 11 | "The Troublemakers" | John Frankenheimer | Adapted by : George Bellak | November 21, 1957 | |
| 51 | 12 | "Panic Button" | Franklin Schaffner | Rod Serling | November 28, 1957 | |
| 52 | 13 | "Galvanized Yankee" | Paul Wendkos | Novel by : Gordon D. Shirreffs Adapted by : Russell S. Hughes | December 5, 1957 | |
| 53 | 14 | "The Thundering Wave" | John Frankenheimer | Robert Alan Aurthur | December 12, 1957 | |
| 54 | 15 | "For I Have Loved Strangers" | Franklin Schaffner | Story by : Don Murray, Fred Clasel Adapted by : Elick Moll | December 19, 1957 | |
| 55 | 16 | "The Lone Woman" | Unknown | Al C. Ward | December 26, 1957 | |
| 56 | 17 | "Reunion" | Allan Reisner | Merle Miller | January 2, 1958 | |
| 57 | 18 | "The Last Man" | John Frankenheimer | Aaron Spelling | January 9, 1958 | |
| 58 | 19 | "The 80 Yard Run" | Franklin Schaffner | Story by : Irwin Shaw Adapted by : David Shaw | January 16, 1958 | |
| 59 | 20 | "Before I Die" | Arthur Hiller | Berne Giler | January 23, 1958 | |
| 60 | 21 | "The Gentleman From Seventh Avenue" | Allen Reisner | Elick Moll | January 30, 1958 | |
| 61 | 22 | "The Violent Heart" | John Frankenheimer | Short story by : Daphne du Maurier Adapted by : Leslie Stevens | February 6, 1958 | |
| 62 | 23 | "No Time at All" | David Swift | David Swift, Charles Einstein | February 13, 1958 | |
| 63 | 24 | "Point of No Return" | Franklin Schaffner | Novel by : John P. Marquand Adapted by : Frank D. Gilroy | February 20, 1958[ | |
| 64 | 25 | "Portrait of a Murderer" | Arthur Penn | Story by : Abby Mann Adapted by : Leslie Stevens | February 27, 1958 | |
| 65 | 26 | "The Last Clear Chance" | George Roy Hill | A. E. Hotchner | March 6, 1958 | |
| 66 | 27 | "The Male Animal" | Unknown | Play by : James Thurber, Elliott Nugent Adapted by : Helene Hanff | March 13, 1958 | |
| 67 | 28 | "The Right Hand Man" | Franklin Schaffner | Story by : Garson Kanin Adapted by : Dick Berg | February 28, 1958 | |
| 68 | 29 | "Turn Left at Mount Everest" | Unknown | Play by : Lowell Barrington Adapted by : Del Reisman | April 3, 1958 | |
| 69 | 30 | "The Dungeon" | David Swift | David Swift | April 17, 1958 | |
| 70 | 31 | "Verdict of Three" | Buzz Kulik | Novel by : Raymond Postgate Adapted by : James P. Cavanagh | April 24, 1958 | |
| 71 | 32 | "Rumors of Evening" | John Frankenheimer | Story by : F.W. Durkee Adapted by : Leslie Stevens | May 1, 1958 | |
| 72 | 33 | "Not the Glory" | Robert Mulligan | Novel by : Pierre Boulle Adapted by : David Shaw | May 8, 1958 | |
| 73 | 34 | "Nightmare at Ground Zero" | Franklin Schaffner | Book by : John C. Clark, Robert Cahn Teleplay by : Rod Serling, Paul Monash | May 15, 1958 | |
| 74 | 35 | "Bomber's Moon" | John Frankenheimer | Rod Serling | May 22, 1958 | |
| 75 | 36 | "Natchez" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : E. A. Ellington Teleplay by : Martin M. Goldsmith | May 29, 1958 | |
| 76 | 37 | "The Innocent Sleep" | Franklin Schaffner | Tad Mosel | June 5, 1958 | |
| 77 | 38 | "A Town Has Turned to Dust" | John Frankenheimer | Rod Serling | June 19, 1958 | |
| 78 | 39 | "The Great Gatsby" | Franklin Schaffner | Novel by : F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by : David Shaw | June 26, 1958 | |
| 79 | 40 | "A Bitter Heritage" | Paul Wendkos | Joseph Landon | August 7, 1958 |
Season 3 (1958–59)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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| 80 | 1 | "The Plot to Kill Stalin" | Delbert Mann | David Karp | September 25, 1958 | |
| 81 | 2 | "Days of Wine and Roses" | John Frankenheimer | JP Miller | October 2, 1958 | |
| 82 | 3 | "The Time of Your Life" | Tom Donovan | Play by : William Saroyan Adapted by : A. J. Russell | October 9, 1958 | |
| 83 | 4 | "The Long March" | Delbert Mann | Novel by : William Styron Adapted by : Roger O. Hirson | October 16, 1958 | |
| 84 | 5 | "Shadows Tremble" | Herbert Hirschman | Ernest Kinoy | October 23, 1958 | |
| 85 | 6 | "Word From a Sealed-Off Box" | Franklin Schaffner | Book by : Henriette Roosenburg Adapted by : Mayo Smith | October 30, 1958 | |
| 86 | 7 | "Heart of Darkness" | Ronald Winston | Stewart Stern | November 6, 1958 | |
| 87 | 8 | "Old Man" | John Frankenheimer | Novel by : William Faulkner Adapted by : Horton Foote | November 20, 1958 | |
| 88 | 9 | "The Return of Ansel Gibbs" | Ralph Nelson | Novel by : Frederick Buechner Adapted by : David Davidson | November 27, 1958 | |
| 89 | 10 | "Free Weekend" | Fielder Cook | Steven Gethers | December 4, 1958 | |
| 90 | 11 | "Seven Against the Wall" | Franklin J. Schaffner | Story by : Howard Browne Adapted by : David Davidson | December 11, 1958 | |
| 91 | 12 | "The Nutcracker" | Ralph Nelson | Music by : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | December 25, 1958 | |
| 92 | 13 | "Face of a Hero" | John Frankenheimer | Novel by : Pierre Boulle Adapted by : Robert L. Joseph | January 1, 1959 | |
| 93 | 14 | "The Wings of the Dove" | Robert Stevens | Book by : Henry James Adapted by : Meade Roberts | January 8, 1959 | |
| 94 | 15 | "The Blue Men" | John Frankenheimer | Alvin Boretz | January 15, 1959 | |
| 95 | 16 | "The Velvet Alley" | Franklin Schaffner | Rod Serling | January 22, 1959 | |
| 96 | 17 | "A Quiet Game of Cards" | Alex Segal | Reginald Rose | January 29, 1959 | |
| 97 | 18 | "Child of Our Time" | George Roy Hill | book by : Michel del Castillo Adapted by : Irving Gaynor Neiman | February 5, 1959 | |
| 98 | 19 | "The Second Man" | Unknown | Book by : Edward Grierson Adapted by : Leslie Stevens | February 12, 1959 | |
| 99 | 20 | "The Raider" | Franklin Schaffner | Loring Mandel | February 19, 1959 | |
| 100 | 21 | "The Dingaling Girl" | Fielder Cook | JP Miller | February 26, 1959 | |
| 101 | 22 | "Made in Japan" | Herbert Hirschman | Leslie Stevens | March 5, 1959 | |
| 102 | 23 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | John Frankenheimer | Novel by : Ernest Hemingway Teleplay by : A. E. Hotchner | March 12, 1959 | |
| 103 | 24 | March 19, 1959 | ||||
| 104 | 25 | "A Trip to Paradise" | Buzz Kulik | Adrian Spies | March 26, 1959 | |
| 105 | 26 | "In Lonely Expectation" | Franklin Schaffner | Mayo Simon | April 2, 1959 | |
| 106 | 27 | "The Day Before Atlanta" | Ralph Nelson | John Gay | April 9, 1959 | |
| 107 | 28 | "Judgment at Nuremberg" | George Roy Hill | Abby Mann | April 16, 1959 | |
| 108 | 29 | "A Corner of the Garden" | Robert Stevens | Tad Mosel | April 23, 1959 | |
| 109 | 30 | "Dark December" | Franklin Schaffner | Merle Miller | April 30, 1959 | |
| 110 | 31 | "Diary of a Nurse" | David Greene | Arthur Hailey | May 7, 1959 | |
| 111 | 32 | "A Marriage of Strangers" | Alex Segal | Reginald Rose | May 14, 1959 | |
| 112 | 33 | "Out of Dust" | Unknown | Play by : Lynn Riggs Adapted by : John Gay | May 21, 1959 | |
| 113 | 34 | "The Rank and File" | Franklin Schaffner | Rod Serling | May 28, 1959 | |
| 114 | 35 | "The Killers of Mussolini" | Buzz Kulik | A. E. Hotchner | June 4, 1959 | |
| 115 | 36 | "Project Immortality" | Fielder Cook | Loring Mandel | June 11, 1959 | |
| 116 | 37 | "Dark as the Night" | Terence Young | Story by : James Hadley Chase Adapted by : Marc Brandel | June 18, 1959 | |
| 117 | 38 | "The Second Happiest Day" | Ralph Nelson | Novel by : John Phillips Adapted by : Steven Gethers | June 25, 1959 |
Season 4 (1959–60)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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| 118 | 1 | "Target for Three" | Robert Stevens | David Davidson | October 1, 1959 | |
| 119 | 2 | "The Sounds of Eden" | Buzz Kulik | George Bellak | October 15, 1959 | |
| 120 | 3 | "Misalliance" | Robert Stevens | Meade Roberts | October 29, 1959 | |
| 121 | 4 | "The Hidden Image" | Unknown | David Karp | November 12, 1959 | |
| 122 | 5 | "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing" | Ron Winston | Sumner Locke Elliott | 26 November 1959 | |
| 123 | 6 | "The Tunnel" | Delbert Mann | David Shaw | December 10, 1959 | |
| 124 | 7 | "The Silver Whistle" | Franklin Schaffner | Robert McEnroe | December 24, 1959 | |
| 125 | 8 | "A Dream of Treason" | Robert Stevens | David Davidson | January 21, 1960 | [4] |
| 126 | 9 | "To the Sound of Trumpets" | Buzz Kulik | John Gay | February 9, 1960 | |
| 127 | 10 | "The Cruel Day" | Franklin Schaffner | Reginald Rose | February 24, 1960 | |
| 128 | 11 | "Tomorrow" | Robert Mulligan | Horton Foote | March 7, 1960 | |
| 129 | 12 | "The Hiding Place" | Sidney Lumet | Adrian Spies | March 22, 1960 | |
| 130 | 13 | "Alas, Babylon" | Robert Stevens | David Shaw | April 3, 1960 | |
| 131 | 14 | "Journey to the Day" | John Frankenheimer | Roger O. Hirson | April 22, 1960 | |
| 132 | 15 | "The Shape of the River" | Boris Sagal | Horton Foote | May 2, 1960 | |
| 133 | 16 | "In the Presence of Mine Enemies" | Fielder Cook | Rod Serling | May 18, 1960 |