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S2 E4 The Hard Way

Drama

TV-PG

24 minutes

Nov 18, 1953

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 dupedFeaturing: Dick Powell, Robert Osterloh, Regis Toomey

Season 2, 18 Episodes

Four Star Playhouse - A Place of His Own

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.

Four Star Playhouse - A Matter of Advice

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.

Four Star Playhouse - Search in the Night

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.

Four Star Playhouse - 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

Four Star Playhouse - For Art's Sake

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.

Four Star Playhouse - 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.

Four Star Playhouse - 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.

Four Star Playhouse - A Man of the World

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.

Four Star Playhouse - House for Sale

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.

Four Star Playhouse - The Bad Streak

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.

Four Star Playhouse - Second Dawn

A blind man has a chance for surgery to restore his sight, but it may last for just a few minutes.

Four Star Playhouse - 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.

Four Star Playhouse - Detective's Holiday

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.

Four Star Playhouse - Operation in Money

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.

Four Star Playhouse - 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.

Four Star Playhouse - 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.

Four Star Playhouse - Village in the City

Village in the City,

An artist discovers that one of his favorite models has been murdered and an investigation begins to discover the murderer.

Four Star Playhouse - The Doctor and the Countess

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.

Details

Four Star Playhouse

Drama

TV-PG

4 Seasons

26 minutes

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.

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