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The Best Episodes of Playhouse 90 Season 4

Every episode of Playhouse 90 Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Playhouse 90 Season 4!

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Target for Three" is the best rated episode of "Playhouse 90" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1959. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Sounds of Eden".

  • Target for Three
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    #1 - Target for Three

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1959

    Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sounds of Eden
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    #2 - The Sounds of Eden

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1959

    Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Misalliance
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    #3 - Misalliance

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1959

    A group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend engage in an exploration of their varied romantic entanglements.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hidden Image
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    #4 - The Hidden Image

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1959

    A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
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    #5 - The Grey Nurse Said Nothing

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1959

    In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tunnel
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    #6 - The Tunnel

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/1959

    In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Silver Whistle
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    #7 - The Silver Whistle

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/24/1959

    The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • John Brown's Raid
    6.3/1014 votes

    #8 - John Brown's Raid

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/14/1960

    The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

    Director: Sidney Lumet

    Writer: N/A

  • A Dream of Treason
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    #9 - A Dream of Treason

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/1960

    A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To the Sound of Trumpets
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    #10 - To the Sound of Trumpets

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/10/1960

    In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naïve and romanticized attitude to war.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cruel Day
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    #11 - The Cruel Day

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/24/1960

    A French army officer arrives at a remote fort in Algeria and discovers that atrocities against the local population are commonplace

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tomorrow
    8.2/1027 votes

    #12 - Tomorrow

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/7/1960

    Slow witted, and tired, Fentry leads a lonely life of grinding poverty in his sharecropper's shack until a sick, pregnant woman escaping her abusive husband comes there. He takes her in and cares for her, eventually falling in love with her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hiding Place
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    #13 - The Hiding Place

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/1960

    In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.

    Director: Sidney Lumet

    Writer: N/A

  • Alas, Babylon
    8.8/1045 votes

    #14 - Alas, Babylon

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 4/3/1960

    Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.

    Director: Robert Stevens

    Writer: N/A

  • Journey to the Day
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    #15 - Journey to the Day

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 4/22/1960

    Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shape of the River
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    #16 - The Shape of the River

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/2/1960

    Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies
    8.5/1025 votes

    #17 - In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 5/16/1960

    In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A