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The Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90

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The Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90

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...

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    #1 - Requiem for a Heavyweight

    S1:E2

    An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Sizeman and Son

    S1:E3

    The happy atmosphere in Mr. Sizeman's factory is disrupted by an argumentative newcomer - his son.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Rendezvous in Black

    S1:E4

    A woman is inexplicably killed on a street-corner. What has this to do with other deaths around the city?

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    #4 - The Country Husband

    S1:E5

    After a near-death experience, a businessman starts to re-think his life, and wonders about leaving his wife.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Big Slide

    S1:E6

    A vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Heritage of Anger

    S1:E7

    A wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Eloise

    S1:E8

    It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.

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    #8 - Confession

    S1:E9

    When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Made in Heaven

    S1:E10

    When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Sincerely, Willis Wade

    S1:E11

    A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - The Family Nobody Wanted

    S1:E12

    A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.

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    #12 - Massacre at Sand Creek

    S1:E13

    An investigation into a massacre of Native Americans.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

    S1:E14

    Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hypnotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Ninth Day

    S1:E15

    Events in the aftermath of World War Three.

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    #15 - So Soon to Die

    S1:E16

    Down on his luck, war hero Lionel Amblin contemplates committing a murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - The Star Wagon

    S1:E17

    An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine and decides to make a few changes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - The Greer Case

    S1:E18

    When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - The Miracle Worker

    S1:E19

    The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - One Coat of White

    S1:E21

    A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - The Blackwell Story

    S1:E22

    In the 19th century, Elizabeth Blackwell determines to become a doctor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Invitation to a Gunfighter

    S1:E23

    A gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad until they handed the reigns over to the new terror. Pooling their money again, this time to hire Jeffers to get rid of Dancer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - The Last Tycoon

    S1:E24

    A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.

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    #23 - The Hostess with the Mostes'

    S1:E25

    The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Where's Charley?

    S1:E26

    Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from".

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Clipper Ship

    S1:E27

    A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who was scheduled to be put to death when the vessel reached its destination. Though unyielding at first, the ship's stern captain eventually helped the woman to make a clean getaway, with the condemned man in tow.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Requiem for a Heavyweight" is the worst rated episode of "Playhouse 90". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/11/1956. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sizeman and Son".