Playhouse 90

The Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90

Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Every episode of Playhouse 90 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Playhouse 90!

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    #1 - Requiem for a Heavyweight

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    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
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    #2 - Sizeman and Son

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    S1:E3

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

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    Director:N/A
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    #3 - Rendezvous in Black

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

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    Writer:N/A
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    #4 - The Country Husband

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

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    Director:N/A
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    #5 - The Big Slide

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    S1:E6

    A vaudeville comic becomes a silent film star.

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    Director:N/A
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    #6 - Heritage of Anger

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    A wealthy industrialist has trouble with his sons.

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    Director:N/A
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    #7 - Eloise

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    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

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    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:N/A
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    #9 - Made in Heaven

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:N/A
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    #10 - Sincerely, Willis Wade

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    S1:E11

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

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    #11 - The Family Nobody Wanted

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    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

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    S1:E13

    An investigation into a massacre of Native Americans.

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    Director:N/A
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    #13 - Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

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    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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    #14 - The Ninth Day

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    S1:E15

    Events in the aftermath of World War Three.

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    #15 - So Soon to Die

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    S1:E16

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

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    #16 - The Star Wagon

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    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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    #17 - The Greer Case

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    S1:E18

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

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    #18 - The Miracle Worker

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    S1:E19

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

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    #19 - One Coat of White

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    S1:E21

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

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    #20 - The Blackwell Story

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    S1:E22

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

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    #21 - Invitation to a Gunfighter

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    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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    #22 - The Last Tycoon

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    S1:E24

    A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.

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    #23 - The Hostess with the Mostes'

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    S1:E25

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

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    #24 - Where's Charley?

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    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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    #25 - Clipper Ship

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

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