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The Best Episodes of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 3

Every episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 3!

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:CBS

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Perfect Secretary" is the best rated episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/1953. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Lost and Found".

  • The Perfect Secretary
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    #1 - The Perfect Secretary

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1953

    An architect finds that romance can hurt a working relationship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost and Found
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    #2 - Lost and Found

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1953

    Embezzler Mark Andrews trains a dog as a killer to exact revenge from his ex-boss.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boomerang
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    #3 - Boomerang

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1953

    A crime-bent college student's carefully laid plans for robbery boomerang.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Desert Tragedy
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    #4 - Desert Tragedy

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1953

    Prospector Jake Simpson unwittingly allows a killer to join his search for a gold mine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prize
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    #5 - The Prize

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1953

    A farmer tries to strike up a romance with the Professor of animal husbandry.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Shot
    9.6/1010 votes

    #6 - The Long Shot

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1953

    After three other cargo planes have mysteriously disappeared, an army air corps crew is informed that their plane is carrying a hidden time bomb. Since a powerful storm has made visibility virtually nil, the airmen desperately search their craft for the explosives. The Episode was Directed by Ted Post and stars Charles Bronson as Sgt. Roy Smith, and Pitt Herbert as Rouke.

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: Frederic Dannay

  • In the Pincers
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    #7 - In the Pincers

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1953

    A long-ago crime is exposed in a letter disrupts the comfortable life of a married couple

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Sight
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    #8 - Second Sight

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/1953

    A man blinded by an accident is forced to borrow money from a racketeer in order to support his wife.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sail
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    #9 - The Sail

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1953

    Aspiring artist Mark Norton is financed by his father---who thinks he's studying agriculture.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lineman's Luck
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    #10 - Lineman's Luck

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1953

    Two brothers fall for the same girl.

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: N/A

  • Lucky Thirteen
    6.7/1015 votes

    #11 - Lucky Thirteen

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1953

    An honest man learns that he can save his daughter from being swindled only by resorting to fraud himself.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • Fresh Start
    6.9/1010 votes

    #12 - Fresh Start

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/1953

    Despondent shop girl Norma Bailey decides to end it all by gas asphyxiation. Before it can take effect, a young man breaks in and stops it, but he's there by chance, running from the police, pursuing him for a stolen diamond bracelet. Later, Norma falls in love with him and tries to persuade the victim not to press charges.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Closed Door
    8.0/1014 votes

    #13 - Closed Door

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1953

    A heartless businessman has spent the last three weeks in a single room of his home. He's developed a psychosomatic affliction which makes it unable for him to turn the room's doorknob. He refuses to leave until he can open the door himself, and refuses psychiatric help. A family with a sick child takes refuge in his home during a severe storm against his wishes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Storm Swept
    7.4/1012 votes

    #14 - Storm Swept

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1953

    The wife of a fugitive from the law escapes with him to a far away island. Their tiny refuge becomes the scene of great emotional and physical upheaval with the arrival of a mysterious detective and a tropical storm.

    Director: Roy Kellino

    Writer: N/A

  • No Compromise
    6.5/1013 votes

    #15 - No Compromise

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/11/1953

    In the 1870s, Texas Ranger Earl Webb must escort wanted gunman John Fenner by passenger train through the state of Louisiana to get back home. However, the long, grueling journey is fraught with danger, including many of Fenner's trigger happy relatives trying to free the prisoner.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Part of the Game
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    #16 - Part of the Game

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 12/18/1953

    An opponent of a boxer who goes blind during a fight is tormented by the fact that he may have caused the blindness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Baker of Barnbury
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    #17 - The Baker of Barnbury

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 12/25/1953

    A baker discovers talents other than baking during the holidays.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Go Away a Winner
    6.9/1011 votes

    #18 - Go Away a Winner

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/1/1954

    Vi divorces her husband after he be comes involved with crooks and goes to prison for a gas station holdup. She gets on with her life with her son and new husband. Seven years later, out of prison, Marty shows up at the amusement park shooting gallery she operates. He's angry and wants her to know he's good with a gun.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rim of Violence
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    #19 - Rim of Violence

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/8/1954

    A young policeman's daily contact with ugliness and heartbreak shakes his faith in humanity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pearl Handled Guns
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    #20 - Pearl Handled Guns

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 1/15/1954

    A colorful outlaw is the object of a boy's hero-worship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • At the Natchez Inn
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    #21 - At the Natchez Inn

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/22/1954

    An adventurer impersonates the lost Dauphin to elude Napoleon's men.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Give the Guy a Break
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    #22 - Give the Guy a Break

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 1/29/1954

    An officer comes to the aid of his friend who is being sought for murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four Things to Do
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    #23 - Four Things to Do

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/5/1954

    A man heads out west to get rich mining gold and breaks a lot of promises along the way.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man from Outside
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    #24 - Man from Outside

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 2/12/1954

    A police lieutenant serving time in a state penitentiary is trying to obtain evidence for a man facing execution on a false charge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Jungle Trap
    5.5/1027 votes

    #25 - The Jungle Trap

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 2/19/1954

    While leading a safari, a professional hunter encounters the judge who sentenced his innocent brother to death for a crime he did not commit.

    Director: Jus Addiss

    Writer: N/A