The Best Episodes of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 6
Every episode of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Season 6!
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 sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Season 6 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" season 6 is "Moment of Vengeance", rated 6.3/10 from 15 user votes. It was directed by Alvin Ganzer and written by N/A. "Moment of Vengeance" aired on 9/28/1956 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The House That Jackson Built".
6.3/10 15 votes#1 - Moment of Vengeance
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1956
When a $20-a-month ranch hand elopes with the daughter of a cattle baron, the father gets his dander up and figures the young man is after his money.
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10 15 votes
#2 - The House That Jackson Built
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1956
A woman who has devoted herself to her career decides she is never to wed. She proceeds to buy a house and build a life that doesn't involve having a family. But she is pleasantly surprised about what happens next.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#3 - The Trophy
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1956
A self-made man uses his money to offset his crudeness. His wife is constantly humiliated by his bad taste.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#4 - Enoch Prentiss
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1956
A hard man in business is on the receiving end of the squeeze play when his daughter is threatened by a blackmailer who wants $25,000 in exchange for her reputation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#5 - Always the Best Man
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1956
A bachelor talks his best friend into breaking his engagement. But after he meets the man's ex-fiance, he begins to fall in love with her himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#6 - The Night They Won the Oscar
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1956
A dedicated director has had the loving support and understanding of his wife during the years in which he mastered his craft. After he wins an Oscar for a picture he directed, they find they are rapidly drifting apart.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#7 - Explosion
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1956
An American secret agent fighting to get control of a South American oil well poses an Englishman to thwart enemy agents.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#8 - The Letter
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1956
A Southern girl discovers that Confederate soldiers are not receiving letters from home. She therefore decides to deliver letters from her neighbors to their sons and sweethearts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#9 - Once Upon a Time
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1956
A small girl teaches a thief about honesty after she sees him commit a crime.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#10 - Washington Incident
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1956
During the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing conversation.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#11 - A Tale of Wells Fargo
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1956
After a series of train robberies and stagecoach hold-ups, the Wells Fargo Company assigns special agent Jim Hardie to capture the outlaws.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 12 votes
#12 - A Light in the Desert
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1956
A doctor saves a mother, dying in childbirth, and restores his own soul in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#13 - The Big Payoff
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1956
Joe McQuade is a respected and honest detective, who is in line for a promotion. His daughter needs an operation and a racketeer offers him money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#14 - The Lady Was a Flop
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1957
Red McGivney, a former jockey who now works as an exercise boy, is sure that a race horse named Lady has the makings of a champion. After everyone else has given up, Red buys her to train and race himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#15 - Tower Room 14-A
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1957
A house detective believes all women to be unfaithful until he meets a certain beautiful young lady.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#16 - Terror in the Streets
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1957
The story of an artist who moves into a cheap tenement apartment to decide whether or not to marry, but instead of peace of mind finds herself in the middle of terror.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#17 - The Enchanted
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1957
A man brings a young girl into his house with the intention of training her to be his wife.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#18 - One Left Over
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1957
An auto accident takes the lives of a man's wife and his two sons, and he must find the courage to live for his daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#19 - Sometimes You Break Even
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1957
An Army doctor and nurse have two critical patients and lock horns over how to deal with the lack of resources.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#20 - Night Drive
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1957
A drive with an old lady over a lonely road turns out to be a nightmare for a young woman when the old lady proves to be a man with a gun.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#21 - The Wedding Present
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1957
A lonely woman, tired of her reputation as a respectable spinster, takes a drifter in as a boarder and discovers he's wanted for murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#22 - The Life You Save
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1957
Marriage is the furthest thing from the mind of one-armed tramp, Tom Triplet -- then he sees Lucy Nell Crater, a deaf-mute girl with angelic innocence.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Nelson Gidding
- 7.3/10 21 votes
#23 - Carriage from Britain
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1957
A young mother's desire to keep ahead of the Joneses leads her to import a baby buggy like the one Prince Charles had.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#24 - The Girl in the Grass
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1957
Harry Carstairs wakes up feeling young and adventurous. His wife, however, doesn't share his romantic mood, so Harry wanders off to the park. He intends to read the financial page, but finds himself being stared at by a beautiful girl.
Director: Ray Milland
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#25 - For Better, For Worse
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1957
Walter Van Buren begins to suspect that his new wife is a compulsive liar.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A