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.
The best episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" season 7 is "Three Dollar Bill", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Three Dollar Bill" aired on 9/13/1957 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "One Way Out".
Eddie Martin is making lots of money at his job, and he's happy. Not so his wife, who thinks Eddie should work behind a desk and wear a gray-flannel suit. In an effort to help her husband get ahead, she throws a dinner party for the boss.
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A man serving a long sentence finds his only ticket out is through parole and good behavior.
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On a boat headed for Panama, a brash, overdressed girl tries desperately to make friends with other passengers. But her outlandish appearance and loud voice make her an object of ridicule.
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A wealthy, domineering wife schemes her husband's death.
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After Prof. Rhys Lorenz is blinded in an accident, he becomes bitter at the world.
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An American flier's plane crashes in the Chinese jungle. A lovely Eurasian girl joins the flier in an attempt to escape the Communists.
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A widow with a gambling problem owes everyone money, including the landlord who's wanting to evict her. She desperately wants to buy a pricey birthday gift for for her young son, who lives with disapproving relatives. If only she could have a little luck.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Edna Anhalt
The true story of electrical engineer Charles Steinmetz. Even as a child in Germany, Charles was lonely, preferring to devise inventions rather than play with other children. As he grows to young manhood, Steinmetz applies his brilliant mind to problems of electrical engineering.
Director: Don Weis
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A wife finds a letter in the pocket of her suave husband and learns he's been seeing a young woman. She suspects he's been cheating, but he says she's the daughter of a friend and simply reminds him of his youth. The wife decides to get to the bottom of it all by having the "chick" join them for dinner.
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A reformed outlaw has trouble going straight.
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A home-loving man's marriage has become a dull routine until he becomes interested in a young widow who moves next door.
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In Paris, columnist Mary Andrews runs into an old friend, Dutch Morgan. She agrees to play the role of Dutch's wife, from whom he's separated, when he visits a family that helped him when he was shot down in World War 2.
Director: Jules Munshin
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A humble peasant is simple and naive - until he illegally sells a horde of antique statuettes to an unscrupulous dealer. The new found wealth complicates his life and nearly destroys his marriage.
Director: Don Weis
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Bill Carter suspects that his present wife is still in love with her first husband. He allows his jealousy to threaten his marriage and ruin his life.
Director: Paul Henreid
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Battle-hardened Sgt. O'Malley dedicates himself to the task of making a seasoned soldier out of an irresponsible private.
Director: Lewis Milestone
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A trio of jewel thieves, two men and a woman, take refuge from the police in a small town where the girl was raised. Tension mounts as the three strive to remain undetected while their attitude toward each other begins to change.
Director: John Brahm
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Arriving on the lonely French Island of Tuamotu in the South Pacific in the late summer of 1939, an Army doctor discovers his medical school classmate and finds that he must help him conquer his addiction to morphine.
Director: Lewis Milestone
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After he is presented with a citation for saving a child's life, Frankie Nevada is impressed with his role of hero. When he becomes more concerned with his press clippings than with finding a job, his girlfriend as well as his friends turn against him.
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A trip to Japan by a businessman becomes a complicated love affair when his boss asks him to visit his Japanese wife and child whom he had left behind.
Director: John Brahm
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A clothing salesman lets a lady friend talk him out of using his customary high-pressure sales techniques. But his sales drop, and the boss is forced to take him off the road.
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After years as a hen-pecked husband, Hully Brown decides to leave his overbearing wife and make a new life for himself.
Director: John Brahm
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A psychiatrist takes refuge in the home of a stranger when one of her patients tries to run over her with his car. (He didn't take the news that he was going to be committed very well.) After stalking the house and terrorizing the pair for hours, the patient finally leaves. The doctor and homeowner attempt to escape, but the deranged man returns, more desperate than before to break into the house.
Director: John Brahm
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An ex-con tries to force his son's acceptance to an elite college by attempting to blackmail the man who must approve the entrants.
Director: John Brahm
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A disappointed suitor is accused of playing cop when he voices doubts about a former girlfriend's choice of a husband.
Director: Paul Henreid
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While her husband is away on a business trip, a lonely housewife becomes infatuated with another man. When he threatens her with exposure unless she gives him a large sum of money, she searches frantically for a solution to her problem.
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