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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

Episode list

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

    • SeasonsYearsTop-rated
    • 12Unknown
  • When, Lovely Woman (1953)

    S1.E1 ∙ When, Lovely Woman

    Fri, Oct 2, 1953
    A woman dreams of a first love affair.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E2 ∙ Wait for Me Downstairs

    Fri, Oct 9, 1953
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    S1.E3 ∙ The Night Light at Vorden's

    Fri, Oct 16, 1953
    A possessive mother uses every possible ruse to keep her only daughter from marrying.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E4 ∙ Death Has a System

    Fri, Oct 23, 1953
    A man's desire to avenge the murder of his brother is fulfilled at a cost.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E5 ∙ The Ragged Stranger

    Fri, Oct 30, 1953
    A middle-aged man heading home talks a hitch-hiker into helping him regain his wife's affection. All the traveler has to do is come into the house and pretend to rob them, and the husband will disarm him and look the hero. The young man discovers after it's too late that he's been set up to commit a murder.
    6.4/10 (9)
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    S1.E6 ∙ Melody in Black

    Fri, Nov 6, 1953
    The town is gossiping about a local murder. Her continued piano lessons and a $1000 note implicate a young girl in the crime.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E7 ∙ The House Nobody Wanted

    Fri, Nov 13, 1953
    Newlyweds move into a house that recently saw a woman's murder for a still lost fortune, and the killer's escape. Slowly, through coincidences and ideas from a gossipy neighbor, the young bride begins to question her husband's identity.
    7.7/10 (10)
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    S1.E8 ∙ Claire

    Fri, Nov 20, 1953
    A woman working hard to support her ill husband is put on the spot by the nurse.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E9 ∙ Frozen Escape

    Fri, Nov 27, 1953
    Alaska prospector Jeff claims he didn't kill fellow gold hunter Arthur; he simply found the body. Fearing he'd be charged with the murder, he and his wife attempt a fast getaway, but are forced by a blizzard into the cabin of blind Tom. Tom has heard about the murder on the radio and goes to work pitting his visitors against each other.
    8.6/10 (11)
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E10 ∙ Vacation Wife

    Fri, Dec 4, 1953
    A young wife takes a vacation alone at a mountain resort and meets another man.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E11 ∙ The Motive Goes Round and Round

    Fri, Dec 11, 1953
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    S1.E12 ∙ Death Makes a Pass

    Fri, Dec 18, 1953
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    S1.E13 ∙ Who Is Sylvia?

    Fri, Dec 25, 1953
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    S1.E14 ∙ Miss Darkness

    Fri, Jan 1, 1954
    A girl recognizes a bank robber, and, afraid to tell the police, seeks refuge in a boarding house.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E15 ∙ The Gold Thumb

    Fri, Jan 8, 1954
    A ruthless sister plots murder in order to get a large inheritance.
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    Top-rated

    S1.E16 ∙ Account Closed

    Fri, Jan 15, 1954
    Bill is infatuated with his sexy blonde co-worker Alice, but she remains cool to his advances. Hoping he can control her, Bill confronts Alice with his knowledge of her embezzling, but she also has proof of his questionable bookkeeping. Bill's obsession leads him to investigates her background and he comes to believe she's the dame wanted for the murder of a Chicago mobster.
    8.4/10 (9)
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    S1.E17 ∙ Farewell Performance

    Fri, Jan 22, 1954
    A ventriloquist, popular on the vaudeville stage, murders his unfaithful, nagging wife in a fit of jealous rage, but feigns innocence to the police. His dummy, however, has seen all, and keeps no secrets.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E18 ∙ Too Gloomy for Private Puskin

    Fri, Jan 29, 1954
    Private Pushkin and his Sergeant volunteer to recon a ruined Italian castle because they see it as an opportunity to just loaf around. However, Pushkin is creeped out by the gloomy edifice - with good reason, as it turns out.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E19 ∙ The Psychophonic Nurse

    Fri, Feb 5, 1954
    A couple of new parents are unable to keep a nanny because none will follow the clinical rules in a new child-rearing book. John, head of an electronics company, has his staff develop a robotic nurse to care for the baby. The humanoid seems perfect, except for its inability to use judgment or give love.
    7.2/10 (10)
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    S1.E20 ∙ A Far, Far Better Thing

    Fri, Feb 12, 1954
    Posing as brother and sister, a blackmail team plots against a married couple.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E21 ∙ Live a Little

    Fri, Feb 19, 1954
    A devoted husband becomes involved with another woman in a life of crime.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E22 ∙ His Brother's Girl

    Fri, Feb 26, 1954
    A college professor loses a chance at a promotion because of his brother's involvement in a cafe brawl over a girl.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E23 ∙ Taps for a Hoofer

    Fri, Mar 5, 1954
    A fading dancing star uses the remnant of glamour that still clings to his name to lure unwary maidens into his clutches.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E24 ∙ Don't You Remember?

    Fri, Mar 12, 1954
    A lonely man returns to his boyhood village to find his former sweetheart still young and beautiful.
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    S1.E25 ∙ Open Season

    Fri, Mar 19, 1954
    A man suspects his wife of being unfaithful and arranges a showdown at a duck hunt with the other man.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E26 ∙ The Silence

    Fri, Mar 26, 1954
    A woman frightens the construction workers in the jungles of India when they believe she is the "kiss of death".
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E27 ∙ The Grey and Gold Dress

    Fri, Apr 2, 1954
    A supposedly exclusive dress design alters the lives of three women.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E28 ∙ Borrow My Car

    Fri, Apr 9, 1954
    Two garage mechanics become involved with an attractive woman and a store robbery.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E29 ∙ Hollywood, Home Sweet Home

    Fri, Apr 16, 1954
    A former matinee idol rents his Hollywood home to a couple from Iowa.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E30 ∙ The Sound of Silence

    Fri, Apr 23, 1954
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    S1.E31 ∙ And the Beasts Were There

    Fri, Apr 30, 1954
    A hunter in the Burmese jungle is clawed to death by a tiger when he is locked in the cage by a hidden hand. Investigation into his death reveals his long-standing sadism toward animals, and a surprising insight into the hand that locked him in the cage.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E32 ∙ Girl on the Drum

    Fri, May 7, 1954
    When a dancer from Havana causes a New Orleans representative for a New York firm to desert his business interests, an investigator from the home office arrives and discovers many things.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E33 ∙ The Black Purse

    Fri, May 14, 1954
    The honesty of penniless Jeff Miller leads him into intrigue when he finds a purse and seeks to return it to its owner, but is told by everyone that the owner does not exist.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E34 ∙ Fie, Fie, Fifi

    Fri, May 21, 1954
    Fifi, the owner of a matrimonial business, involves a poor, middle-aged couple in her schemes. Complications mount as they try to match the right man to the right woman.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E35 ∙ Grenadine

    Fri, May 28, 1954
    A con artist's plan for taking advantage of a young woman is fouled up by a dog named Grenadine.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E36 ∙ Unfair Game

    Fri, Jun 4, 1954
    A long-married couple travels from sophisticated life in Sydney, Australia, into the rugged life of the wilds of that country. There the couple meets a beautiful girl who has designs on the husband.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E37 ∙ Terror Train

    Fri, Jun 11, 1954
    A scientist and his wife are riding on a train that holds more danger than they expected.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E38 ∙ Doubled in Danger

    Fri, Jun 18, 1954
    A recently released convict vows revenge on the man that unjustly set him up. He meets a stranger who also has murder on his mind. They agree to kill each other's intended victims, so they can have perfect alibis.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E39 ∙ When the Police Arrive

    Fri, Jun 25, 1954
    A couple try to figure out just how to behave when the police arrives after elderly Aunt Mildred dies.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E40 ∙ Dear Little Fool

    Sun, Jul 4, 1954
    Nurse Carroll doesn't follow the book in to attending to the old men under her care. She realizes that they need reasons to want to get better. Dr. McNaughton, however, is a rigid man who's frustrated trying to get her to follow the rules.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E41 ∙ Uncle Charley

    Sun, Jul 11, 1954
    A non-existent uncle proves to be a real-life problem for a couple, in this story of romance at the racetrack.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E42 ∙ The Whistling Room

    Sun, Jul 18, 1954
    A Londoner, with his father, moves to a castle in Ireland to be near his fiancee. All three are tormented nightly by eerie wailing sounds coming from a cottage on the grounds. The woman is convinced that the noises are from Irish spirits upset that she's marrying a "foreigner." Enter professional "ghost finder" Dr. Carnacki who is sure he can shush the spirits.
    6.4/10 (13)
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    S1.E43 ∙ Bachelor's Week-end

    Sun, Jul 25, 1954
    A bachelor is nearly connived out of getting married by his friends during a weekend party.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E44 ∙ Annual Honeymoon

    Sun, Aug 1, 1954
    The story revolves around a slave-driver boss and how he becomes the well-liked person he imagines himself to be.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E45 ∙ Long, Long Ago

    Sun, Aug 8, 1954
    During a stormy night at an old, isolated house in England, a lonely couple a visited by a strange little boy who seems dazed and uncommunicative, yet knows where things are in the house, and ghostly strains of "Long Long ago" can be heard.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E46 ∙ Mungahra

    Sun, Aug 15, 1954
    A Londoner returns from a South Seas fortune-hunting expedition minus his son-in-law who suffered a tragic end. A nervous wreck, the man screams around the clock about "the third day" and a man named "Mungahra." Mungahra was the expedition's native guide who, before dying, placed a curse on the greedy, self-serving Englishman who treated him like a savage.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E47 ∙ The Perfect Gentleman

    Sun, Aug 22, 1954
    A business owner's fiancee breaks up with him because of his unorthodox business methods and attitude, saying he's "not a gentleman." After some thought, he talks his secretary into coaching him in how to be a "Perfect Gentleman".
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)
    Top-rated

    S1.E48 ∙ Playmates

    Sun, Aug 29, 1954
    Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen and his housekeeper. When Monica talks about her new playmates Mary and Elsie, her Uncle believes she is just imagining things. He grows more concerned when he himself begins to hear Monica's playmates throughout the house.
    7.1/10 (15)
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E49 ∙ Adopted Son

    Sun, Sep 5, 1954
    A mother tries to remake the athletic boy she has adopted to the image of her musically inclined son who passed away.
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

    S1.E50 ∙ A Mansion for Jimmy

    Sun, Sep 12, 1954
    Jimmy's new friends come from a higher income bracket than he does, so he does not want them to see his humble abode.

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