Four Star Playhouse - Episode Guide

Theater-goers are surprised to see actor Victor Sherman at the play, considering what happened a year earlier. As the play proceeds, the man in the box imagines himself playing each of the characters in the drama being performed onstage.

No Identity

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1953

The Man Who Walked Out On Himself

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1953

The Last Voyage

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Apr 23, 1953

Night Ride

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: May 7, 1953

The Ladies On His Mind

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: May 21, 1953

Mr. Bingham

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jun 4, 1953

Shadowed

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jun 18, 1953

Season 2

Finale

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1953

The Squeeze

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1953

A Place Of His Own

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1953

Love At Sea

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1953

The Witness

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1953

A Matter Of Advice

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1953

Out of the Night

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1953

Moorings

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1953

The Hard Way

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Sep 10, 1953

For Art`s Sake

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1953

The Girl On The Park Bench

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1953

The Room

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1953

A Man Of The World

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1953

The Gift

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1953

House For Sale

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Dec 31, 1953

The Test

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1954

The Bad Streak

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1954

A String of Beads

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1954

Indian Taker

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1954

Second Dawn

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1954

The Gun

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1954

The Bomb

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1954

Meet McGraw: Long Count

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1954

Detective`s Holiday

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1954

Operation In Money

Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Mar 11, 1954

Lady of the Orchids

Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Mar 18, 1954

The Book

Episode: 2x27 | Airdate: Apr 1, 1954

A Study In Panic

Episode: 2x28 | Airdate: Apr 8, 1954

Masquerade

Episode: 2x29 | Airdate: Apr 15, 1954

Village In The City

Episode: 2x30 | Airdate: Apr 22, 1954

The Doctor And The Countess

Episode: 2x31 | Airdate: Apr 29, 1954

Season 3

Man in the Cellar

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1954

Never Explain

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1954

Interlude

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1954

The Wallet

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1954

The Adolescent

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1954

The Contest

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1954

Dick Powell portrays a detective whose fiancée and brother are the chief suspects in a murder case he's investigating, in "The Contest," presented on "Parker Four Star Playhouse" at 9:30 p.m. Both the detective's fiancée, played by Marguerite Chapman, and his brother, played by Douglas Dick, have strong motives for committing the murder. Powell finds his fiancée's glove at the scene of the murder and realizes she had been there. Witnesses saw a woman leave the scene immediately after the shots were fired. The detective knows his fiancée either committed the murder or saw the person who did it.