Four Star Playhouse
Season 3 Episode 23 - The Returning
An American professor in Japan is fired after falling for a former student. He returns to the US, resolved to bring his intended, but WWII intervenes.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Starring:Dick PowellJoan ElanWalter Kingsford
Directed by:Roy Kellino
Season 3
S03:E01 - The Man in the Cellar
A little girl who regularly talks to imaginary friends grows frustrated when her parents refuse to believe that there is a real man in the cellar.
S03:E02 - Never Explain
A novice social worker is dispatched to the home of a widower who refuses to send his children to school.
S03:E03 - Interlude
Neglected by her family, a boarding school student is depressed until she becomes infatuated with a visiting journalist who befriends her.
S03:E04 - The Wallet
A French waiter with more pride than money steals a wealthy customer's forgotten wallet to put his sickly wife in a good medical facility.
S03:E05 - The Adolescent
Ida Lupino is a teacher who, in her role as a member of her school's disciplinary board, must investigate her nephew's misconduct.
S03:E06 - The Contest
The head of detectives runs into problems when he suspect his fiancé has committed murder.
S03:E07 - Vote of Confidence
A con man, recently released from prison, attempts to recoup his fortunes by convincing an heiress' secretary that he needs funds to run an orphanage.
S03:E08 - My Own Dear Dragon
A successful playwright actively avoids reading his new wife's script, and at his theatrical anniversary party, he finally tells her why.
S03:E12 - A Championship Affair
A championship bridge player attempts to woo the woman he had previously loved and lost, by competing against her financially desperate husband.
S03:E13 - The Answer
A disillusioned Hollywood screenwriter returns to his old neighborhood bar, where he meets an alcoholic genius and undergoes an epiphany.
S03:E14 - Go Ahead and Jump
A dejected man planning to jump from a bridge hires a taxi to take him there. Rather than refusing service, the taxi driver offers companionship.
S03:E16 - Stuffed Shirt
An unfaithful wife learns the hard way that her husband isn't the only "stuffed shirt" to give her problems.
S03:E17 - Breakfast in Bed
An artist in commercial advertising is enticed away by a young model who reminds him of his creative potential.
S03:E18 - The Good Sister
A nun in a German orphanage during WWII is determined to marry her oldest orphan to an American serviceman in order to secure a future for her.
S03:E19 - A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln
While her husband is failing to persuade a railroad executive into supporting Lincoln's presidency, a loving wife concocts a flirtatious scheme.
S03:E20 - Fair Trial
A Chicago TV newsman arrives in a small Ohio town where a man has just been vengefully lynched by the townsfolk.
S03:E21 - The Wild Bunch
On the way home from their honeymoon, a bride confesses to her groom that she is wealthy and has three teenage children waiting for them.
S03:E22 - Tusitala
Robert Louis Stevenson, near the end of his life, mediates between two Samoan tribes to prevent war.
S03:E23 - The Returning
An American professor in Japan is fired after falling for a former student. He returns to the US, resolved to bring his intended, but WWII intervenes.
S03:E24 - Eddie's Place
A recently released criminal gets a restaurant job in an attempt to go straight, but her employer wants her to continue in her ways and cover for him.
S03:E25 - Henry and the Psychopathic Horse
When a city man goes to his fiancée's family ranch to announce their engagement, her father demands he ride an unbroken stallion to prove his love.
S03:E26 - Night at Lark Cottage
A woman with no companion other than her young daughter knows that an escaped convict is on his way to kill her.
S03:E27 - The Girl on the Bridge
When an artist's muse becomes an unknown young woman he met on a bridge near his vacation retreat, he grows desperate to find her again.
S03:E28 - The Collar
The night before the military plans to massacre a tribe of Indians, an imprisoned and tortured priest comes out from the tribe to ask for mercy.
S03:E29 - Madeira, Madeira
When an artist disappears and is presumed dead, a friend who had received a concerning letter about the man's wife goes to investigate.
S03:E30 - With All My Heart
A plump schoolteacher has been good to a male friend all of his life, but he falls in love and marries someone else.
S03:E31 - The House Always Wins
On a standard night at the gambling hall, the owner of the place runs into an old flame -- who reveals she came with people who want to rob the place.
S03:E32 - Uncle Fred Flits By
Uncle Fred descends upon a suburban home, completely disrupts the lives of the family by his eccentric behavior, and brings two young lovers together.
S03:E33 - Alias Mr. Hepp
A con man on parole is drawn back into his old games when a single, wealthy woman moves in next door to him.
S03:E34 - Trudy
An innocent, naïve young woman is very verbal about her wish to be married, but no one has seen her betrothed and they speculate that he isn't real.
S03:E35 - Broken Journey
Deciding on a layover, two cops transporting a prisoner place him in a local jail, where he tries to trick the locals into releasing him.
S03:E36 - The Executioner
A complex web of deception is revealed during the investigation of the assassination of a police official.
S03:E37 - The Frightened Woman
After leaving behind a purchased book, a woman returns the next day to retrieve it, only to find the quaint bookstore has disappeared.
S03:E38 - Award
After bombing her first attempt at live acting on Broadway, a world famous movie actress seeks out the help of an acting instructor.
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