Four Star Playhouse
Season 4 Episode 40 - The Stand-In
A stand-in for a movie star is unwilling to accept her lack of talent and instead blames the leading lady's popularity for her own dead-end career.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Starring:Ida LupinoJohn HardingJames Nolan
Directed by:Richard Kinon
Season 4
S04:E01 - The Firing Squad
In the Australian Army in North Africa in WW2, a military deserter is ordered executed, for a murder he probably did not commit.
S04:E02 - Face of Danger
A reporter meets with an old woman of the Old West. Her family insists she was an upright citizen, but she recalls her affair with a notorious outlaw.
S04:E03 - Let the Chips Fall
A reformed card shark is recruited to unmask a suspected poker cheat among a group of wealthy gamblers.
S04:E04 - Full Circle
A particularly bad review causes a Broadway actress to scheme to humiliate the drama critic.
S04:E05 - A Spray of Bullets
A former sheriff known for his fast draw shows up in Mesa to see an optometrist; he's become nearsighted and badly needs glasses.
S04:E06 - The Devil to Pay
In Hell, the administrating office is hopelessly incompetent, so Satan enlists the help of a heartless businessman to modernize the place.
S04:E07 - Here Comes the Suit
A timid businessman, normally overlooked by everyone, becomes the center of attention after getting a new suit from a shady tailor.
S04:E08 - Looking Glass House
When a wealthy man takes on a new wife, the presence of a woman in his mansion results in flashbacks to the accidental murder of his first wife.
S04:E09 - Something Very Special
When a grieving man moves to America and leaves his young daughter in Paris, she has trouble believing his love when he returns after five years.
S04:E10 - A Place Full of Strangers
A man stressed over the affairs of his business walks out of the office and goes on a surreal train ride to a nonexistent town.
S04:E11 - One Way Out
After leaving her playboy husband and moving to New York, Diana finds herself locked in her new place with no electricity and very little food.
S04:E12 - Dark Meeting
A bowling alley owner fires the new pin boy after a violent outburst, and only then does she learn he's a murderous psycho who escaped from prison.
S04:E13 - Magic Night
When his company fails to appreciate him, a dedicated employee of 25 treats himself to an expensive night on the town, on the company's dime.
S04:E14 - Tunnel of Fear
While traveling alone in a train compartment, a wheelchair-bound man is confronted by a younger man he had double-crossed over twenty years ago.
S04:E15 - High Stakes
When another man's wife flirts with the owner of a gambling hall, the husband shows up with a gun, ready to get even.
S04:E16 - The Listener
A wife plots her husband's murder in front of her paralyzed and nonverbal father-in-law, not realizing he has ways to communicate with his nurse.
S04:E17 - Safe Keeping
While smuggling documents out of the country for a university chancellor, a newspaperman carries on an affair with a sexy foreign spy.
S04:E18 - No Limit
A suave gambler fights against racketeers trying to cash in on his activities, but he appears to change his mind when a beautiful woman tries.
S04:E20 - Once to Every Woman
At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, a woman is wooed by a charming man -- who turns out to be married.
S04:E21 - Red Wine
A police detective travels to Borneo looking for an American who murdered his wife for a huge insurance payoff.
S04:E22 - To Die at Midnight
A prison warden desperately tries to prove that a man scheduled for execution is innocent.
S04:E23 - Desert Encounter
After offering a young woman a ride to her father's ranch, a playwright is locked up and expected to marry the girl or be killed.
S04:E24 - The Story of Emily Cameron
A caretaker husband leaves his disabled wife home alone for a day, and this separation allows their shared resentment for each other to fester.
S04:E25 - The Rites of Spring
An older husband tests the marital fidelity of his amorous young wife by anonymously sending her flowers from "a secret admirer".
S04:E26 - Autumn Carousel
A successful screenwriter finds himself bonding with the young girl seated beside him on a flight, and her honesty helps him realize he's a sell out.
S04:E27 - Wall of Bamboo
An undercover agent is caught and tortured after being dispatched to the anti-communist underground in search of an important contact.
S04:E28 - Touch and Go
After attacking and killing an old enemy in a fit of rage, a horrified man realizes a woman on the phone has overhead everything.
S04:E29 - A Long Way From Texas
Two con men target a naïve, young oilman from Texas. They then visit a gambling hall and threaten the owner, who decides to teach them all a lesson.
S04:E30 - That Woman
A young widow, in denial of her husband's death, moves in with her in-laws on their farm, but her city ways clash with their simple, pious lifestyle.
S04:E31 - The Other Room
An unfilled teacher needs money to pursue his dreams. A stranger enters and offers the money if the teacher will take a physical for a dying man.
S04:E32 - One Forty Two
Ruthless dictator Mendoza summons a priest when 300,000 people in his country announce that they will pray for him to die at 1:42 that day.
S04:E34 - Watch the Sunset
With his wife in a sanitarium for the past five years, a lonely man strikes up a relationship with his secretary, only to learn his wife is better.
S04:E35 - Second Chance
An experienced writer is in the middle of a professional slump when he is inspired by the story of an old long lost friend.
S04:E36 - Woman Afraid
When she spots a prowling burglar while her husband is laid up with a broken leg, a desperate woman calls for help. But she calls the wrong person.
S04:E37 - The Stacked Deck
Fresh out of prison, a blackmailer uses a gambling hall to launder his victims' money and holds a waiter hostage to insure the owner's cooperation.
S04:E38 - Distinguished Service
A highly esteemed doctor intentionally misdiagnoses a patient abroad so he can return to the US to accept a major award. His wife demands a divorce.
S04:E39 - Yellowbelly
Knowing his wife is pregnant, a military hero approaches the battlefield with unusual caution and loses the respect of his men.
S04:E40 - The Stand-In
A stand-in for a movie star is unwilling to accept her lack of talent and instead blames the leading lady's popularity for her own dead-end career.
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