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.
Four Star Playhouse 011 – Sound Off, My Love - 1953
A woman with a reputation of being hard of hearing secretly gets a hearing aid, and starts overhearing people making fun of her. Everyone knows her husband is having an affair, but she also discovers that he is trying to kill her.
Four Star Playhouse 009 – The Man on the Train - 1953
William encounters an old acquaintance, John Dwerrihouse, on a train with 75,000 pounds. Only later did William learn that Dwerrihouse had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling 75,000 pounds from the train company.
Four Star Playhouse 006 – The Island - 1952
A doctor caring for natives on a tropical island is dismissed by the bully owner of the island who discovered a discrepancy in his medical past. Suddenly, the owner is struck with acute appendicitis and the just-fired doctor is called to perform emergency surgery.
Four Star Playhouse 005 – Welcome Home - 1952
A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.
Four Star Playhouse 004 – Backstage - 1952
A well known actor encounters a woman attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge. He persuades her to let him put her up at a hotel for the night, but he accidentally provided fake stage money for her room.
Four Star Playhouse 003 – The Lost Silk Hat - 1952
A refined man stands outside of a home trying to convince strangers who pass by to retrieve his silk hat from inside the house.
Four Star Playhouse 002 – Dante’s Inferno - 1952
Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante’s Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.
Four Star Playhouse 001 – My Wife Geraldine - 1952
A man learns that he is suspected of murdering his wife, whom he now claims never existed.
