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S1 E7 The Man in the Box

Drama

TV-PG

25m

Feb 25, 1953

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 on stage.

Season 1, 11 Episodes

My Wife Geraldine,

A man learns that he is suspected of murdering his wife, whom he now claims never existed.

The Lost Silk Hat,

A refined man stands outside of a home trying to convince strangers who pass by to retrieve his silk hat from inside the house.

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.

The Officer and the Lady,

A reformed pickpocket in Paris obtains the purse of an attractive woman. He reads a letter telling about her dying son, and he decides to grant the boy's wish to meet his father.

A young man follows a quick trajectory from beginning boxer to the middleweight championship match. The night before the championship fight, he learns that the match is fixed, with him as the chosen winner.

Sound Off My Love,

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.

The Man in the Box,

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 on stage.

Mitch Carver befriends and eventually adopts an orphan boy. Mitch's wife is pregnant with their first child, and she treats the boy as a threat to the natural family that she wants to have.

The Last Voyage,

A sea captain on his final voyage learns that there is a bomb on his ship, timed to go off soon after reaching port.

The Ladies On His Mind,

A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.

To Whom It May Concern,

A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing $7000 and includes the stocks he bought with the money. As he puts a gun to his head, he sees in the paper that the stocks' worth has gone through the roof. Now he wants to live.

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Four Star Playhouse

Drama

TV-PG

4 Seasons

26m

This award-winning TV series featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.

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