As of July 2026, Four Star Playhouse Season 4 aired in 1955 with 41 episodes — streaming now on Pure Flix. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Four Star Playhouse Season 4

1955 41 Episodes Drama · Comedy ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Four Star Playhouse Season 4 is available on and right now. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 11 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. No single performer carries it alone — the whole cast pulls its weight. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Four Star Playhouse Season 4 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The jokes in Four Star Playhouse Season 4 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 4 of Four Star Playhouse includes 41 episodes. It aired from October 1955 to July 1956. Episodes include "The Firing Squad", "The Face of Danger", "Let the Chips Fall". It was aired in 1955. Four Star Playhouse Season 4 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Four Star Playhouse Season 4 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. The chemistry across the cast is the real engine here. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

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🎬 Four Star Playhouse Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
The Firing Squad
1955-10-06
A WWII captain must oversee an execution he doesn't want to happen.
E2
The Face of Danger
1955-10-13
A 100-year-old woman who recalls her romance with a desperado during the days of the old West.
E3
Let the Chips Fall
1955-10-20
A reformed card sharp is recruited to unmask a suspected poker cheat among a group of wealthy gamblers. He finds it difficult to be impartial when the suspect enthusiastically befriends him.
E4
Full Circle
1955-10-27
A particularly bad review causes a Broadway actress to scheme to humiliate the drama critic.
E5
A Spray of Bullets
1955-11-03
A former sheriff, Will Sonnett, known for his fast draw shows up in Mesa to see an optometrist; he's become nearsighted and badly needs glasses. Also in town is a punk gunfighter who wants to make a name for himself. Knowing Sonnett has vision problems, he challenges the lawman to a duel.
E6
The Devil to Pay
1955-11-10
In Hell, the administrating office is hopelessly out of date and incompetent, so Satan enlists the help of an exceptionally aggressive and heartless businessman to modernize the place. He installs an IBM system and soon it's the picture of efficiency, much, it turns out, to the businessman's regret.
E7
Here Comes the Suit
1955-11-17
A milquetoast employee at a novelty company is overlooked by everyone from his boss to the woman he crushes on. But after being suckered by a shady tailor into getting a shockingly garish suit, he's whistled at by woman and mistaken for a gangster. His newly found self-confidence fits him well.
E8
Looking Glass House
1955-11-24
A woman is surprised when her fiancé turns out to have been married before.
E9
Something Very Special
1955-12-01
Alan moves to America when his wife dies, leaving his young daughter with her grandmother in Paris. When he returns after five years, his daughter has difficulty believing that he loves her.
E10
A Place Full of Strangers
1955-12-08
Industrialist Fleet Mason, a workaholic who doesn't realize how many lives he effects with his stressed-out working habits. When he thinks his loving wife has hung up on him in disgust, he re-evaluates his life by taking an imaginary bus trip to Meadville"". The trip is to nowhere and is full of psy...
E11
One Way Out
1955-12-15
A wealthy woman separates from her fortune-hunting husband. She rents a swanky New York penthouse in a building so new that she is the only one living there. When she awakens from a nap, she finds herself trapped in the apartment. Her estranged husband and his girlfriend are after her money and a...
E12
Dark Meeting
1956-01-05
When her long-time pin-boy retires, bowling proprietress hires the one guy who answers her want-ad right away. He turns out to be an escaped committed psychotic who, lonely and always lacking in the social skills, never received the nurturing of a friend [you think]. We know it but it takes some tim...
E13
Magic Night
1956-01-12
Upset that his 25 years of service for the company are unappreciated, Henri treats himself to an expensive night on the town, on the company's dime. He then comes to his senses, distraught that his embezzlement will be discovered.
E14
Tunnel of Fear
1956-01-19
While traveling alone in a train compartment, an elderly, wealthy, wheelchair-bound man (Cedric Hardwicke) is confronted by a younger man (David Niven), whom he had double-crossed over twenty years ago. The younger man, now bent on revenge, tells the elderly man that he intends to kill him when the ...
E15
High Stakes
1956-01-26
An employee catches attractive Mrs. Raymond making a pass at Willie, then Mr. Raymond comes to the club with a gun to get even. Willie shoots him in self defense, but Willie is framed when Mr. Raymond's gun disappears.
E16
The Listener
1956-02-02
Sheila and her brother engineer a gas leak to kill her husband so they can split the insurance money. Overhearing the plot is the husband's invalid father, but it's no concern because he can't speak or write. Sheila doesn't realize he is able to communicate with his nurse through his eyes.
E17
Safe Keeping
1956-02-09
The chancellor of a foreign university gives newspaperman Frank Carstairs a document to smuggle out of the country. He anticipates being charged with treason by the totalitarian government and he wants the free world to know he did not willingly join their side. Meanwhile, Frank carries on an affair...
E18
No Limit
1956-02-16
Suave restaurateur-gambler Willie Dante rebuffs the attempt of racketeers to cash in on his gambling activities. He appears to change his mind, however, due to the influence of a beautiful woman.
E19
Command
1956-02-23
The first mate on a merchant ship has been waiting for years to take command of the ship. When the elderly captain makes a mistake at a time when the ship is in danger the first mate sees his chance.
E20
Once to Every Woman
1956-03-01
At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in love, but Carol then learns that David is married. He says that he will get divorced for her, but Carol is visited by David's wife.

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