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The Man in the Box

February 26, 1953

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Four Star Playhouse - S1 - E12

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Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.

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Four Star Playhouse: Season 1 - 19 Episode s

1x1 - My Wife Geraldine
September 25, 1952
Man invents a wife, then accused of murdering her.
1x2 - Dante's Inferno
October 2, 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.
1x3 - The Lost Silk Hat
October 23, 1952
Englishman must retrieve his hat after visiting his love.
1x4 - Backstage
November 6, 1952
An actor named Paul is out on an evening stroll when he sees a young woman attempting to jump off a bridge. After a struggle, he discovers her name is Amy and she is homeless. Paul believes could mean the difference between decency & despair so he pays for Amy to stay in a hotel for the night, agreeing to meet her the next day. Amy is nowhere to be found when Paul returns. He worries and begins the search for this mysterious woman.
1x5 - Welcome Home
November 20, 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.
1x6 - The Island
December 4, 1952
Rebellious physician on an island in the South Pacific.
1x7 - The Officer and the Lady
December 18, 1952
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.
1x8 - Knockout
January 1, 1953
Middleweight boxer finds his big bout has been fixed.
1x9 - Man on a Train
January 15, 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.
1x10 - Trail's End
January 29, 1953
A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and runs into a tragedy of the desert.
1x11 - Sound Off, My Love
February 12, 1953
Woman buys hearing aid and hears husband plot her murder.
1x12 - The Man in the Box
February 26, 1953
Boyer plays four roles in story of a director and his woes.
1x13 - No Identity
March 12, 1953
Young boy fights to win his foster mother's love.
1x14 - The Man Who Walked Out On Himself
March 26, 1953
After separating from his wife, a wealthy clubman is about to marry a much young woman -- whereupon his mirror image walks out on him in disgust.
1x15 - The Last Voyage
April 23, 1953
Sea captain discovers a time bomb is planted on his ship.
1x16 - Night Ride
May 7, 1953
Five people, one a murderer, are trapped on subway.
1x17 - The Ladies On His Mind
May 21, 1953
A psychiatrist listens to his female patients go on about their troubles. As they talk, he imagines himself within each of their stories.
1x18 - To Whom It May Concern
June 4, 1953
A bank employee mails a letter to his boss confessing to stealing 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 have gone through the roof. Now he wants to live and goes on a frantic chase to get the letter back from the post office before it gets delivered.
1x19 - Shadowed
June 18, 1953
Past haunts politician running for Senator.

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