Man on a Rack

February 21, 1958

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - S7 - E20

A clothing salesman lets a lady friend talk him out of using his customary high-pressure sales techniques. But his sales drop, and the boss is forced to take him off the road.

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Season 7 - 37 Episode s

7x1 - Three Dollar Bill
September 13, 1957
Eddie Martin is making lots of money at his job, and he's happy. Not so his wife, who thinks Eddie should work behind a desk and wear a gray-flannel suit. In an effort to help her husband get ahead, she throws a dinner party for the boss.
7x2 - One Way Out
September 20, 1957
A man serving a long sentence finds his only ticket out is through parole and good behavior.
7x3 - Smarty
October 11, 1957
On a boat headed for Panama, a brash, overdressed girl tries desperately to make friends with other passengers. But her outlandish appearance and loud voice make her an object of ridicule.
7x4 - High Barrier
October 18, 1957
A wealthy, domineering wife schemes her husband's death.
7x5 - Bitter Parting
October 25, 1957
After Prof. Rhys Lorenz is blinded in an accident, he becomes bitter at the world.
7x6 - Dual Control
November 1, 1957
An American flier's plane crashes in the Chinese jungle. A lovely Eurasian girl joins the flier in an attempt to escape the Communists.
7x7 - The Hole Card
November 8, 1957
A widow with a gambling problem owes everyone money, including the landlord who's wanting to evict her. She desperately wants to buy a pricey birthday gift for for her young son, who lives with disapproving relatives. If only she could have a little luck.
7x8 - The Lonely Wizard
November 15, 1957
The true story of electrical engineer Charles Steinmetz. Even as a child in Germany, Charles was lonely, preferring to devise inventions rather than play with other children. As he grows to young manhood, Steinmetz applies his brilliant mind to problems of electrical engineering.
7x9 - No Second Helping
November 22, 1957
A wife finds a letter in the pocket of her suave husband and learns he's been seeing a young woman. She suspects he's been cheating, but he says she's the daughter of a friend and simply reminds him of his youth. The wife decides to get to the bottom of it all by having the "chick" join them for dinner.
7x10 - Outlaw's Boots
November 29, 1957
A reformed outlaw has trouble going straight.
7x11 - Neighbors
December 6, 1957
A home-loving man's marriage has become a dull routine until he becomes interested in a young widow who moves next door.
7x12 - French Provincial
December 13, 1957
In Paris, columnist Mary Andrews runs into an old friend, Dutch Morgan. She agrees to play the role of Dutch's wife, from whom he's separated, when he visits a family that helped him when he was shot down in World War 2.
7x13 - Rich Man, Poor Man
December 20, 1957
A humble peasant is simple and naive - until he illegally sells a horde of antique statuettes to an unscrupulous dealer. The new found wealth complicates his life and nearly destroys his marriage.
7x14 - Pattern for Death
December 27, 1957
Bill Carter suspects that his present wife is still in love with her first husband. He allows his jealousy to threaten his marriage and ruin his life.
7x15 - Guys Like O'Malley
January 10, 1958
Battle-hardened Sgt. O'Malley dedicates himself to the task of making a seasoned soldier out of an irresponsible private.
7x16 - Home Again
January 17, 1958
A trio of jewel thieves, two men and a woman, take refuge from the police in a small town where the girl was raised. Tension mounts as the three strive to remain undetected while their attitude toward each other begins to change.
7x17 - No Boat for Four Months
January 31, 1958
Arriving on the lonely French Island of Tuamotu in the South Pacific in the late summer of 1939, an Army doctor discovers his medical school classmate and finds that he must help him conquer his addiction to morphine.
7x18 - Heroes Never Group Up
February 7, 1958
After he is presented with a citation for saving a child's life, Frankie Nevada is impressed with his role of hero. When he becomes more concerned with his press clippings than with finding a job, his girlfriend as well as his friends turn against him.
7x19 - East of the Moon
February 14, 1958
A trip to Japan by a businessman becomes a complicated love affair when his boss asks him to visit his Japanese wife and child whom he had left behind.
7x20 - Man on a Rack
February 21, 1958
A clothing salesman lets a lady friend talk him out of using his customary high-pressure sales techniques. But his sales drop, and the boss is forced to take him off the road.
7x21 - Two Lives Have I
February 28, 1958
After years as a hen-pecked husband, Hully Brown decides to leave his overbearing wife and make a new life for himself.
7x22 - Night of the Stranger
March 7, 1958
A psychiatrist takes refuge in the home of a stranger when one of her patients tries to run over her with his car. (He didn't take the news that he was going to be committed very well.) After stalking the house and terrorizing the pair for hours, the patient finally leaves. The doctor and homeowner attempt to escape, but the deranged man returns, more desperate than before to break into the house.
7x23 - The Honor System
March 14, 1958
An ex-con tries to force his son's acceptance to an elite college by attempting to blackmail the man who must approve the entrants.
7x24 - Bluebeard's Seventh Wife
March 21, 1958
A disappointed suitor is accused of playing cop when he voices doubts about a former girlfriend's choice of a husband.
7x25 - I Shot a Prowler
March 28, 1958
While her husband is away on a business trip, a lonely housewife becomes infatuated with another man. When he threatens her with exposure unless she gives him a large sum of money, she searches frantically for a solution to her problem.
7x26 - Papa Said No
April 4, 1958
Photographer Calvin is interested in pretty Suzanne only as a model, but she thinks of Calvin as a prospective husband. Only when Suzanne's irate father visits the studio does Calvin realize her intentions.
7x27 - Secrets of the Old Bailey
April 11, 1958
A Detective Superintendent of Scotland Yard is assigned the task of solving a baffling murder of an attractive London model
7x28 - A Contest of Ladies
April 18, 1958
A British movie star finds himself in a miserable situation: All he wants to do is rest, but he's forced to judge a beauty contest, and the participants don't give him a moment's peace.
7x29 - The Kind Mr. Smith
April 25, 1958
A poor Frenchman (Vincent Price) is mistaken upon his arrival in England for another man from France expected to arrive at that time. He is brought to the home of Mr. Smith, an apparently wealthy art connoisseur, and his lovely daughter (Valerie French). He soon finds out that both Mr. Smith and the expected Frenchman (Jonathan Harris) are involved in a scheme to sell a fake Corot painting.
7x30 - Penny Wise
May 2, 1958
A poor working girl fears she will not be accepted by her husband's socially prominent family. On her way to a first meeting with her in-laws, she has a series of wacky daydreams about them.
7x31 - The Town That Slept With the Lights On
May 16, 1958
A New York City reporter arrives in a small town where two recent murders have the locals terrified. Vigilantes have decided that a man from the wrong side of the tracks is the killer. The police chief, however, believes there's a big secret in the town that points to the guilty party.
7x32 - Lottery for Revenge
May 30, 1958
Revolutionists under the heel of a dictator are aided by an American newsman who becomes involved and lends a hand to help make the revolution a success.
7x33 - Way of the West
June 6, 1958
Dr. John Carter, a rather starchy young physician from Boston, is on his way to San Francisco. When a frontier town is stricken by a smallpox epidemic, the doctor reluctantly joins forces with the lawless Belle Starr to rush aid to the stricken people.
7x34 - Long Distance
June 13, 1958
A wife tries to make a last-ditch phone call to save her husband from the electric chair.
7x35 - You'll Have to Die Now
June 20, 1958
A young man follows his father's footsteps and becomes a police officer. He learns that one of his Dad's old buddies who's still of the force is on the make. The rookie offers the lieutenant a chance to "go straight" if he'll help him get evidence against the mob. That's when he learns that it could be deadly to expose the corruption.
7x36 - Curfew at Midnight
June 27, 1958
George Slattery is being ridden hard by his parole officer since getting out of jail for murder. He's fallen for a nice woman in the neighborhood, but a small-time gangster thinks she belongs with him. The constant harassment by the thug and his goons is testing George's ability to keep his fists in check and himself out of prison.
7x37 - False Alarm
August 15, 1958
A honest cab driver who has fallen on hard times joins a gang planning to commit an armored car robbery.

7x1 - Three Dollar Bill

7x2 - One Way Out

7x3 - Smarty

7x4 - High Barrier

7x5 - Bitter Parting

7x6 - Dual Control

7x7 - The Hole Card

7x8 - The Lonely Wizard

7x9 - No Second Helping

7x10 - Outlaw's Boots

7x11 - Neighbors

7x12 - French Provincial

7x13 - Rich Man, Poor Man

7x14 - Pattern for Death

7x15 - Guys Like O'Malley

7x16 - Home Again

7x17 - No Boat for Four Months

7x18 - Heroes Never Group Up

7x19 - East of the Moon

7x20 - Man on a Rack

7x21 - Two Lives Have I

7x22 - Night of the Stranger

7x23 - The Honor System

7x24 - Bluebeard's Seventh Wife

7x25 - I Shot a Prowler

7x26 - Papa Said No

7x27 - Secrets of the Old Bailey

7x28 - A Contest of Ladies

7x29 - The Kind Mr. Smith

7x30 - Penny Wise

7x31 - The Town That Slept With the Lights On

7x32 - Lottery for Revenge

7x33 - Way of the West

7x34 - Long Distance

7x35 - You'll Have to Die Now

7x36 - Curfew at Midnight

7x37 - False Alarm

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8