Four Star Playhouse - Season 2 Episode 9 : The Hard Way
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
- Eps. 1 : Finale1953-09-24
- Eps. 2 : The Squeeze1953-10-01
- Eps. 3 : A Place Of His Own1953-10-08
- Eps. 4 : Love At Sea1953-10-15
- Eps. 5 : The Witness1953-10-22
- Eps. 6 : A Matter Of Advice1953-10-29
- Eps. 7 : Out of the Night1953-11-05
- Eps. 8 : Moorings1953-11-12
- Eps. 9 : The Hard Way1953-11-19
- Eps. 10 : For Art`s Sake1953-11-26
- Eps. 11 : The Girl On The Park Bench1953-12-03
- Eps. 12 : The Room1953-12-10
- Eps. 13 : A Man Of The World1953-12-17
- Eps. 14 : The Gift1953-12-24
- Eps. 15 : House For Sale1953-12-31
- Eps. 16 : The Test1954-01-07
- Eps. 17 : The Bad Streak1954-01-14
- Eps. 18 : A String of Beads1954-01-21
- Eps. 19 : Indian Taker1954-01-28
- Eps. 20 : Second Dawn1954-02-04
- Eps. 21 : The Gun1954-02-11
- Eps. 22 : The Bomb1954-02-18
- Eps. 23 : Meet McGraw: Long Count1954-02-25
- Eps. 24 : Detective`s Holiday1954-03-04
- Eps. 25 : Operation In Money1954-03-11
- Eps. 26 : Lady of the Orchids1954-03-18
- Eps. 27 : The Book1954-04-01
- Eps. 28 : A Study In Panic1954-04-08
- Eps. 29 : Masquerade1954-04-15
- Eps. 30 : Village In The City1954-04-22
- Eps. 31 : The Doctor and the Countess1954-04-29