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href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i> episode</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg/220px-Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg/330px-Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Melvyn_Douglas_as_Stalin.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="273" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> in "The Plot to Kill Stalin"</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Episode <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data">Season 3<br />Episode 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Mann" title="Delbert Mann">Delbert Mann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/David_Karp_(novelist)" title="David Karp (novelist)">David Karp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original air date</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">September 25, 1958<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1958-09-25</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">79:42</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary"><span class="nowrap">Guest appearances</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data ib-tv-episode-guests"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Homolka" class="mw-redirect" title="Oskar Homolka">Oskar Homolka</a> as <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._G._Marshall" title="E. G. Marshall">E. G. Marshall</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> as <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Poskrebyshev" title="Alexander Poskrebyshev">Alexander Poskrebyshev</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Plot to Kill Stalin</b>" was an American <a href="/wiki/Television_play" title="Television play">television play</a> broadcast on September 25, 1958, on the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a>. It was the first episode of the third season of the anthology television series <i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Delbert_Mann" title="Delbert Mann">Delbert Mann</a> was the director, and the cast included <a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> as Stalin's personal secretary, and <a href="/wiki/Oskar_Homolka" class="mw-redirect" title="Oskar Homolka">Oskar Homolka</a> as <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a>. It was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/1958_Sylvania_Television_Awards" title="1958 Sylvania Television Awards">Sylvania Television Awards</a>: as the outstanding telecast of 1958 and for Douglas as outstanding actor in a television program. </p><p>The production, set during the final months of Stalin's life, received generally positive reviews in the American press, but the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> protested the depiction of Krushchev's alleged role in Stalin's death and retaliated by closing CBS's Moscow news bureau and ordering its Moscow correspondent to leave the country. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The play opens in Stalin's office on October 4, 1952, on the eve of the <a href="/wiki/19th_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a>. After a visit from his principal deputies, Stalin reveals to his personal aide, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Poskrebyshev" title="Alexander Poskrebyshev">Alexander Poskrebyshev</a>, his belief that there is a plot against him. In order to derail the plot, Stalin plans to dissolve the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Politburo</a> and replace it with a new Presidium. </p><p>After Stalin announces the dissolution of the Politburo, the Party's top leaders attend a reception and discuss Stalin's decision. Driving home that evening, <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a> is urged by his wife to go into hiding. Mrs. Molotov suspects Stalin's intentions, but Molotov declares his continuing loyalty to Stalin. </p><p>Back in Stalin's office, Stalin informs <a href="/wiki/Semyon_Ignatyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Semyon Ignatyev">Semyon Ignatyev</a>, the Minister of State Security, that a <a href="/wiki/Doctors%27_plot" title="Doctors' plot">doctors' plot</a> led by Jews is underway to assassinate high-ranking officers in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>. Stalin urges Ignatyev to uncover the plot. On leaving Stalin's office, Ignatyev informs his associate that there is no doctors' plot and that Stalin is instead seeking a reason to purge <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a>. When the play resumes, Ignatyev presents his evidence that Beria is covering up the doctors' plot. Beria learns that he is under investigation and interrogates a prisoner at <a href="/wiki/Lubianka_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Lubianka Prison">Lubianka Prison</a>, seeking to learn what information has been furnished to Stalin. </p><p>On February 9, 1953, after a wave of arrests, Beria tells Molotov that Stalin intends to liquidate all of the members of the former Politburo. Beria proposes that Stalin instead be liquidated and that Malenkov take Stalin's position. Malenkov agrees to the plan. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shtemenko" title="Sergei Shtemenko">Sergei Shtemenko</a>, Chief of Staff of the Soviet armed forces, is informed of the plot against Stalin and vows to assist Stalin in crushing the plot. When Shtemenko informs the other members of the Soviet general staff, Marshall <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Sokolovsky" title="Vasily Sokolovsky">Vasily Sokolovsky</a> reminds Shtemenko of Stalin's purges against the Red Army and insists that the military must remain neutral and not interfere. </p><p>Stalin continues to receive reports on the plot and predicts infighting over who will succeed him. The production then cuts to Beria and <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a> plotting with each other to become joint leaders instead of letting Malenkov take over. </p><p>On March 1, 1953, Stalin invites Malenkov, Krushchev, Molotov and Beria to a meeting. Stalin says that he wishes to discuss his succession. After toying with the men, Stalin angrily confronts them with his knowledge of their plot. In the midst of the exchange, Stalin collapses on the floor from a stroke. Poskrebyshev enters to render assistance, but Krushchev refuses to allow any aid to be given to Stalin and throws his support to Malenkov as Stalin's successor. </p><p>After leaving Stalin on the floor overnight, Malenkov escorts a doctor to see Stalin. Malenkov assures the doctor that, if Stalin dies, it is understood that Stalin was an old man and that no harm will befall the doctor. The doctor realizes that Malenkov and the others do not want Stalin to live and that his own life is in danger. Stalin finally dies, and as the plotters gather to view Stalin's body, Beria's troops surround the city, and the plotters plot against each other. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following actors received screen credit for their performances:<sup id="cite_ref-Paley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> as <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Poskrebyshev" title="Alexander Poskrebyshev">Alexander Poskrebyshev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Homolka" class="mw-redirect" title="Oskar Homolka">Oskar Homolka</a> as <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._G._Marshall" title="E. G. Marshall">E. G. Marshall</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Adler" title="Luther Adler">Luther Adler</a> as <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gomez" title="Thomas Gomez">Thomas Gomez</a> as <a href="/wiki/Georgy_Malenkov" title="Georgy Malenkov">Georgy Malenkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Seldes" title="Marian Seldes">Marian Seldes</a> as Mrs. Molotov</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Dobkin" title="Lawrence Dobkin">Lawrence Dobkin</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shtemenko" title="Sergei Shtemenko">Sergei Shtemenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Freed" title="Bert Freed">Bert Freed</a> as <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Sokolovsky" title="Vasily Sokolovsky">Vasily Sokolovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_J._Stewart" title="David J. Stewart">David J. Stewart</a> as <a href="/wiki/Semyon_Ignatyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Semyon Ignatyev">Semyon Ignatyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bryar" title="Paul Bryar">Paul Bryar</a> as <a href="/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert_(actor)" title="Paul Lambert (actor)">Paul Lambert</a> as Rassine</li> <li>Harry Davision as Ryumin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Maxwell" title="Paul Maxwell">Paul Maxwell</a> as Recorder</li> <li>Edwin Jerome as Senior Physician</li></ul> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Robertson" title="Cliff Robertson">Cliff Robertson</a> hosted the broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-Paley_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1958, CBS announced that it would open the new season of <i>Playhouse 90</i> with a play about the final five months of Stalin's life.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT01_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT01-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Coe" title="Fred Coe">Fred Coe</a> was selected as the producer and <a href="/wiki/Delbert_Mann" title="Delbert Mann">Delbert Mann</a> as the director.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT01_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT01-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paley_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Karp_(novelist)" title="David Karp (novelist)">David Karp</a> was hired to write the teleplay. In researching the subject, Karp conferred with experts, including a former Soviet leader. He was also assisted by <i>The New York Times</i> former Moscow correspondent, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Salisbury" title="Harrison Salisbury">Harrison Salisbury</a>, who was credited as a technical advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT01_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT01-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August, CBS announced the principal casting decisions, including <a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> as Joseph Stalin, <a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> as Stalin's personal secretary, <a href="/wiki/E.G._Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="E.G. Marshall">E.G. Marshall</a> as Lavrenti Beria, and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Homolka" title="Oscar Homolka">Oscar Homolka</a> as Nikita Khrushchev.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The play was broadcast at 9:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. on September 25, 1958, as part of the CBS television series <i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Paley_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The art director was Robert Tyler Lee.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The teleplay was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/1958_Sylvania_Television_Awards" title="1958 Sylvania Television Awards">Sylvania Television Awards</a>: as the outstanding telecast of 1958 and for Douglas as outstanding actor in a television program.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also received generally positive reviews from critics. </p><p>In his review of the play, Jack Gould of <i>The New York Times</i> praised the performances of Homolka and Douglas as Krushchev and Stalin, but criticized the absence of character development. Gould also questioned the wisdom of depicting Krushchev as "virtually a murderer" and accused the program of "pursuing <a href="/wiki/Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">sensationalism</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UPI television critic William Ewald credited makeup man Bud Sweeney for his "superb job" and praised the overall production as "a gripper", "90 minutes packed with urgency."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Associated Press critic Charles Mercer called it fascinating and opined: "Seldom has TV drama presented such a gallery of vivid characterization by an outstanding cast."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harry Harris of <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> called it "engrossing" and "a rouser" and praised both the effective acting performances and the skillful direction of Delbert Mann.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Smith_(writer)" title="Cecil Smith (writer)">Cecil Smith</a> of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> called it "superb."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Larry Wolters of the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> called it "a taut, suspenseful drama, superbly played".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_response">Soviet response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soviet Premier <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a> reportedly "hit the ceiling" when he learned of his depiction in the American television play.<sup id="cite_ref-Schorr_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schorr-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the Soviet Union's Ambassador to the United States, Mikhail A. Menshikov, filed a formal protest with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>. Menshikov called the production "filthy slander" and stated that the Soviet Union expected the American government "to prevent such anti-Soviet acts."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the State Department responded that CBS was a private corporation which was not controlled by the government, the Soviet Union retaliated directly against CBS, ordering the network to close its Moscow news bureau, withdrawing its accreditation of the network's Moscow correspondent, <a href="/wiki/Paul_K._Niven_Jr." title="Paul K. Niven Jr.">Paul Niven</a>, and telling Niven to leave the country and close the bureau within two weeks. CBS News issued a statement complaining about "severe censorship" of coverage from the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Soviet response, Jack Gould of <i>The New York Times</i> opined that, in depicting the current Soviet leader "for practical purposes" as Stalin's murderer, CBS made a "stupid mistake" and exercised "poor judgment".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CBS was not permitted to reopen a Moscow bureau until 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Schorr_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schorr-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Joseph_Stalin" title="Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin">Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin" title="The Death of Stalin">The Death of Stalin</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Plot_to_Kill_Stalin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=playhouse+90&p=28&item=T77:0347">"Playhouse 90: The Plot To Kill Stalin"</a>. The Paley Center for Media<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Schaffner">Franklin J. Schaffner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling">Rod Serling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Area_(Playhouse_90)" title="Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90)">Forbidden Area</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sizeman_and_Son_(Playhouse_90)" title="Sizeman and Son (Playhouse 90)">Sizeman and Son</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_in_Black_(Playhouse_90)" title="Rendezvous in Black (Playhouse 90)">Rendezvous in Black</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Country_Husband_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Country Husband (Playhouse 90)">The Country Husband</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Slide_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Big Slide (Playhouse 90)">The Big Slide</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heritage_of_Anger_(Playhouse_90)" title="Heritage of Anger (Playhouse 90)">Heritage of Anger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eloise_(Playhouse_90)" title="Eloise (Playhouse 90)">Eloise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Confession_(Playhouse_90)" title="Confession (Playhouse 90)">Confession</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Made_in_Heaven_(Playhouse_90)" title="Made in Heaven (Playhouse 90)">Made in Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sincerely,_Willis_Wayde_(Playhouse_90)" title="Sincerely, Willis Wayde (Playhouse 90)">Sincerely, Willis Wade</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Family_Nobody_Wanted_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Family Nobody Wanted (Playhouse 90)">The Family Nobody Wanted</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Massacre_at_Sand_Creek_(Playhouse_90)" title="Massacre at Sand Creek (Playhouse 90)">Massacre at Sand Creek</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Snowshoes:_A_Comedy_of_People_and_Horses_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ninth_Day_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Ninth Day (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">The Ninth Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=So_Soon_to_Die_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="So Soon to Die (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">So Soon to Die</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Star_Wagon_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Star Wagon (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">The Star Wagon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Greer_Case_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Greer Case (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">The Greer Case</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Miracle_Worker_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Miracle Worker (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">The Miracle Worker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Comedian_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Comedian (Playhouse 90)">The Comedian</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=One_Coat_of_White_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="One Coat of White (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">The Coat of White</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Blackwell_Story_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Blackwell Story (Playhouse 90)">The Blackwell Story</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Invitation_to_a_Gunfighter_(Playhouse_90)" title="Invitation to a Gunfighter (Playhouse 90)">Invitation to a Gunfighter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Tycoon_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Last Tycoon (Playhouse 90)">The Last Tycoon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hostess_with_the_Mostes%27_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Hostess with the Mostes' (Playhouse 90)">The Hostess with the Mostes'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Charley%27s_Aunt_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charley's Aunt (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Charley's Aunt</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Clipper_Ship_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clipper Ship (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Clipper Ship</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=If_You_Know_Elizabeth_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="If You Know Elizabeth (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">If You Know Elizabeth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Men_on_a_Horse_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Three Men on a Horse (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Three Men on a Horse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Four_Women_in_Black_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Four Women in Black (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Four Women in Black</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Child_of_Trouble_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Child of Trouble (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Child of Trouble</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Homeward_Borne_(Playhouse_90)" title="Homeward Borne (Playhouse 90)">Homeward Borne</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Helen_Morgan_(Playhouse_90)" title="Helen Morgan (Playhouse 90)">Helen Morgan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Winter_Dreams_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Winter Dreams (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Winter Dreams</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Circle_of_the_Day_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Circle of the Day (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Circle of the Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Without_Incident_(Playhouse_90)" class="mw-redirect" title="Without Incident (Playhouse 90)">Without Incident</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Clash_by_Night_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clash by Night (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Clash by Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ain%27t_No_Time_for_Glory_(Playhouse_90)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ain't No Time for Glory (Playhouse 90) (page does not exist)">Ain't No Time for Glory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Irishman_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Fabulous Irishman (Playhouse 90)">The Fabulous Irishman</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Manolete_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Death of Manolete (Playhouse 90)">The Death of Manolete</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Earth_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Dark Side of the Earth (Playhouse 90)">The Dark Side of the Earth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Topaze_(Playhouse_90)" title="Topaze (Playhouse 90)">Topaze</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Sound_of_Different_Drummers_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Sound of Different Drummers (Playhouse 90)">A Sound of Different Drummers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Playroom_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Playroom (Playhouse 90)">The Playroom</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_in_90_Minutes_(Playhouse_90)" title="Around the World in 90 Minutes (Playhouse 90)">Around the World in 90 Minutes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Thirteen_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Mystery of Thirteen (Playhouse 90)">The Mystery of Thirteen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Edge_of_Innocence_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Edge of Innocence (Playhouse 90)">The Edge of Innocence</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Clouded_Image_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Clouded Image (Playhouse 90)">The Clouded Image</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Jet_Propelled_Couch_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Jet Propelled Couch (Playhouse 90)">The Jet Propelled Couch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Troublemakers_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Troublemakers (Playhouse 90)">The Troublemakers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Panic_Button_(Playhouse_90)" title="Panic Button (Playhouse 90)">Panic Button</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Galvanized_Yankee_(Playhouse_90)" title="Galvanized Yankee (Playhouse 90)">Galvanized Yankee</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thundering_Wave_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Thundering Wave (Playhouse 90)">The Thundering Wave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_I_Have_Loved_Strangers_(Playhouse_90)" title="For I Have Loved Strangers (Playhouse 90)">For I Have Loved Strangers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lone_Woman_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Lone Woman (Playhouse 90)">The Lone Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reunion_(Playhouse_90)" title="Reunion (Playhouse 90)">Reunion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Man_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Last Man (Playhouse 90)">The Last Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_80_Yard_Run_(Playhouse_90)" title="The 80 Yard Run (Playhouse 90)">The 80 Yard Run</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Before_I_Die_(Playhouse_90)" title="Before I Die (Playhouse 90)">Before I Die</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gentleman_From_Seventh_Avenue_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Gentleman From Seventh Avenue (Playhouse 90)">The Gentleman From Seventh Avenue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Violent_Heart_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Violent Heart (Playhouse 90)">The Violent Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Time_at_All_(Playhouse_90)" title="No Time at All (Playhouse 90)">No Time at All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Point_of_No_Return_(Playhouse_90)" title="Point of No Return (Playhouse 90)">Point of No Return</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Murderer_(Playhouse_90)" title="Portrait of a Murderer (Playhouse 90)">Portrait of a Murderer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Clear_Chance_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Last Clear Chance (Playhouse 90)">The Last Clear Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Male_Animal_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Male Animal (Playhouse 90)">The Male Animal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Hand_Man_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Right Hand Man (Playhouse 90)">The Right Hand Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Left_at_Mount_Everest_(Playhouse_90)" title="Turn Left at Mount Everest (Playhouse 90)">Turn Left at Mount Everest</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dungeon_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Dungeon (Playhouse 90)">The Dungeon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Verdict_of_Three_(Playhouse_90)" class="mw-redirect" title="Verdict of Three (Playhouse 90)">Verdict of Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rumors_of_Evening_(Playhouse_90)" title="Rumors of Evening (Playhouse 90)">Rumors of Evening</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_the_Glory_(Playhouse_90)" title="Not the Glory (Playhouse 90)">Not the Glory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nightmare_at_Ground_Zero_(Playhouse_90)" title="Nightmare at Ground Zero (Playhouse 90)">Nightmare at Ground Zero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bomber%27s_Moon_(Playhouse_90)" title="Bomber's Moon (Playhouse 90)">Bomber's Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Natchez_(Playhouse_90)" title="Natchez (Playhouse 90)">Natchez</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Innocent_Sleep_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Innocent Sleep (Playhouse 90)">The Innocent Sleep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Town_Has_Turned_to_Dust_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)">A Town Has Turned to Dust</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Great Gatsby (Playhouse 90)">The Great Gatsby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Bitter_Heritage_(Playhouse_90)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Bitter Heritage (Playhouse 90)">A Bitter Heritage</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Plot to Kill Stalin</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Days_of_Wine_and_Roses_(Playhouse_90)" title="Days of Wine and Roses (Playhouse 90)">Days of Wine and Roses</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_Your_Life_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Time of Your Life (Playhouse 90)">The Time of Your Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Long_March_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Long March (Playhouse 90)">The Long March</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shadows_Tremble_(Playhouse_90)" title="Shadows Tremble (Playhouse 90)">Shadows Tremble</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Word_From_a_Sealed-Off_Box_(Playhouse_90)" title="Word From a Sealed-Off Box (Playhouse 90)">Word From a Sealed-Off Box</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness_(Playhouse_90)" title="Heart of Darkness (Playhouse 90)">Heart of Darkness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Man_(Playhouse_90)" title="Old Man (Playhouse 90)">Old Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Ansel_Gibbs_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Return of Ansel Gibbs (Playhouse 90)">The Return of Ansel Gibbs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Free_Weekend_(Playhouse_90)" title="Free Weekend (Playhouse 90)">Free Weekend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seven_Against_the_Wall" title="Seven Against the Wall">Seven Against the Wall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Nutcracker (Playhouse 90)">The Nutcracker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Face_of_a_Hero_(Playhouse_90)" title="Face of a Hero (Playhouse 90)">Face of a Hero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wings_of_the_Dove_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Wings of the Dove (Playhouse 90)">The Wings of the Dove</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Men_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Blue Men (Playhouse 90)">The Blue Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Alley" title="The Velvet Alley">The Velvet Alley</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Game_of_Cards_(Playhouse_90)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Quiet Game of Cards (Playhouse 90)">A Quiet Game of Cards</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Child_of_Our_Time_(Playhouse_90)" title="Child of Our Time (Playhouse 90)">Child of Our Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Second_Man_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Second Man (Playhouse 90)">The Second Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Raider_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Raider (Playhouse 90)">The Raider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dingaling_Girl_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Dingaling Girl (Playhouse 90)">The Dingaling Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Made_in_Japan_(Playhouse_90)" title="Made in Japan (Playhouse 90)">Made in Japan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls_(Playhouse_90)" title="For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)">For Whom the Bell Tolls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Trip_to_Paradise_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Trip to Paradise (Playhouse 90)">A Trip to Paradise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_Lonely_Expectation" title="In Lonely Expectation">In Lonely Expectation</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_Before_Atlanta" title="The Day Before Atlanta">The Day Before Atlanta</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Judgment_at_Nuremberg_(Playhouse_90)" title="Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)">Judgment at Nuremberg</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Corner_of_the_Garden" title="A Corner of the Garden">A Corner of the Garden</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_December_(Playhouse_90)" title="Dark December (Playhouse 90)">Dark December</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Nurse" title="Diary of a Nurse">Diary of a Nurse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Marriage_of_Strangers" title="A Marriage of Strangers">A Marriage of Strangers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_Dust" title="Out of Dust">Out of Dust</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rank_and_File_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Rank and File (Playhouse 90)">The Rank and File</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Killers_of_Mussolini" title="The Killers of Mussolini">The Killers of Mussolini</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Project_Immortality" title="Project Immortality">Project Immortality</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_as_the_Night" title="Dark as the Night">Dark as the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Second_Happiest_Day" title="The Second Happiest Day">The Second Happiest Day</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Target_for_Three" title="Target for Three">Target for Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sounds_of_Eden" title="The Sounds of Eden">The Sounds of Eden</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Misalliance_(Playhouse_90)" title="Misalliance (Playhouse 90)">Misalliance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hidden_Image" title="The Hidden Image">The Hidden Image</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Grey_Nurse_Said_Nothing" title="The Grey Nurse Said Nothing">The Grey Nurse Said Nothing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tunnel_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Tunnel (Playhouse 90)">The Tunnel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Whistle_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Silver Whistle (Playhouse 90)">The Silver Whistle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Dream_of_Treason" title="A Dream of Treason">A Dream of Treason</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_the_Sound_of_Trumpets" title="To the Sound of Trumpets">To the Sound of Trumpets</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cruel_Day" title="The Cruel Day">The Cruel Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_(Playhouse_90)" title="Tomorrow (Playhouse 90)">Tomorrow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hiding_Place_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Hiding Place (Playhouse 90)">The Hiding Place</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alas,_Babylon_(Playhouse_90)" title="Alas, Babylon (Playhouse 90)">Alas, Babylon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_Day" title="Journey to the Day">Journey to the Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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