The O. Henry Playhouse

- Season 1

(1957)

A sheriff of a western town risks his life to get rid of gunmen, only to earn the dislike of the money-crazy merchants.

O. Henry is determined to define the expression "Man About Town" and to locate an example of one.

A farmer is determined to avenge his sweetheart's death.

A recently executed doctor has already succeeded in converting a Northern soldier to the side of the Confederacy, 40 years after the Civil War.

Late one night, a fake doctor is walking home from a heist in his true profession of safe-cracker. The impostor must think fast when he is suddenly called upon by the police to attend to a medical emergency.

When a man and woman who have given up on living find each other, they discover that many things make up happiness.

A jewel thief tries to rip off a wealthy socialite. Problem is, he also wants to marry the wealthy socialite's daughter.

Yancey Gorey redeems himself from a complex financial situation using a rival between the Gorees and Coltranes.

An attractive couple planning marriage are the only Americans living on the little tropical island of LaPaz.

Tragic story of a girl with a terrible home life.

A man suffering from a strange loss of memory disappears, only to turn up later under a different name.

A Fourth of July celebration in tropical Salvador starts a hot revolution and melts a very valuable piece of ice.

Ambition overtakes a New Yorker's good judgment when he heads West to seek his fortune.

A scheming New York blonde decides to do something about her sister's happiness.

Two young couples find themselves spending an unexpected weekend in jail.

A Texas cattleman befriends a derelict and brings him home to his ranch.

A veteran jockey agrees to "throw" a big race in order to protect his son from possible jail term.

A well-educated young Indian is forced to earn his way traveling with a medicine show.

A man helps locate and rescue the young neighborhood boy he had been entertaining with his (possibly tall) tales.

A counterfeit dollar unexpectedly saves the life of a young girl and prevents a boy from being sent to prison.

A millionaire's son throws over his father's fortune and moves to Greenwich Village to paint. Against his father's wishes, he marries a girl "below his station".

The story of a young man who tries to go straight when no one has faith in him but his wife.

A successful businessman meets with mother-in-law problems at home. When he announces he has found another woman, strangely enough neither wife nor mama can blame him.

An Arizona prospector wishes to throw a surprise Christmas party for all the children in the town he help found. Residents can only manage to round up a single combative boy.

A Land Commissioner must make a ruling about some questionably surveyed land. The resemblance of the river on the map to his little dead daughter's profile influences his decision.

A train robber shoots his partner (and leaves him for dead) after the partner's horse falls and has to be destroyed.

Acquittances of a deceased man must determine the significance of an apple left for one of them as a message from the grave.

A 33 year old fighter wants to quit and no one knows why. But his manager gives him a glove with a special material inside and promises he can't lose.

Story about a very intelligent and attractive young woman who has written a book about the sanctity of marriage.

A stranger seeking work at a lonely ranch house is taken on trust until a black mask found in his luggage arouses suspicion. A traveler is hired to heard sheep.

Two friends, parting to seek separate fortunes, agree to rendezvous in exactly 20 years to compare their lives.

A celebrated playwright suspects his wife of infidelity. O. Henry enlists the aid of a tramp to prove that he is wrong.

A famous gunfighter puts away his guns when a young spectator is killed in a senseless gun battle. After two years of drifting, he signs on as a hand at the ranch of a widow who is being persecuted by a ruthless cattle baron.

A handsome, wealthy but girl-shy Texan is in New York on a buying trip for a friend who has feigned illness to get him to make the trip.

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Separate careers and deception lead a young married couple to the brink of disaster.

A shady counterfeiting team innocently plays good fairy to a score of unusual people.

An unusual novel causes a murder, and a series of newspaper articles catches the killer.

Billy's father is a legendary figure in town. While Billy is proud of his father, Billy strongly desires to step out from under his father's shadow and stop being considered a lightweight.

A mother who regards her son as ne'er-do-well suspects him of a $50,000 theft.