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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 47 episodes
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology series from the late 1950s. Each episode tells a different story, often with dramatic turns. Two of its episodes became pilots for the shows The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.

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What happens

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) between 1958 and 1960. Three of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone (one episode) and The Untouchables (two episodes). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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