Golden Age of Television: Volume 13

This collection of "Four Star Playhouse" episodes opens with Dick Powell playing a successful politician who learns that his first wife is terminally ill in "Shadowed" (1953), with Frances Dee. Hotel clerk David Niven turns out to be a dead ringer for a wealthy Texas oil magnate in "Meet a Lonely Man" (1954), co-starring Martha Hyer. "The Deceiving Eye" (1955) finds law professor Frank Lovejoy using his classroom techniques to clear himself of a murder charge. And a "Desert Encounter" (1956) leads to unexpected romance for a playwright and a beautiful hitchhiker. Charles Boyer, Susan Kohner, and Stuart Whitman star. 101 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.