Schlitz Playhouse I Shot a Prowler (Season 7, Episode 27)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Schlitz Playhouse

I Shot a Prowler (Season 7, Episode 27)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

While her husband is away on a business trip, a lonely housewife becomes infatuated with another man. When he threatens her with exposure unless she gives him a large sum of money, she searches frantically for a solution to her problem.

Director

Arthur Hiller

Writer

Arthur Sheekman (teleplay)

Producer

Frank P. Rosenberg

Cinematographer

Benjamin H. Kline

Editor

Danny B. Landres

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 28, 1958

Release date

Mar 28, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations

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9 cast members

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