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#12 Screen Director's Playhouse: When my Baby Smiles at Me - 05/05/1950 Starring Betty Grable, Herb Vigran Barton Yarborough

Director Fred Hegland introduces this adaptation of the 1948 film of jaunty romance set in the rough-and tumble world of burlesque.

#11 Screen Director's Playhouse: The Dark Mirror - 1950 Starring Olivia De Havilland, Francis X.Bushman, John Dehner

This adaptation of the 1946 film of psychological terror revolving around a pair of twins - one of them a sociopathic murderer.

#10 Screen Director's Playhouse: Champion - 1950 Starring Kirk Douglas, Rita Lynn, Frank Lovejoy

In this adaptation of the 1949 film that was based on a story by Ring Lardner.director Mark Robson introduces this classic tale of the boxing ring and a young contender desperate to reach the top.

#9 Screen Director's Playhouse: It's in the Bag - 02/17/1950 Starring Fred Allen, Lurene Tuttle, Frank Nelson, Hans Conried

A Cynical flea-trainer inherits a fortune-hidden inside one of five missing antique chairs in this adaptation of the 1945 film introduced by director Richard Wallace.

#8 Screen Director's Playhouse: The Sea Wolf - 02/03/1950 Starring Edward G.Robinson, Lurene Tuttle, Paul Frees, Lou Merrill

Edward G.Robinson stars in his original roll of Wolf Larsen in this radio adaptation of the 1941 film adaptation of the novel by Jack London. Director Michael Curtiz introduces this rugged tale of violence and terror on the high seas.

#7 Screen Director's Playhouse : One Way Passage -12/30/1949 Starring William Powell, Peggy Dow, John Dehner

Director Tay Garnet introduces this adaptation of the 1932 film. A condemned criminal and a woman dying of a rare disease find a doomed romance aboard an ocean liner.

#6 Screen Director's Playhouse: Call Northside 777 - 12/09/1949 Starring James Stewart, William Conrad, Stacy Harris

Jimmy Stewart stars in his original roll of McNeal in this adaptation of the 1948 film. Introduced by director Henry Hathaway, this taut newspaper drama focuses on a hard-boiled reporter determined to free an innocent man convicted of murder.

#5 Screen Director's Playhouse: The Spiral Staircase - 11/25/1949 Starring Dorothy McGuire, John Dehner, Steve Dunne

Dorothy Mcguire in her original roll of Helen is featured in this suspense thriller revolving around a family that is as corrupt as their rambling old mansion is dark. Director Robert Siodmak introduces this adaptation of his 1945 film.

#4 Screen Director's Playhouse: The Uninvited - 11/18/1949 Starring Ray Milland, June Foray, John Dehner

Ray Milland takes to the airwaves in his original roll of Rick Fitzgerald in this supernatural romance set in a lonely, abandoned house on the English coast. Director Lewis Allen introduces this adaptation of his 1944 film.

#3 Screen Director's Playhouse: Jezebel - 08/12/1949 Starring Bette Davis, Gerald Mohr, Jester Hairston, Paul Frees

In this adaptation of the 1938 film, director William Wyler introduces this story about a cruel, egotistical beauty who cuts a broad swath through the antebellum south.