Schlitz Playhouse The Trouble with Ruth (Season 8, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Schlitz Playhouse

The Trouble with Ruth (Season 8, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Not even her husband knows that Ruth Elliot is a kleptomaniac. But hoodlum Joseph Libo finds out about her illness and threatens to tell her husband unless she helps him carry out a robbery.

Director

John Brahm

Writers

Jameson Brewer (teleplay) | Henry Slesar (original story)

Producer

Peter Packer

Cinematographer

Mack Stengler

Editor

Danny B. Landres

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 24, 1958

Release date

Oct 24, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Voorheis J. Ardoin Actor Actor See fewer	Mike Hammer (1958)
Ralph Clanton Actor Actor See fewer	Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Jeanne Crain Ruth Elliot Ruth Elliot See fewer	Pinky (1949)
Adam Kennedy Steve Elliot Steve Elliot See fewer	Raise the Titanic (1980)
George Macready Joseph Libo Joseph Libo See fewer	Gilda (1946)
Oliver McGowan Actor Actor See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Judson Pratt Actor Actor See fewer	The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Sondra Rodgers Actress Actress See fewer	Easy to Wed (1946)
Ted Thorpe Actor Actor See fewer	Hang 'Em High (1968)