The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 6

26 episodes · Sep 27, 1953

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  • S6E1

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    Sep 27, 195360m

    A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.

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  • S6E2

    The Bachelor Party

    Oct 11, 195360m

    Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.

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  • S6E3

    The Girl With the Stopwatch

    Oct 25, 195360m

    A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.

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  • S6E4

    The Train to Trouble

    Nov 8, 195360m

    A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.

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  • S6E5

    Up Above the World So High

    Nov 22, 195360m

    A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.

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  • S6E6

    The Sixth Year

    Nov 29, 195360m

    A wife becomes exasperated with her husband who seems to have lost the will to work. She takes their child and leaves. He finds a menial job and asks her to come home. She seeks advice on the situation from her mother and father

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  • S6E7

    The Midnight Caller

    Dec 13, 195360m

    Three unmarried women residing in a boarding house in a small town have watched life pass them by waiting for the right man to come into their lives. When a new stranger shows up and moves into the boarding house.

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  • S6E8

    The Glorification of Al Toolum

    Dec 27, 195360m
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  • S6E9

    The Hangman in the Fog

    Jan 10, 195460m

    An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.

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  • S6E10

    Smoke Screen

    Jan 24, 195460m

    A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.

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  • S6E11

    A Game of Hide and Seek

    Feb 7, 195460m
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  • S6E12

    Statute of Limitations

    Feb 21, 195460m

    The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.

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  • S6E13

    The Dancers

    Mar 7, 195460m

    A meek young boy, still shy and unsure of himself, visits his sister in a small town and is persuaded by her to ask the most popular girl in town for a date. He asks her to a school dance, but, as she is going steady, she refuses his invitation. Believing himself to be the butt of ridicule by the young population of the town because of his awkwardness, he withdraws into himself. He later meets a young girl who is as shy as he, is and, because of the mutual understanding between them, they give each other the confidence each lacks.

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  • S6E14

    The Broken Fist

    Mar 21, 195460m

    The story of a middle-aged Frenchman in Algiers who decides to do something for his homeland during the Nazi occupation. He joins the underground and goes to the port of Marseilles to report on shipping.

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  • S6E15

    The Mother

    Apr 4, 195460m

    A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.

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  • S6E16

    The King and Mrs. Candle

    Apr 18, 195460m

    The deposed King of Brandovia, whose inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earns a living as a dancing instructor.

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  • S6E17

    The Joker

    May 2, 195460m

    Mike Galloway, a "nice guy", was an incurable practical joker--always passing out exploding cigars and perpetrating other silliness. His pranks made for a bad first impression on Dorie, but eventually they fell in love and married.

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  • S6E18

    And Crown Thy Good

    May 16, 195460m

    In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his parents.

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  • S6E19

    The Shadow of Willie Greer

    May 30, 195460m

    In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his parents.

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  • S6E20

    Adapt or Die

    Jun 13, 195460m

    An editor of the major magazine "Throb" finds that he must either adapt to the high pressure life of a New York magazine or be without a job.

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  • S6E21

    Friday the Thirteenth

    Jun 27, 195460m

    3 women have just attended their college reunion, and are returning together when their vehicle crashes through a fence and over a cliff. As their husbands wait anxiously above the accident scene, they learn that only two of the women have survived, and they relive memories of their lives together as they await word as to who lives and who died.

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  • S6E22

    Man Drowning

    Jul 11, 195460m

    A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.

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  • S6E23

    The Catamaran

    Jul 25, 195460m

    A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.

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  • S6E24

    The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

    Aug 8, 195460m

    A member of an architect's firm is torn by internal conflict. His partners need his compliance if they are to cash in on a deal they have made with a building contractor.

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  • S6E25

    Star in the Summer Night

    Aug 22, 195460m
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  • S6E26

    Run Like a Thief

    Sep 5, 195460m

    Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive bracelet lost by Pollard and begs to keep. The police are called and Alexander's dreams of his future begin to crumble.

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