The Philco Television Playhouse — Season 6
About this season
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
Episodes (26)
1. 0 for 37
Aired 27 September 1953 • 60 min
A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.
2. The Bachelor Party
Aired 11 October 1953 • 60 min
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.
3. The Girl With the Stopwatch
Aired 25 October 1953 • 60 min
A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.
4. The Train to Trouble
Aired 8 November 1953 • 60 min
A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.
5. Up Above the World So High
Aired 22 November 1953 • 60 min
A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.
6. The Sixth Year
Aired 29 November 1953 • 60 min
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
7. The Midnight Caller
Aired 13 December 1953 • 60 min
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.
8. The Glorification of Al Toolum
Aired 27 December 1953 • 60 min
9. The Hangman in the Fog
Aired 10 January 1954 • 60 min
An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.
10. Smoke Screen
Aired 24 January 1954 • 60 min
A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.
11. A Game of Hide and Seek
Aired 7 February 1954 • 60 min
12. Statute of Limitations
Aired 21 February 1954 • 60 min
The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.
13. The Dancers
Aired 7 March 1954 • 60 min
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.
14. The Broken Fist
Aired 21 March 1954 • 60 min
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.
15. The Mother
Aired 4 April 1954 • 60 min
A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.
16. The King and Mrs. Candle
Aired 18 April 1954 • 60 min
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.
17. The Joker
Aired 2 May 1954 • 60 min
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.
18. And Crown Thy Good
Aired 16 May 1954 • 60 min
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.
19. The Shadow of Willie Greer
Aired 30 May 1954 • 60 min
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.
20. Adapt or Die
Aired 13 June 1954 • 60 min
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.
21. Friday the Thirteenth
Aired 27 June 1954 • 60 min
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.
22. Man Drowning
Aired 11 July 1954 • 60 min
A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.
23. The Catamaran
Aired 25 July 1954 • 60 min
A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.
24. The Man in the Middle of the Ocean
Aired 8 August 1954 • 60 min
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.
25. Star in the Summer Night
Aired 22 August 1954 • 60 min
26. Run Like a Thief
5.5Aired 5 September 1954 • 60 min
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.