I Led 3 Lives — Season 1

Aired 1 October 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick leads three lives: average citizen, Communist Party member and counter spy for the FBI. Tonight he is called to an important meeting at his local Communist cell. Main topic is how to bring about the downfall of the United States.

Aired 11 October 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick fears his FBI connection has been discovered by his Communist comrades.

Aired 18 October 1953 • 30 min

The FBI requests Philbrick's help to breakup a narcotics ring, whose aim is to gather secret defense plant information in exchange for free drugs. Philbrick's plan to film the illegal transactions from his office window hit a snag when he discovers a recently hired secretary is communist spy sent to keep an eye on his activities.

Aired 25 October 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick is ordered by a communist leader to type up a list of non-card carrying communists from a coded document, but he suspects a trap.

Aired 1 November 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick is ordered to write a leaflet that will trigger a wildcat strike at the local railroad yard.

Aired 8 November 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick is assigned to supervise a program to recruit likely future communists at a local college, including the son of a prominent college donor.

Aired 15 November 1953 • 30 min

As Educational Director of his district, Philbrick encourages his cell members to send literature to others abroad. A U.S. Army soldier finds himself in hot water when his elderly aunts, members of Philbrick's cell, send him microfilm along with the package of pamphlets.

Aired 22 November 1953 • 30 min

Herb is given an assignment by a high party official to surreptitiously determine the level of loyalty and dedication of a party member who is being considered for a higher-level position within the party.

Aired 29 November 1953 • 30 min

While stuffing envelopes with a fellow cell member, Philbrick learns that the communists have infiltrated a jet engine manufacturing plant that uses top secret production machinery and a shop steward is the head of the spy ring operating on the inside.

Aired 6 December 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick receives a special assignment - pick up a man who has been smuggled into the country, obtain false credentials and introduce him to the Hollywood elite. The Communist administration hope that their agent can infiltrate the film and television industry.

Aired 13 December 1953 • 30 min

The reds have a treacherous plot : they arrange a phony charitable organization that ostensibly allows people in America to donate to the relief of their destitute family members in Poland according to a menu of gift packages. They're wildly overcharged, so the communists get rich and a list those to persecute behind the iron curtain.

Aired 20 December 1953 • 30 min

Philbrick is assisting George Reynolds with his election campaign for the U.S. Congress when he learns that one of Reynolds' primary contributors is giving the candidate money provided by the Communist party. As Reynolds is campaigning on an anti-communism platform it will be profoundly damaging to his chances when the information comes to light on the eve of the election.

Aired 27 December 1953 • 30 min

To get out some secretly produced propaganda leaflets, the communists have Philbrick go through an elaborate cloak-and-dagger scheme to secure an offset printing press. It involves a new typewriter, the use of his car, and an eager printer in a hidden location.

Aired 3 January 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick's marriage is threatened when the party demands that wife Eva becomes a member.

Aired 10 January 1954 • 30 min

Comrade Ted directs Philbrick and other cell members to enrol with Civil Defense. The plan is to infiltrate and cripple the organization so that it will be unable to respond when the Communists launch an attack.

Aired 17 January 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick has to race against time to prevent his cell from eliminating "Comrade Rick" whom they discover to be an undercover policeman.

Aired 24 January 1954 • 30 min

The Evans Manufacturing Company has won a big defense contract with the US military. Philbrick discovers that fellow cell member Comrade Clyde has a job there. What is he up to?

Aired 31 January 1954 • 30 min

Comrade Elaine instructs Philbrick to tour the city collecting assorted objects from secret contacts. The bits and pieces will be assembled into untraceable guns which the Communists will use on murder missions.

Aired 7 February 1954 • 30 min

Communist special courier Comrade Neil tells Philbrick to liaise with a master passport forger. The party want an American citizen who has a wealth of secrets to slip out of the country and defect to the East.

Aired 14 February 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick's cell members receive four city map references indicating locations of planned sabotage. Utilities, communications, industrial installations and military targets will all be hit unless Philbrick can tip off the FBI.

Aired 21 February 1954 • 30 min

When the reds instruct Philbrick to find a public place for a meeting, he chooses a golf driving range because he assumed the spy was a golfer because of a pamphlet. It turns out the spy had no use for the sport, and the booklet was in fact a prototype destruction manual for commie agents.

Aired 28 February 1954 • 30 min

A reluctant comrade is forced to film secret radar-tube designs.

Aired 7 March 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick is raising funds for a new youth center. However, the comrades plan to infiltrate both the center and its bank account.

Aired 14 March 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick's cell colleague Comrade Ormand claims to have a contact at the FBI who is about to supply a photo list of counter spies. Will Philbrick's name be on the list?

Aired 21 March 1954 • 30 min

Rock Falls newspaper editor Larry Edwards is exposing Communist infiltration at an important power plant. The infiltrator disappears, so the party send Philbrick to Rock Falls to get back the secret plans

Aired 28 March 1954 • 30 min

The FBI ask Philbrick to attend a secret meeting of the Communist policy committee. He manages to disunite the comrades on whether to continue with the phony peace initiative or else escalate their acts of violence.

Aired 4 April 1954 • 30 min

Comrade John has a plan to cripple US communications systems by sabotaging radio stations. Philbrick must find a way to tip off the FBI.

Aired 11 April 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick discovers that the comrades are planning to take over a labor union.

Aired 18 April 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.

Aired 25 April 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.

Aired 2 May 1954 • 30 min

Two comrades become suspicious of Philbrick.

Aired 9 May 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick is offered a party promotion. The problem is that acceptance would make his communications with the FBI far more difficult.

Aired 16 May 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick is put to a frightening test of loyalty.

Aired 23 May 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick must denounce a party member whose loyalty is waning.

Aired 30 May 1954 • 30 min

The reds plan to launch a major rumor that the US is about to enter economic depression. Only a change to Communism can rescue the situation.

Aired 6 June 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick's office boss notices he's looking tired and distracted of late. Little does the boss know that his employee leads three lives and is about to undergo a mission that could endanger his life.

Aired 13 June 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick's colleague Paul is depressed that his girlfriend Margaret has become a Communist. How can she be cured of this dreadful "sickness?"

Aired 20 June 1954 • 30 min

The comrades order Philbrick to report to the airport, then fly him to another US city. He arrives at a secret conference where the reds are scheming to infiltrate the US education system, hoping to brainwash kids with Communist ideology.

Aired 27 June 1954 • 30 min

Philbrick discovers the comrades are collecting surplus metal. The FBI want to know why.