The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 3

1950 • 56 episodes

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56 episodes
Sep 10, 1950

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56 episodes
High Tor
Episode 1

High Tor

Episode 1 • Sep 10, 1950

Van Dorn is getting the hard sell from businessmen wanting to buy his mountain, High Tor, for commercial use. When the group becomes trapped by a landslide, Van Dorn goes for help and encounters a Dutchwoman who's been haunting the mountain for two centuries.

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The Long Run
Episode 2

The Long Run

Episode 2 • Sep 17, 1950

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Dear Guest and Ghost
Episode 3

Dear Guest and Ghost

Episode 3 • Sep 24, 1950

A mother receives help with her troublesome kids from a friendly ghost.

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The Touch of a Stranger
Episode 4

The Touch of a Stranger

Episode 4 • Oct 01, 1950

A scientist's life has been destroyed by another man's greed and takes out his anger on three innocent strangers, implicating them in his own death.

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The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street
Episode 5

The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street

Episode 5 • Oct 08, 1950

Seeds planted in a New York City backyard grow into a magical plant that brings happiness to those living near it. Formerly unpleasant neighbors turn into caring, warm-hearted individuals.

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A Husband for Mama
Episode 6

A Husband for Mama

Episode 6 • Oct 15, 1950

The three children of a widowed woman scheme to get their mother a new husband, setting their sites on a middle-aged doctor.

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Portrait in Smoke
Episode 7

Portrait in Smoke

Episode 7 • Oct 22, 1950

A debt collector searches for the woman who saved him from an armed holdup; he wants her to have a $1000 reward. As he talks with those who knew her, he learns that she was a siren with a couple of murders to her credit.

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The Gambler
Episode 8

The Gambler

Episode 8 • Oct 29, 1950

A scathing denunciation of gambling and feudal aristocrats of the 19th Century, this story relates how Philip, a young medical student, bargains away his career for the unsure success of high gambling stakes. His caution turns to uncontrollable greed when he learns that money can buy women and quick fame. His destiny is bound to Theresa's, a beautiful young woman who has been mortgaged in marriage for her stepfather's debt, and to her wealthy grandmother's, who chooses to gamble away her fortune so there will be no inheritors.

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The Power Devil
Episode 9

The Power Devil

Episode 9 • Nov 05, 1950

A young attorney involves himself in many shady deals as he pursues political ambitions. His wife speaks up and demands he clean up his act. The threat of disbarment also contributes to his final decision.

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The Man Who Got Away With It
Episode 10

The Man Who Got Away With It

Episode 10 • Nov 12, 1950

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I'm Still Alive
Episode 11

I'm Still Alive

Episode 11 • Nov 19, 1950

A mousy teacher at a small school had written a swashbuckling story filled with international spies and adventure. Unbeknownst to him, the story is sold to a newspaper as a true account of his life. Suddenly, femme fatales and real gangsters are paying him visits.

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Torch for a Dark Journey
Episode 12

Torch for a Dark Journey

Episode 12 • Nov 26, 1950

A Czech scientist escapes from Prague with the aid of an American industrialist, who wants to hire him for his personal benefit. The scientist is followed by a former student, now a fanatic Communist, who insists that the scientist must return to his own country to work for the People's Republic. The scientist must decide whether to return or abandon his countrymen and accept personal freedom in America.

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Wacky, the Small Boy
Episode 13

Wacky, the Small Boy

Episode 13 • Dec 03, 1950

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Bonanza
Episode 14

Bonanza

Episode 14 • Dec 10, 1950

The residents of a Western ghost town won't admit that their gold rush "boom town" days ended long ago.

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Decoy
Episode 15

Decoy

Episode 15 • Dec 17, 1950

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The Pupil
Episode 16

The Pupil

Episode 16 • Dec 24, 1950

A tutor hired to instruct an uncontrollable 10-year-old soon recognizes the child's problem: it's his parents. The boy has had never received any affection from his negligent mother and father.

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Leaf out of a Book
Episode 17

Leaf out of a Book

Episode 17 • Dec 31, 1950

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The Symbol: Jefferson Davis
Episode 18

The Symbol: Jefferson Davis

Episode 18 • Jan 07, 1951

Three decades in the life of the Confederate president are covered by three women: each of his two wives, and his daughter.

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The Lost Diplomat
Episode 19

The Lost Diplomat

Episode 19 • Jan 14, 1951

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Confession
Episode 20

Confession

Episode 20 • Jan 21, 1951

The final confession of the highest degree. A compelling story, told by the eyes of the beholder.

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The Great Escape
Episode 21

The Great Escape

Episode 21 • Jan 28, 1951

The story of the biggest POW-camp escape of World War II.

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A Matter of Life and Death
Episode 22

A Matter of Life and Death

Episode 22 • Feb 04, 1951

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Kitty Doone
Episode 23

Kitty Doone

Episode 23 • Feb 11, 1951

A faded movie star schemes to keep her career at all costs.

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Let Them Be Sea Captains
Episode 24

Let Them Be Sea Captains

Episode 24 • Feb 18, 1951

Horace Greeley, volatile editor of The New York tribune, and Margaret Fuller, the mid-19th century feminist and first woman employed on the newspaper's staff.

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The Man Who Bought a Town
Episode 25

The Man Who Bought a Town

Episode 25 • Feb 25, 1951

A butcher purchases the town he calls home to preserve its quiet lifestyle.

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No Medals on Pop
Episode 26

No Medals on Pop

Episode 26 • Mar 11, 1951

A young boy believes his father deserves a medal for being in the war and is heartbroken when he finds out the truth and how his father disgraced the family.

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The Dark Corridor
Episode 27

The Dark Corridor

Episode 27 • Mar 18, 1951

The story of the Marr family which is made up of a dominant mother who bates everyone, the vacillating son, his wife, and the blind son. Then a new maid arrives, a maid who has served a term in prison as an accessory to a murder.

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Bulletin 120
Episode 28

Bulletin 120

Episode 28 • Mar 25, 1951

In Mississippi in 1915, Dr. Joseph Goldberger works with a test group of convicts and discovers that pellagra is caused by a dietary deficiency and not infection.

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Parnassus on Wheels
Episode 29

Parnassus on Wheels

Episode 29 • Apr 01, 1951

In 1900's New England, Helen McGuill buys a horse-drawn, traveling bookstore, "Parnassus," from its owner, Roger McGuill. Roger travels with Helen in the beginning of her book-selling odyssey, and out of that comes adventure and romance.

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Routine Assignment
Episode 30

Routine Assignment

Episode 30 • Apr 08, 1951

A reporter gets a confession of robbery from a man only to have the man then deny his guilt in a complex twist of events.

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Hour of Destiny
Episode 31

Hour of Destiny

Episode 31 • Apr 15, 1951

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The Birth of the Movies
Episode 32

The Birth of the Movies

Episode 32 • Apr 22, 1951

Drama on the career of D.W. Griffith. Producer Fred Coe briefly talks with Lillian Gish before and following the drama.

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Mr. Arcularis
Episode 33

Mr. Arcularis

Episode 33 • Apr 29, 1951

After undergoing important surgery, Mr. Arcularis goes on a long ocean voyage - where increasingly strange things occur.

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A Secret Island
Episode 34

A Secret Island

Episode 34 • May 06, 1951

A vicious woman is determined to see her niece wed for money and social position instead of for love.

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The Visitors
Episode 35

The Visitors

Episode 35 • May 13, 1951

A young boy's disappearance when his mother remarries leads to a mystery when he is found and has forgotten who he is.

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Justice and Mr. Pleznik
Episode 36

Justice and Mr. Pleznik

Episode 36 • May 20, 1951

The story of a naturalized immigrant's first experience with jury duty.

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Rescue
Episode 37

Rescue

Episode 37 • May 27, 1951

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The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Episode 38

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

Episode 38 • Jun 03, 1951

A mild-mannered proof-reader goes on a world tour, and demonstrates several esoteric skills whilst undergoing exciting adventures.

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The Fast Dollar
Episode 39

The Fast Dollar

Episode 39 • Jun 10, 1951

A humorous tale of life in a small town and its impact on a would-be confidence man.

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Operation: Airlift
Episode 40

Operation: Airlift

Episode 40 • Jun 17, 1951

The story of the Berlin airlift, when the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. The success of the airlift humiliated the Soviets claiming that such a thing would never work.

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Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
Episode 41

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

Episode 41 • Jun 24, 1951

Widower Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper and keeps his medical practice success by using the Good book as guidance.

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The Plot
Episode 42

The Plot

Episode 42 • Jul 01, 1951

Widower Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper and keeps his medical practice success by using the Good book as guidance.

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Case History
Episode 43

Case History

Episode 43 • Jul 08, 1951

A sleuthing psychiatrist probes a murder in his fiancee's home and stirs up a hornet's nest with his future in-laws.

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I Want to March
Episode 44

I Want to March

Episode 44 • Jul 15, 1951

The year is 1915 and the suffragettes cause a stir in the home of a zoology professor as his wife takes up the banner of "women's rights".

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Pretend I Am A Stranger
Episode 45

Pretend I Am A Stranger

Episode 45 • Jul 22, 1951

The story of a British soldier and his buddy's widow as the two grow closer in their grief.

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Television Story
Episode 46

Television Story

Episode 46 • Jul 29, 1951

A covetous young actress' career means more to her than marriage to a middle-aged actor who turns to TV after a successful career in other facets of show business only to find that his wife influences his work there.

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The Return
Episode 47

The Return

Episode 47 • Aug 05, 1951

An amnesia victim is told by his alleged stepfather that he is heir to a fortune. When his so-called family greet him with reserve, however he gets busy to iron out the unreal problem.

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Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands
Episode 48

Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands

Episode 48 • Aug 12, 1951

Lawyer Tutt refuses to cross the street for a $5 million account, but goes clear to Pottsville to draw up a will for Jim Lawton, staying there until he successfully contests a claim to a woman's farm.

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Come Alive
Episode 49

Come Alive

Episode 49 • Aug 19, 1951

An arrogant woman whose self-centered tactics cause endless grief for her secretary, husband, sister and anyone who comes into contact with her.

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Night at the Vulcan
Episode 50

Night at the Vulcan

Episode 50 • Aug 26, 1951

When an actor is murdered backstage, the cast of the production become the suspects, seems the actor had plenty of enemies.

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This Time Next Year
Episode 51

This Time Next Year

Episode 51 • Sep 02, 1951

The ghost of Ulysses S. Grant materializes every year at the same time, at his tomb, Grant's Tomb.

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Women of Intrigue
Episode 52

Women of Intrigue

Episode 52 • Sep 09, 1951

In this tale of Communist intrigue set in England, a man who works for the foreign office disappears.

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The Wayward Season
Episode 53

The Wayward Season

Episode 53 • Sep 16, 1951

A composer's reaction to his daughter's marriage to a middle-aged man brings changes in his own life.

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The Spur
Episode 54

The Spur

Episode 54 • Sep 23, 1951

After the assassination of President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leaped to the stage below, his spur became entangled in the American flag draping the balcony causing Booth to break his leg.

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By-Line for Murder
Episode 55

By-Line for Murder

Episode 55 • Sep 30, 1951

A bitter assistant foreign editor of a London newspaper commits murder in the newspaper office after being passed over yet again for a promotion.

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Requiem for a Model A
Episode 56

Requiem for a Model A

Episode 56 • Oct 07, 1951

After buying a very used car, a writer uncovers some very unusual items under one of the seat cushions. The story of the vehicle's former owners is told via flashbacks.

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