The Philco Television Playhouse Season 6

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 6

1953 • 26 episodes

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26 episodes
Sep 27, 1953

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Episode 1 • Sep 27, 1953

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

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The Bachelor Party
Episode 2

The Bachelor Party

Episode 2 • Oct 11, 1953

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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The Girl With the Stopwatch
Episode 3

The Girl With the Stopwatch

Episode 3 • Oct 25, 1953

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

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The Train to Trouble
Episode 4

The Train to Trouble

Episode 4 • Nov 08, 1953

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

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Up Above the World So High
Episode 5

Up Above the World So High

Episode 5 • Nov 22, 1953

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

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The Sixth Year
Episode 6

The Sixth Year

Episode 6 • Nov 29, 1953

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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The Midnight Caller
Episode 7

The Midnight Caller

Episode 7 • Dec 13, 1953

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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The Glorification of Al Toolum
Episode 8

The Glorification of Al Toolum

Episode 8 • Dec 27, 1953

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The Hangman in the Fog
Episode 9

The Hangman in the Fog

Episode 9 • Jan 10, 1954

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

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Smoke Screen
Episode 10

Smoke Screen

Episode 10 • Jan 24, 1954

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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A Game of Hide and Seek
Episode 11

A Game of Hide and Seek

Episode 11 • Feb 07, 1954

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Statute of Limitations
Episode 12

Statute of Limitations

Episode 12 • Feb 21, 1954

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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The Dancers
Episode 13

The Dancers

Episode 13 • Mar 07, 1954

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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The Broken Fist
Episode 14

The Broken Fist

Episode 14 • Mar 21, 1954

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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The Mother
Episode 15

The Mother

Episode 15 • Apr 04, 1954

A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.

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The King and Mrs. Candle
Episode 16

The King and Mrs. Candle

Episode 16 • Apr 18, 1954

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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The Joker
Episode 17

The Joker

Episode 17 • May 02, 1954

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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And Crown Thy Good
Episode 18

And Crown Thy Good

Episode 18 • May 16, 1954

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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The Shadow of Willie Greer
Episode 19

The Shadow of Willie Greer

Episode 19 • May 30, 1954

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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Adapt or Die
Episode 20

Adapt or Die

Episode 20 • Jun 13, 1954

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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Friday the Thirteenth
Episode 21

Friday the Thirteenth

Episode 21 • Jun 27, 1954

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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Man Drowning
Episode 22

Man Drowning

Episode 22 • Jul 11, 1954

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

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The Catamaran
Episode 23

The Catamaran

Episode 23 • Jul 25, 1954

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

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The Man in the Middle of the Ocean
Episode 24

The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

Episode 24 • Aug 08, 1954

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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Star in the Summer Night
Episode 25

Star in the Summer Night

Episode 25 • Aug 22, 1954

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Run Like a Thief
Episode 26

Run Like a Thief

Episode 26 • Sep 05, 1954

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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