The Philco Television Playhouse
Season 5
195233 episodes
Episode 1
The Thin Air
Sep 21, 19521h
A young girl's disappearance on the night of her engagement party leads investigators and her fiancee on a long perplexing case that ends in a London pub 24 years later.
Episode 2
The Black Sheep
Oct 5, 19521h
A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.
Episode 3
Uncertain Heritage
Oct 19, 19521h
The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.
Episode 4
The Winter of the Dog
Nov 2, 19521h
This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.
Episode 5
Parole Chief
Nov 16, 19521h
The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.
Episode 6
The Gift
Nov 30, 19521h
A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles
Episode 7
Tempest of Tick Creek
Dec 14, 19521h
The story of two brothers and a missing uncle who returns suddenly bringing with him a chest which the brothers assume contains gold. The brothers want their share but so does the uncle's jilted bride and son.
Episode 8
Magic Morning
Dec 28, 19521h
A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.
Episode 9
Double Jeopardy
Jan 4, 19531h
A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.
Episode 10
Pride's Way
Jan 11, 19531h
The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.
Episode 11
Two for One
Jan 18, 19531h
Episode 12
Elegy
Jan 25, 19531h
A young writer hears that his friend has died so he writes an "Elegy - A Tribute to Larry" that brings him fame and fortune. A year later his friend turns up very much alive and with plans for blackmail.
Episode 13
The Reluctant Citizen
Feb 8, 19531h
A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.
Episode 14
Mr. Pettengill Here
Feb 15, 19531h
A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.
Episode 15
Wings on My Feet
Feb 22, 19531h
DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.
Episode 16
The Trip to Bountiful
Mar 1, 19531h
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. ...
Episode 17
The Gesture
Mar 15, 19531h
Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.
Episode 18
The Velvet Mitten
Mar 22, 19531h
A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.
Episode 19
A Young Lady of Property
Apr 5, 19531h
Wilma a 15-year-old girl has dreams of becoming a movie star but after her mother's death she is sent to live with her aunt, her father is too weak and unreliable. She wishes to be back at her home with her father.
Episode 20
The Recluse
Apr 19, 19531h
Classic definition of a recluse when an older man withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude. Withdrawn from the world; due to heavy trauma in his life.
Episode 21
Printer's Measure
Apr 26, 19531h
An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.
Episode 22
A Little Something in Reserve
May 10, 19531h
Episode 23
Marty
May 24, 19531h
Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking him why he doesn't find a nice girl and get married. The truth is Marty is lonely and would like nothing better. He has very low self-esteem however and admits to his mother that he's ugly and no one wants him. He's tired of going to the Saturday night dance with his buddies and then going home more depressed than he was when the evening started. At one of those dances he meets ...
Episode 24
The Way of an Eagle
Jun 7, 19531h
The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.
Episode 25
Baby and Me
Jun 14, 19531h
In a family of eccentrics the five year old daughter stands out for her diva like behavior. Her mother, a retired actress, and her happy go lucky father accept her behavior while her older brother cares only about scouting.
Episode 26
Expectant Relations
Jun 21, 19531h
The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a rich uncle.
Episode 27
The House in Athens
Jul 5, 19531h
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Three people are thrown together by the death of a man.
Episode 28
The Big Deal
Jul 19, 19531h
Episode 29
The Cipher
Aug 2, 19531h
Episode 30
Ernie Barger is 50
Aug 9, 19531h
Ernie Barger has a startling revelation when he turns 50. The discovery that he is no longer needed by anyone sends him over the edge.
Episode 31
The Rainmaker
Aug 16, 19531h
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Episode 32
Othello
Sep 6, 19531h
Othello, the Moor of Venice, is manipulated into believing his loving wife an adulteress.
Episode 33
Holiday Song
Sep 20, 19531h
A cantor's faith is renewed.