The Philco Television Playhouse
Season 6
195326 episodes
Episode 1
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Sep 27, 19531h
A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.
Episode 2
The Bachelor Party
Oct 11, 19531h
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.
Episode 3
The Girl With the Stopwatch
Oct 25, 19531h
A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.
Episode 4
The Train to Trouble
Nov 8, 19531h
A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.
Episode 5
Up Above the World So High
Nov 22, 19531h
A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.
Episode 6
The Sixth Year
Nov 29, 19531h
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
Episode 7
The Midnight Caller
Dec 13, 19531h
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.
Episode 8
The Glorification of Al Toolum
Dec 27, 19531h
Episode 9
The Hangman in the Fog
Jan 10, 19541h
An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.
Episode 10
Smoke Screen
Jan 24, 19541h
A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.
Episode 11
A Game of Hide and Seek
Feb 7, 19541h
Episode 12
Statute of Limitations
Feb 21, 19541h
The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.
Episode 13
The Dancers
Mar 7, 19541h
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.
Episode 14
The Broken Fist
Mar 21, 19541h
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.
Episode 15
The Mother
Apr 4, 19541h
A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.
Episode 16
The King and Mrs. Candle
Apr 18, 19541h
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.
Episode 17
The Joker
May 2, 19541h
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.
Episode 18
And Crown Thy Good
May 16, 19541h
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.
Episode 19
The Shadow of Willie Greer
May 30, 19541h
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.
Episode 20
Adapt or Die
Jun 13, 19541h
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.
Episode 21
Friday the Thirteenth
Jun 27, 19541h
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.
Episode 22
Man Drowning
Jul 11, 19541h
A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.
Episode 23
The Catamaran
Jul 25, 19541h
A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.
Episode 24
The Man in the Middle of the Ocean
Aug 8, 19541h
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.
Episode 25
Star in the Summer Night
Aug 22, 19541h
Episode 26
Run Like a Thief
Sep 5, 19541h
TMDB rating 5.5TMDB
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.