The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 5

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 5

Season 5

Network
Episodes31
DatesSep 21, 1952 - Sep 13, 1953
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Episodes

The Thin Air
Season 5Episode 160 min

The Thin Air

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.
Sep 21, 1952
The Black Sheep
Season 5Episode 260 min

The Black Sheep

A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.
Oct 5, 1952
Uncertain Heritage
Season 5Episode 360 min

Uncertain Heritage

The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.
Oct 19, 1952
The Winter of the Dog
Season 5Episode 460 min

The Winter of the Dog

This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.
Nov 2, 1952
Parole Chief
Season 5Episode 560 min

Parole Chief

The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.
Nov 16, 1952
The Gift
Season 5Episode 660 min

The Gift

A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles
Nov 30, 1952
Tempest of Tick Creek
Season 5Episode 760 min

Tempest of Tick Creek

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.
Dec 14, 1952
Magic Morning
Season 5Episode 860 min

Magic Morning

A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.
Dec 28, 1952
Double Jeopardy
Season 5Episode 960 min

Double Jeopardy

A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.
Jan 4, 1953
Pride's Way
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Pride's Way

The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.
Jan 11, 1953
Two for One
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Two for One

Jan 18, 1953
Elegy
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Elegy

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.
Jan 25, 1953
The Reluctant Citizen
Season 5Episode 1360 min

The Reluctant Citizen

A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.
Feb 8, 1953
Mr. Pettengill Here
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Mr. Pettengill Here

A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.
Feb 15, 1953
Wings on My Feet
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Wings on My Feet

DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.
Feb 22, 1953
The Trip to Bountiful
Season 5Episode 1660 min

The Trip to Bountiful

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. ...
Mar 1, 1953
The Gesture
Season 5Episode 1760 min

The Gesture

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.
Mar 15, 1953
The Velvet Mitten
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The Velvet Mitten

A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.
Mar 22, 1953
A Young Lady of Property
Season 5Episode 1960 min

A Young Lady of Property

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.
Apr 5, 1953
The Recluse
Season 5Episode 2060 min

The Recluse

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.
Apr 12, 1953
Printer's Measure
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Printer's Measure

An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.
Apr 26, 1953
A Little Something in Reserve
Season 5Episode 2260 min

A Little Something in Reserve

May 10, 1953
Marty
Season 5Episode 2360 min

Marty

Marty Pilletti is a 34 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 Clara. They have a great deal in common but Marty will have to overcome peer pressure if he and Clara are to have a relationship.
May 24, 1953
The Way of the Eagle
Season 5Episode 2460 min

The Way of the Eagle

The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.
Jun 7, 1953
Expectant Relations
Season 5Episode 2560 min

Expectant Relations

Jun 21, 1953
The House in Athens
Season 5Episode 2660 min

The House in Athens

Jul 5, 1953
The Big Deal
Season 5Episode 2760 min

The Big Deal

Jul 19, 1953
The Rainmaker
Season 5Episode 2860 min

The Rainmaker

Aug 16, 1953
Holiday Song
Season 5Episode 2960 min

Holiday Song

Sep 20, 1953
Othello
Season 5Episode 3060 min

Othello

Sep 6, 1953
The Baby
Season 5Episode 3160 min

The Baby

Sep 13, 1953

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