The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 6

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 6

Season 6

Network
Episodes26
DatesSep 27, 1953 - Sep 5, 1954
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Episodes

0 for 37
Season 6Episode 160 min

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A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.
Sep 27, 1953
The Bachelor Party
Season 6Episode 260 min

The Bachelor Party

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.
Oct 11, 1953
The Girl with the Stopwatch
Season 6Episode 360 min

The Girl with the Stopwatch

A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.
Oct 25, 1953
The Train to Trouble
Season 6Episode 460 min

The Train to Trouble

A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.
Nov 8, 1953
Up Above the World So High
Season 6Episode 560 min

Up Above the World So High

A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.
Nov 22, 1953
The Sixth Year
Season 6Episode 660 min

The Sixth Year

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
Nov 29, 1953
The Midnight Caller
Season 6Episode 760 min

The Midnight Caller

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.
Dec 13, 1953
The Glorification of Al Toolum
Season 6Episode 860 min

The Glorification of Al Toolum

Dec 27, 1953
The Hangman in the Fog
Season 6Episode 960 min

The Hangman in the Fog

An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.
Jan 10, 1954
Smoke Screen
Season 6Episode 1060 min

Smoke Screen

A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.
Jan 24, 1954
A Game of Hide and Seek
Season 6Episode 1160 min

A Game of Hide and Seek

Feb 7, 1954
Statute of Limitations
Season 6Episode 1260 min

Statute of Limitations

The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.
Feb 21, 1954
The Dancers
Season 6Episode 1360 min

The Dancers

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.
Mar 7, 1954
The Broken Fist
Season 6Episode 1460 min

The Broken Fist

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.
Mar 21, 1954
The Mother
Season 6Episode 1560 min

The Mother

A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.
Apr 4, 1954
The King and Mrs. Candle
Season 6Episode 1660 min

The King and Mrs. Candle

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.
Apr 18, 1954
The Joker
Season 6Episode 1760 min

The Joker

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.
May 2, 1954
And Crown Thy Good
Season 6Episode 1860 min

And Crown Thy Good

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.
May 16, 1954
The Shadow of Willie Greer
Season 6Episode 1960 min

The Shadow of Willie Greer

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.
May 30, 1954
Adapt or Die
Season 6Episode 2060 min

Adapt or Die

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.
Jun 13, 1954
Friday the Thirteenth
Season 6Episode 2160 min

Friday the Thirteenth

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.
Jun 27, 1954
Man Drowning
Season 6Episode 2260 min

Man Drowning

A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.
Jul 11, 1954
The Catamaran
Season 6Episode 2360 min

The Catamaran

A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.
Jul 25, 1954
The Man in the Middle of the Ocean
Season 6Episode 2460 min

The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

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.
Aug 8, 1954
Star in the Summer Night
Season 6Episode 2560 min

Star in the Summer Night

Aug 22, 1954
Run Like a Thief
Season 6Episode 2660 min

Run Like a Thief

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.
Sep 5, 1954

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