33 episodes

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 5

First aired Sep 21, 1952Season 5

Browse all 33 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Thin Air

NR
Sep 21, 195260 min

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.

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Episode 2

The Black Sheep

NR
Oct 5, 195260 min

A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.

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Episode 3

Uncertain Heritage

NR
Oct 19, 195260 min

The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.

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Episode 4

The Winter of the Dog

NR
Nov 2, 195260 min

This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.

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Episode 5

Parole Chief

NR
Nov 16, 195260 min

The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.

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Episode 6

The Gift

NR
Nov 30, 195260 min

A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles

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Episode 7

Tempest of Tick Creek

NR
Dec 14, 195260 min

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.

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Episode 8

Magic Morning

NR
Dec 28, 195260 min

A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.

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Episode 9

Double Jeopardy

NR
Jan 4, 195360 min

A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.

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Episode 10

Pride's Way

NR
Jan 11, 195360 min

The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.

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Episode 11

Two for One

NR
Jan 18, 195360 min

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 12

Elegy

NR
Jan 25, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 13

The Reluctant Citizen

NR
Feb 8, 195360 min

A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.

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Episode 14

Mr. Pettengill Here

NR
Feb 15, 195360 min

A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.

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Episode 15

Wings on My Feet

NR
Feb 22, 195360 min

DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.

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Episode 16

The Trip to Bountiful

NR
Mar 1, 195360 min

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. ...

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Episode 17

The Gesture

NR
Mar 15, 195360 min

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

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Episode 18

The Velvet Mitten

NR
Mar 22, 195360 min

A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.

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Episode 19

A Young Lady of Property

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Apr 5, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 20

The Recluse

NR
Apr 19, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 21

Printer's Measure

NR
Apr 26, 195360 min

An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.

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Episode 22

A Little Something in Reserve

NR
May 10, 195360 min

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 23

Marty

NR
May 24, 195360 min

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 ...

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Episode 24

The Way of an Eagle

NR
Jun 7, 195360 min

The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.

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Episode 25

Baby and Me

NR
Jun 14, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 26

Expectant Relations

NR
Jun 21, 195360 min

The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a rich uncle.

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Episode 27

The House in Athens

7.3
Jul 5, 195360 min7 votes

Three people are thrown together by the death of a man.

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Episode 28

The Big Deal

NR
Jul 19, 195360 min

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 29

The Cipher

NR
Aug 2, 195360 min

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 30

Ernie Barger is 50

NR
Aug 9, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 31

The Rainmaker

NR
Aug 16, 195360 min

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!

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Episode 32

Othello

NR
Sep 6, 195360 min

Othello, the Moor of Venice, is manipulated into believing his loving wife an adulteress.

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Episode 33

Holiday Song

NR
Sep 20, 195360 min

A cantor's faith is renewed.