26 episodes

The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 6

First aired Sep 27, 1953Season 6

Browse all 26 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

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NR
Sep 27, 195360 min

A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.

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Episode 2

The Bachelor Party

NR
Oct 11, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 3

The Girl With the Stopwatch

NR
Oct 25, 195360 min

A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.

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Episode 4

The Train to Trouble

NR
Nov 8, 195360 min

A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.

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Episode 5

Up Above the World So High

NR
Nov 22, 195360 min

A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.

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Episode 6

The Sixth Year

NR
Nov 29, 195360 min

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

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Episode 7

The Midnight Caller

NR
Dec 13, 195360 min

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.

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Episode 8

The Glorification of Al Toolum

NR
Dec 27, 195360 min

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

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Episode 9

The Hangman in the Fog

NR
Jan 10, 195460 min

An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.

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Episode 10

Smoke Screen

NR
Jan 24, 195460 min

A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.

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Episode 11

A Game of Hide and Seek

NR
Feb 7, 195460 min

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

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Episode 12

Statute of Limitations

NR
Feb 21, 195460 min

The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.

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Episode 13

The Dancers

NR
Mar 7, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 14

The Broken Fist

NR
Mar 21, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 15

The Mother

NR
Apr 4, 195460 min

A widow tries not to be dependent on her children.

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Episode 16

The King and Mrs. Candle

NR
Apr 18, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 17

The Joker

NR
May 2, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 18

And Crown Thy Good

NR
May 16, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 19

The Shadow of Willie Greer

NR
May 30, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 20

Adapt or Die

NR
Jun 13, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 21

Friday the Thirteenth

NR
Jun 27, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 22

Man Drowning

NR
Jul 11, 195460 min

A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.

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Episode 23

The Catamaran

NR
Jul 25, 195460 min

A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.

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Episode 24

The Man in the Middle of the Ocean

NR
Aug 8, 195460 min

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.

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Episode 25

Star in the Summer Night

NR
Aug 22, 195460 min

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

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Episode 26

Run Like a Thief

5.5
Sep 5, 195460 min2 votes

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.