The Best Episodes of CBS Playhouse Season 1

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   #1 - The Glass Menagerie

   S1:E112/8/1966

   An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

   Director:Michael Elliott

   Writer:Tennessee Williams

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   Director:Michael Elliott

   Writer:Tennessee Williams
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   #2 - The Final War of Olly Winter

   S1:E21/29/1967

   Olly Winter, an African-American Master Sergeant in the Vietnam War, is walking back to allied-controlled land following a battle with the Viet Cong. Along the way, he meets a Vietnamese girl, an orphaned infant, and a dog.

   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Ronald Ribman

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   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Ronald Ribman
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   #3 - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

   S1:E310/17/1967

   Follows a carpenter who has built his own home, but is now too old and infirm to live on his own, and is sent to live in an old age home against his desires.

   Director:George Schaefer

   Writer:Loring Mandel

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   Director:George Schaefer

   Writer:Loring Mandel
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   #4 - Dear Friends

   S1:E412/6/1967

   After 15 years together, Michael and Lois Graves contemplate divorce. Their friends—three other couples—try to repair their relationship, and ultimately observe the connections that they themselves have.

   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Reginald Rose

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   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Reginald Rose
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   #5 - My Father and My Mother

   S1:E52/13/1968

   Ned, a New York editor struggling as a husband and parent, looks back and learns about the difficulties his own parents faced in life.

   Director:George Schaefer

   Writer:Robert J. Crean

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   Director:George Schaefer

   Writer:Robert J. Crean
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   #6 - Secrets

   S1:E65/15/1968

   Following a chance encounter that brings him face to face with his past, conservative businessman Bryan Gray goes in search of Janet Ferguson, an actress with whom he had a relationship many years before. His unwillingness to share private aspects arouses the suspicion of wife Doris, who is determined to know all of his secrets and the motivations behind them.

   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Tad Mosel

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   Director:Paul Bogart

   Writer:Tad Mosel
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