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The Best Episodes of Telephone Time Season 1

Every episode of Telephone Time Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Telephone Time Season 1!

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Golden Junkman" is the best rated episode of "Telephone Time" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Roy Kellino and written by Donald S. Sanford, it aired on 4/8/1956. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Man with a Beard".

  • The Golden Junkman
    6.3/1070 votes

    #1 - The Golden Junkman

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/1956

    True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to have them turn on him and call him an ignorant peddler. Hurt, but not discouraged, he begins to educate himself by studying the encyclopedia and ultimately returns to college to earn his degree and the respect of his children. A hardworking, old-world immigrant raises two sons by himself while becoming very succesfull in the junkyard business. His sons attend the best college, but to the father's dismay, they resent and are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. Undaunted, the man sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an enclyclopedic mind. The family is lovingly reunited when the boys see their father for the kind, loving, generous, happy, well-liked man that he has become.

    Director: Roy Kellino

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • Man with a Beard
    5.1/1018 votes

    #2 - Man with a Beard

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Captain from Kopenick
    NaN/100 votes

    #3 - Captain from Kopenick

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/1956

    Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Borders Away
    7.1/109 votes

    #4 - Borders Away

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/1956

    The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine. This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
    NaN/100 votes

    #5 - The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stepmother
    6.2/1012 votes

    #6 - The Stepmother

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Time Bomb
    5.6/107 votes

    #7 - Time Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Emperor Norton's Bridge
    4.9/1021 votes

    #8 - Emperor Norton's Bridge

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/1956

    No description available

    Director: Roy Kellino

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
    NaN/100 votes

    #9 - The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1956

    No description available

    Director: László Benedek

    Writer: Norman Lessing

  • Harry in Search of Himself
    NaN/100 votes

    #10 - Harry in Search of Himself

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Felix the Fourth
    5.0/1011 votes

    #11 - Felix the Fourth

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Smith of Ecuador
    NaN/100 votes

    #12 - Smith of Ecuador

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gingerbread Man
    NaN/100 votes

    #13 - The Gingerbread Man

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/1956

    No description available

    Director: Lewis Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Joyful Lunatic
    5.0/107 votes

    #14 - Joyful Lunatic

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Key
    5.7/109 votes

    #15 - The Key

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/15/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Grandpa Changes the World
    6.1/1014 votes

    #16 - Grandpa Changes the World

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/22/1956

    Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to

    Director: Lewis Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Again the Stars
    6.0/109 votes

    #17 - Again the Stars

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A