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
- 5.1/1019 votes
#2 - Man with a Beard
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 6.2/1012 votes
#6 - The Stepmother
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/107 votes
#7 - Time Bomb
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Smith of Ecuador
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The Gingerbread Man
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/1956
No description available
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: N/A
- 5.0/107 votes
#14 - Joyful Lunatic
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/109 votes
#15 - The Key
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/15/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 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
- 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
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".