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The Best Episodes of Telephone Time Season 1

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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 by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 1 - The Golden Junkman
    6.4/10(73 votes)

    #1 - The Golden Junkman

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 2 - Man with a Beard
    5.1/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Man with a Beard

    S1:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 3 - Captain from Kopenick
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Captain from Kopenick

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 4 - Borders Away
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Borders Away

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 5 - The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

    S1:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 6 - The Stepmother
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #6 - The Stepmother

    S1:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 7 - Time Bomb
    5.6/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Time Bomb

    S1:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 8 - Emperor Norton's Bridge
    4.9/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Emperor Norton's Bridge

    S1:E8

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    Director:Roy Kellino
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 9 - The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

    S1:E9

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    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Norman Lessing

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  10. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 10 - Harry in Search of Himself
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Harry in Search of Himself

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 11 - Felix the Fourth
    5.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Felix the Fourth

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 12 - Smith of Ecuador
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Smith of Ecuador

    S1:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 13 - The Gingerbread Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Gingerbread Man

    S1:E13

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    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 14 - Joyful Lunatic
    5.0/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Joyful Lunatic

    S1:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 15 - The Key
    5.7/10(9 votes)

    #15 - The Key

    S1:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 16 - Grandpa Changes the World
    6.2/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Grandpa Changes the World

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown

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  17. Telephone Time Season 1 Episode 17 - Again the Stars
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Again the Stars

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Golden Junkman" is the best rated episode of "Telephone Time" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Roy Kellino and written by Donald S. Sanford, it aired on 4/8/1956. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Man with a Beard".