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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 1 - High Tor
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    #1 - High Tor

    S3:E1

    Van Dorn is getting the hard sell from businessmen wanting to buy his mountain, High Tor, for commercial use. When the group becomes trapped by a landslide, Van Dorn goes for help and encounters a Dutchwoman who's been haunting the mountain for two centuries.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 2 - The Long Run
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    #2 - The Long Run

    S3:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 3 - Dear Guest and Ghost
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    #3 - Dear Guest and Ghost

    S3:E3

    A mother receives help with her troublesome kids from a friendly ghost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 4 - The Touch of a Stranger
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    #4 - The Touch of a Stranger

    S3:E4

    A scientist's life has been destroyed by another man's greed and takes out his anger on three innocent strangers, implicating them in his own death.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 5 - The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street
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    #5 - The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street

    S3:E5

    Seeds planted in a New York City backyard grow into a magical plant that brings happiness to those living near it. Formerly unpleasant neighbors turn into caring, warm-hearted individuals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 6 - A Husband for Mama
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    #6 - A Husband for Mama

    S3:E6

    The three children of a widowed woman scheme to get their mother a new husband, setting their sites on a middle-aged doctor.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 7 - Portrait in Smoke
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    #7 - Portrait in Smoke

    S3:E7

    A debt collector searches for the woman who saved him from an armed holdup; he wants her to have a $1000 reward. As he talks with those who knew her, he learns that she was a siren with a couple of murders to her credit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 8 - The Gambler
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    #8 - The Gambler

    S3:E8

    A scathing denunciation of gambling and feudal aristocrats of the 19th Century, this story relates how Philip, a young medical student, bargains away his career for the unsure success of high gambling stakes. His caution turns to uncontrollable greed when he learns that money can buy women and quick fame. His destiny is bound to Theresa's, a beautiful young woman who has been mortgaged in marriage for her stepfather's debt, and to her wealthy grandmother's, who chooses to gamble away her fortune so there will be no inheritors.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 9 - The Power Devil
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    #9 - The Power Devil

    S3:E9

    A young attorney involves himself in many shady deals as he pursues political ambitions. His wife speaks up and demands he clean up his act. The threat of disbarment also contributes to his final decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 10 - The Man Who Got Away With It
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    #10 - The Man Who Got Away With It

    S3:E10

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    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 11 - I'm Still Alive
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    #11 - I'm Still Alive

    S3:E11

    A mousy teacher at a small school had written a swashbuckling story filled with international spies and adventure. Unbeknownst to him, the story is sold to a newspaper as a true account of his life. Suddenly, femme fatales and real gangsters are paying him visits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 12 - Torch for a Dark Journey
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    #12 - Torch for a Dark Journey

    S3:E12

    A Czech scientist escapes from Prague with the aid of an American industrialist, who wants to hire him for his personal benefit. The scientist is followed by a former student, now a fanatic Communist, who insists that the scientist must return to his own country to work for the People's Republic. The scientist must decide whether to return or abandon his countrymen and accept personal freedom in America.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 13 - Wacky, the Small Boy
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    #13 - Wacky, the Small Boy

    S3:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 14 - Bonanza
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    #14 - Bonanza

    S3:E14

    The residents of a Western ghost town won't admit that their gold rush "boom town" days ended long ago.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 15 - Decoy
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    #15 - Decoy

    S3:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 16 - The Pupil
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    #16 - The Pupil

    S3:E16

    A tutor hired to instruct an uncontrollable 10-year-old soon recognizes the child's problem: it's his parents. The boy has had never received any affection from his negligent mother and father.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 17 - Leaf out of a Book
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    #17 - Leaf out of a Book

    S3:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 18 - The Symbol: Jefferson Davis
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    #18 - The Symbol: Jefferson Davis

    S3:E18

    Three decades in the life of the Confederate president are covered by three women: each of his two wives, and his daughter.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 19 - The Lost Diplomat
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    #19 - The Lost Diplomat

    S3:E19

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 20 - Confession
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    #20 - Confession

    S3:E20

    The final confession of the highest degree. A compelling story, told by the eyes of the beholder.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 21 - The Great Escape
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    #21 - The Great Escape

    S3:E21

    The story of the biggest POW-camp escape of World War II.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 22 - A Matter of Life and Death
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    #22 - A Matter of Life and Death

    S3:E22

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    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 23 - Kitty Doone
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    #23 - Kitty Doone

    S3:E23

    A faded movie star schemes to keep her career at all costs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 24 - Let Them Be Sea Captains
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    #24 - Let Them Be Sea Captains

    S3:E24

    Horace Greeley, volatile editor of The New York tribune, and Margaret Fuller, the mid-19th century feminist and first woman employed on the newspaper's staff.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 Episode 25 - The Man Who Bought a Town
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    #25 - The Man Who Bought a Town

    S3:E25

    A butcher purchases the town he calls home to preserve its quiet lifestyle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"High Tor" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Delbert Mann and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/10/1950. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Long Run".