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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3

Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 3

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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    #1 - Leaf out of a Book

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    #2 - High Tor

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    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.

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    #3 - The Long Run

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    #4 - Dear Guest and Ghost

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

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    #5 - The Touch of a Stranger

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    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.

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    #6 - The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street

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    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.

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    #7 - A Husband for Mama

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

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    #8 - Portrait in Smoke

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    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.

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    #9 - The Gambler

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    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.

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    #10 - The Power Devil

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    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.

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    #11 - The Man Who Got Away With It

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    #12 - I'm Still Alive

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    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.

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    #13 - Torch for a Dark Journey

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    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.

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    #14 - Wacky, the Small Boy

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    #15 - Bonanza

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

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    #16 - Decoy

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    #17 - The Pupil

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    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.

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    #18 - The Symbol: Jefferson Davis

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

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    #19 - The Lost Diplomat

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    #20 - Confession

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

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    #21 - The Great Escape

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

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    #22 - A Matter of Life and Death

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    #23 - Kitty Doone

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

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    #24 - Let Them Be Sea Captains

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    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.

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    #25 - The Man Who Bought a Town

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Leaf out of a Book" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 3. It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/31/1950. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "High Tor".