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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5

Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 23 - Marty
    7.8/10(387 votes)

    S5:E23

    Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking him why he doesn't find a nice girl and get married. The truth is Marty is lonely and would like nothing better. He has very low self-esteem however and admits to his mother that he's ugly and no one wants him. He's tired of going to the Saturday night dance with his buddies and then going home more depressed than he was when the evening started. At one of those dances he meets ...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 19 - A Young Lady of Property
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    S5:E19

    Wilma a 15-year-old girl has dreams of becoming a movie star but after her mother's death she is sent to live with her aunt, her father is too weak and unreliable. She wishes to be back at her home with her father.

    Director:Vincent J. Donehue
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 27 - The House in Athens
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    S5:E27

    Three people are thrown together by the death of a man.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 24 - The Way of an Eagle
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    S5:E24

    The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 1 - The Thin Air
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E1

    A young girl's disappearance on the night of her engagement party leads investigators and her fiancee on a long perplexing case that ends in a London pub 24 years later.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 2 - The Black Sheep
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E2

    A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 3 - Uncertain Heritage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E3

    The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 4 - The Winter of the Dog
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E4

    This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 5 - Parole Chief
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E5

    The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 6 - The Gift
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E6

    A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 7 - Tempest of Tick Creek
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E7

    The story of two brothers and a missing uncle who returns suddenly bringing with him a chest which the brothers assume contains gold. The brothers want their share but so does the uncle's jilted bride and son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 8 - Magic Morning
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E8

    A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 9 - Double Jeopardy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E9

    A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 10 - Pride's Way
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

    The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 11 - Two for One
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 12 - Elegy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E12

    A young writer hears that his friend has died so he writes an "Elegy - A Tribute to Larry" that brings him fame and fortune. A year later his friend turns up very much alive and with plans for blackmail.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Sumner Locke Elliott

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  17. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 13 - The Reluctant Citizen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E13

    A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Paddy Chayefsky

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  18. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 14 - Mr. Pettengill Here
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E14

    A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 15 - Wings on My Feet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E15

    DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 16 - The Trip to Bountiful
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E16

    Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. ...

    Director:Vincent J. Donehue
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 17 - The Gesture
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E17

    Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 18 - The Velvet Mitten
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E18

    A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 20 - The Recluse
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E20

    Classic definition of a recluse when an older man withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude. Withdrawn from the world; due to heavy trauma in his life.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 21 - Printer's Measure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E21

    An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5 Episode 22 - A Little Something in Reserve
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E22

    No description available

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Marty" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 387 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/24/1953. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Young Lady of Property".