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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!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Thin Air" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1952. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Black Sheep".

  • The Thin Air
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    #1 - The Thin Air

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1952

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Black Sheep
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    #2 - The Black Sheep

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1952

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Uncertain Heritage
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    #3 - Uncertain Heritage

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1952

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Winter of the Dog
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    #4 - The Winter of the Dog

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1952

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Parole Chief
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    #5 - Parole Chief

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/1952

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

    Director: Delbert Mann

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gift
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    #6 - The Gift

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/1952

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tempest of Tick Creek
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    #7 - Tempest of Tick Creek

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1952

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Magic Morning
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    #8 - Magic Morning

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/28/1952

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Jeopardy
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    #9 - Double Jeopardy

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1953

    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: N/A

  • Pride's Way
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    #10 - Pride's Way

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two for One
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    #11 - Two for One

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1953

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Elegy
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    #12 - Elegy

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1953

    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

  • The Reluctant Citizen
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    #13 - The Reluctant Citizen

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/1953

    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

  • Mr. Pettengill Here
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    #14 - Mr. Pettengill Here

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wings on My Feet
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    #15 - Wings on My Feet

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Trip to Bountiful
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    #16 - The Trip to Bountiful

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1953

    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: N/A

  • The Gesture
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    #17 - The Gesture

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1953

    Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Velvet Mitten
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    #18 - The Velvet Mitten

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Young Lady of Property
    8.0/1011 votes

    #19 - A Young Lady of Property

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1953

    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: N/A

  • The Recluse
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    #20 - The Recluse

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/1953

    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: N/A

  • Printer's Measure
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    #21 - Printer's Measure

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/26/1953

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Little Something in Reserve
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    #22 - A Little Something in Reserve

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1953

    No description available

    Director: Delbert Mann

    Writer: N/A

  • Marty
    7.9/10362 votes

    #23 - Marty

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/1953

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Way of an Eagle
    6.3/1015 votes

    #24 - The Way of an Eagle

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 6/7/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby and Me
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    #25 - Baby and Me

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/1953

    In a family of eccentrics the five year old daughter stands out for her diva like behavior. Her mother, a retired actress, and her happy go lucky father accept her behavior while her older brother cares only about scouting.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A