NaN/100 votes#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
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- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Two for One
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1953
No description available
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- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Wings on My Feet
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1953
DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.
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- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - The Gesture
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1953
Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#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
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - A Little Something in Reserve
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1953
No description available
Director: Delbert Mann
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10363 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
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
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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".