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The Philco Television Playhouse•Season 5•Episode 16

The Trip to Bountiful

Mar 1, 195360 min

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

Directed byVincent J. Donehue

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Seasons8

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Season 5 Episodes33

The Thin Air

The Black Sheep

Uncertain Heritage

The Winter of the Dog

Parole Chief

The Gift

Tempest of Tick Creek

Magic Morning

Double Jeopardy

Pride's Way

Two for One

Elegy

The Reluctant Citizen

Mr. Pettengill Here

Wings on My Feet

The Trip to Bountiful

The Gesture

The Velvet Mitten

A Young Lady of Property

The Recluse

Printer's Measure

A Little Something in Reserve

Marty

The Way of an Eagle

Baby and Me

Expectant Relations

The House in Athens still

The House in Athens

The Big Deal

The Cipher

Ernie Barger is 50

The Rainmaker

Othello

Holiday Song

Cast1

Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell

Self - Host

Crew1

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Vincent J. Donehue

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Trip to Bountiful" is episode 16 of The Philco Television Playhouse season 5. Directed by Vincent J. Donehue, it aired on March 1, 1953.

Next: E17 · The Gesture Best of Season 5