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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7

Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7!

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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 was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 23 - The Death of Billy the Kid
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S7:E23

    How Pat Garrett hunted down and killed the legendary outlaw Billy The Kid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 1 - Middle of the Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E1

    A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Paddy Chayefsky

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  3. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 2 - Time Bomb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E2

    A couple deeply in love find things changing when a third woman enters the picture and then it becomes a case of attempted murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 3 - Man on the Mountaintop
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E3

    Horace Mann Borden is an adult former child prodigy who has been exploited by his father to advance his own theories about education. Horace feels that people view him as a freak and expect things out of him. Horace shuts out the world. Greta Blake is the woman who has fallen in love with Horace and shows him that the world is not out to get him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 4 - Time of Delivery
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E4

    A 24-hour delay in mail delivery violently changes three lives. A postman collapses on his daily route and the delivery of his sack of mail is delayed for a day. In three dramatic situations which develop,

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 5 - Crime Without Motive
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E5

    The story of teenage violence and vandalism and the family problems that lead the culprits into their vicious acts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 6 - Beg, Borrow or Steal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E6

    The story of a man who embezzles $18,000 from an estate in order to live up to the standards he likes and of the trap he finds himself in when another lawyer takes over the estate.

    Director:Arthur Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 7 - Catch My Boy on Sunday
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E7

    A frustrated mother is disappointed with her marriage and pushes her ten year old son into acting career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 8 - Run, Girl, Run
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E8

    An aspiring young actress loses her big chance on Broadway and returns home. Her mother shows why she may have failed and inspires her to try again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 9 - Walk Into the Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E9

    A story of a bonded messenger and a briefcase containing $60,000.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 10 - Anatomy of Fear
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E10

    A man is implicated in a murder while vacationing with his wife at a summer resort. The man recognizes a murdered woman as the one in love with his business partner. He hides her purse in order to delay identification but his wife threatens to expose him,

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 11 - A Sense of Justice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E11

    A young man is determined to rid a Western town of its domineering political boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 12 - The Assassin
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E12

    The story of Jacques Mornard, the Russian secret police agent who buried a pickaxe in the skull of the fiery anti-Stalinist Leon Trotsky.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 13 - Play Me Hearts and Flowers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E13

    A singer who has teamed up with a comedian realizes that he has become the comic's ""straight man"" both on and off the stage, and that somehow he must reassert his individuality.

    Director:Delbert Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 14 - Shadow of the Champ
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E14

    A lonely woman feels she has one last shot at romance with a man who's content with being a flunky to a boxing champion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 15 - Watch Me Die
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E15

    He can't simply divorce his wife to marry a young starlet since he wants her money, too. So he begins his search for the ideal way to kill his unsuspecting spouse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 16 - The Bold and the Brave
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E16

    The commander of a military prep school brings near disaster to himself and his son, a pupil at the school. He pushes the boy beyond endurance in his effort to make him a better student than he was.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 17 - Letter of Recommendation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E17

    A governess's charm masks a disturbing and manipulative personality.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 18 - The Pardon-Me Boy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E18

    A young man, held a failure by his father, is a juror in the murder trial of a gangland boss. When the trial is over, the son reveals that he held out for the acquittal of the defendant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 19 - The Ghost Writer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E19

    The manager of a former actor now running for Congress wants to exploit the fact that the opposition candidate's daughter is working on their campaign. However, the actor and his ghost writer hesitate to use the girl's hatred of her father to their advantage.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 20 - Total Recall
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E20

    A man who's stopped before committing suicide says he can remember nothing of his past. A police check reveals that he has a wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 21 - Black Frost
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E21

    A greedy skipper wants to make a big catch despite ice freezing on the ship threatening to capsize it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 22 - Incident in July
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E22

    Daddy Tom, the camp director, is upset when he learns through the grapevine that one of his counselors, Mrs. Johnson, is infatuated with his 19-year-old office worker, Andy, and that she wants to give him $1,100 for his education. The first part of the rumour is not true but the second part is. She is unable to have children and thinks this is a constructive way to use the money they saved for a child. She and her husband squabble over this. Andy's parents are dead. Daddy Tom fires both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. He later re-hires them on the condition that she not mention...

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 24 - A Room in Paris
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E24

    An American ventures to Paris for artistic inspiration and gets caught up with a deceitful woman bent on destruction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Philco Television Playhouse Season 7 Episode 25 - Gretel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E25

    Two men fight for the affections of the fickle Gretel, who pits friend against friend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Death of Billy the Kid" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 7. It scored 7.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/24/1955. This episode is rated 7.6 points higher than the second-best, "Middle of the Night".