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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8

Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8!

The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8

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...

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  1. Background image for A Man is Ten Feet Tall
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #1 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall

    S8:E3

    Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

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  2. Background image for The Miss America Story
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    #2 - The Miss America Story

    S8:E1

    The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

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  3. Background image for The Outsiders
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    #3 - The Outsiders

    S8:E2

    The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

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    #4 - A Business Proposition

    S8:E4

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  5. Background image for The Mechanical Heart
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    #5 - The Mechanical Heart

    S8:E5

    A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

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    #6 - One Mummy Too Many

    S8:E6

    Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

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  8. Background image for The Trees
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    #7 - The Trees

    S8:E7

    A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

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  9. Background image for Christmas 'Til Closing
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    #8 - Christmas 'Til Closing

    S8:E8

    A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

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    #9 - Rise Up and Walk

    S8:E9

    A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

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    #10 - This Land is Mine

    S8:E10

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    #11 - The Starlet

    S8:E11

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    #12 - Kyria Katina

    S8:E12

    The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"A Man is Ten Feet Tall" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 8. It scored 7.6/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Robert Mulligan and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/1955. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Miss America Story".