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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of...
Genre:Drama
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Season 1

  • Lucy Goes to Mexico
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    Lucy Goes to Mexico

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1958

    Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel are visiting San Diego. While Ricky rehearses a show with Maurice Chevalier, Lucy and Ethel cross the Mexican border to do a little shopping. Returning to the US, a stowaway boy is found in the Ricardo's car trunk by US Customes. With Lucy and Ethel in jail, Ricky, Fred, and Maurice come to the rescue. Unfortunately, now Chevalier is being held because he is not authorized to leave the US into Mexico. This sends Lucy off to a bullfight to find the American consul, only Lucy disguises herself as a matador, and ends up facing a raging bull.

    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

  • Song of Bernadette
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    Song of Bernadette

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1958

    Based on Mary Gray Blanton's biography The Miracle of Bernadette, this is the story of Bernadette Soubirous, a french peasant girl who discovered healing waters after seeing a vision of Mary, Mother of Jesus. The experience changed her life, and she eventually became a nun, and later named a Saint by the Catholic church.

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  • The Case For Dr. Mudd
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    The Case For Dr. Mudd

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1958

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  • My Father The Fool
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    My Father The Fool

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1958

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    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: Adrian Spies

  • Debut
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    Debut

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1958

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    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Paul Monash

  • The Time Element
    8.1/10453 votes
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    The Time Element

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1958

    A patient visiting a psychiatrist complains of recurrent dreams in which he imagines he is living in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. A series of flashbacks shows him living with his knowledge of what has happened in the seventeen years since, betting on sure winners in sports events, but also seeking to warn a newly-married couple, newspaper editors, and anyone else who will listen that they will be attacked by the Japanese. Everyone is either too interested in a good time or too determinedly patriotic to give heed; the man only gets punched on the jaw. In the end the psychiatrist is left looking at a blank couch, and to steady his own nerves he goes to a bar to get a drink. There he learns his patient was killed at Pearl Harbor.

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Night The Phone Rang
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    The Night The Phone Rang

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1958

    What more terrifying predicament could an innocent man be faced with than to become involved with a gang of highly organized criminals—a murder syndicate which selects not only its victim but his executioner?

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • Silent Thunder
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    Silent Thunder

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1958

    An American Indian seeks dignity in a white community.

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Lucy Makes Room for Danny
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    Lucy Makes Room for Danny

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1958

    Lucy & Ricky are off to sunny California for his latest motion picture, and rent their home to Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) and family. When Ricky's picture deal falls through, suddenly the Ricardo's are without a place to live. The Mertz' offer their home, and the two couples are now housemates. Unfortunately, Lucy becomes up in arms regarding the way the Williams are using their home, and soon makes a pest of herself. Culminating in a snow fight, the matter is finally settled in court.

    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

  • K. O. Kitty
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    K. O. Kitty

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1958

    Dance teacher Kitty Williams, who loves dogs, is delighted when she learns that she has inherited a boxer from her late Uncle Charlie. But the ""boxer"" turns out to be Harold Tibbetts, a muscle-bound country boy.

    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: N/A

  • The Crazy Hunter
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    The Crazy Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1958

    A girl trains a blind horse.

    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: Walter Newman

  • Ballad For A Bad Man
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    Ballad For A Bad Man

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1958

    Chris Hody, a professional bounty hunter, goes after young Danny Cash, who is wanted for robbery and murder. The girl Cash loves is a member of a troupe of entertainers. Hody joins the troupe as a guide, hoping that Cash will turn up with the stolen money.

    Director: Jerry Hopper

    Writer: N/A

  • Chez Rouge
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    Chez Rouge

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1958

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    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: Adrian Spies

  • The Comeback
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    The Comeback

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1959

    A has-been ballplayer revives a Little League team.

    Director: Arthur Lubin

    Writer: N/A

  • Happy Hill
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    Happy Hill

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/18/1958

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    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

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  • Trial At Devil's Canyon
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    Trial At Devil's Canyon

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/9/1958

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    Director: Claudio Guzmán

    Writer: N/A

  • Symbol of Authority
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    Symbol of Authority

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/23/1958

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    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • Martin's Folly
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    Martin's Folly

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1959

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    Director: Robert Ellis Miller

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  • Perilous
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    Perilous

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/1959

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  • Chain of Command
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    Chain of Command

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1959

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    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: N/A

  • A Diamond For Carla
    7.6/1032 votes
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    A Diamond For Carla

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1959

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  • Lucy Goes to Alaska
    6.6/1011 votes
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    Lucy Goes to Alaska

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1959

    Alaska is celebrating statehood! Red Skelton invites Ricky Ricardo to appear on his television show that is being filmed in the new state. The entire gang comes along and take a look at a recent Alaskan land investment by Ricky & Fred. Unfortunately, accomadations are scarce and the foursome must share a room, with Lucy spending the night on a troublesome hammock. The following morning, Lucy lucks out and lands an appearance on the TV show with Red in a Freddy the Freeloader sketch. Clever Lucy begins to believe she can pawn off the bad land investment on Red, and the two head out to take a look. Ultimately stranded, the two redheads trade land for airfare, but on the way back, Lucy and Red end up having to pilot the plane to safety.

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  • The Innocent Assassin
    8.9/1022 votes
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    The Innocent Assassin

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/1959

    Eileen Gorman and Jamsie Corcoran are in love, but they live in 1921 Dublin, Ireland, and their romance is blighted by civil strife. Their fathers are partisans of the Irish Republican Army, fighting the British. Their IRA group decides that a traitor must be killed, and Jamsie is assigned to assassinate him.

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hard Road
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    The Hard Road

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1959

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    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Douglas Heyes

  • The Untouchables [1]
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    The Untouchables [1]

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/20/1959

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    Director: Phil Karlson

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  • The Untouchables [2]
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    The Untouchables [2]

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/27/1959

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    Director: Phil Karlson

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  • Lucy's Summer Vacation
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    Lucy's Summer Vacation

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 6/8/1959

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    Director: Claudio Guzmán

    Writer: N/A

  • Lucy Wants A Career
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    Lucy Wants A Career

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/13/1959

    Lucy is exasperated. Once again tired of her daily routine, she wants to give show business another try. Ricky agrees, and Lucy auditions as a ""Girl Friday"" for a morning news show anchored by Paul Davis. At the audition, Lucy suddenly realizes her age, and does a little fancy maneuvering for notice. All but giving up hope, she is startled to get the job. Her first appearance is a disaster, but the viewers find it very humorous, and Lucy ends up with a long-term contract. Ultimately, Lucy misses Little Ricky and being a homemaker, and decides, after all these years, that show business really isn't for her after all. Lucy decides to quit, and goes home for some rest. With her sleeping schedule off kilter, Lucy downs a couple of sleeping tablets. A groggy Lucy is awoken by Ricky. They'll be sued if she doesn't honor her contract, and a heavily medicated Lucy is rushed to the studio.

    Director: Jerry Thorpe

    Writer: Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

  • Two Counts of Murder
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    Two Counts of Murder

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/6/1959

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    Director: Robert Ellis Miller

    Writer: Henry Denker

  • The Killer Instinct
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    The Killer Instinct

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 6/4/1959

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  • Murder in Gratitude
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    Murder in Gratitude

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/20/1959

    After the reception for Gerald Lester's wedding, his brother Derek and a few close associates board a train with the newlyweds. During the trip Gerald suddenly becomes ill and dies - and Derek is convinced his brother was poisoned.

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