All Episodes of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Browse all episodes of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
All Episodes of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Browse all episodes of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Season 1
7.2/109 votesLucy 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 Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
- N/A/100 votes
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
My Father The Fool
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1958
No description available
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Writer: Adrian Spies
- N/A/100 votes
Debut
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1958
No description available
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Paul Monash
8.1/10472 votesThe 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
- N/A/100 votes
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: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
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
- N/A/100 votes
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 Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
- N/A/100 votes
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: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
The Crazy Hunter
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1958
A girl trains a blind horse.
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Writer: Walter Newman
- N/A/100 votes
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: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Chez Rouge
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1958
No description available
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Adrian Spies
- N/A/100 votes
The Comeback
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1959
A has-been ballplayer revives a Little League team.
Director: Arthur Lubin
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Happy Hill
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/18/1958
No description available
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Trial At Devil's Canyon
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/9/1958
No description available
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Symbol of Authority
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/23/1958
No description available
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
- N/A/100 votes
Martin's Folly
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1959
No description available
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1038 votes
Chain of Command
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1959
No description available
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Writer: Unknown
- 6.6/1011 votes
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.9/1022 votes
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: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
The Hard Road
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1959
No description available
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes
- N/A/100 votes
The Untouchables [1]
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/20/1959
No description available
Director: Phil Karlson
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
The Untouchables [2]
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/27/1959
No description available
Director: Phil Karlson
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Lucy's Summer Vacation
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 6/8/1959
No description available
Director: Claudio Guzmán
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
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 Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
- N/A/100 votes
Two Counts of Murder
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/6/1959
No description available
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Writer: Henry Denker
- N/A/100 votes
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown