The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 7

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 respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

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25 Episodes

  • Middle of the Night
    E1
    Middle of the NightA widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
  • Time Bomb
    E2
    Time BombA couple deeply in love find things changing when a third woman enters the picture and then it becomes a case of attempted murder.
  • Man on the Mountaintop
    E3
    Man on the MountaintopHorace 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.
  • Time of Delivery
    E4
    Time of DeliveryA 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,
  • Crime Without Motive
    E5
    Crime Without MotiveThe story of teenage violence and vandalism and the family problems that lead the culprits into their vicious acts.
  • Beg, Borrow or Steal
    E6
    Beg, Borrow or StealThe 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.
  • Catch My Boy on Sunday
    E7
    Catch My Boy on SundayA frustrated mother is disappointed with her marriage and pushes her ten year old son into acting career.
  • Run, Girl, Run
    E8
    Run, Girl, RunAn 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.
  • Walk Into the Night
    E9
    Walk Into the NightA story of a bonded messenger and a briefcase containing $60,000.
  • Anatomy of Fear
    E10
    Anatomy of FearA 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,
  • A Sense of Justice
    E11
    A Sense of JusticeA young man is determined to rid a Western town of its domineering political boss.
  • The Assassin
    E12
    The AssassinThe story of Jacques Mornard, the Russian secret police agent who buried a pickaxe in the skull of the fiery anti-Stalinist Leon Trotsky.
  • Play Me Hearts and Flowers
    E13
    Play Me Hearts and FlowersA 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.
  • Shadow of the Champ
    E14
    Shadow of the ChampA lonely woman feels she has one last shot at romance with a man who's content with being a flunky to a boxing champion.
  • Watch Me Die
    E15
    Watch Me DieHe 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.
  • The Bold and the Brave
    E16
    The Bold and the BraveThe 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.
  • Letter of Recommendation
    E17
    Letter of RecommendationA governess's charm masks a disturbing and manipulative personality.
  • The Pardon-Me Boy
    E18
    The Pardon-Me BoyA 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.
  • The Ghost Writer
    E19
    The Ghost WriterThe 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.
  • Total Recall
    E20
    Total RecallA man who's stopped before committing suicide says he can remember nothing of his past. A police check reveals that he has a wife.
  • Black Frost
    E21
    Black FrostA greedy skipper wants to make a big catch despite ice freezing on the ship threatening to capsize it.
  • Incident in July
    E22
    Incident in JulyDaddy 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 the money until the last day of camp. She does wait, but Andy wants to work his way through college. She is reconciled with Mr. Johnson, and they decide to adopt a child.
  • The Death of Billy the Kid
    E23
    The Death of Billy the KidHow Pat Garrett hunted down and killed the legendary outlaw Billy The Kid.
  • A Room in Paris
    E24
    A Room in ParisAn American ventures to Paris for artistic inspiration and gets caught up with a deceitful woman bent on destruction.
  • Gretel
    E25
    GretelTwo men fight for the affections of the fickle Gretel, who pits friend against friend.

Cast of Season 7

  • Bert LytellSelf - Host

 

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