The Philco Television Playhouse: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Sep 27, 1953 · 60 min
A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family after a shaky start in professional baseball.
The Bachelor Party
Oct 11, 1953 · 60 min
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confi
The Girl With the Stopwatch
Oct 25, 1953 · 60 min
A woman of 30 is preoccupied with her work as a television script writer.
The Train to Trouble
Nov 8, 1953 · 60 min
A man must decide whether or not to expose the past of a candidate for the sheriff's office.
Up Above the World So High
Nov 22, 1953 · 60 min
A middle-aged woman seemingly has the gift of second sight.
The Sixth Year
Nov 29, 1953 · 60 min
A wife becomes exasperated with her husband who seems to have lost the will to work. She takes their child and leaves. He finds a menial job and asks her to come home. She seeks ad
The Midnight Caller
Dec 13, 1953 · 60 min
Three unmarried women residing in a boarding house in a small town have watched life pass them by waiting for the right man to come into their lives. When a new stranger shows up a
The Hangman in the Fog
Jan 10, 1954 · 60 min
An American newspaperman in London believes that he is being pursued by agents from across the Iron Curtain.
Smoke Screen
Jan 24, 1954 · 60 min
A country boy gets a job in the city as a bookkeeper. He meets a beautiful model and gets mixed up in a murder.
Statute of Limitations
Feb 21, 1954 · 60 min
The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours to go before the statute of limitations takes effect.
The Dancers
Mar 7, 1954 · 60 min
A meek young boy, still shy and unsure of himself, visits his sister in a small town and is persuaded by her to ask the most popular girl in town for a date. He asks her to a schoo
The Broken Fist
Mar 21, 1954 · 60 min
The story of a middle-aged Frenchman in Algiers who decides to do something for his homeland during the Nazi occupation. He joins the underground and goes to the port of Marseilles
The King and Mrs. Candle
Apr 18, 1954 · 60 min
The deposed King of Brandovia, whose inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earn
The Joker
May 2, 1954 · 60 min
Mike Galloway, a "nice guy", was an incurable practical joker--always passing out exploding cigars and perpetrating other silliness. His pranks made for a bad first impression on D
And Crown Thy Good
May 16, 1954 · 60 min
In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his
The Shadow of Willie Greer
May 30, 1954 · 60 min
In this stirring "drama of an old lady's love for her grandson, Miss Gish plays the role of the wife of a poor Texas farmer who has raised her grandson, following the death of his
Adapt or Die
Jun 13, 1954 · 60 min
An editor of the major magazine "Throb" finds that he must either adapt to the high pressure life of a New York magazine or be without a job.
Friday the Thirteenth
Jun 27, 1954 · 60 min
3 women have just attended their college reunion, and are returning together when their vehicle crashes through a fence and over a cliff. As their husbands wait anxiously above the
Man Drowning
Jul 11, 1954 · 60 min
A big man on the campus turns out to be somewhat of a dud.
The Catamaran
Jul 25, 1954 · 60 min
A husband's hobby threatens his marriage until he finds a suitable replacement, the wife that is.
The Man in the Middle of the Ocean
Aug 8, 1954 · 60 min
A member of an architect's firm is torn by internal conflict. His partners need his compliance if they are to cash in on a deal they have made with a building contractor.
Run Like a Thief
Sep 5, 1954 · 60 min
Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expens