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Season
6 (NBC) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
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Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
######### Philco Television Playhouse ########
############## season 6 1953-54 ##############
##############################################
NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern -
Alternating with "Goodyear TV Playhouse"
6.01 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: 0 FOR 37
27Sep53
written by David Shaw
directed by William Corrigan
starring
Eva Marie Saint
James Broderick
Arthur O'Connell
Billy M. Green
Moultrie Patton
Bobby Vail
Brian Walsh
Dan Frazer
Synopsis:
A young ballplayer appreciates the value of home and family
after a shaky start in professional baseball. [RF]
6.02 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE BACHELOR PARTY
11Oct53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Eddie Albert
Kathleen Maguire
Joe Mantell
Robert Emmett
Douglas Gordon
Anna Minot
6.03 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE GIRL WITH THE STOP WATCH
25Oct53
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
starring
Philip Abbott
Betty Miller
Lois Wilson
6.04 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE TRAIN TO TROUBLE
08Nov53
written by Harry M. Nuheim
starring
Hugh Marlowe
Maria Riva
6.05 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH
22Nov53
written by Greer Johnson
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Enid Markey
Edgar Stehli
Deirdre Owens
Betty Sinclair
Murray Hamilton
Ruth McDevitt
6.06 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE SIXTH YEAR
29Nov53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
starring
Kathleen Comegys
Kim Stanley
Warren Stevens
6.07 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE MDINIGHT CALLER
13Dec53
written by Horton Foote
starring
Catherine Doucet
Betty Miller
6.08 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE GLORIFICATION OF AL TOOLUM
27Dec53
written by David Shaw
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Murray Hamilton
Walter Matthau
Betsy Palmer
Maxine Stuart
6.09 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: HANGMAN IN THE FOG
10Jan54
written by Lionel Shapiro
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Dane Clark
Maureen Hurley
Werner Klemperer
Michael Gorrin
Neil Fitzgerald
Francis Compton
Synopsis:
An American newspaperman in London believes he is being pursued
by agents from across the Iron Curtain. [RF]
6.10 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: SMOKE SCREEN
24Jan54
written by Mann Rubin
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Rod Steiger
Ed Prentiss
Anne Hegira
William Hanson
Freida Altman
Jay Jostyn
6.11 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
07Feb54
written by J.P. Miller
starring
Mildred Dunnock
Betty Field
6.12 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
21Feb54
written by A.J. Russell
starring
Martin Balsam
Barbara Baxley
Larry Gates
Anne Jackson
Synopsis:
The perpetrators of a million dollar robbery find themselves with five hours
to go before the statute of limitations takes effect. [RF]
6.13 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE DANCERS
07Mar54
written by Horton Foote
directed by Vincent J. Donehue
producer Fred Coe
starring
Joanne Woodward ....... Emily
James Broderick ........ Horace
Janet De Gore ......... Mary Catherine
Helen Wagner ......... Inez
Frank Overton ......... Mr. Davis
Mary Lou Taylor ......... Waitress
William Erwin ......... Herman
Glorie Jones ......... Vivenne
Mary Haynsworth ......... Mrs. Davis
Synopsis:
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 school dance, but, as she is going steady, she refuses
his invitation. Believing himself to be the butt of ridicule by the young population
of the town because of his awkwardness, he withdraws into himself. He later meets
a young girl who is as shy and unconfident as he, and, because of the mutual
understanding between them, they give each other the confidence each lacks. [RF]
6.14 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE BROKEN FIST
21Mar54
starring
Claude Dauphin
6.15 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE MOTHER
04Apr54
written by Paddy Chayefsky
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Fred Coe
starring
Maureen Stapleton ........ Daughter
George L. Smith ........ Son-in-Law
Cathleen Nesbitt ........ Mother
David Opatoshu ........ Boss
Anna Berger
Estelle Hemsley
Dora Weissman
Perry Wilson
Katherine Hynes
Violet Diaz
Synopsis:
A widow tries not to be dependent on her children. [RF]
6.16 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE KING AND MRS. CANDLE
18Apr54
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
starring
Joan Greenwood
Cyril Ritchard
6.17 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE JOKER
02May54
starring
Martin Balsam
Eva Marie Saint
6.18 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: AND CROWN THY GOOD
16May54
written by Stewart Stern
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Anna Berger
Voytek Dolinski
Alice Mann
Nehemiah Persoff
Dina Peskin
Don Dubbins
Peg Hillias
6.19 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE SHADOW OF WILLIE GREER
30May54
starring
Dorothy Gish
William Hansen
Wright King
6.20 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: ADAPT OR DIE
13Jun54
written by Harry Nuheim
directed by Arthur Penn
producer Fred Coe
starring
Walter Matthau ......... Stuart Benson
John Qualen ......... Gus Gruntle
Hildy Parks ......... Penny Benson
Geoffrey Lumb ......... B.S.
Rita Vale ......... K.D.
Guy Raymond ......... Mr. Burnside
Marcel Hillaire ......... Dr. Gustave Riker
Stefan Gierasch
Will West
William Hawley
Claude Traverse
Synopsis:
An editor of that smart magazine Throb and tense finds that he must either become
adapt to the high-tension life of a New York magazine or be without a job. [RF]
6.21 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
27Jun54
starring
Philip Abbott
Mark Roberts
Bartlett Robinson
6.22 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: MAN DROWNING
11Jul54
written by F.W. Durkee
starring
Barbara Joyce
William Smithers
6.23 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE CATAMARAN
25Jul54
written by J.P. Miller
starring
Cloris Leachman
Patrick O'Neal
Barbara O'Neil
6.24 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN
08Aug54
written by Tad Mosel
based on a New Yorker story by Daniel Fuchs
directed by Delbert Mann
producer David Susskind
starring
Larry Gates ......... Darcy
Perry Wilson ......... Natalie
James Gregory ......... Angus
David Opatoshu ......... Colie
Kevin Coughlin ......... Gary
Barbara Nichols
Synopsis:
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. [RF]
6.25 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: STAR IN THE SUMMER NIGHT
22Aug54
starring
Lili Darvas
Peter Mark Richman
6.26 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: RUN LIKE A THIEF
05Sep54
written by Sam Hall
directed by Jeffrey Hayden
starring
James Dean ......... Rob
Kurt Kasznar ....... Ingles
Barbara O'Neil ..... Mme. Pollard
Gusti Huber ........ Dell
Ward Costello ...... the Investigator
Arny Walton ........ the Busboy
Eugene Wood ........ Mr. Howard
Synopsis 1:
A bracelet found by a waiter is given to the waiter's wife. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When a valuable bracelet is lost at a resort hotel, suspicion points
to a young waiter. The boy is the protege of a man to whom
the waiting profession is a "sacred trust". [RF]
######### Philco Television
Playhouse ########
############### end of season 6 ##############
##############################################
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