The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 5 Episode 28: The Big Deal

8 SeasonsJul 19, 1953NR1h7.6

This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity Association, and featured adaptations of Broadway...

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Thin Air

1. The Thin Air

Aired: Sep 21, 1952

A young girl's disappearance on the night of her engagement party leads inves...

Episode 2 The Black Sheep

2. The Black Sheep

Aired: Oct 5, 1952

A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of...

Episode 3 Uncertain Heritage

3. Uncertain Heritage

Aired: Oct 19, 1952

The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his...

Episode 5 Parole Chief

5. Parole Chief

Aired: Nov 16, 1952

The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of t...

Episode 6 The Gift

6. The Gift

Aired: Nov 30, 1952

A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift o...

Episode 7 Tempest of Tick Creek

7. Tempest of Tick Creek

Aired: Dec 14, 1952

The story of two brothers and a missing uncle who returns suddenly bringing w...

Episode 8 Magic Morning

8. Magic Morning

Aired: Dec 28, 1952

A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.

Episode 9 Double Jeopardy

9. Double Jeopardy

Aired: Jan 4, 1953

A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still ...

Episode 10 Pride's Way

10. Pride's Way

Aired: Jan 11, 1953

The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's fami...

Episode 12 Elegy

12. Elegy

Aired: Jan 25, 1953

A young writer hears that his friend has died so he writes an "Elegy - A Trib...

Episode 14 Mr. Pettengill Here

14. Mr. Pettengill Here

Aired: Feb 15, 1953

A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.

Episode 15 Wings on My Feet

15. Wings on My Feet

Aired: Feb 22, 1953

DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer

Episode 17 The Gesture

17. The Gesture

Aired: Mar 15, 1953

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

Episode 18 The Velvet Mitten

18. The Velvet Mitten

Aired: Mar 22, 1953

A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.

Episode 20 The Recluse

20. The Recluse

Aired: Apr 19, 1953

Classic definition of a recluse when an older man withdraws from the world to...

Episode 21 Printer's Measure

21. Printer's Measure

Aired: Apr 26, 1953

An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make...

Episode 23 Marty

23. Marty

Aired: May 24, 1953

Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothe...

Episode 25 Baby and Me

25. Baby and Me

Aired: Jun 14, 1953

In a family of eccentrics the five year old daughter stands out for her diva ...

Episode 26 Expectant Relations

26. Expectant Relations

Aired: Jun 21, 1953

The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a ri...

Episode 29 The Cipher

29. The Cipher

Aired: Aug 2, 1953

Newspaperman Edward Mowery works to free Louis Hoffner, a young man wrongfull...

Episode 30 Ernie Barger is 50

30. Ernie Barger is 50

Aired: Aug 9, 1953

Ernie Barger, has a startling revelation when he turns 50. The discovery that...

Episode 31 The Rainmaker

31. The Rainmaker

Aired: Aug 16, 1953

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and int...

Episode 32 Othello

32. Othello

Aired: Sep 6, 1953

Othello, the Moor of Venice, is manipulated into believing his loving wife an...

Info about The Philco Television Playhouse

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Drama