Campbell Playhouse

Episode 1

Innocent Till Proven Guilty

Fri, Jul 10, 1953

A wife jumps to unfair conclusions despite the philosophy of reasonable doubt expounded by her lawyer husband.

Episode 2

Something for an Empty Briefcase

Fri, Jul 17, 1953

Joe wants a different future than one as a petty hoodlum and when he attempts to rob an aspiring dancer Noli, he glimpses the possibilities. He imagines purchasing a briefcase as a start but his crime partner is reluctant to let him go.

Episode 3

No Scar

Fri, Jul 24, 1953

Episode 4

One Swell Guy

Fri, Jul 31, 1953

Episode 5

Run Away

Fri, Aug 7, 1953

A bus driver drives off to Miami in a city bus and is apprehended by the police.

Episode 6

Deception

Fri, Aug 14, 1953

Episode 7

The Dark Room

Fri, Aug 21, 1953

Episode 8

Wonder in Your Eyes

Fri, Aug 28, 1953

Episode 9

The Square Hole

Fri, Sep 4, 1953

A family man thinks his wife and child have hand-cuffed him to a job he hates.

Episode 10

The Promise

Fri, Sep 11, 1953

When Brick Doyle's young son becomes ill, he promises the boy not to let him die and keeps his word for the first time in his careless life.

Episode 11

Exit Laughing

Fri, Sep 18, 1953

A man disappears on his wife.

Episode 12

Believe

Fri, Sep 25, 1953

Episode 13

Last Spring

Fri, Oct 2, 1953

Episode 14

Darling Come Home

Fri, Oct 9, 1953

Episode 15

Life Sentence

Fri, Oct 16, 1953

A prisoner tending the grounds around the warden's house notices the next door neighbor, the wife of a prison guard, often watches him. He sneaks over to visit and tells her he will be released in two weeks. He says he plans on coming for her to take her away. While she has pleaded with her husband to move away from the prison, he has his reasons for wanting to stay. The prisoner could be the answer to her problem.

Episode 16

Johnny No-Name

Fri, Oct 23, 1953

A man's struggle to prove himself a real "somebody" to his father-in-law provides a conflict between his wife and her father.

Episode 17

Nemesis

Fri, Oct 30, 1953

A man just out of prison works out a strange form of revenge on his former business partner, whom he holds responsible for his imprisonment.

Episode 18

The Meaning of Truth

Fri, Nov 6, 1953 30 mins

Episode 19

Ten Little Words

Fri, Nov 13, 1953

Episode 20

Solitaire

Fri, Nov 20, 1953

A young actress finds a strange woman playing solitaire in her apartment.

Episode 21

Home Is Where Love Is

Fri, Nov 27, 1953

Episode 22

We Wanna Get Married

Fri, Dec 4, 1953

A bridegroom is unjustly suspected of theft.

Episode 23

Too Little a Kiss

Fri, Dec 11, 1953

Episode 24

The Man Who Knew O. Henry

Fri, Dec 18, 1953

Bank clerk Sam Jennings has worked for years on a book based on his one meeting with writer O. Henry in New York.

Episode 25

The Happy Headline

Fri, Dec 25, 1953

Episode 26

Reville for Two Angels

Fri, Jan 1, 1954

Episode 27

Marked Money

Fri, Jan 8, 1954

A sanctimonious old man who's convinced that his late son was a thief learns some humility. The grandson sets out to clear his father's name.

Episode 28

I Remember, I Remember

Fri, Jan 15, 1954

A young, motherless girl learns that a new life is much better than trying to live on memories.

Episode 29

The Shy One

Fri, Jan 22, 1954

An elderly widow befriends a shy young man who faints from hunger on her doorstep.

Episode 30

A Time for Hope

Fri, Jan 29, 1954 30 mins

A doctor advises his hypochondriac patient to relax and enjoy his life. The patient doesn't realize that his time is much shorter than he thinks.

Episode 31

Lost: One Friday

Fri, Feb 5, 1954

Episode 32

The Golden Box

Fri, Feb 12, 1954 30 mins

A child, unhappy over her broken home, finds her own resources.

Episode 33

Journey to Java

Fri, Feb 19, 1954

An encounter in a restaurant brings a man adventure and a close brush with death.

Episode 34

Break the Mirror

Fri, Feb 26, 1954

Episode 35

An Eye for an Eye

Fri, Mar 5, 1954 30 mins

Episode 36

The Magnificent Lie

Fri, Mar 12, 1954

A young author seeks advice from his former English professor.

Episode 37

The Green Convertible

Fri, Mar 19, 1954

The unfaithful wife of an alcoholic is haunted by the belief that she is being followed.

Episode 38

The Test Case

Fri, Mar 26, 1954

Episode 39

God's Children

Fri, Apr 2, 1954

A small child decides to settle his parents' problems by a direct consultation with God.

Episode 40

XXXXX Isn't Everything

Fri, Apr 9, 1954

Episode 41

A Kiss to Conquer

Fri, Apr 16, 1954

Episode 42

The Almighty Dollar

Fri, Apr 23, 1954

Episode 43

Al Toolum and His Buddy Leo

Fri, Apr 30, 1954

Episode 44

Emma's Antenna

Fri, May 7, 1954

Episode 45

The Man of the House

Fri, May 14, 1954

Episode 46

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Fri, May 21, 1954 30 mins

The scene is Hannibal, Missouri. Time: 1860. Tom knows only one quote from the Bible. Yet, with a bit of his usual know-how, he tries to win the prize in the Bible-memorizing contest.

Episode 47

The Corner Druggist

Fri, May 28, 1954

In a small Pennsylvania town of the turn of the century, an independent and sympathetic druggist operates a haven for all the town characters. He comes to the aid of old Miss Harrington, who is trying to convince the community that she recently had a successful European concert career.