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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1958 - 1959
Episode 1
Song of Bernadette
Mon, Oct 13, 195860 mins
A young peasant girl living in an impoverished French village claims to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Episode 2
The Case for Dr. Mudd
Mon, Oct 20, 195860 mins
The true story of Dr. Mudd, who treated John Wilkes Booth's injury and was later arrested as a conspirator in the murder of Lincoln.
Episode 3
Debut
Mon, Oct 27, 195860 mins
A young Russian dancer, living in Paris with her crippled mother, is attracted to a young American.
Episode 4
My Father, the Fool
Mon, Nov 3, 195860 mins
A New York lawyer, ashamed of his Puerto Rican heritage, cuts himself off from his alcoholic father, until near-tragedy changes his outlook.
Episode 5
K.O. Kitty
Mon, Nov 17, 195860 mins
Dance teacher Kitty Williams is delighted when she learns that she has inherited a boxer from her late Uncle Charlie. But the boxer turns out not to be a canine, but a prize fighter named Harold Tibbetts, a muscle-bound country boy.
Episode 6
The Time Element
Mon, Nov 24, 195860 mins
A man is sent back in time to December 6, 1941 and tries to warn people about the upcoming Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Episode 7
Silent Thunder
Mon, Dec 8, 195860 mins
A very capable and "horse smart" Apache Indian is hired by a rancher, but the ranchers' hateful son treats the new-hire with contempt.
Episode 8
The Night the Phone Rang
Mon, Dec 15, 195860 mins
A Sicilian immigrant couple travel to Los Angeles so the husband can bid for a plumbing contract. Instead, he finds himself involved with the Mafia.
Episode 9
The Crazy Hunter
Mon, Dec 29, 195860 mins
A young girl sets out to prove that a blind horse can be trained.
Episode 10
Trial at Devil's Canyon
Mon, Jan 5, 195960 mins
Arizona territory,unorthodox actions of a sheriff known as El Jefe (Cobb), who arouses the hostility of a young army officer and the anger of the. townspeople when he tries to shield a young Apache Indian accused of participating in a stagecoach robbery and massacre.
Episode 11
Happy Hill
Mon, Jan 12, 195960 mins
A woman living in swamp country is torn between love for her fugitive husband and concern for the safety of her son.
Episode 12
Ballad for a Bad Man
Mon, Jan 26, 195960 mins
A bounty hunter on the trail of an outlaw befriends a traveling entertainer, hoping that she will lead him to his quarry.
Episode 13
Symbol of Authority
Mon, Feb 2, 195960 mins
A shy, inarticulate proofreader finds illusory escape from his humdrum world by masquerading as a doctor in a big-city hospital.
Episode 14
Chez Rouge
Mon, Feb 16, 195960 mins
The cynical proprietress of a Panama nightclub is torn between a canal pilot and her ex-husband.
Episode 15
Martin's Folly
Mon, Feb 23, 195960 mins
Martin is a middle class husband living with his wife and son in suburbia. The family is forced to live austerely while Martin spends every extra dollar building a boat in his garage. Martin's dream is that when he has completed the boat his family will be happy at last. Unfortunately a fire destroys the boat shortly before it is finished.
Episode 16
The Comeback
Mon, Mar 9, 195960 mins
A down-and-out ex-baseball star regains his self-respect by coaching a children's team in a small Midwestern town.
Episode 17
The Innocent Assassin
Mon, Mar 16, 195960 mins
Eileen Gorman and Jamsie Corcoran are in love, but they live in 1921 Dublin, Ireland, and their romance is blighted by civil strife. Their fathers are partisans of the Irish Republican Army, fighting the British. Their IRA group decides that a traitor must be killed, and Jamsie is assigned to assassinate him.
Episode 18
Chain of Command
Mon, Mar 23, 195960 mins
An Army lieutenant commanding a basic-training unit clashes with an arrogant Private.
Episode 19
The Hard Road
Mon, Mar 30, 195960 mins
A bounty hunter finds himself on the run.
Episode 20
The Untouchables: Part 1
Mon, Apr 20, 195960 mins
Two part telling of how Treasury Department agent in Chicago, Eliot Ness, set up a special squad of prohibition agents to root out the Al Capone gang.
Episode 21
The Untouchables: Part 2
Mon, Apr 27, 195960 mins
Part two of the telling of how Elliot Ness, Treasury Department agent in Chicago, set up a special squad of prohibition agents to root out the Al Capone gang.
Episode 22
Man in Orbit
Mon, May 11, 195960 mins
All the drama and preparation involving the first men in space with Captain Drake along with Professor Ericson at the forefront.
Episode 23
Perilous
Mon, Jun 22, 195960 mins
In prewar Berlin, a British spy posing as a librarian and her fellow agent are threatened with exposure when her German sweetheart discovers that they are engaged in espionage activities.
Episode 24
The Killer Instinct
Mon, Jul 13, 195960 mins
A prizefighter's protege becomes his enemy.
Episode 25
Two Counts of Murder
Mon, Jul 6, 195960 mins
When his grandson is arrested for murder, a ruthless political boss tries to pressure the district attorney into dropping the case.