The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 7 Episode 19 The Ghost Writer

Name: The Philco Television Playhouse
Genre: Drama
Released: 12 Feb 1956
Rating: 6.30
Cast: Bert Lytell

1956-02-12 60 minutes.

6.30 7 votes

Drama anthology playhouse

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Season - Episode

8 Season 8 Sep 04, 1955

8 - 1

The Miss America Story Sep 04, 1955
8 - 2

The Outsiders Sep 18, 1955
8 - 3

A Man is Ten Feet Tall Oct 02, 1955
8 - 4

A Business Proposition Oct 23, 1955
8 - 5

The Mechanical Heart Nov 06, 1955
8 - 6

One Mummy Too Many Nov 20, 1955
8 - 7

The Trees Dec 04, 1955
8 - 8

Christmas 'Til Closing Dec 18, 1955
8 - 9

Rise Up and Walk Jan 01, 1956
8 - 10

This Land is Mine Jan 15, 1956
8 - 11

The Starlet Jan 29, 1956
8 - 12

Kyria Katina Feb 12, 1956

7 Season 7 Sep 19, 1954

7 - 1

Middle of the Night Sep 19, 1954
7 - 2

Time Bomb Oct 03, 1954
7 - 3

Man on the Mountaintop Oct 17, 1954
7 - 4

Time of Delivery Oct 31, 1954
7 - 5

Crime Without Motive Nov 14, 1954
7 - 6

Beg, Borrow or Steal Nov 28, 1954
7 - 7

Catch My Boy on Sunday Dec 12, 1954
7 - 8

Run, Girl, Run Dec 26, 1954
7 - 9

Walk Into the Night Jan 09, 1955
7 - 10

Anatomy of Fear Jan 23, 1955
7 - 11

A Sense of Justice Feb 06, 1955
7 - 12

The Assassin Feb 20, 1955
7 - 13

Play Me Hearts and Flowers Mar 06, 1955
7 - 14

Shadow of the Champ Mar 20, 1955
7 - 15

Watch Me Die Apr 03, 1955
7 - 16

The Bold and the Brave Apr 17, 1955
7 - 17

Letter of Recommendation May 01, 1955
7 - 18

The Pardon-Me Boy May 15, 1955
7 - 19

The Ghost Writer May 29, 1955
7 - 20

Total Recall Jun 12, 1955
7 - 21

Black Frost Jun 26, 1955
7 - 22

Incident in July Jul 10, 1955
7 - 23

The Death of Billy the Kid Jul 24, 1955
7 - 24

A Room in Paris Aug 07, 1955
7 - 25

Gretel Aug 21, 1955

6 Season 6 Sep 27, 1953

6 - 1

0 for 37 Sep 27, 1953
6 - 2

The Bachelor Party Oct 11, 1953
6 - 3

The Girl With the Stopwatch Oct 25, 1953
6 - 4

The Train to Trouble Nov 08, 1953
6 - 5

Up Above the World So High Nov 22, 1953
6 - 6

The Sixth Year Nov 29, 1953
6 - 7

The Midnight Caller Dec 13, 1953
6 - 8

The Glorification of Al Toolum Dec 27, 1953
6 - 9

The Hangman in the Fog Jan 10, 1954
6 - 10

Smoke Screen Jan 24, 1954
6 - 11

A Game of Hide and Seek Feb 07, 1954
6 - 12

Statute of Limitations Feb 21, 1954
6 - 13

The Dancers Mar 07, 1954
6 - 14

The Broken Fist Mar 21, 1954
6 - 15

The Mother Apr 04, 1954
6 - 16

The King and Mrs. Candle Apr 18, 1954
6 - 17

The Joker May 02, 1954
6 - 18

And Crown Thy Good May 16, 1954
6 - 19

The Shadow of Willie Greer May 30, 1954
6 - 20

Adapt or Die Jun 13, 1954
6 - 21

Friday the Thirteenth Jun 27, 1954
6 - 22

Man Drowning Jul 11, 1954
6 - 23

The Catamaran Jul 25, 1954
6 - 24

The Man in the Middle of the Ocean Aug 08, 1954
6 - 25

Star in the Summer Night Aug 22, 1954
6 - 26

Run Like a Thief Sep 05, 1954

5 Season 5 Sep 21, 1952

5 - 1

The Thin Air Sep 21, 1952
5 - 2

The Black Sheep Oct 05, 1952
5 - 3

Uncertain Heritage Oct 19, 1952
5 - 4

The Winter of the Dog Nov 02, 1952
5 - 5

Parole Chief Nov 16, 1952
5 - 6

The Gift Nov 30, 1952
5 - 7

Tempest of Tick Creek Dec 14, 1952
5 - 8

Magic Morning Dec 28, 1952
5 - 9

Double Jeopardy Jan 04, 1953
5 - 10

Pride's Way Jan 11, 1953
5 - 11

Two for One Jan 18, 1953
5 - 12

Elegy Jan 25, 1953
5 - 13

The Reluctant Citizen Feb 08, 1953
5 - 14

Mr. Pettengill Here Feb 15, 1953
5 - 15

Wings on My Feet Feb 22, 1953
5 - 16

The Trip to Bountiful Mar 01, 1953
5 - 17

The Gesture Mar 15, 1953
5 - 18

The Velvet Mitten Mar 22, 1953
5 - 19

A Young Lady of Property Apr 05, 1953
5 - 20

The Recluse Apr 19, 1953
5 - 21

Printer's Measure Apr 26, 1953
5 - 22

A Little Something in Reserve May 10, 1953
5 - 23

Marty May 24, 1953
5 - 24

The Way of an Eagle Jun 07, 1953
5 - 25

Baby and Me Jun 14, 1953
5 - 26

Expectant Relations Jun 21, 1953
5 - 27

The House in Athens Jul 05, 1953
5 - 28

The Big Deal Jul 19, 1953
5 - 29

The Cipher Aug 02, 1953
5 - 30

Ernie Barger is 50 Aug 09, 1953
5 - 31

The Rainmaker Aug 16, 1953
5 - 32

Othello Sep 06, 1953
5 - 33

Holiday Song Sep 20, 1953

4 Season 4 Oct 21, 1951

4 - 1

Marcia Akers Oct 21, 1951
4 - 2

The Education of a Fullback Nov 04, 1951
4 - 3

A Little Night Music Nov 18, 1951
4 - 4

Incident at Golden's Creek Dec 02, 1951
4 - 5

Perspective Dec 16, 1951
4 - 6

The Sisters Dec 30, 1951
4 - 7

Without Fear or Favor Jan 13, 1952
4 - 8

Segment Jan 27, 1952
4 - 9

Rich Boy Feb 10, 1952
4 - 10

Tender Age Feb 24, 1952
4 - 11

Dusty Portrait Mar 09, 1952
4 - 12

The Best Laid Schemes Mar 23, 1952
4 - 13

The Room Next Door Apr 05, 1952
4 - 14

The Basket Weaver Apr 19, 1952
4 - 15

We Were Children May 04, 1952
4 - 16

A Cowboy for Chris May 18, 1952
4 - 17

A Man's Game Jun 01, 1952
4 - 18

Flight into Darkness Jun 15, 1952
4 - 19

The Monument Jun 29, 1952
4 - 20

A Letter to Mr. Priest Jul 13, 1952
4 - 21

Bratt Farrar Jul 27, 1952
4 - 22

The Five Fathers of Pepi Aug 10, 1952
4 - 23

Three Sundays Aug 24, 1952
4 - 24

The Last Hour Sep 07, 1952
4 - 25

Holiday Song Sep 14, 1952

3 Season 3 Sep 10, 1950

3 - 1

High Tor Sep 10, 1950
3 - 2

The Long Run Sep 17, 1950
3 - 3

Dear Guest and Ghost Sep 24, 1950
3 - 4

The Touch of a Stranger Oct 01, 1950
3 - 5

The Vine That Grew on Fiftieth Street Oct 08, 1950
3 - 6

A Husband for Mama Oct 15, 1950
3 - 7

Portrait in Smoke Oct 22, 1950
3 - 8

The Gambler Oct 29, 1950
3 - 9

The Power Devil Nov 05, 1950
3 - 10

The Man Who Got Away With It Nov 12, 1950
3 - 11

I'm Still Alive Nov 19, 1950
3 - 12

Torch for a Dark Journey Nov 26, 1950
3 - 13

Wacky, the Small Boy Dec 03, 1950
3 - 14

Bonanza Dec 10, 1950
3 - 15

Decoy Dec 17, 1950
3 - 16

The Pupil Dec 24, 1950
3 - 17

Leaf out of a Book Dec 31, 1950
3 - 18

The Symbol: Jefferson Davis Jan 07, 1951
3 - 19

The Lost Diplomat Jan 14, 1951
3 - 20

Confession Jan 21, 1951
3 - 21

The Great Escape Jan 28, 1951
3 - 22

A Matter of Life and Death Feb 04, 1951
3 - 23

Kitty Doone Feb 11, 1951
3 - 24

Let Them Be Sea Captains Feb 18, 1951
3 - 25

The Man Who Bought a Town Feb 25, 1951
3 - 26

No Medals on Pop Mar 11, 1951
3 - 27

The Dark Corridor Mar 18, 1951
3 - 28

Bulletin 120 Mar 25, 1951
3 - 29

Parnassus on Wheels Apr 01, 1951
3 - 30

Routine Assignment Apr 08, 1951
3 - 31

Hour of Destiny Apr 15, 1951
3 - 32

The Birth of the Movies Apr 22, 1951
3 - 33

Mr. Arcularis Apr 29, 1951
3 - 34

A Secret Island May 06, 1951
3 - 35

The Visitors May 13, 1951
3 - 36

Justice and Mr. Pleznik May 20, 1951
3 - 37

Rescue May 27, 1951
3 - 38

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday Jun 03, 1951
3 - 39

The Fast Dollar Jun 10, 1951
3 - 40

Operation: Airlift Jun 17, 1951
3 - 41

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal Jun 24, 1951
3 - 42

The Plot Jul 01, 1951
3 - 43

Case History Jul 08, 1951
3 - 44

I Want to March Jul 15, 1951
3 - 45

Pretend I Am A Stranger Jul 22, 1951
3 - 46

Television Story Jul 29, 1951
3 - 47

The Return Aug 05, 1951
3 - 48

Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands Aug 12, 1951
3 - 49

Come Alive Aug 19, 1951
3 - 50

Night at the Vulcan Aug 26, 1951
3 - 51

This Time Next Year Sep 02, 1951
3 - 52

Women of Intrigue Sep 09, 1951
3 - 53

The Wayward Season Sep 16, 1951
3 - 54

The Spur Sep 23, 1951
3 - 55

By-Line for Murder Sep 30, 1951
3 - 56

Requiem for a Model A Oct 07, 1951

2 Season 2 Sep 04, 1949

2 - 1

What Every Woman Knows Sep 04, 1949
2 - 2

Pride's Castle Sep 11, 1949
2 - 3

The Little Sister Sep 18, 1949
2 - 4

The Lonely Sep 25, 1949
2 - 5

The Queen Bee Oct 02, 1949
2 - 6

Something's Got to Give Oct 09, 1949
2 - 7

The Last Tycoon Oct 16, 1949
2 - 8

Because of the Lockwoods Oct 23, 1949
2 - 9

Damion's Daughter Oct 30, 1949
2 - 10

The House of Seven Gables Nov 06, 1949
2 - 11

The Promise Nov 13, 1949
2 - 12

Medical Meeting Nov 20, 1949
2 - 13

The Wonderful Mrs. Ingram Nov 27, 1949
2 - 14

Mist on the Waters Dec 04, 1949
2 - 15

The Beautiful Bequest Dec 11, 1949
2 - 16

The Strange Christmas Dinner Dec 18, 1949
2 - 17

In Beauty Like the Night Dec 25, 1949
2 - 18

Little Boy Lost Jan 01, 1950
2 - 19

Bethel Merriday Jan 08, 1950
2 - 20

Murder at the Stork Club Jan 15, 1950
2 - 21

The Marriages Jan 22, 1950
2 - 22

Uncle Dynamite Jan 29, 1950
2 - 23

The Sudden Guest Feb 05, 1950
2 - 24

Ann Rutledge Feb 12, 1950
2 - 25

A Letter to Mr. Priest Feb 19, 1950
2 - 26

Hometown Feb 26, 1950
2 - 27

The Life of Vincent Van Gogh Mar 05, 1950
2 - 28

The Uncertain Molly Collicutt Mar 12, 1950
2 - 29

The Trial of Steven Kent Mar 19, 1950
2 - 30

The Second Oldest Profession Mar 26, 1950
2 - 31

Nocturne Apr 02, 1950
2 - 32

Dirty Eddie Apr 09, 1950
2 - 33

The End is Known Apr 16, 1950
2 - 34

The Man in the Black Hat Apr 23, 1950
2 - 35

The American Apr 30, 1950
2 - 36

The Feast May 07, 1950
2 - 37

Brat Farrar May 14, 1950
2 - 38

The Charmed Circle May 21, 1950
2 - 39

Semmelweis May 28, 1950
2 - 40

Sense and Sensibility Jun 04, 1950
2 - 41

The Bump on Brannigan's Head Jun 11, 1950
2 - 42

Anything Can Happen Jun 18, 1950
2 - 43

Hear My Heart Speak Jun 25, 1950
2 - 44

The Reluctant Landlord Jul 02, 1950
2 - 45

The Tentacles Jul 09, 1950

1 Season 1 Oct 03, 1948

1 - 1

Dinner at Eight Oct 03, 1948
1 - 2

Rebecca Oct 10, 1948
1 - 3

Counsellor-at-Law Oct 17, 1948
1 - 4

Angel in the Wings Oct 24, 1948
1 - 5

Street Scene Oct 31, 1948
1 - 6

This Thing Called Love Nov 07, 1948
1 - 7

Camille Nov 14, 1948
1 - 8

An Inspector Calls Nov 21, 1948
1 - 9

I Like It Here Nov 28, 1948
1 - 10

Suspect Dec 05, 1948
1 - 11

Parlor Story Dec 12, 1948
1 - 12

A Christmas Carol Dec 19, 1948
1 - 13

The Old Lady Shows Her Medals Dec 26, 1948
1 - 14

Ramshackle Inn Jan 02, 1949
1 - 15

Cyrano de Bergerac Jan 09, 1949
1 - 16

Papa Is All Jan 16, 1949
1 - 17

Pride and Prejudice Jan 23, 1949
1 - 18

Dark Hammock Jan 30, 1949
1 - 19

The Late Christopher Bean Feb 06, 1949
1 - 20

The Story of Mary Surratt Feb 13, 1949
1 - 21

Twelfth Night Feb 20, 1949
1 - 22

St. Helena Feb 27, 1949
1 - 23

The Druid Circle Mar 06, 1949
1 - 24

Quality Street Mar 13, 1949
1 - 25

Dinner at Antoine's Mar 20, 1949
1 - 26

Becky Sharp Mar 27, 1949
1 - 27

And Never Been Kissed Apr 03, 1949
1 - 28

What Makes Sammy Run? Apr 10, 1949
1 - 29

Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies Apr 17, 1949
1 - 30

Burlesque Apr 24, 1949
1 - 31

Macbeth May 01, 1949
1 - 32

Romeo and Juliet May 15, 1949
1 - 33

This Time, Next Year Jun 05, 1949
1 - 34

It Pays to Advertise Jun 12, 1949
1 - 35

Summer Formal Jun 19, 1949
1 - 36

Jenny Kissed Me Jun 26, 1949
1 - 37

Dark of the Moon Jul 03, 1949
1 - 38

For Love or Money Jul 10, 1949
1 - 39

The Five Lives of Richard Gordon Jul 17, 1949
1 - 40

You Touched Me! Jul 24, 1949
1 - 41

The Fourth Wall Jul 31, 1949
1 - 42

Enter Madame Aug 07, 1949
1 - 43

A Murder Has Been Arranged Aug 14, 1949
1 - 44

Pretty Little Parlor Aug 21, 1949
1 - 45

Three Cornered Moon Aug 28, 1949

Overview

The manager of a former actor now running for Congress wants to exploit the fact that the opposition candidate's daughter is working on their campaign. However, the actor and his ghost writer hesitate to use the girl's hatred of her father to their advantage.

Year 1956

Studio NBC

Director

Crew Robert Alan Aurthur (Writer), Robert Alan Aurthur (Producer)

Popularity 28.0371

Language English