The Assassin

February 20, 1955

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The Philco Television Playhouse - S7 - E12

The story of Jacques Mornard, the Russian secret police agent who buried a pickaxe in the skull of the fiery anti-Stalinist Leon Trotsky.

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The Philco Television Playhouse: Season 7 - 25 Episode s

7x1 - Middle of the Night
September 19, 1954
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
7x2 - Time Bomb
October 3, 1954
A couple deeply in love find things changing when a third woman enters the picture and then it becomes a case of attempted murder.
7x3 - Man on the Mountaintop
October 17, 1954
Horace Mann Borden is an adult former child prodigy who has been exploited by his father to advance his own theories about education. Horace feels that people view him as a freak and expect things out of him. Horace shuts out the world. Greta Blake is the woman who has fallen in love with Horace and shows him that the world is not out to get him.
7x4 - Time of Delivery
October 31, 1954
A 24-hour delay in mail delivery violently changes three lives. A postman collapses on his daily route and the delivery of his sack of mail is delayed for a day. In three dramatic situations which develop,
7x5 - Crime Without Motive
November 14, 1954
The story of teenage violence and vandalism and the family problems that lead the culprits into their vicious acts.
7x6 - Beg, Borrow or Steal
November 28, 1954
The story of a man who embezzles ,000 from an estate in order to live up to the standards he likes and of the trap he finds himself in when another lawyer takes over the estate.
7x7 - Catch My Boy on Sunday
December 12, 1954
A frustrated mother is disappointed with her marriage and pushes her ten year old son into acting career.
7x8 - Run, Girl, Run
December 26, 1954
An aspiring young actress loses her big chance on Broadway and returns home. Her mother shows why she may have failed and inspires her to try again.
7x9 - Walk Into the Night
January 9, 1955
A story of a bonded messenger and a briefcase containing ,000.
7x10 - Anatomy of Fear
January 23, 1955
A man is implicated in a murder while vacationing with his wife at a summer resort. The man recognizes a murdered woman as the one in love with his business partner. He hides her purse in order to delay identification but his wife threatens to expose him,
7x11 - A Sense of Justice
February 6, 1955
A young man is determined to rid a Western town of its domineering political boss.
7x12 - The Assassin
February 20, 1955
The story of Jacques Mornard, the Russian secret police agent who buried a pickaxe in the skull of the fiery anti-Stalinist Leon Trotsky.
7x13 - Play Me Hearts and Flowers
March 6, 1955
A singer who has teamed up with a comedian realizes that he has become the comic's ""straight man"" both on and off the stage, and that somehow he must reassert his individuality.
7x14 - Shadow of the Champ
March 20, 1955
A lonely woman feels she has one last shot at romance with a man who's content with being a flunky to a boxing champion.
7x15 - Watch Me Die
April 3, 1955
He can't simply divorce his wife to marry a young starlet since he wants her money, too. So he begins his search for the ideal way to kill his unsuspecting spouse.
7x16 - The Bold and the Brave
April 17, 1955
The commander of a military prep school brings near disaster to himself and his son, a pupil at the school. He pushes the boy beyond endurance in his effort to make him a better student than he was.
7x17 - Letter of Recommendation
May 1, 1955
A governess's charm masks a disturbing and manipulative personality.
7x18 - The Pardon-Me Boy
May 15, 1955
A young man, held a failure by his father, is a juror in the murder trial of a gangland boss. When the trial is over, the son reveals that he held out for the acquittal of the defendant.
7x19 - The Ghost Writer
May 29, 1955
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.
7x20 - Total Recall
June 12, 1955
A man who's stopped before committing suicide says he can remember nothing of his past. A police check reveals that he has a wife.
7x21 - Black Frost
June 26, 1955
A greedy skipper wants to make a big catch despite ice freezing on the ship threatening to capsize it.
7x22 - Incident in July
July 10, 1955
Daddy Tom, the camp director, is upset when he learns through the grapevine that one of his counselors, Mrs. Johnson, is infatuated with his 19-year-old office worker, Andy, and that she wants to give him ,100 for his education. The first part of the rumour is not true but the second part is. She is unable to have children and thinks this is a constructive way to use the money they saved for a child. She and her husband squabble over this. Andy's parents are dead. Daddy Tom fires both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. He later re-hires them on the condition that she not mention...
7x23 - The Death of Billy the Kid
July 24, 1955
How Pat Garrett hunted down and killed the legendary outlaw Billy The Kid.
7x24 - A Room in Paris
August 7, 1955
An American ventures to Paris for artistic inspiration and gets caught up with a deceitful woman bent on destruction.
7x25 - Gretel
August 21, 1955
Two men fight for the affections of the fickle Gretel, who pits friend against friend.

The Assassin

The Philco Television Playhouse - S7 - E12

The Philco Television Playhouse: Season 7 - 25 Episode s

7x1 - Middle of the Night

7x2 - Time Bomb

7x3 - Man on the Mountaintop

7x4 - Time of Delivery

7x5 - Crime Without Motive

7x6 - Beg, Borrow or Steal

7x7 - Catch My Boy on Sunday

7x8 - Run, Girl, Run

7x9 - Walk Into the Night

7x10 - Anatomy of Fear

7x11 - A Sense of Justice

7x12 - The Assassin

7x13 - Play Me Hearts and Flowers

7x14 - Shadow of the Champ

7x15 - Watch Me Die

7x16 - The Bold and the Brave

7x17 - Letter of Recommendation

7x18 - The Pardon-Me Boy

7x19 - The Ghost Writer

7x20 - Total Recall

7x21 - Black Frost

7x22 - Incident in July

7x23 - The Death of Billy the Kid

7x24 - A Room in Paris

7x25 - Gretel

The Philco Television Playhouse: All seasons

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S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8