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Telephone Time

6.3 / 10

1956

3 seasons

82 episodes

Drama

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

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Cast

John Nesbitt

Hugo Haas

Beverly Washburn

William Talman

Nestor Paiva

Michael Landon

Harry Townes

Steven Geray

Barbara Baxley

Celia Lovsky

Russ Conway

Terence de Marney

Seasons

Ep 1
1.The Golden Junkman
08-04-1956
True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death, he rears his beloved sons in old-world simplicity, only to...
Ep 2
2.Man with a Beard
15-04-1956
Ep 3
3.Captain from Kopenick
22-04-1956
Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.
Ep 4
4.Borders Away
29-04-1956
The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual bo...
Ep 5
5.The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
06-05-1956
Ep 6
6.The Stepmother
13-05-1956
Ep 7
7.Time Bomb
20-05-1956
Ep 8
8.Emperor Norton's Bridge
27-05-1956
Ep 9
9.The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
03-06-1956
Ep 10
10.Harry in Search of Himself
10-06-1956
Ep 11
11.Felix the Fourth
17-06-1956
Ep 12
12.Smith of Ecuador
24-06-1956
Ep 13
13.The Gingerbread Man
01-07-1956
Ep 14
14.Joyful Lunatic
08-07-1956
Ep 15
15.The Key
15-07-1956
Ep 16
16.Grandpa Changes the World
22-07-1956
Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to d...
Ep 17
17.Again the Stars
29-07-1956

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