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.
Episodes Season Season 3 · 0/29 Season 2 · 0/36 Season 1 · 0/17 0/29 watched · 1957
S03E01 Revenge 1957-09-10
A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been murdered. The jury frees the murderer on a phony plea of self-defense. Determined to see justice done, she decides to stay in town as a constant irritant to the murderer's conscience. She makes him so crazy, he picks a fight with one of his friends and is killed. Dismayed by her own vengefulness, the teacher decides that justice would be better served by true social reform. She campaigns successfully for women to be selected as jurors, which results in the second murderer being convicted and sent to prison. more
S03E02 Here Lies Francois Gold 1957-09-17
S03E03 Campaign For Marriage 1957-09-24
S03E04 The Gadfly 1957-10-01
S03E05 Hole in the Wall 1957-10-08
S03E06 The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink 1957-10-15
S03E07 Under Seventeen 1957-10-22
S03E08 The Other Van Gogh 1957-10-29
S03E09 Arithmetic Sailor 1957-11-05
S03E10 I Get Along Without You Very Well 1957-11-12
Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song inspired by an anonymous poem, I get along without you very well. The year is 1938. Hoagy is asked to write a song to be introduced on Dick Powell's radio show. While going through his files, Hoagy discovers a nearly forgotten poem and promises a melody for it. He remembers little about the source of the poem except that a girl gave it to him at a college sorority party several years before. But the lyricist must grant permission before the music can be cleared for use on the radio. There ensues a desperate nation-wide search, aided by the broadcasts of Walter Winchell to find the author before air time. more
S03E11 Alice's Wedding Gown 1957-11-19
S03E12 The Rescue 1957-11-26
S03E13 Novel Appeal 1957-12-03
An author frees an innocent man from prison. more
S03E14 Sam Houston's Decision 1957-12-10
S03E15 The Frying Pan 1957-12-17
S03E16 A Picture of the Magi 1957-12-24
S03E17 Death of a Nobody 1957-12-31
S03E18 Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows 1958-01-07
S03E19 Cavalry Surgeon 1958-01-14
The story of a military surgeon who in a moment of crisis has to perform an action repugnant to his very nature. The story of a cavalry skirmish in the Mexican War and of two men who fought with different philosophies and methods toward the same end. One lived heroically and one died a hero. more
S03E20 A Stubborn Fool 1958-01-21
S03E21 Flight for Life 1958-01-28
S03E22 The Immortal Eye 1958-02-04
A baby is born with an incurable ailment, and given only three months to live. The young mother decides that when the baby dies, its eyes must be donated to the eye bank. more
S03E23 Recipe for Success 1958-02-11
Renowned chef Henri Charpentier--the man who invented Crepes Suzette--recalls the "good old days" with famed actress Sarah Bernhardt. He recalls for her how he went from being one of the world's most famous--and richest--chefs to his situation now, with his business gone and his once considerable fortune dissipated. more
S03E24 The Checkered Flag 1958-02-18
Story of an unsung racing mechanic who because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needed was the confidence in himself to succeed. Based on the true story of Bud and Gina Hand. more
S03E25 The Vestris 1958-02-25
In the spring of 1828, the bark Vestris, is 16 days out enroute from England to Boston. The weather is fair, but the captain's ailing wife suddenly has a vision telling her (in a message written on a blackboard) to have the ship change course. At first the captain refuses, but when the weather changes and his wife becomes sicker, he reluctantly agrees. As a result, they find and rescue three survivors of a shipwreck. One of the three is a doctor, and appears to be the ""spirit"" seen by the wife. He saves her life. As it turns out, the message on the blackboard is in his handwriting. Curiously, the doctor is as puzzled as everyone else by the wife's vision. more
S03E26 War Against War 1958-03-04
S03E27 The Quality of Mercy 1958-03-11
S03E28 Man of Principle 1958-03-25
Hiero II, king of ancient Syracuse, orders a gold crown to be made as an offering to the gods. The gold is delivered to a goldsmith and the man's wife persuades him to substitute silver for some of the gold. more
S03E29 Trail Blazer 1958-04-01
