Philco Television Playhouse
Suspect
TV Flash files “Suspect” as hour 10 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 1, episode 10, aired 1948-12-05, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 10 of 45 in season 1. It aired 1948-12-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “I Like It Here” (S01E09). Next is “Parlor Story” (S01E11).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A Scotswoman some 20 years ago was accused of an ax murder and let off with the ignominious Scottish verdict of Not Proven. She changes her name and lives down her past, but when her son becomes engaged, his fiancee's godfather spots the mother and recognizes her. In his efforts to trap her, and hers not to be trapped trouble arises.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Suspect sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 256 — hour 10 of 45 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S01E10 air?
Suspect aired 1948-12-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Marty (May 24, 1953, Rod Steiger) — the teleplay that became the anthology-to-Oscar dream — then sample other surviving Coe/Mann hours.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Philco Television Playhouse is Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays: ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts, Marty with Rod Steiger before the Oscar film. Watch it now as the rise of intimate realist TV drama — Fred Coe's shop, Delbert Mann, and the anthology-to-Hollywood dream in one sponsor's title.
The close-up is a butcher's loneliness, not a gown — kitchen-sink light, live cameras, ordinary lives getting extraordinary writing. NBC's *Philco Television Playhouse* (1948–1955), 256 episodes across seven seasons, Fred Coe's shop, directors like Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky's *Marty* telecast May 24, 1953 with Rod Steiger. A kitchen sink as an Oscar machine. The Philco/Goodyear tandem nights made anthology drama a dual-sponsor prestige ritual. The timeline can call domestic realism mid. The silhouette was a…