Philco Television Playhouse
The Man Who Got Away with It
TV Flash files “The Man Who Got Away with It” as hour 100 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 3, episode 10, aired 1950-11-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E10: listed hour 100 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 10 of 56 in season 3. It aired 1950-11-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Power Devil” (S03E09). Next is “I'm Still Alive” (S03E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A man believes he has gotten away with a crime he committed a long time ago.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Man Who Got Away with It sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S03E10 is listed hour 100 of 256 — hour 10 of 56 in season 3, season 3 episode 10.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S03E10 air?
The Man Who Got Away with It aired 1950-11-12 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…