Telephone Time

Telephone Time

1956 3 Seasons 82 Episodes ⭐ 6.5 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Golden Junkman

True story of an Armenian immigrant who overcomes all odds to become a wealthy and educated man: after his wife's death,

EP 2

Man with a Beard

EP 3

Captain from Kopenick

Based on a real scandal where a cobbler posing as a captain absconded with the treasury of a Berlin suburb in 1906.

EP 4

Borders Away

The WW2 story of Captain Dan Gallery. He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat. See the top secret

EP 5

The Mystery of Caspar Hauser

EP 6

The Stepmother

EP 7

Time Bomb

EP 8

Emperor Norton's Bridge

EP 9

The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales

Story of Heinrich Schliemann's quest for truth and riches in the myths he read about.

EP 10

Harry in Search of Himself

EP 11

Felix the Fourth

EP 12

Smith of Ecuador

EP 13

The Gingerbread Man

EP 14

Joyful Lunatic

EP 15

The Key

EP 16

Grandpa Changes the World

Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colon

EP 17

Again the Stars

EP 1

Keeley's Wonderful Machine

EP 2

I Am Not Alone

EP 3

Mr. and Mrs. Browning

EP 4

Vicksburg, 5:35 PM

EP 5

The Churchill Club

EP 6

She Sette Her Little Foote

EP 7

Uncle Fred Flits By

EP 8

She Also Ran

The true story of the only woman ever to run for the Presidency of the U.S. In 1884, long before women were granted the

EP 9

Knockout

EP 10

Chico and the Archbishop

EP 11

Racoon Hunt

EP 12

Fortunatus

EP 13

Scio, Ohio

EP 14

The Sergeant Boyd Story

EP 15

The Mountain That Moved

EP 16

Passport to Life

EP 17

The Jumping Parson

EP 18

Parents of a Stranger

EP 19

The Consort

EP 20

The Man Who Discovered O. Henry

EP 21

The Greatest Man in the World

EP 22

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

A woman who began her career as a scullery maid and became a Denver society woman, was present on the ill-fated voyage o

EP 23

The Intruder

EP 24

Fight for the Title

Based on a story from the life of the boxer Benny Leonard: Leonard kayos an aspiring title hunter, who suffers brain dam

EP 25

Escape

EP 26

Castle Dangerous

EP 27

Hatfield, the Rainmaker

EP 28

Bullet Lou Kirn

Lou Kirn, a Navy football star in 1931, a Squadron Commander during WW2, and a man faced with his biggest challenge in 1

EP 29

Elfego Baca

EP 30

Rabbi on Wheels

EP 31

The Diamond Peer

EP 32

Stranded

In November of 1940, the worst blizzard in the state's history hit Minnesota. Beatrice Enter, a rural schoolteacher was

EP 33

The Plot to Save a Boy

EP 34

Line Chief

EP 35

Pit-A-Pit and the Dragon

EP 36

The Koshetz Story

EP 1

Revenge

A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been

EP 2

Here Lies Francois Gold

EP 3

Campaign For Marriage

EP 4

The Gadfly

EP 5

Hole in the Wall

EP 6

The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink

EP 7

Under Seventeen

EP 8

The Other Van Gogh

EP 9

Arithmetic Sailor

EP 10

I Get Along Without You Very Well

Composer Hoagy Carmichael relates the story of a song inspired by an anonymous poem, I get along without you very well.

EP 11

Alice's Wedding Gown

EP 12

The Rescue

EP 13

Novel Appeal

An author frees an innocent man from prison.

EP 14

Sam Houston's Decision

EP 15

The Frying Pan

EP 16

A Picture of the Magi

EP 17

Death of a Nobody

EP 18

Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows

EP 19

Cavalry Surgeon

The story of a military surgeon who in a moment of crisis has to perform an action repugnant to his very nature. The sto

EP 20

A Stubborn Fool

EP 21

Flight for Life

EP 22

The Immortal Eye

EP 23

Recipe for Success

Renowned chef Henri Charpentier--the man who invented Crepes Suzette--recalls the "good old days" with famed actress Sar

EP 24

The Checkered Flag

Story of an unsung racing mechanic who because of a club foot, has never dared to race himself. All he needed was the co

EP 25

The Vestris

In the spring of 1828, the bark Vestris, is 16 days out enroute from England to Boston. The weather is fair, but the cap

EP 26

War Against War

EP 27

The Quality of Mercy

EP 28

Man of Principle

Hiero II, king of ancient Syracuse, orders a gold crown to be made as an offering to the gods. The gold is delivered to

EP 29

Trail Blazer

Popular Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Self - Host