The Philco Television Playhouse
Season 5 Episode 16 - The Trip to Bountiful
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. ...
Episodes in Season 5
The Thin Air
60 min
The Black Sheep
60 min
Uncertain Heritage
60 min
The Winter of the Dog
60 min
Parole Chief
60 min
The Gift
60 min
Tempest of Tick Creek
60 min
Magic Morning
60 min
Double Jeopardy
60 min
Pride's Way
60 min
Two for One
60 min
Elegy
60 min
The Reluctant Citizen
60 min
Mr. Pettengill Here
60 min
Wings on My Feet
60 min
The Trip to Bountiful
60 min
The Gesture
60 min
The Velvet Mitten
60 min
A Young Lady of Property
60 min
The Recluse
60 min
Printer's Measure
60 min
A Little Something in Reserve
60 min
Marty
60 min
The Way of an Eagle
60 min
Baby and Me
60 min
Expectant Relations
60 min
The House in Athens
60 min
The Big Deal
60 min
The Cipher
60 min
Ernie Barger is 50
60 min
The Rainmaker
60 min
Othello
60 min
Holiday Song
60 min
