Episode guide
Studio One: Season 9
47 episodes · premiered Sep 24, 1956
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- Episode 1: A Special Announcement Sep 24, 1956 · 1h An eccentric hobbyist inadvertently gets the original draft of the Gettysburg Address at an auction. He decides to burn the paper to bring a focus of attention on the ideals it contains…
- Episode 2: A Man's World Oct 1, 1956 · 1h A cabin boy on an American yacht finds love in the French port of Cannes.
- Episode 3: The Open Door Oct 15, 1956 · 1h When a man thumbs a ride and gets into an argument with the driver, he receives a 90-day jail sentence, but to his surprise, he is offered a job as counterman in a diner near the jail…
- Episode 4: The Crimes of Peter Page Oct 22, 1956 · 1h The museum curator's reputation comes under close scrutiny when several articles aren't what they appeared to be.
- Episode 5: American Primitive Oct 29, 1956 · 1h A group of settlers on their way to Oregon stop for the night on a Western prairie. As the Indian tom-toms beat, tension in the small camp mounts, until finally the Indians themselves…
- Episode 6: The Pilot Nov 12, 1956 · 1h This episode depicts the story of Sister Mary Aquinas, who was the first nun ever to become a licensed aeroplane pilot.
- Episode 7: The Landlady's Daughter Nov 26, 1956 · 1h When a smooth talking lawyer moves into the boarding house, tongues start wagging about the goings on with the landlady's daughter.
- Episode 8: Portrait of a Citizen Dec 3, 1956 · 1h Lev Simon is in the U.S. illegally. As head of an immigrant family, he realizes his error when election time comes and he can't vote.
- Episode 9: Rachel Dec 10, 1956 · 1h Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel makes a decision which impacts the entire country.
- Episode 10: Career Dec 17, 1956 · 1h A 35-year-old ex-champion is goaded into the boxing ring by a sportscaster to fight the current champion.
- Episode 11: A Christmas Surprise Dec 24, 1956 · 1h A special done like a "Person to Person" interview with a visit to a "typical" American home and family for a Christmas surprise.
- Episode 12: Goodbye Piccadilly Dec 31, 1956 · 1h A secret agent is assigned to trail a brilliant scientist assuming that he is selling secrets to the enemy.
- Episode 13: Love at Fourth Sight Jan 7, 1957 · 1h A young bachelor has a recurring dream about a girl named Pat who calls to him and then disappears. His mother is startled when he claims to have actually found the girl.
- Episode 14: The Dark Corner Jan 14, 1957 · 1h Laura Morgan goes with her new husband to live in his mother's cheerless house. From her husband's mother, she learns a terrible secret about his past.
- Episode 15: The Five Dollar Bill Jan 21, 1957 · 1h A sensitive young boy struggles to attain his own identity against the fumbling demands of his father and the solicitous affections of his mother.
- Episode 16: Dead of Noon Jan 28, 1957 · 1h A western gunman obtains a law degree while serving time in jail. When released, he hopes to aid law and justice but learns that his days of gunslinging are not over yet.
- Episode 17: Tale of the Comet Feb 4, 1957 · 1h Tim Tully has reached the top as a successful comic but is ruthless behind the scenes alienating many. Then as his ratings begin to slide he finds it difficult to get anyone, especially…
- Episode 18: A Walk in the Forest Feb 11, 1957 · 1h A young student with a promising career in science endangers his future in an immature college spree.
- Episode 19: The Hollywood Complex Feb 18, 1957 · 1h When a young movie executive, with a distorted conception of the values and rewards of Hollywood, rejects his father as an embarrassing symbol of the past, the executive's two roommates…
- Episode 20: The Defender (1) Feb 25, 1957 · 1h A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father…
- Episode 21: The Defender (2) Mar 4, 1957 · 1h A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father…
- Episode 22: A Child Is Waiting Mar 11, 1957 · 1h Nurse Jean Horst, who works in a retarded children's home, is drawn to Reuben Widdicomb, a little boy whose mother hasn't come to visit him.
- Episode 23: Walk Down the Hill Mar 18, 1957 · 1h During World War II, a Jewish American soldier questions his heritage when he is thrown in a German prison camp and learns that the Jewish GI's are to be put into a separate camp.
- Episode 24: A Member of the Family Mar 25, 1957 · 1h Ellis is the wealthy, elder brother of the Davenport clan, who touches off a family conflict of jealousy and suspicion when he transfers his interest from one nephew to another.
- Episode 25: The Years in Between Apr 1, 1957 · 1h A boy gets a date with the lovely girl who is visiting her relatives next door.
- Episode 26: The Playwright and the Stars Apr 8, 1957 · 1h A Broadway producer signs a forgotten destitute one-time star in a pivotal role in his new play.
- Episode 27: The Rice Sprout Song Apr 15, 1957 · 1h A Chinese peasant family's struggle for survival under Communist rule as obstacles and tragedy unfold.
- Episode 28: The Traveling Lady Apr 22, 1957 · 1h Georgette and her little daughter arrive in a small Texas town to meet her husband, Henry, who has recently been released from prison. Georgette married Henry while he was a struggling…
- Episode 29: Eight Feet to Midnight Apr 29, 1957 · 1h A story about the outlawed Irish Republican Army
- Episode 30: The Out-of-Towners May 6, 1957 · 1h A small-town postmistress, whose hopes are high when she makes her annual trip to the big city for a 3-day convention of Postal Employees, meets a middle-aged salesman and tries to…
- Episode 31: Babe in the Woods May 13, 1957 · 1h A tall handsome and extremely naive young man from the Midwest arrives in New York and is bewildered by the series of situations he stumbles into.
- Episode 32: The Man Who Wasn't Himself May 20, 1957 · 1h Peter Hendon impersonated men in various professions as a surgeon, college professor and lawyer without any previous training in these fields.
- Episode 33: The Weston Strain May 27, 1957 · 1h A young writer must decide if his first responsibility is to his family or his creative gift.
- Episode 34: The Furlough Jun 3, 1957 · 1h A deranged soldier has escaped from the stockade vows to do away with his former platoon sergeant and trails him to the home of a dead buddy.
- Episode 35: The Mother Bit Jun 10, 1957 · 1h A driven domineering career woman and her attempt to make a home in the country for her teen-age daughter. Kitty Sharpe is a popular television singer. Upon the death of her ex-husband…
- Episode 36: The Staring Match Jun 17, 1957 · 1h Set in a small ranch town that is suffering from drought, townspeople gather to pray for rain in the schoolhouse. There is a knock at the door and a man dressed all in white greets…
- Episode 37: The Goodwill Ambassadors Jun 24, 1957 · 1h An American agricultural expert and his wife are sent to a Latin-American country to help with its agricultural problems. The wife is distressed with the primitive native village where…
- Episode 38: Death and Taxes Jul 1, 1957 · 1h Henri and Marie own a bar in a small French town. They've been successfully cheating on their taxes for years, but that's about to end. A new tax collector's in town and the he's…
- Episode 39: A Matter of Guilt Jul 8, 1957 · 1h A young wife is singled out as a hit-and-run driver through circumstantial evidence. Her husband desperately wages a battle to establish his wife's innocence.
- Episode 40: Love Me to Pieces Jul 15, 1957 · 1h A publisher claims that he can make any song a hit. Drawing songs at random out of a file, he comes across a song by a teenage girl which she wrote when her romance had ended.
- Episode 41: In Love with a Stranger Jul 22, 1957 · 1h Phyllis, a girl in her 20's, is just returning from her summer vacation, during which she has fallen in love with a struggling young musician. On the bus trip home Phyllis is telling her…
- Episode 42: The Human Barrier Jul 29, 1957 · 1h A test pilot suffers from shock, amnesia, and guilt after he crashes a new jet.
- Episode 43: My Mother and How She Undid Me Aug 5, 1957 · 1h Baby Herman's view of adults as seen through his crib, looking in wide-eyed amazement into the faces of the people around him. He learns very early on how to wrap them around his finger…
- Episode 44: The Unmentionable Blues Aug 12, 1957 · 1h A businessman feels life is all too soon passing him by. He seeks companionship from a young girl.
- Episode 45: Rudy Aug 19, 1957 · 1h Rudy lives in a small New England town with his father. He begins to hang around a street gang called "The Eagles." These juvenile delinquents cause him problems with the law and his…
- Episode 46: Guitar Aug 26, 1957 · 1h A classical guitarist is forced to take a job playing popular music after his son refuses to follow in his footsteps as a famous artist.
- Episode 47: The Dark Intruder Sep 2, 1957 · 1h A music critic is mysteriously attacked in his Manhattan penthouse and thinks that a new composer whom he has panned is responsible.