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Studio One Season 7 Episodes

52 Episodes 1954 - 1955

Episode 1

Twelve Angry Men

Mon, Sep 20, 195460 mins

The jurors in a murder trial take their seats in a small, drab room to decide the defendant's fate. At first, all the men vote guilty bar one, who still has many questions not answered in court. Through theories and re-enactments, others change their minds, but one man is adamant that he'll never change his vote and won't listen to reason.

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Episode 2

The Eduction of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N

Mon, Sep 27, 195460 mins

An irrepressible student at the American Night Preparatory School for Adults wages his personal war with the English language.

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Episode 3

Prelude to Murder

Mon, Oct 4, 195460 mins

A mystery writer and his wife are searching for an isolated country home where he can work undisturbed. Instead, they meet up with an odd painter whose wife had recently died.

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Episode 4

Melissa

Mon, Oct 11, 195460 mins

A young woman responds with deep devotion to her dominating father and upon his death she makes a postmortem discovery of a "secret" about him.

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Episode 5

The Boy Who Changed the World

Mon, Oct 18, 195460 mins

The story of Thomas Edison during the electrical wizard's boyhood back in Port Huron, Michigan where the great Edison was born.

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Episode 6

Fatal in My Fashion

Mon, Oct 25, 195460 mins

A Paris dressmaker's model is stabbed to death during the showing of new gowns.

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Episode 7

The Man Who Owned the Town

Mon, Nov 1, 195460 mins

An arrogant gambler in Cripple Creek controls the village until a stranger comes along to usurp his powers.

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Episode 8

An Almanac of Liberty

Mon, Nov 8, 195460 mins

When a stranger to a small town is beaten up by a locals, upright residents gather, inexplicably, against their will to the town hall. Once assembled, they find they can't leave and time has stopped. All talk about the stranger, (also present). Some express rage for his views and reveal their misguided ideas of American patriotism, which are really prejudices against freedom of thought and free speech.

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Episode 9

Let Me Go, Lover

Mon, Nov 15, 195460 mins

A disc jockey is involved in a murder. As he played peekaboo with a psychopathic killer and tangled with the police, turntables all over the place kept spinning a record called "Let Me Go, Lover", the murderer's favorite song, of course.

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Episode 10

Joey

Mon, Nov 22, 195460 mins

Joey, a clown and leader of a traveling circus, suddenly becomes depressed when his group plays the tiny town of Millville.

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Episode 11

The Deserter

Mon, Nov 29, 195460 mins

After serving seven years in prison for desertion, a bitter soldier tries to start a new life.

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Episode 12

Short Cut

Mon, Dec 6, 195460 mins

An unscrupulous politician takes all kinds of short cuts to get what he wants, until a crusading attorney seeking justice stands in his way.

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Episode 13

12:32 A.M.

Mon, Dec 13, 195460 mins

A sensitive boy's relationship with his parents lacks the real understanding necessary to a happy life.

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Episode 14

Two Little Minks

Mon, Dec 20, 195460 mins

Luckless Nobby and his wife look forward to a brighter day, when wealthy Uncle Silas passes away and leaves them his riches. To their dismay, Silas has every intention of making it to 100.

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Episode 15

The Cuckoo in Spring

Mon, Dec 27, 195460 mins

A young art dealer visits the home of a miserly connoisseur and discovers a pretty girl as well as some very valuable paintings.

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Episode 16

The Missing Men

Mon, Jan 3, 195560 mins

A young private investigator finds himself trapped by a web of circumstantial evidence and his name linked to that of a homicidal mugger. The tension mounts as he strives to clear himself.

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Episode 17

Grandma Rolled Her Own

Mon, Jan 10, 195560 mins

In 1929, twelve-year-old orphan Bill Caldwell is sent to stay with his eccentric grandmother when his aunt and uncle go to Europe. Down on her luck in Detroit, Grandma rents out 22 rooms of her 25-room house. Every March, the circus comes to town and some of the more interesting characters stay at Grandma's. Young Bill learns much more about life interacting with his Grandma and her colorful boarders than living with his stuffy aunt and uncle.

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Episode 18

Sail with the Tide

Mon, Jan 17, 195560 mins

A beautiful but icy singer is devoted exclusively to her art and her equally icy French officer who succumbs to her charms.

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Episode 19

It Might Happen Tomorrow

Mon, Jan 24, 195560 mins

A test pilot sets out for a cruise through space and suddenly loses contact with Earth.

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Episode 20

The Silent Women

Mon, Jan 31, 195560 mins

A sheriff travels to a rural Maine island to investigate the case of a missing young woman. While there, he learns many odd things about the place and it's inhabitants.

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Episode 21

A Stranger May Die

Mon, Feb 7, 195560 mins

Police fight a desperate battle against time to prevent a would-be suicide from killing not only himself, but also the other tenants in the building.

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Episode 22

The Broken Spur

Mon, Feb 14, 195560 mins

In a shabby western town in 1900, a stranger gets off the train, goes to the sheriff's office, and kills him. His mild-mannered son takes over his position and tries to find the killer and avenge his father's death.

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Episode 23

The Eddie Chapman Story

Mon, Feb 21, 195560 mins

Eddie Chapman was the only Briton to win the Iron Cross in World War II. But was he really working for the Germans? Or was he a highly-placed double-agent?

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Episode 24

Donovan's Brain

Mon, Feb 28, 195560 mins

A doctor living in the quiet desert of Arizona experiments with keeping monkeys' brains alive after the animals have died. When a plane crash occurs nearby the doctor brings a seriously injured, ruthless millionaire to his home and it is apparent that the man is dying. The doctor then preserves the man's brain and it begins to exert a malignant influence.

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Episode 25

Millions of Georges

Mon, Mar 7, 195560 mins

A "retread" Master Sergeant is called back into the service and it seems to his wife that most of their 10 years of marriage have been spent moving from base to base. When a young and lovely girl enters the picture the wife fears that love alone cannot hold her husband.

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Episode 26

The Conviction of Peter Shea

Mon, Mar 14, 195560 mins

The dying words of a young woman, the victim of a hit-and-run driver, point towards stock-broker Peter Shea. He maintains his innocence, even as he's found guilty and sent to prison.

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Episode 27

Miss Turner's Decision

Mon, Mar 21, 195560 mins

Spinster Melissa Turner is at a crossroads in life concerning her future. She must decide whether to pursue Forest, sad reclusive acquaintance or prepare for a life alone.

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Episode 28

Dominique

Mon, Mar 28, 195560 mins

When a newly wed Italian bride named Dominique moves to Vermont, she suffers culture shock and is hesitant to continue her new life in the Americas.

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Episode 29

Cross My Heart

Mon, Apr 4, 195560 mins

Feeling misunderstood and unwanted by her parents, a girl decides that she must run away.

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Episode 30

Passage of Arms

Mon, Apr 11, 195560 mins

In 1948, while the captain of Czechoslovakia's championship hockey team is in Moscow, Russia annexes his homeland. On his return, he and his fiancee plot to escape.

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Episode 31

Affairs of State

Mon, Apr 18, 195560 mins

The plain and simple niece of an elder statesman goes to Washington to aid her uncle and is immediately set up with an ideal match with a bachelor senator, who is also up for re-election.

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Episode 32

Mrs. Brimmer Did It!

Mon, Apr 25, 195560 mins

Mr. Brimmer did not go over that seaside cliff unaided. Sinister Cousin Julian from South Africa gave Mr. Brimmer a bit of help.

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Episode 33

Summer Pavilion

Mon, May 2, 195560 mins

In an old Louisiana plantation, the the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on the a gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, though she loves the builder.

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Episode 34

A Picture in the Paper

Mon, May 9, 195560 mins

A mild-mannered bookkeeper, belittled by his family and his coworkers, is to get his picture in the paper when he is named his company's head bookkeeper. The picture is in the paper all right, but he is mistakenly named the chairman of the city's anti-vice crusade.

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Episode 35

Strange Companion

Mon, May 16, 195560 mins

The drab companion of an elderly hypochondriac is transformed into a lovely woman when she falls in love with a young man she met at the opera, but she lies to him about herself, claiming she's the educated daughter of a famed operatic diva.

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Episode 36

Pigeons and People

Mon, May 23, 195560 mins

A man named Parker prefers the companionship of the pigeons in the park to that of the human race. One day, as he sits feeding his friends, Parker is approached by a gentleman who wishes to rehabilitate him.

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Episode 37

Operation Home

Mon, May 30, 195560 mins

A scholarly officer, who has spent his three years of military service at a secluded desk job, is assigned to shepherd some 600 troops from California to New York at the end of World War II.

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Episode 38

The Spongers

Mon, Jun 6, 195560 mins

An elderly man has lost touch with his son when he receives a surprise visit from his son and his wife who come for a visit. They find that a pair of parasitic drifters have moved in with the old man and are "sponging" off him.

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Episode 39

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

Mon, Jun 13, 195560 mins

Horace Ford longs for his childhood but it was not as idyllic as he remembers it.

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Episode 40

Heart Song

Mon, Jun 20, 195560 mins

He used to be a Hollywood bigwig but now Jonah Silver is a casting director at a small studio. A young woman seeking a job pays him a visit.

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Episode 41

For the Defense

Mon, Jun 27, 195560 mins

A young lawyer bucks public opinion in his defense of an accused killer. When the killer suspect escapes while visiting the scene of the crime with the lawyer, life becomes very unpleasant for the defender.

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Episode 42

The Day Before the Wedding

Mon, Jul 4, 195560 mins

A mother announces on the day before her daughter's wedding that she is going to divorce her husband.

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Episode 43

Sane as a Hatter

Mon, Jul 11, 195560 mins

A man with a Robin Hood complex has a penchant for liquidating people whose lives he considers worthless in order to give their money to more deserving people.

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Episode 44

A Terrible Day

Mon, Jul 18, 195560 mins

A ruthless landowner is terrorizing a small Western town, aided by his hired killers and the cowardice of the local gentry.

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Episode 45

The Tall Dark Stranger

Mon, Jul 25, 195560 mins

A woman is found strangled in a plush hotel room and sitting dazedly by is an ex-convict who tells police he is guilty. Flashback to ten years before when the man and woman first met and events leading up to the slaying with a tall dark stranger.

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Episode 46

Julius Caesar

Mon, Aug 1, 195560 mins

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

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Episode 47

The Prince and the Puppet

Mon, Aug 8, 195560 mins

A pair of puppeteers seek funds for a trailer tour and do a show for a wealthy man's party with unusual results.

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Episode 48

The Secret

Mon, Aug 15, 195560 mins

A young wife invites her rival to dinner and sees that her husband is still interested in the old flame. He takes the woman home and is gone for several hours. In the morning, the woman is found dead in her hallway, the victim of a fall down the stairs that could have been accidental or could have been murder.

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Episode 49

The Voysey Inheritance

Mon, Aug 22, 195560 mins

In the early 1900s, a man who is about to take over the family investment firm finds that his father has played fast and loose with some of his clients' money.

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Episode 50

A Chance at Love

Mon, Aug 29, 195560 mins

A store owner in a small Iowa town goes to New York and meets a model. He falls in love with her and tries to figure a way to let the model continue her work and still become his wife.

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Episode 51

Mama's Boy

Mon, Sep 5, 195560 mins

A family is torn by divided and misplaced loyalties of a possessive mother who controls her two sons.

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Episode 52

The Pit

Mon, Sep 12, 195560 mins

Two men trapped in a mine fear that the end is near and the one man confesses to the other about a crime that he committed. Upon their rescue, the man enters a new trap as his confidence might be exposed.

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