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Studio One Season 8 Episodes

50 Episodes 1955 - 1956

Episode 1

Like Father, Like Son

Mon, Sep 19, 195560 mins

An ex-football hero who is now a successful businessman tries to mold his son in his own image even though his wife opposes it.

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Episode 2

Three Empty Rooms

Mon, Sep 26, 195560 mins

Two unhappy newlyweds are failing miserably in their relationship and find the only solidarity that they can find.

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Episode 3

A Likely Story

Mon, Oct 3, 195560 mins

A broken down vaudeville actor sets out to collect $30,000 and almost makes it.

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Episode 4

Uncle Ed and Circumstances

Mon, Oct 10, 195560 mins

Uncle Ed, the black sheep of the family, is accepted as a contestant on the game show The $64, 000 Question (1955). His large Staten Island family holds its breath, hoping he doesn't fail.

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Episode 5

A Most Contagious Game

Mon, Oct 17, 195560 mins

In order to get his story, a reporter joins an underworld gang.

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Episode 6

Private History

Mon, Oct 24, 195560 mins

A son runs for public office based on nothing more than his famous father's reputation. Dad didn't think to much of him - and says so in his private diaries. The candidate's job now is to discreetly remove all of the unflattering references.

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Episode 7

Split Level

Mon, Oct 31, 195560 mins

Despite the opposition of their families, two 65-year-olds plan to marry. Alhough their families share a split-level house, their lives are miles apart: the woman is from a once-prominent southern family, and the man is an Italian immigrant.

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Episode 8

Shakedown Cruise

Mon, Nov 7, 195560 mins

Navy submarine commander Lt. John Merrick is considering a transfer to a desk position in order to spend more time with his wife; Lt. Markey Peale is hoping for a promotion to command his own ship. When an accident cripples the submarine, killing many of the crewmen and threatening the rest until help may arrive, the leadership qualities of both men are put to the test.

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Episode 9

The Judge and the Hangman

Mon, Nov 14, 195560 mins

In Bern, Switzerland, the commissioner of police solves the puzzling death of a fellow officer.

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Episode 10

Julie

Mon, Nov 21, 195560 mins

A teenage girl tries to increase the understanding between her football hero boyfriend and his widower father.

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Episode 11

The Man Who Caught the Ball at Coogan's Bluff

Mon, Nov 28, 195560 mins

A shy, middle-aged baseball fan becomes a national celebrity after making a spectacular catch of a home run ball.

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Episode 12

Blow Up at Cortland

Mon, Dec 5, 195560 mins

The warden of Cortland Prison is up against the psychopathic leader of a group of rioters.

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Episode 13

The Strongbox

Mon, Dec 12, 195560 mins

After the death of a Foreign Aid official, the reputation of the American Embassy in London comes into question. Was he a traitor or philanthropist?

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Episode 14

Miracle at Potter's Farm

Mon, Dec 19, 195560 mins

Brucie and his elder sister, Jen, are two of five children who face separation and removal from the family farm after their father's death.

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Episode 15

Fair Play

Mon, Dec 26, 195560 mins

A young army officer waiting assignment is picked to defend a soldier in a court martial. The soldier is charged with a murder that was actually committed by the two MPs who arrested him. The officer risks his career in search of material that can exonerate the soldier.

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Episode 16

Dino

Mon, Jan 2, 195660 mins

Dino, who has just been released from reform school, is sullen and uncooperative with his family and his guidance counselors. However, he knows that, if he returns to his life of crime, his adoring young brother will be with him.

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Episode 17

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Mon, Jan 9, 195660 mins

Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to from New York to Italy to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

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Episode 18

Johnny August

Mon, Jan 16, 195660 mins

Johnny August is hesitant about helping track down a blackmailer in Mexico and winds up with a murder instead.

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Episode 19

A Public Figure

Mon, Jan 23, 195660 mins

A successful TV actor becomes ensnared in an exposé in a scandal magazine.

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Episode 20

My Son Johnny

Mon, Jan 30, 195660 mins

A magazine writer, married to his part-time editor, is vaguely discontented with his life. Then one night he learns that after many years of marriage, he is going to be a father. The news has an extraordinary effect on the lives of the couple.

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Episode 21

The Silent Gun

Mon, Feb 6, 195660 mins

A famous gunfighter of the Wild West teaches his young ranch boy companion an important lesson in life. A team of men set out to sell a new Colt firearm and one is a sharpshooter, the other a salesman. One of the men is the famous Ringo Kid. When his identity is learned, there is trouble.

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Episode 22

Manhattan Duet

Mon, Feb 13, 195660 mins

Two columnists cover the political scene and are practically identical twins. One is married, one is single and the wife of one wishes the other would get married and move to the suburbs. When the confirmed bachelor does announce plans for an impending marriage the two men decide to have adjoining penthouse apartments and the wives have other ideas.

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Episode 23

Circle of Guilt

Mon, Feb 20, 195660 mins

A woman is found dead on a lonely beach outside a small town.

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Episode 24

Always Welcome

Mon, Feb 27, 195660 mins

A widow takes in orphans and unwanted children with loving care. She finds her latest recruit is a little more troublesome than the others.

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Episode 25

A Favor for Sam

Mon, Mar 5, 195660 mins

A quick-tempered cab driver picks up what appears to be two men and a drunk. On second look, the drunk proves to be a corpse.

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Episode 26

Flower of Pride

Mon, Mar 12, 195660 mins

A proud Florentine duchess's prayer to the Saint of the Impossible is answered in an unexpected manner. The Italian duchess has disowned her niece because the girl insists on living a gypsy-like life as a nightclub dancer. However, the arrival of a seemingly irreverent painter penetrates the stony facade of an archly unemotional duchess and humanizes her.

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Episode 27

The Laughter of Giants

Mon, Mar 19, 195660 mins

A self-made man domineering in nature has a beautiful young wife who is interested in art. He introduces her to a young male artist to teach her to paint and learns a valuable lesson.

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Episode 28

The Tale of St. Emergency

Mon, Mar 26, 195660 mins

The town of Morton's Wish has become so corrupt that its guardian saint, St. Barnabas, is about to throw in his halo. St. Emergency arrives to make one final, desperate attempt to redeem the town. If they can find one honest man within the next 24 hours, the town will be saved. They find him: he's the town's drunk.

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Episode 29

This Will Do Nicely

Mon, Apr 2, 195660 mins

A man is dead. His wife calls in his best friend who is an amateur sleuth who calls it suicide but she calls it murder and says that he did it.

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Episode 30

The Arena

Mon, Apr 9, 195660 mins

Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to continue a heated feud with his state's senior salon, held over from his father. But later in a drunken jag, he blurts out secret evidence that can end the career of the older man.

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Episode 31

Regarding File Number 3456

Mon, Apr 16, 195660 mins

A social worker is being forced to deprive a childless couple of a baby they have cared for and want to adopt.

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Episode 32

I Do

Mon, Apr 30, 195660 mins

A young couple elope and try to hide in New York from their disappointed parents.

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Episode 33

The Drop of a Hat

Mon, May 7, 195660 mins

The offices of Mode, a glossy women's magazine, is thrown into chaos when the owner suddenly shows up. The editor fears for her job--but who in the office might replace her?

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Episode 34

The Genie of Sutton Place

Mon, May 14, 195660 mins

The wealthy aunt of a recently orphaned boy insists that he dispose of his inelegant mongrel dog before he comes to live in her lavish apartment in New York City. The 13-year-old boy finds a magic lamp and discovers the magic words that set a wish-granting genie free.

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Episode 35

The Star-Spangled Soldier

Mon, May 21, 195660 mins

The not too bright commandant of a military academy gets into some hilarious situations when he mistakes his father's invention for a war missile.

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Episode 36

Family Protection

Mon, May 28, 195660 mins

A bank robber has an agreement with a suburban couple to use their home as his hideout in return for a share of the loot.

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Episode 37

The Power

Mon, Jun 4, 195660 mins

A young professor must discover which of his colleagues possesses the diabolical ability to control the minds of others.

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Episode 38

Flight

Mon, Jun 11, 195660 mins

A Mexican youth who lives on the California coast near Monterrey leaves his family to go on his first trip alone into town during fiesta time.

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Episode 39

Snap Your Fingers

Mon, Jun 18, 195660 mins

A beautiful girl is a witch and her vain ex-suitor has been transformed into a peacock. She finally meets a nice young man from Boston.

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Episode 40

Mr. Arcularis

Mon, Jun 25, 195660 mins

Following surgery, Mr. Arcularis has been rather badly shaken up, and he needs a long rest. An ocean voyage seems just the thing, but it proves anything but restful.

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Episode 41

The Luck of Luke McTigger

Mon, Jul 2, 195660 mins

In Wyoming in 1880, Luke McTrigger, the proprietor of the Olympia saloon and hotel, has been thinking hard and has finally come up with a sure-fire plan to win the hand of the widow Baines. Now the widow is nothing to look at, and some folks say she's a bull-headed old battle-axe, but she has an estimated fortune of $900.

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Episode 42

Song for a Summer Night

Mon, Jul 9, 195660 mins

A man who once played a hot trumpet in a band wants to break away from his successful law practice for a night and hear some good jazz. He and two other friends visit a nightclub and he manages to hit a "high" note of his own.

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Episode 43

Emmaline

Mon, Jul 16, 195660 mins

A best selling novel leads everyone to wonder about who the author is.

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Episode 44

An Incident of Love

Mon, Jul 23, 195660 mins

A young housewife befriends a withdrawn blind neighbor with beneficial results.

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Episode 45

The Ballad of Yermo Red

Mon, Jul 30, 195660 mins

Yermo Red is a sadistic cop employed by a western railroad who delights in beating up hobos and finally kills one. The hobos want to avenge the dead man by killing Yermo. But one of them who hates violence prevails on them to try something else. He composes a song, "The Ballad of Yermo Red", which everybody up and down the railroad line begins singing.

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Episode 46

Something Ventured

Mon, Aug 6, 195660 mins

A savage businessman is so hated by his employees that they band together and plan their own competing company.

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Episode 47

Guiulio

Mon, Aug 27, 195660 mins

In the Italian section of New York City, the talented Giulio Costello and Rose Pinato, spend the warm summer evenings on a park bench discussing Giulio's future. The young man is torn between love and the chance for a career in grand opera.

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Episode 48

A Day Before Battle

Mon, Sep 3, 195660 mins

On the night before the Battle of Gettysburg, several Union soldiers capture a Southern spy and try to decide if it is morally permissible to shoot a prisoner.

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Episode 49

Cauliflower Heart

Mon, Sep 10, 195660 mins

A small town businessman's son is killed and in order to fill the void he takes a tough youngster who needs a father under his wing.

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Episode 50

Dark Morning

Mon, Sep 17, 195660 mins

A lumber baron is bent on revenge and intends to hang a man whom he believes responsible for his brother's death.

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