The United States Steel Hour Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

P.O.W.

Tue, Oct 27, 1953

American prisoners of war in Korea have a hard time of it.

Episode 2

Hope for a Harvest

Tue, Nov 10, 1953

An autobiographical story about the loss of the American work ethic and problems of racism during World War II.

Episode 3

Tin Wedding

Tue, Nov 24, 1953

Episode 4

The Man in Possession

Tue, Dec 8, 195360 mins

The sudden reappearance of charming scoundrel Raymond Dabnet annoys his relatives.

Episode 5

The Vanishing Point

Tue, Dec 22, 1953

The head of the Paris Missing Persons Bureau disappears and his assistant searches for him, hoping to be promoted.

Episode 6

Hedda Gabler

Tue, Jan 5, 195460 mins

A scheming woman marries a nice but dimwitted intellectual out of convenience. She hears that her old lover is back in town. She decides to destroy his life, jealous of his love affair with another.

Episode 7

The Rise of Carthage

Tue, Jan 19, 1954

A power mad business man finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage.

Episode 8

Papa Is All

Tue, Feb 2, 1954

Episode 9

Highway

Tue, Feb 16, 1954

A two-act comedy set in a restaurant in rural Texas. The play features 16 characters of white, Hispanic, and American Indian races with a myriad of occupations with subject matter ranging from economics and family, to health and romance.

Episode 10

Morning Star

Tue, Mar 2, 1954

Episode 11

Welcome Home

Tue, Mar 16, 195460 mins

A loyal and loved housekeeper faces dismissal when her employers decide to close down the house now that the children have grown up.

Episode 12

The Last Notch

Tue, Mar 30, 1954

Episode 13

Late Date

Tue, Apr 13, 1954

A woman who looks younger than she is acts younger than she should.

Episode 14

The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

Tue, Apr 27, 1954

Though rough around the edges, a self-made man tries to get his daughter admitted to Boston's high society 400.

Episode 15

The End of Paul Dane

Tue, May 11, 1954

Episode 16

The Great Chair

Tue, May 25, 195460 mins

A young college president must prove his merit to a board of trustees that compares his activities with those of his illustrious predecessor.

Episode 17

Good for You

Tue, Jun 8, 1954

Episode 18

Fearful Decision

Tue, Jun 22, 1954

David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, but he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would insure the boy's safety.

Episode 19

Haven's End

Tue, Jul 6, 1954

Episode 20

A Garden in the Sea

Tue, Jul 20, 1954

Dorothy McGuire stars in the Henry James adaptation classic, "The Aspern Papers" in the U.S. Steel Hour production of "A Garden in the Sea." James' 1888 novella concerns the efforts of a biographer to obtain letters of Poet Algernon Charles Swinnburne from the woman who inspired much of his poetry. Directed by Alex Segal in New York.

Episode 21

Oberstrasse 49

Tue, Aug 3, 195460 mins

Episode 22

The Grand Tour

Tue, Aug 17, 195460 mins

Zachary Scott and Julie Haydon star in Pulitzer Prize Winning author Elmer Rice's "The Grand Tour".

Episode 23

Two

Tue, Aug 31, 1954