Studio One
TV-PG
7.6
1948
Drama
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Episode 47 : Image of Fear
September. 29,1958
After 20 years in exile in the United States, a royal family has hope that the monarchy will be able to return to power. But intrigue arises as someone tries to kill the queen. The prime suspect is her son, Prince Anthony, who was told that he must give up his wife if he returns to the throne.
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Episode 46 : No Place to Run
September. 15,1958
The son of a prominent businessman is arrested for stealing a car. His father goes to great lengths to keep the matter private and out of the headlines. A reporter snaps their photo as they're leaving the courthouse, resulting in unwanted publicity. This is when the father starts getting blackmail threats.
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Episode 45 : The Lady Died at Midnight
September. 01,1958
A convicted murderer vows that he will break out of prison and revenge himself on the people responsible for his capture. When he does escape, the police post a cordon around the home of his former girlfriend, who has married. But, despite their precautions, the girl is killed. A reporter learns that the dead girl's husband and the police chief have also been threatened.
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Episode 44 : Bellingham
August. 25,1958
You wouldn't suspect that Bellingham is anything but what he appears to be, a conscientious and sensitive master in an English boys' school. Actually he also leads another life entirely. He hates evil political leaders, and belongs to a group determined to eliminate them by assassination.
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Episode 43 : Birthday Present
August. 18,1958
A young British businessman, attempting to smuggle a watch he purchased as a gift for his wife into the country, is arrested by customs officials and sent to prison.
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Episode 42 : Tag-Along
August. 11,1958
Little Juan and his parents have moved to a new town to escape the prejudice they encountered as Mexicans. But things go badly in the new town too, reaching a climax when Juan and two teenage friends of his disappear while visiting a canyon outside town.
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Episode 41 : The Last Summer
August. 04,1958
A country boy is taken in by a scheming rich girl who is spending her vacation in the country.
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Episode 40 : A Delicate Affair
July. 28,1958
An insurance company tries to marry off a girl within a week. Failure means the girl gets one million dollars.
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Episode 39 : Man Under Glass
July. 14,1958
Tension inside the television director's control booth mounts to a breaking point when the television drama spills over into life and death reality.
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Episode 38 : The Undiscovered
June. 30,1958
A medical researcher feels that he has made an important discovery.
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Episode 37 : The Man Who Asked for a Funeral
June. 23,1958
Leo is a hard-working young man who owns and operates a wholesale produce firm, and is very much in love with his pretty young wife Annabelle. He doesn't know that Annabelle has been seeing a clerk who works for him. The clerk, Frankie, plans to murder Leo and implicate Annabelle.
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Episode 36 : The Left-Handed Welcome
June. 16,1958
Buck Slater, youthful singing sensation, makes a return visit to his small home town in he south, accompanied by a woman magazine writer named Shirley. Shirley wants to write the real Story of Buck as he was before he left for the big-time. Buck has a score to settle with the town and when a youngster is accused of a series of thefts, Buck offers to take the boy under his wing.
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Episode 34 : Ticket to Tahiti
June. 02,1958
A widower's dreams of escaping his job and family with a trip to the South Seas fall through when his spoiled irresponsible son asks him for a large sum of money.
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Episode 33 : The Enemy Within
May. 26,1958
An Air Force crew prepares for a rugged 2-week survival course and everyone is worried.
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Episode 32 : A Funny-Looking Kid
May. 19,1958
In an attempt to help his shy son Frank to become more popular at school, Harry Breen suggest to Frank that he do some writing. The plot backfires when the boy embarks on a crusade to remedy juvenile delinquency. His article, naming parents as the real delinquents, appears in the local newspaper and overnight Frank becomes a national celebrity.
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Episode 31 : Kurishiki Incident
May. 12,1958
A GI kills a boy that he thought was stealing government property and is court martialed and acquitted of the crime. The boy's sister and uncle confront him and he seeks to make amends.
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Episode 30 : The McTaggert Succession
May. 05,1958
When their elder spinster sister Rosie becomes bedridden, the three McTaggart brothers, all bachelors, hire their 19-year-old niece Kathleen to help out with the household chores. All goes well until she falls in love and, much to the alarm of her uncles, contemplates marriage.
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Episode 29 : The Edge of Truth
April. 28,1958
A policeman apprehends the reckless driver of a vehicle when a little girl almost gets hit and finds himself being bribed by the driver, a wealthy playboy.
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Episode 28 : The Desperate Age
April. 21,1958
It is puzzling to the family and office friends of Letty Greene that she has little interest in men and apparently no concern over the prospect that she may never marry. But Letty has been seeing a co-worker, Will Robbins, who is unhappily married. She tries not to face the future of this romance.
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Episode 27 : Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
April. 14,1958
Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but when she has enough, and takes a trip to Paris, she learns that buying an original couture creation is a little harder than simply plunking down cash. Along the way to her goal, she manages to befriend a count, unite young lovers, and dodge customs.
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Episode 26 : The Shadow of a Genius
March. 31,1958
After years of hard work, Professor Theodore Koering, nuclear scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Reporters sent to interview him are surprised at his apparant lack of interest in the honor accorded him, and baffled by his refusal to cooperate for pictures and stories. Their first lead develops when Kering forbids them to interview the widow of his former assistant.
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Episode 25 : The Award Winner
March. 24,1958
After years of hard work, Professor Theodore Koering, nuclear scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Reporters sent to interview him are surprised at his apparent lack of interest in the honor accorded him, and baffled by his refusal to cooperate for pictures and stories. Their first lead develops when Kering forbids them to interview the widow of his former assistant.
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Episode 24 : Tongues of Angels
March. 17,1958
A young man looking for work on a family farm indicates that he is deaf and dumb but in fact suffers from a severe stuttering problem.
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Episode 23 : A Dead Ringer
March. 10,1958
A businessman fed up with his invalid wife's tyrannical behavior finds a solution during a business trip. A man that looks exactly like him might be able to provide the alibi he needs to eliminate his wife.
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Episode 22 : The Fair-Haired Boy
March. 03,1958
A murder takes place in the public relations department of a motion picture company.
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Episode 21 : The Lonely Stage
February. 24,1958
One of the greatest ladies of theater, Harriet Brand, decides to make a comeback but is hindered by her past indiscretions.
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Episode 20 : Tide of Corruption
February. 17,1958
A young Senate investigator, Edward Roberts, begins digging into the racket empire of Mr. Antony. Then Mr. Antony investigates Roberts' background and discovers that at one time Roberts' mother accepted help from a crooked politician. In an attempt to deter the investigation, Antony approaches Roberts with blackmail in mind.
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Episode 19 : Presence of the Enemy
February. 10,1958
A religious widow fears that her beautiful and talented daughter may cause unrest and distrust in the small conservative Ohio community when she puts her love of art and career as a singer above the what the townspeople will think.
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Episode 18 : The Laughing Willow
February. 03,1958
Belinda is one of the popular bachelor girls called on when guest lists are made up for Washington, D.C. parties. But beneath her gaiety, Belinda fears a life of loneliness, for she has frightened away suitors by her eagerness to marry. Then her friend Bunny introduces Belinda to handsome Jack Marshall.
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Episode 17 : Balance of Terror
January. 27,1958
Harry Radcliff, a young British officer, sets out alone on a dangerous secret mission. He is to travel to Berlin and gain the confidence of Soviet agents by pretending to be traitor to England. But Radcliff finds himself in serious trouble when he misses an appointment with an important enemy contact. In desperation, he seeks aid from his friend Mike Fenby of the British Diplomatic Office in Berlin.
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Episode 16 : Trial by Slander
January. 20,1958
A schoolteacher gets in trouble. He is accused of having a romance in his educational dealings with his pupil. He gets trapped in a mess of circumstantial evidence.
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Episode 15 : The Other Place
January. 13,1958
A Canadian engineer working in England rescues a rich elderly gentleman who changes his life.
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Episode 14 : The Brotherhood of the Bell
January. 06,1958
A college fraternity will always help its members in later life - as long as they repay the fraternity by performing certain not-quite-legal tasks for other members.
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Episode 13 : No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
December. 16,1957
Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.
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Episode 12 : No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
December. 09,1957
A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.
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Episode 11 : Escape Route
December. 02,1957
A snobbish college professor finds implicated in the killing of a Latin American scholar. He finds himself hunted by a sinister ring of assassins.
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Episode 10 : Please Report Any Odd Characters
November. 18,1957
An eccentric old man living at a boardinghouse begins concocting these stories and everyone becomes suspicious when young girls are found dead.
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Episode 9 : Twenty-Four Hours Til Dawn
November. 11,1957
An important political prisoner is awaiting execution by the men who have overthrown his country's government. The night before he is to face the firing squad, he is given a choice: if he will give up fighting for his cause, he will be set free.
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Episode 8 : The Bend in the Road
November. 04,1957
An elderly but energetic minister retires and lives with his overly attentive son and daughter-in-law.
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Episode 7 : The Deaf Heart
October. 21,1957
A girl has lost her hearing as a result of an emotional disturbance. Her subconscious is probed by a team of psychologists who decide to try a daring experiment.
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Episode 6 : Act of Mercy
October. 14,1957
A man lies in a coma for over a year as a result of a car accident. His brother, knowing the situation is hopeless, decides to end his existence.
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Episode 5 : The Morning After
October. 07,1957
A teenage student traps his Latin teacher into a compromise on grades by implying that she has made "advances" at him. Appalled and frightened by the implication that she is an immoral teacher at a private school for boys, she enlists the help of another teacher.
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Episode 2 : First Prize for Murder
September. 16,1957
At a Mystery Writers of America meeting, a government agent shows up, looking for a best selling author suspected of murder.
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Episode 1 : The Night America Trembled
September. 09,1957
Exploration of the panic caused by the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells ""War of the Worlds.""
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