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50 episodes

Studio One - Season 8

First aired Sep 19, 1955Season 8

Browse all 50 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Like Father, Like Son

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Sep 19, 195560 min

An ex-football hero who's 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

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Sep 26, 195560 min

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

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Oct 3, 195560 min

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

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Oct 10, 195560 min

Uncle Ed is a contestant on the game show ""The $64,000 Question""

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Episode 5

A Most Contagious Game

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Oct 17, 195560 min

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

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Episode 6

Private History

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Oct 24, 195560 min

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

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Oct 31, 195560 min

Despite the opposition of their families, two 65-year-olds plan to marry. Though 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

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Nov 7, 195560 min

A Navy crew is trapped in a crippled submarine on the ocean floor. The captain and his second in command must organize the men, who, before the accident, were torn by petty grievances.

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Episode 9

The Judge and the Hangman

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Nov 14, 195560 min

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

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Episode 10

Julie

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Nov 21, 195560 min

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

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Nov 28, 195560 min

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

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Episode 12

Blow Up at Cortland

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Dec 5, 195560 min

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

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Episode 13

The Strongbox

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Dec 12, 195560 min

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

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Dec 19, 195560 min

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

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Dec 26, 195560 min

A young army officer (Dewey Martin) waiting assignment is picked to defend a soldier in a court martial. The soldier (James Gregory) 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

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Jan 2, 195660 min

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

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Episode 17

The Talented Mr. Ripley

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Jan 9, 195660 min

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

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Jan 16, 195660 min

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

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Jan 23, 195660 min

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

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Episode 20

My Son Johnny

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Jan 30, 195660 min

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

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Feb 6, 195660 min

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

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Feb 13, 195560 min

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

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Feb 20, 195660 min

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

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Episode 24

Always Welcome

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Feb 27, 195660 min

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

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Mar 5, 195660 min

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

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Mar 12, 195660 min

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

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Mar 19, 195660 min

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

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Mar 26, 195660 min

An angel comes to Earth to help clean up a corrupt town.

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Episode 29

This Will Do Nicely

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Apr 2, 195660 min

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

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Apr 9, 195660 min

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 4356

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Apr 16, 195660 min

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

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Apr 30, 195660 min

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

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May 7, 195660 min

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

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May 14, 195660 min

In New York City, a 13-year-old boy discovers the magic words that set a wish-granting genie free.

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Episode 35

The Star-Spangled Soldier

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May 21, 195660 min

A not too sharp 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

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May 28, 195660 min

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

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Jun 4, 195660 min

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

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Jun 11, 195660 min

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

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Jun 18, 195660 min

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

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Jun 25, 195660 min

While a man lies unconscious on the operating table, he dreams that he has recovered and gone on a sea voyage to regain his health. However, death follows him in a recurrent dream in which he takes a journey through the heavens. The dream obsesses him, but Clarice, a pretty woman with whom he falls in love, forces him back to reality, at which point, he regains consciousness to find Clarice, his nurse, bending over him to say he is all right.

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Episode 41

The Luck of Luke McTigger

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Jul 2, 195660 min

Luke McTrigger, 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, and that's a lot of money in the Wyoming of 1880!

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Episode 42

Song for a Summer Night

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Jul 9, 195660 min

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

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Jul 16, 195660 min

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

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Episode 44

An Incident of Love

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Jul 23, 195660 min

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

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Episode 45

The Ballad of Yermo Red

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Jul 30, 195660 min

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

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Aug 6, 195660 min

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

Giulio

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Aug 27, 195660 min

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

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Sep 3, 195660 min

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

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Sep 10, 195660 min

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

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Sep 17, 195660 min

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