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The Best Episodes of Studio One

Every episode of Studio One ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Studio One!

The Best Episodes of Studio One

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,...
  1. Background image for No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #1 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)

    S10:E13

    Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Scarlet Letter
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #2 - The Scarlet Letter

    S2:E30

    Classic tale of adultery and betrayal.

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  3. Background image for No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #3 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)

    S10:E12

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Mary Poppins
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Mary Poppins

    S2:E15

    A nanny of special talents is hired by George Banks, an old-fashioned London banker who is trying to raise his two naughty children.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Defender (Part 1)
    7.9/10(150 votes)

    #5 - The Defender (Part 1)

    S9:E20

    A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father while the prosecution puts on a dramatic and convincing argument of guilt.

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  6. Background image for Tongues of Angels
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Tongues of Angels

    S10:E24

    A young man looking for work on a family farm indicates that he is not deaf and dumb but in fact suffers from a severe stuttering problem.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Shadow of a Genius
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #7 - The Shadow of a Genius

    S10:E26

    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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    Director:Ralph Nelson
  9. Background image for The Laugh Maker
    7.7/10(74 votes)

    #8 - The Laugh Maker

    S5:E34

    Jerry Giles, a tortured comic who is afraid of failure, is being pestered by a magazine writer sent out to profile him.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Defender (Part 2)
    7.7/10(89 votes)

    #9 - The Defender (Part 2)

    S9:E21

    A young criminal attorney and his firm-owning father defend a 19 year-old on trial for a murder that he swears he did not commit. Personal conflicts arise with the attorney and his father while the prosecution puts on a dramatic and convincing argument of guilt.

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  11. Background image for Black Rain
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Black Rain

    S5:E15

    A happy but impoverished family has to decide on continuing their present happiness or having a secure financial future when their rich yet troublesome aunt comes to live with them.

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  12. Background image for The Last Summer
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #11 - The Last Summer

    S10:E41

    A country boy is taken in by a scheming rich girl who is spending her vacation in the country.

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  13. Background image for The Landlady's Daughter
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #12 - The Landlady's Daughter

    S9:E7

    When a smooth talking lawyer moves into the boarding house, tongues start wagging about the goings on with the landlady's daughter.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Miracle in the Rain
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Miracle in the Rain

    S2:E34

    Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

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    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #14 - The Pilot

    S9:E6

    This episode depicts the story of Sister Mary Aquinas, who was the first nun ever to become a licensed aeroplane pilot.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Rival Dummy
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #15 - The Rival Dummy

    S2:E2

    The murder of a ventriloquist's dummy

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  17. Background image for The Out-of-Towners
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #16 - The Out-of-Towners

    S9:E30

    A small-town postmistress, whose hopes are high when she makes her annual trip to the big city for a 3-day convention of Postal Employees, meets a middle-aged salesman and tries to encourage the acquaintanceship.

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Sentence of Death
    7.1/10(155 votes)

    #17 - Sentence of Death

    S5:E46

    A woman witnesses a murder during a store robbery but claims the accused man is not the killer. After he is convicted and weeks away from his execution date, she sees the real killer, but the police are reluctant to reopen the case.

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    Director:Matt Harlib
  19. Background image for Little Man, Big World
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Little Man, Big World

    S5:E4

    A group of gangsters from a mid-sized city are getting squeezed out by their big city counterparts.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Trial of John Peter Zenger
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #19 - The Trial of John Peter Zenger

    S5:E16

    The story of John Peter Zenger who fought British rule in the American colonies and printed materials against England's King George. This case is important to American historians and champions of the First Amendment because it represented a strong repudiation of British libel law and also marked an important fissure in the relationship between the American colonies and the mother country.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Mark of Cain
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Mark of Cain

    S5:E19

    A young man on parole after 7 years in Sing Sing tries to start his life with a clean slate, but while his mother and his girlfriend are glad to see him, his brother is less than warm.

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  22. Background image for A Walk in the Forest
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #21 - A Walk in the Forest

    S9:E18

    A young student with a promising career in science endangers his future in an immature college spree.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Kurishiki Incident
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Kurishiki Incident

    S10:E31

    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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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Hollywood Complex
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #23 - The Hollywood Complex

    S9:E19

    When a young movie executive, with a distorted conception of the values and rewards of Hollywood, rejects his father as an embarrassing symbol of the past, the executive's two roommates and an exotic dancer give kindness to the bewildered old man, and in so doing, discover something important about themselves and their own need for love.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Of Human Bondage
    6.7/10(42 votes)

    #24 - Of Human Bondage

    S2:E11

    Story of a crippled medical student's romance with a heartless waitress in 1910 Paris.

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  26. Background image for The Taming of the Shrew
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #25 - The Taming of the Shrew

    S2:E39

    A modern dress version of the Shakespeare classic

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)" is the best rated episode of "Studio One". It scored 8.6/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/16/1957. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Scarlet Letter".