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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!

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,...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
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Best Episodes Summary

"No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)" is the best rated episode of "Studio One". It scored 8.7/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/16/1957. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Death and Life of Larry Benson".

  • No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)
    8.7/10(30)
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    #1 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 2)

    Season 10 Episode 13

    Aired 12/16/1957

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death and Life of Larry Benson
    8.5/10(34)
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    #2 - The Death and Life of Larry Benson

    Season 6 Episode 37

    Aired 5/31/1954

    Larry Benson was reported missing on the battlefield more than three years ago and the entire town is excited about his unexpected homecoming.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Scarlet Letter
    8.2/10(18)
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    #3 - The Scarlet Letter

    Season 2 Episode 30

    Aired 4/3/1950

    Classic tale of adultery and betrayal.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)
    8.2/10(32)
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    #4 - No Deadly Medicine (Part 1)

    Season 10 Episode 12

    Aired 12/9/1957

    A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shadow of a Genius
    8.1/10(20)
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    #5 - The Shadow of a Genius

    Season 10 Episode 26

    Aired 3/31/1958

    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.

    Director: Ralph Nelson

    Writer: Jerome Ross

  • Mary Poppins
    8.0/10(16)
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    #6 - Mary Poppins

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 12/19/1949

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • The Defender (Part 1)
    7.9/10(143)
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    #7 - The Defender (Part 1)

    Season 9 Episode 20

    Aired 2/25/1957

    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.

    Director: Robert Mulligan

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Tongues of Angels
    7.9/10(20)
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    #8 - Tongues of Angels

    Season 10 Episode 24

    Aired 3/17/1958

    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.

    Director: Herbert Hirschman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Laugh Maker
    7.8/10(72)
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    #9 - The Laugh Maker

    Season 5 Episode 34

    Aired 5/18/1953

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners
    7.8/10(28)
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    #10 - The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners

    Season 6 Episode 17

    Aired 1/11/1954

    A group of school children perform what appears to be a play, but it progresses into a trial when the school janitor is accused of murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Defender (Part 2)
    7.7/10(83)
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    #11 - The Defender (Part 2)

    Season 9 Episode 21

    Aired 3/4/1957

    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.

    Director: Robert Mulligan

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Black Rain
    7.6/10(15)
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    #12 - Black Rain

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 1/5/1953

    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.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Summer
    7.6/10(19)
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    #13 - The Last Summer

    Season 10 Episode 41

    Aired 8/4/1958

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

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: Frank D. Gilroy

  • Julius Caesar
    7.5/10(18)
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    #14 - Julius Caesar

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 3/6/1949

    A modern dress adaptation of the classic play

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Twelve Angry Men
    7.5/10(403)
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    #15 - Twelve Angry Men

    Season 7 Episode 1

    Aired 9/20/1954

    A jury must reach a verdict concerning a teenaged boy accused of murder.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Dino
    7.5/10(41)
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    #16 - Dino

    Season 8 Episode 16

    Aired 1/2/1956

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Landlady's Daughter
    7.5/10(20)
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    #17 - The Landlady's Daughter

    Season 9 Episode 7

    Aired 11/26/1956

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Road to Jericho
    7.4/10(13)
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    #18 - The Road to Jericho

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 10/23/1950

    A woman has a clandestine meeting with a man, other than her husband and uncovers some murder evidence that will prevent an innocent man from going to prison. The woman's husband is the assistant district attorney who is trying to send the innocent man to prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Ten Thousand Horses Singing
    7.4/10(27)
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    #19 - Ten Thousand Horses Singing

    Season 4 Episode 25

    Aired 3/3/1952

    James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has been stowed there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Karl Tunberg

  • The Pilot
    7.4/10(16)
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    #20 - The Pilot

    Season 9 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/1956

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Story of Meg Mallory
    7.3/10(18)
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    #21 - The Story of Meg Mallory

    Season 4 Episode 29

    Aired 3/31/1952

    The mayor's daughter, who is kidnapped, falls in love with one of her captors.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • The Rival Dummy
    7.2/10(17)
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    #22 - The Rival Dummy

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/19/1949

    The murder of a ventriloquist's dummy

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Worthington Miner

  • Miracle in the Rain
    7.2/10(19)
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    #23 - Miracle in the Rain

    Season 2 Episode 34

    Aired 5/1/1950

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

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: N/A

  • Confessions of a Nervous Man
    7.2/10(37)
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    #24 - Confessions of a Nervous Man

    Season 6 Episode 11

    Aired 11/30/1953

    The story about how the success of Axelrod's play ""The Seven Year Itch"" affected him

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Out-of-Towners
    7.2/10(17)
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    #25 - The Out-of-Towners

    Season 9 Episode 30

    Aired 5/6/1957

    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.

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: N/A