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The Best Episodes of Studio One Season 5

Every episode of Studio One Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Studio One Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Studio One Season 5

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,...
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    6.0/10(51 votes)

    #1 - The Kill

    S5:E1

    Grace Kelly in a very good early performance as the wife of Dick Foran, who is wrongly accused of murder. Nina Foch plays Foran's old girl friend who is still in love with him.

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    5.4/10(18 votes)

    #2 - The Square Peg

    S5:E2

    A psychologist evaluates a gangster's crew.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - The Doctor's Wife

    S5:E3

    A doctor's wife suffers after he marries her as he's not yet over his previous love.

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    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #4 - 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
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    #5 - The Great Conspiracy

    S5:E5

    The dictator of an unnamed European country is unaware that his advisers are plotting to assassinate him.

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    #6 - The Love Letter

    S5:E6

    Professor White teaches at a provincial university who has lost his enjoyment of teaching. His hatred of youth and all it embellishes has destroyed his faith.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - The Incredible Mr. Glencannon

    S5:E7

    An adventurous sea captain, Mr. Glencannon, is a master at uncovering evil deeds.

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    5.3/10(80 votes)

    #8 - Plan For Escape

    S5:E8

    A crooked club owner's wife witnesses his murder, and has to flee from gangsters.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Formula

    S5:E9

    An American spy and his wife, with the help of the widow of a Swiss scientist, compete with enemy agents to find the scientist's hidden formula for a psycho-active gas that erases the will to resist.

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    #10 - I Am Jonathan Scrivener

    S5:E10

    The tale of Jonathan Scrivener, told through his conversations with his secretary and his colleagues.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.2/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Hospital

    S5:E11

    A hospital kitchen employee gets drunk and shuts off the main power, throwing the hospital into darkness and total chaos and disarray.

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    #12 - The Great Lady

    S5:E12

    A man travels to France on business and meets a beautiful but married woman whom he falls in love with. They plan to marry once she divorces, but her soon-to-be ex-husband attempts suicide, feeling there is no hope for them she stays with her husband.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
    5.5/10(46 votes)

    #13 - The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus

    S5:E13

    The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

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    #14 - Young Man Adam

    S5:E14

    A young singer is striving for success in her career. She also pushes for success in her boyfriend's.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Black Rain
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for The Trial of John Peter Zenger
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #16 - 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
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    #17 - Signal Thirty-Two

    S5:E17

    The story of two rookie cops, one keeping to the straight and narrow and the other turning crooked.

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    #18 - To a Moment of Triumph

    S5:E18

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

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

    #19 - 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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    #20 - The River Garden

    S5:E20

    The story, set in 1944 China, of a missionary teacher called ""Teacher Jane,"" who is recovering from an injury during a bombing in Chun King.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - The Walsh Girls

    S5:E21

    Two New England sisters reunite after the German husband of one of them dies in a concentration camp.

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    #22 - The Show Piece

    S5:E22

    An egotistical boy's father tries to teach his son the blessings of life and good community spirit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - My Beloved Husband

    S5:E23

    An aging, lonely widow buys a young man's love. When she is found dead, questions are asked. Is it an accident, suicide or murder?

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    #24 - The Garretson Chronicle

    S5:E24

    The story of three generations of a Massachusetts family through conflicts, desires and triumphs and failures.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - A Breath of Air

    S5:E25

    After being thrown off course and landing on the island of Terraqueous, a man falls in love with the island's magical qualities as well as the people that inhabit the place.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Kill" is the best rated episode of "Studio One" season 5. It scored 6/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 9/22/1952. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Square Peg".