6.0/1051 votes#1 - The Kill
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1952
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 5.5/1017 votes
#2 - The Square Peg
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1952
A psychologist evaluates a gangster's crew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - The Doctor's Wife
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1952
A doctor's wife suffers after he marries her as he's not yet over his previous love.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votes
#4 - Little Man, Big World
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1952
A group of gangsters from a mid-sized city are getting squeezed out by their big city counterparts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Reginald Rose
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - The Great Conspiracy
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1952
The dictator of an unnamed European country is unaware that his advisers are plotting to assassinate him.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - The Love Letter
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1952
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Incredible Mr. Glencannon
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1952
An adventurous sea captain, Mr. Glencannon, is a master at uncovering evil deeds.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1079 votes
#8 - Plan For Escape
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1952
A crooked club owner's wife witnesses his murder, and has to flee from gangsters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - The Formula
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1952
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Reginald Rose
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - I Am Jonathan Scrivener
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1952
The tale of Jonathan Scrivener, told through his conversations with his secretary and his colleagues.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1016 votes
#11 - The Hospital
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1952
A hospital kitchen employee gets drunk and shuts off the main power, throwing the hospital into darkness and total chaos and disarray.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - The Great Lady
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1952
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1041 votes
#13 - The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1952
The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Young Man Adam
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1952
A young singer is striving for success in her career. She also pushes for success in her boyfriend's.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1014 votes
#15 - 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
- 7.1/1034 votes
#16 - The Trial of John Peter Zenger
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1953
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Signal Thirty-Two
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1953
The story of two rookie cops, one keeping to the straight and narrow and the other turning crooked.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - To a Moment of Triumph
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1953
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1011 votes
#19 - Mark of Cain
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1953
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - The River Garden
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1953
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: James Costigan
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Walsh Girls
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1953
Two New England sisters reunite after the German husband of one of them dies in a concentration camp.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Show Piece
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1953
An egotistical boy's father tries to teach his son the blessings of life and good community spirit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - My Beloved Husband
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1953
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?
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - The Garretson Chronicle
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1953
The story of three generations of a Massachusetts family through conflicts, desires and triumphs and failures.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - A Breath of Air
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/1953
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: N/A
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!
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
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 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Square Peg".