The Best Episodes of Studio One Season 6

An adaptation of the dystopic novel concerning one man's rebellion against a totalitarian society

Director: Paul Nickell

Writer: N/A

Twelve-year-old Cotton Kinney wants a dog for Christmas and gives hints when he buys his dad a dog collar for Christmas and his mom a bowl just the right size for dog food.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

Opera diva Marcia Vernon loses her voice. Though Mark, her irresponsible husband, and Carol, her secretary, are both devoted to her, they otherwise oppose each other. Marica's surgery and the aftermath bring surprising revelations to all three.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A wealthy 70-year-old woman believes money can do everything, especially if one has as much as 70 million, the estimated fortune of Jenny Pratt. Piano tuner Jack O'Hara comes to Mrs. Pratt's home to tune her piano and finds himself living in her mansion, seven hours of daily piano practice for a year.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

Captain Miles reads the pathetic appeals of his buddy to his young wife back home that she write to him. Miles finds himself hating the unknown woman, until he has the opportunity to meet her and discover the trouble.

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Writer: N/A

A weak man masquerades as a hero in a Latin American republic.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

A double murder has taken place at the cottage of the Merrymans. When they arrive at their cottage, they are bombarded by inquisitive neighbors about what transpired to their former tenants.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jerome Ross

A modern dress adaptation of the classic story of a terminally ill prostitute who falls in love with a man of means.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

A priest working the Mission Church on Bowdoin Street in Boston is threatened with condemnation. The church is in such disrepair and with no funds to rebuild, the situation is hopeless. The Mission affects the lives of everyone in the neighborhood, even garage mechanic Johnny and his wife Jebby as well as the wealthy Lydia Brunall all come to see Father Ferris.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

An old cowboy makes his living riding in a Wild West show and reminisces on the days when he fought side-by-side with Buffalo Bill Cody.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: Rod Serling

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

The heroic story of Captain Robert I. Olsen aboard the Angler, a submarine that rescued 135 people through heavily mined waters.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

A spoiled rich girl matures into a lovely lady when she learns compassion and tenderness from three loves.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A modernized musical of the classic story

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

A small group of people in Belgium try to safeguard a painting of the Nativity from Nazi plundering.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A Brooklyn bus driver drives off to Miami in a city bus and is apprehended by the police.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

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

An unemployed writer working as a press agent for an American dress designer in Italy becomes innocently involved in smuggling. [RF]

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: N/A

An accountant meets an aged millionaire, who appoints him executor of a trust fund for the millionaire's dog, Shaftsbury.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A war orphan is smuggled into the U.S. by a pilot.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: Rod Serling

The writer of murder mysteries acts out the crimes before putting them to paper. There's a real plot twist when a dead man turns up in her house.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

An anonymous letter writer creates fear and havoc in the lives of three sisters.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: Gore Vidal

A former child star disappears during a Broadway play.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A young married couple live in a New York neighborhood and share a babysitter and maid of all work with another couple. When this paragon of domesticity decides to wed the two husbands are hard put to break up the romance.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: Norman Lessing

A writer's undercover assignment backfires when he cannot produce the evidence needed to free himself from jail.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A