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The Best Episodes of Studio One Season 9

Every episode of Studio One Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Studio One Season 9!

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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, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Studio One Season 9 Episode 20 - The Defender (1)
    7.9/10(170 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  2. Studio One Season 9 Episode 21 - The Defender (2)
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  3. Studio One Season 9 Episode 7 - The Landlady's Daughter
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S9:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Studio One Season 9 Episode 6 - The Pilot
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    S9:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Studio One Season 9 Episode 30 - The Out-of-Towners
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Studio One Season 9 Episode 18 - A Walk in the Forest
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    S9:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Studio One Season 9 Episode 19 - The Hollywood Complex
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Studio One Season 9 Episode 28 - The Traveling Lady
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    S9:E28

    Georgette and her little daughter arrive in a small Texas town to meet her husband, Henry, who has recently been released from prison. Georgette married Henry while he was a struggling singer, but soon after their marriage he was sent to prison for a 6-year term. Weak in character, Henry is now trying to make another start and is working as a gardener for one of the town's most trusting characters. But a new person enters Georgette's life, Slim Breedlove, a pleasant young man who offers to help her find her husband.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Studio One Season 9 Episode 1 - A Special Announcement
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E1

    An eccentric hobbyist inadvertently gets the original draft of the Gettysburg Address at an auction. He decides to burn the paper to bring a focus of attention on the ideals it contains but agrees to wait until after a TV debate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Studio One Season 9 Episode 2 - A Man's World
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E2

    A cabin boy on an American yacht finds love in the French port of Cannes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Studio One Season 9 Episode 3 - The Open Door
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E3

    When a man thumbs a ride and gets into an argument with the driver, he receives a 90-day jail sentence, but to his surprise, he is offered a job as counterman in a diner near the jail while serving his term, according to the ""open door"" policy of the prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Studio One Season 9 Episode 4 - The Crimes of Peter Page
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E4

    The museum curator's reputation comes under close scrutiny when several articles aren't what they appeared to be.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Studio One Season 9 Episode 5 - American Primitive
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E5

    A group of settlers on their way to Oregon stop for the night on a Western prairie. As the Indian tom-toms beat, tension in the small camp mounts, until finally the Indians themselves appear to demand justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dale Wasserman

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  14. Studio One Season 9 Episode 8 - Portrait of a Citizen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E8

    Lev Simon is in the U.S. illegally. As head of an immigrant family, he realizes his error when election time comes and he can't vote.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Studio One Season 9 Episode 9 - Rachel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E9

    Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel makes a decision which impacts the entire country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Studio One Season 9 Episode 10 - Career
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E10

    A 35-year-old ex-champion is goaded into the boxing ring by a sportscaster to fight the current champion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Studio One Season 9 Episode 11 - A Christmas Surprise
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E11

    A special done like a "Person to Person" interview with a visit to a "typical" American home and family for a Christmas surprise.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Studio One Season 9 Episode 12 - Goodbye Piccadilly
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E12

    A secret agent is assigned to trail a brilliant scientist assuming that he is selling secrets to the enemy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marc Brandel

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  19. Studio One Season 9 Episode 13 - Love at Fourth Sight
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E13

    A young bachelor has a recurring dream about a girl named Pat who calls to him and then disappears. His mother is startled when he claims to have actually found the girl.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Sumner Locke Elliott

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  20. Studio One Season 9 Episode 14 - The Dark Corner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E14

    Laura Morgan goes with her new husband to live in his mother's cheerless house. From her husband's mother, she learns a terrible secret about his past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Art Wallace

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  21. Studio One Season 9 Episode 15 - The Five Dollar Bill
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E15

    A sensitive young boy struggles to attain his own identity against the fumbling demands of his father and the solicitous affections of his mother.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Studio One Season 9 Episode 16 - Dead of Noon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E16

    A western gunman obtains a law degree while serving time in jail. When released, he hopes to aid law and justice but learns that his days of gunslinging are not over yet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Studio One Season 9 Episode 17 - Tale of the Comet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E17

    Tim Tully has reached the top as a successful comic but is ruthless behind the scenes alienating many. Then as his ratings begin to slide he finds it difficult to get anyone, especially writers, to work for him.

    Director:Robert Mulligan
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Studio One Season 9 Episode 22 - A Child Is Waiting
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E22

    Nurse Jean Horst, who works in a retarded children's home, is drawn to Reuben Widdicomb, a little boy whose mother hasn't come to visit him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Studio One Season 9 Episode 23 - Walk Down the Hill
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E23

    During World War II, a Jewish American soldier questions his heritage when he is thrown in a German prison camp and learns that the Jewish GI's are to be put into a separate camp.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"The Defender (1)" is the best rated episode of "Studio One" season 9. It scored 7.9/10 based on 170 votes. Directed by Robert Mulligan and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 2/25/1957. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Defender (2)".