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The Best Episodes of The United States Steel Hour

Every episode of The United States Steel Hour ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The United States Steel Hour!

The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio...
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Pink Burro" is the best rated episode of "The United States Steel Hour". It scored 8.4/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/15/1959. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Inner Panic".

  • The Pink Burro
    8.4/1020 votes
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    #1 - The Pink Burro

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 7/15/1959

    Former vaudeville singer Lil Andrews ambitiously makes preparations for her daughter's professional singing debut. She is unaware that the girl, who is living out of town with an aunt while taking singing lessons, has secretly married and given up plans for a singing career.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Inner Panic
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #2 - The Inner Panic

    Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1962

    A young man with a speech impediment who is having a hard time landing his first job gets a job in the mailroom of a big company through his mother's intervention and quickly gains confidence, loses his stutter, and finds love with a young woman who works at the same company.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
    8.3/1025 votes
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    #3 - The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/1961

    Charlie Gordon, a retarded man working in a bakery, is made a genius through medical technology.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • POW
    8.0/1010 votes
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    #4 - POW

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1953

    The story of the psychological torment of American soldiers after they return home from Commmunist prison camps.

    Director: Alex Segal

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Interlude
    7.7/1020 votes
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    #5 - Dangerous Interlude

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1959

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man on the Mountaintop
    7.7/109 votes
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    #6 - Man on the Mountaintop

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1961

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Act of Terror
    7.4/1015 votes
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    #7 - Act of Terror

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/30/1959

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bang the Drum Slowly
    7.3/10179 votes
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    #8 - Bang the Drum Slowly

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1956

    The powerful moving story of the friendship between the star pitcher of a baseball team and a catcher who is dying from Hodgkin's Disease.

    Director: Alex Segal

    Writer: N/A

  • Scandal at Peppernut
    7.1/1017 votes
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    #9 - Scandal at Peppernut

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/1955

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hedda Gabler
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #10 - Hedda Gabler

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/5/1954

    In a small backward Norwegian town in the 1860s, a woman who is married to a scholar whom she does not love subtly asserts her power over the people in her life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Presento
    6.9/1062 votes
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    #11 - Presento

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/1954

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man in the Corner
    6.8/10146 votes
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    #12 - Man in the Corner

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 3/1/1955

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Scene of the Crime
    6.8/1013 votes
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    #13 - Scene of the Crime

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 6/27/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Time for Sergeants
    6.5/106 votes
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    #14 - No Time for Sergeants

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/15/1955

    A country bumpkin is drafted into the Air Force and wreaks havoc.

    Director: Alex Segal

    Writer: N/A

  • A Wind from the South
    6.4/10123 votes
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    #15 - A Wind from the South

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/14/1955

    A story about an Irish country girl's first love

    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: James Costigan

  • The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham
    6.2/1010 votes
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    #16 - The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/27/1954

    Though rough around the edges, a self-made man tries to get his daughter admitted to Boston's high society 400.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sideshow
    5.6/1010 votes
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    #17 - Sideshow

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 8/15/1956

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Never Know the End
    4.6/109 votes
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    #18 - Never Know the End

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1958

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Incident in an Alley
    4.4/1011 votes
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    #19 - Incident in an Alley

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1955

    No description available

    Director: Sidney Lumet

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Hope for a Harvest
    NaN/100 votes
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    #20 - Hope for a Harvest

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/1953

    A story examining the seeming loss of the American work ethic, as well as the issues of racism and prejudice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wedding
    NaN/100 votes
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    #21 - The Wedding

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1953

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man in Possession
    NaN/100 votes
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    #22 - The Man in Possession

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1953

    A penniless society girl falls in love with the handsome sheriff's man sent to keep an eye on her belongings.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vanishing Point
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - The Vanishing Point

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/22/1953

    In Paris, the Head of the Missing Persons Bureau disappears and his assistant, hoping for a promotion, searches for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Rise of Carthage
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - The Rise of Carthage

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/1954

    A power-mad businessman finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Papa Is All
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - Papa Is All

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/2/1954

    A story about a Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite family in the 1940s, in which the parents adhere to their faith while their two children desire to be more ""worldly"" until they feel the personal call to the Mennonite faith.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A