8.0/1010 votes#1 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - The Wedding
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1953
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - 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
- 7.0/1013 votes
#6 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Highway
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/16/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Morning Star
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/2/1954
A story revolving around a widow and her extended family on New York's Lower East Side, spanning the years 1910-1931, including such historic events as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, World War I, and the Great Depression, events that shaped the lives and destinies of the family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Welcome Home
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1954
The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - The Last Notch
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/1954
A story about a gunfighter who didn't particularly care for gunfighting.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Late Date
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/13/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1010 votes
#14 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - The End of Paul Dane
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/1954
A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Great Chair
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/25/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Good for You
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/8/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Fearful Decision
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/22/1954
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, yet he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would ensure the boy's safety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Haven's End
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/6/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - A Garden in the Sea
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/20/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Oberstrasse Forty-Nine
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/3/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Grand Tour
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/17/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Two
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/31/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The United States Steel Hour Season 1
Every episode of The United States Steel Hour Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The United States Steel Hour Season 1!
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...
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"POW" is the best rated episode of "The United States Steel Hour" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Alex Segal and written by N/A, it aired on 10/27/1953. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Hope for a Harvest".