The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

October 27, 1953

Episodes

23 episodes

The United States Steel Hour

Season 1

Episodes

1. POW

October 27, 1953
60 min

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

2. Hope for a Harvest

November 10, 1953
60 min

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

3. The Wedding

November 24, 1953
60 min

4. The Man in Possession

December 8, 1953
60 min

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

5. The Vanishing Point

December 22, 1953
60 min

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

6. Hedda Gabler

January 5, 1954
60 min

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.

7. The Rise of Carthage

January 19, 1954
60 min

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

8. Papa Is All

February 2, 1954
60 min

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.

9. Highway

February 16, 1954
60 min

10. Morning Star

March 2, 1954
60 min

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.

11. Welcome Home

March 16, 1954
60 min

The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.

12. The Last Notch

March 30, 1954
60 min

A story about a gunfighter who didn't particularly care for gunfighting.

13. Late Date

April 13, 1954
60 min

14. The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

April 27, 1954
60 min

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

15. The End of Paul Dane

May 11, 1954
60 min

A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients

16. The Great Chair

May 25, 1954
60 min

17. Good for You

June 8, 1954
60 min

18. Fearful Decision

June 22, 1954
60 min

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.

19. Haven's End

July 6, 1954
60 min

20. A Garden in the Sea

July 20, 1954
60 min

21. Oberstrasse Forty-Nine

August 3, 1954
60 min

22. The Grand Tour

August 17, 1954
60 min

23. Two

August 31, 1954
60 min
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