The United States Steel Hour
TV ShowEnded

The United States Steel Hour

6.2 / 10
1953
10 seasons
259 episodes
ComedyDrama

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 program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.POW

    27-10-195360m

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

  • Ep 2

    2.Hope for a Harvest

    10-11-195360m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.The Wedding

    24-11-195360m
  • Ep 4

    4.The Man in Possession

    08-12-195360m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.The Vanishing Point

    22-12-195360m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Hedda Gabler

    05-01-195460m

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.The Rise of Carthage

    19-01-195460m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.Papa Is All

    02-02-195460m

    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...

  • Ep 9

    9.Highway

    16-02-195460m
  • Ep 10

    10.Morning Star

    02-03-195460m

    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 Fact...

  • Ep 11

    11.Welcome Home

    16-03-195460m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.The Last Notch

    30-03-195460m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Late Date

    13-04-195460m
  • Ep 14

    14.The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

    27-04-195460m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.The End of Paul Dane

    11-05-195460m

    A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients

  • Ep 16

    16.The Great Chair

    25-05-195460m
  • Ep 17

    17.Good for You

    08-06-195460m
  • Ep 18

    18.Fearful Decision

    22-06-195460m

    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.

  • Ep 19

    19.Haven's End

    06-07-195460m
  • Ep 20

    20.A Garden in the Sea

    20-07-195460m
  • Ep 21

    21.Oberstrasse Forty-Nine

    03-08-195460m
  • Ep 22

    22.The Grand Tour

    17-08-195460m
  • Ep 23

    23.Two

    31-08-195460m

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