The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

1953
6.2
10 Seasons

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.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

POW

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

Ep 2

Hope for a Harvest

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

Ep 3

The Wedding

Ep 4

The Man in Possession

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

Ep 5

The Vanishing Point

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

Ep 6

Hedda Gabler

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

The Rise of Carthage

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

Ep 8

Papa Is All

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.

Ep 9

Highway

Ep 10

Morning Star

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.

Ep 11

Welcome Home

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

Ep 12

The Last Notch

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

Ep 13

Late Date

Ep 14

The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

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

Ep 15

The End of Paul Dane

A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients

Ep 16

The Great Chair

Ep 17

Good for You

Ep 18

Fearful Decision

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

Haven's End

Ep 20

A Garden in the Sea

Ep 21

Oberstrasse Forty-Nine

Ep 22

The Grand Tour

Ep 23

Two

Cast