About this season
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
Episodes (38)
1. This Land is Mine
Aired 18 September 1956
A homesteading couple find they are in danger of losing their farm.
2. My Friends, the Birds
Aired 25 September 1956
When an eccentric dowager dies, she leaves several million dollars to a bird sanctuary.
3. Mrs. Snyder
Aired 2 October 1956
When a wealthy, attractive woman appears, Duke Thompson, the aristocrat of confidence men, grooms himself for the most desirable, and challenging opportunity of his career.
4. Perfect Likeness
Aired 9 October 1956
An itinerant artist visits a bar and solves a love triangle by producing an idealized portrait of the waitress.
5. Palm Springs Incident
Aired 16 October 1956
A beautiful widow arrives in Palm Springs. She's determined to marry a young millionaire although he's already engaged.
6. Pride of Man
Aired 23 October 1956
A retired gunslinger, who settled down as a peaceful rancher, has been involved in a fatal shooting. Accompanied by a young boy, he rides into a frontier town. His face is still battered from a brutal pistol-beating as he seeks out the man responsible for the vicious assault.
7. Teacher
Aired 31 October 1956
A teacher's despair over her failure to educate backwoods children suddenly changes to great inspiration when she finds one of her charges smuggling out a spelling book. She learns that the book is not for the child, but for an old woman who insists she must learn to read.
8. The Charlatan
Aired 7 November 1956
A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.
9. Swing Your Partner, Hector
Aired 14 November 1956
A Texas cotton farmer is convinced he has what it takes to be an expert criminologist. He's read everything in detective fiction he can get his hands on.
10. Mister Cinderella
Aired 21 November 1956
A young American visiting London meets an attractive English girl who's the ward of a strict old lady. With the old lady's permission, he takes the girl to dinner, only to become involved in murder.
11. The Blue Wall
Aired 4 December 1956
No prisoner has ever escaped from Graymoor Prison, but a determined band of inmates conspire to accomplish the "impossible."
12. Challenge
Aired 11 December 1956
Two men discuss the current newspaper stories about the murder of a pretty actress. The crime has been committed by a homicidal maniac - and one of the two men is the killer.
13. The Ballad of Jubal Pickett
Aired 16 December 1956
An original ballad tells the story of "bad bad" Jubal Pickett, who escapes from jail and goes after the brother who turned him in.
14. Once Upon A Christmas Eve
Aired 24 December 1956
Two lonely old men hail a cab on Christmas Eve and order the driver to take them to a restaurant.
15. Outpost
7.0Aired 3 January 1957
The captain of a fort in Indian Territory takes several of his men into a nearby town. In a saloon a veteran cavalryman sees a deserter from another post and a gunfight starts. The captain arrives in time to find a new recruit has been murdered.
16. The Big Leap
Aired 25 January 1957
In order to prove he has not lost his touch, a once-famous news photographer risks his life for a photo of a young girl's attempted suicide.
17. Man On the Outside
Aired 2 February 1957
Two Federal men, on the trail of an escaped convict, threaten a man's marriage and business.
18. The Alibi
Aired 6 February 1957
A successful young author falls in love with a married woman. He convinces her that the only solution to the triangle is murder, and they devise an ingenious scheme.
19. You Take Ballistics
Aired 13 February 1957
A detective is convinced a man is guilty of murder despite ballistics tests to the contrary.
20. Strange Quarry
Aired 20 February 1957
Gangster Al Richards is being transferred by train to the state penitentiary. A washout occurs near a small western town and he escapes. A veteran detective teams up with the small-town police chief to track down the gangster.
21. Safe Enough
Aired 1 March 1957
A jeweler's assistant exploits his employer's trust by planning a gem robbery.
22. Big Joe's Comin' Home
Aired 13 March 1957
A former gangland boss returns after 25 years in prison, expecting things to be the same.
23. Stephen and Publius Syrus
Aired 18 March 1957
24. Always Open and Shut
Aired 8 April 1957
25. It's A Small World
Aired 14 April 1957
26. The Velvet Trap
Aired 24 April 1957
27. The Smuggler
Aired 10 May 1957
28. As Long As I Live
Aired 13 May 1957
29. Woman at Sea
Aired 15 May 1957
30. Shoot the Moon
Aired 24 May 1957
31. Little Miss Bedford
Aired 9 June 1957
32. The Customs of the Country
Aired 16 June 1957
33. The Smuggler
Aired 23 April 1957
34. As Long as I Live
Aired 30 April 1957
35. Women at Sea
Aired 7 May 1957
36. Shoot the Moon
Aired 14 May 1957
37. Little Miss Bedford
Aired 21 May 1957
38. The Customs of the Country
Aired 28 May 1957