DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Drama

Comedy

DuPont Show of the Month

Drama

Comedy

Created By
First Aired on: Sep 29, 1957
Popularity: 30.4615: 4 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: Talent Associates (US)CBS Studios (US)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 4 seasons, 34 episodes

Season 1

Aired 68 years ago

10 Episodes

Episode 1Crescendo90 min
A visiting Englishman takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles.
Episode 2The Prince and the Pauper90 min
A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.
Episode 3Beyond This Place90 min
A young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive — and in prison for murder.
Episode 4Junior Miss90 min
A musical version of the hit play.
Episode 5The Bridge of San Luis Rey90 min
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.