Studio One · SEASON 5
The Trial of John Peter Zenger
Episode 16 · 1953-01-12
- Drama
Episode overview
The story of John Peter Zenger who fought British rule in the American colonies and printed materials against England's King George. This case is important to American historians and champions of the First Amendment because it represented a strong repudiation of British libel law and also marked an important fissure in the relationship between the American colonies and the mother country.
60 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. The Kill1952-09-22
2. The Square Peg1952-09-29
3. The Doctor's Wife1952-10-06
4. Little Man, Big World1952-10-13
5. The Great Conspiracy1952-10-20
6. The Love Letter1952-10-27
7. The Incredible Mr. Glencannon1952-11-10
8. Plan For Escape1952-11-17
9. The Formula1952-11-24
10. I Am Jonathan Scrivener1952-12-01
11. The Hospital1952-12-08
12. The Great Lady1952-12-15
13. The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus1952-12-22
14. Young Man Adam1952-12-29
15. Black Rain1953-01-05
16. The Trial of John Peter Zenger1953-01-12
17. Signal Thirty-Two1953-01-19
18. To a Moment of Triumph1953-01-26
19. Mark of Cain1953-02-02
20. The River Garden1953-02-09
21. The Walsh Girls1953-02-16
22. The Show Piece1953-02-23
23. My Beloved Husband1953-03-02
24. The Garretson Chronicle1953-03-09
25. A Breath of Air1953-03-16
26. The Edge of Evil1953-03-23
27. At Midnight on the Thirty-First of March1953-03-30
28. Shadow of the Devil1953-04-06
29. The Magic Lantern1953-04-13
30. The Fathers1953-04-20
31. Along Came a Spider1953-04-27
32. Birthright1953-05-04
33. King Coffin1953-05-11
34. The Laugh Maker1953-05-18
35. Fly with the Hawk1953-05-24
36. Rendezvous1953-06-01
37. Conflict1953-06-08
38. The Paris Feeling1953-06-22
39. Greed1953-06-29
40. Beyond Reason1953-07-06
41. End of the Honeymoon1953-07-13
42. The Shadow of a Man1953-07-20
43. The King in Yellow1953-07-27
44. The Roman Kid1953-08-03
45. Flowers from a Stranger1953-08-10
46. Sentence of Death1953-08-17
47. The Gathering Night1953-08-24
48. Letter from Cairo1953-08-31
49. Look Homeward, Hayseed1953-09-04
50. The Storm1953-09-14
