Rod Serling – Studio One Drama – The Strike



A small group of U.S. soldiers, cold, out of supplies and isolated, are taking cover in a ruined farmhouse during the Korean war. The officer in charge is tormented that a patrol he sent out to scout the enemy is overdue and contact lost. In a weak, one way radio signal, the patrol states their position. When further orders come in, the officer realizes he must order an air strike on the enemy that would surely kill the patrol, or risk the enemy mounting an attack on the rest of his forces.

Original air date: 06/07/1954

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30 Replies to “Rod Serling – Studio One Drama – The Strike”

  1. In 1954, years before I was even born, that electric range looked better than any electric stove I've seen in my lifetime; look at the size of it for one thing and it's got sensors that won't let your peas burn! Who needs a smartphone when back then they had smartstoves?

  2. That Westinghouse fridge was pretty remarkable; it was well stocked with probably fake and real food (who could tell in black and white: the steak looked real but the ham looked artificial) but all of those organized compartments and the drawers that slid out seemed way ahead of its time. Innovation AND proudly made in America.

  3. I watched Playhouse 90/Studio One/Play of the Week when I was a kid (I was a middle aged child, what can I say?) Thanks for downloading these..absolutely terrific viewing. Serling was amazing….

  4. It's a cinch Eisenhower never got that worked up over sending tens of thousands to their deaths. Officers who care that much never get promoted to Colonel, yet alone general.

  5. These drama's should have a hell of a lot more viewings, guess the world's values have changed in the last fifty years, not for the better. All these dramas are superbly acted.

  6. Brilliant suspense – and all in an hour.  Serling said more in one hour than other writers say in pages & pages of dialogue.

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