DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month
Richard Burton and Yvonne Furneaux in the DuPont Show of the Month production of Wuthering Heights, May 9, 1958.
Genre	Anthology
Directed by	Sidney Lumet Ralph Nelson Alex Segal Robert Mulligan
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	Talent Associates
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 29, 1957 (1957-09-29) – March 31, 1961 (1961-03-31)

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 (1959–61).

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.

The directors for the series included Sidney Lumet, Ralph Nelson, Alex Segal and Robert Mulligan.

DuPont Show of the Month was the first anthology series to stage a television dramatization of Thornton Wilder's only novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey. It also presented original dramas, such as The Lincoln Murder Case. Dale Wasserman wrote for the show, and it was Wasserman's I, Don Quixote on this series (November 9, 1959) that eventually was developed six years later into Man of La Mancha. The plot and much of the dialogue is identical.