The 20th Century-Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Ed Wynn and Kathleen Crowley in "The Great American Hoax"
Genre	Anthology
Presented by	Joseph Cotten (1955-56) Robert Sterling (1956-57)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	48–50 minutes
Production company(s)	TCF Television Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 5, 1955 (1955-10-05) – June 12, 1957 (1957-06-12)

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars (its title when the series was originally syndicated after 1957). The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

Presenting both originals and remakes, The 20th Century Fox Hour was telecast on Wednesday nights at 10pm, alternating each week with The U.S. Steel Hour. Many of the programs were shortened versions of classic 20th Century Fox films, remade with a far lower budget than the originals. Films receiving this treatment included The Ox-Bow Incident, The Late George Apley and Miracle on 34th Street. Some were retitled; Man on the Ledge was a remake of Fourteen Hours (1951).

Guest stars on the series included Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Gary Merrill, Thomas Mitchell and Teresa Wright. Steve McQueen made an appearance before he became a major star. Child actor Johnny Washbrook appeared three times on the series while he was also in the lead role of the Western series, My Friend Flicka. Judson Pratt appeared as MacIntyre in the 1956 episode, "The Moneymaker". Child actress Beverly Washburn appeared as Ruthie in "The Hefferan Family" (1956) and as the character Kate as a girl in "Men in Her Life" (1957).