Appointment with Adventure
Filmed live each week, this program gave viewers a glimpse of drama and adventure from around the world and from the distant and not-so-distant past. Subjects of the weekly plays included the American wars, as well as conflicts of far-away countries, and were performed by a number of well-known stars of the time.
- 1955-1956
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Drama
Filmed live each week, this program gave viewers a glimpse of drama and adventure from around the world and from the distant and not-so-distant past. Subjects of the weekly plays included the American wars, as well as conflicts of far-away countries, and were performed by a number of well-known stars of the time.
Season 2 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
The Allentown Incident
Sun, Oct 2, 1955 30 mins
Episode 2
Number Seven, Hangman's Row
Sun, Oct 9, 1955 30 mins
Episode 3
The Helping Hand
Sun, Oct 16, 1955 30 mins
Episode 4
Pattern for Thieves
Sun, Oct 23, 1955 30 mins
Episode 5
Dark Memory
Sun, Oct 30, 1955 30 mins
An American couple, living in an Italian village, are intimidated by the mysterious housekeeper. She has a reason for wishing harm to her employers: Her son was killed during the war while on a raid led by the American man.
Episode 6
State of Siege
Sun, Nov 6, 1955 30 mins
A young Canadian goes up to an island off Nova Scotia to collect his inheritance left to him by his grandfather. His plan is to get his money and leave, but the townspeople want him to stay and take over where his grandfather left off.
Episode 7
Stage Fright
Sun, Nov 13, 1955 30 mins
A policeman comes backstage to tell an actress that she's suspected of being in league with an escaped criminal. A boy on the fire escape outside, waiting to ask for the actress' autograph, overhears this.
Episode 8
Relative Stranger
Sun, Nov 20, 1955 30 mins
An American girl uses some of the legacy her late father left her to visit relatives in Copenhagen. There she learns that blood is not always thicker than water.
Episode 9
Time Bomb
Sun, Nov 27, 1955 30 mins
Police receive a crank letter informing them that a bomb will be placed in a busy railroad station. If the anonymous informant is right, hundreds of people are in danger. The bomb must be found.
Episode 10
Escape
Sun, Dec 4, 1955 30 mins
Episode 11
A Sword Has Two Eagles
Sun, Dec 11, 1955 30 mins
Episode 12
The Big Mistake
Sun, Dec 18, 1955 30 mins
Episode 13
A Touch of Christmas
Sun, Dec 25, 1955 30 mins
Episode 14
Mutiny
Sun, Jan 1, 1956 30 mins
Episode 15
The Top of the Mountain
Sun, Jan 8, 1956 30 mins
Episode 16
Suburban Terror
Sun, Jan 15, 1956 30 mins
A frightened wife awaits her husband's late return, fearful that the burglar who has been operating in the area will strike at any moment.
Episode 17
Betrayal
Sun, Jan 22, 1956 30 mins
On the eve of her wedding, a German girl faces tragedy. Her father, who is working against the communists in the Eastern Zone, is betrayed and captured.
Episode 18
The Battle of Hewitt Hill
Sun, Jan 29, 1956 30 mins
Episode 19
All Through the Night
Sun, Feb 5, 1956 30 mins
Virginia, a young model, receives an unexpected visit from her fugitive brother who is wanted for attempted robbery. He claims he is innocent and is unable to go to the police as he is being pursued by someone dangerous. Virginia and her roommate then become hostages in their apartment.
Episode 20
Night Shadow
Sun, Feb 12, 1956 30 mins
Episode 21
Till the End of Time
Sun, Feb 19, 1956 30 mins
A girl working for Radio Free Europe gets word that her husband, behind the Iron Curtain, is dead. Unaware that her information is false, she becomes romantically involved with a fellow worker.
Episode 22
Paris Venture
Sun, Feb 26, 1956 30 mins
An American girl comes to Paris to pursue a singing career. She meets two puppeteers who have a vast influence on both her life and her mother's.
Episode 23
High Stakes
Sun, Mar 4, 1956 30 mins
A former card shark tries to go straight, and his old police nemesis has him trap another card shark in a rigged game.
Episode 24
Career
Sun, Mar 11, 1956 30 mins
A British woman, married to a German in Nazi-era Germany teaches English to school kids but is really an undercover secret agent for MI5, operating unknown to her pro-Hitler husband. At the brink of war, she must escape him and the regime to get information back to England.
Episode 25
A Thief There Was
Sun, Mar 18, 1956 30 mins
Roger, a jewel thief, plans to rob the Manning estate and uses his fiancee, Cathy, who arranges a tour of the home. However when he returns for the robbery he meets a mysterious young woman.
Episode 26
The House on Gellen Street
Sun, Mar 25, 1956 30 mins
Episode 27
Two Falls for Satan
Sun, Apr 1, 1956 30 mins