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Danger

  • 1950-1955
  • 5 seasons
  • CBS
  • Drama

Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.

Season 5 Episode Guide

35 Episodes 1954 - 1955

Episode 1

A Shadow on the Sand

Tue, Aug 31, 1954

A British agent seeks a German adventurer who was formerly one of Rommel's top fighting men.

Episode 2

Knee High to a Corpse

Tue, Sep 7, 1954

Dwarf sized "Inch," the disdained member of a fur stealing gang, reads fairy stories to escape reality. Regarded as harmless by the rest of the gang, "Inch" turns the tables on them when the beautiful Laura provokes his wrath.

Episode 3

One for the Angels

Tue, Sep 14, 1954

A second rate sidewalk salesman makes the pitch of his life in an attempt to save his ne'er do well brother from a pair of hitmen.

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Episode 4

See No Evil

Tue, Sep 21, 1954

An American fashion writer in Paris identifies a murderer and spends the next few days in terror as the assassin pursues her.

Episode 5

Cornered

Tue, Sep 28, 1954

The story of an armed escapee from a reform school who barricades himself in a home with a woman and her 10-month-old baby. A Bay State trooper attempts to employ the proper procedure to safely capture the criminal.

Episode 6

Obsession

Tue, Oct 5, 1954

Episode 7

Death Is My Neighbor

Tue, Oct 12, 1954

Tale of a homicidal maniac who is on the loose with a loaded rifle.

Episode 8

Stranglehold

Tue, Oct 19, 1954

A star athlete in a boys' school doesn't know his own strength - which gives the departing headmaster a wonderful opportunity to strangle his successor.

Episode 9

The Pattern of Truth

Tue, Oct 26, 1954 30 mins

A lie detector operator gets an ironic evaluation of truth when he puts the machine to a crucial test.

Episode 10

Padlocks

Tue, Nov 9, 1954

A criminal fleeing from the police stops to rob an eccentric old recluse of her treasures.

Episode 11

Experiment with Death

Tue, Nov 16, 1954 30 mins

A man is disillusioned with life and volunteers to submit to a weird scientific test.

Episode 12

Circle of Doom

Tue, Nov 23, 1954 30 mins

In a small African village a British woman tries to overcome the fear of the witch-doctor.

Episode 14

Knife in the Dark

Tue, Dec 7, 1954 26 mins

Prison inmate, Jeff had his best friend murdered by the sadistic Willie. To save himself, Jeff tells the warden he didn't do it.

Episode 15

A Taste for Murder

Tue, Dec 14, 1954

A young doctor's first patient uses a critical prescription to get an inheritance.

Episode 16

Treasure of the Argo

Tue, Dec 21, 1954

An old sea captain buys his own ship and uses it as a floating bar. Problems arise when legend has it that the Argo once carried gold bullion during the Civil War and still has gold hidden on-board.

Episode 17

Menace from the East

Tue, Dec 28, 1954

A documentary made with the U.S. Air Force about a new aircraft that can cut through the military's radar system.

Episode 18

Precinct Girl

Tue, Jan 4, 1955 30 mins

Story about a young policewoman whose first assignment is as a spotter on the subway. Her trouble is she's a sucker for a hard luck story.

Episode 19

Sign of the Vulture

Tue, Jan 11, 1955

A GI in London accidentally falls into a nest of thieves and cutthroats.

Episode 20

No Passport for Death

Tue, Jan 18, 1955

The story deals with the threat of a smallpox epidemic in New York in 1947.

Episode 21

Death Trap

Tue, Jan 25, 1955

A bookish youngster uncovers a homicide plot while on a hunting trip in the northern wilds.

Episode 22

The Dark Curtain

Tue, Feb 1, 1955 30 mins

A woman's obsession to steal almost causes her husband to lose his job.

Episode 23

Murder on Tenth Street

Tue, Feb 8, 1955

A defenseless girl, living in a boarding house, pits herself against a ruthless criminal. She determines to stop his murder plot at any cost.

Episode 25

The Blue Hotel

Tue, Feb 22, 1955 30 mins

Strangers stranded in a hotel by a blizzard pass the time by playing poker. Tensions rise when one of them accuses another of cheating.

Episode 26

Journey with a Lady

Tue, Mar 1, 1955

A small boy traveling alone for the first time on a train trip to his grandparents' home is picked up as a hostage by a woman escaping from the police.

Episode 27

Silent Mutiny

Tue, Mar 8, 1955 30 mins

True story of how Capt. Jan Cwiklinsky fled the Polish liner, Batory, in England when he found that Gerhardt Eisler was stowed away aboard his vessel.

Episode 28

Wire Tap

Tue, Mar 15, 1955

A blackmailing wire-tapper finds his nasty but lucrative profession becoming dangerous when his own sister becomes a victim.

Episode 29

The Belled Buzzard

Tue, Mar 22, 1955

After a brutal justice of peace murders what he imagines to be his rival, he proceeds to hear the sound of the belled buzzard, a local legend.

Episode 30

Season for Murder

Tue, Mar 29, 1955

A girl in a New England resort town becomes involved in an adventure with a tall, dark stranger.

Episode 31

The Last Duel in Virginia City

Tue, Apr 5, 1955 30 mins

An editor of a Western newspaper lands the story of the last duel in Virginia City.

Episode 32

Sandy River Blues

Tue, Apr 12, 1955

Pete is a jazz musician in a Greenwich Village night club. His involvement with a society woman leads to an even deeper involvement with murder.

Episode 33

Telegram

Tue, Apr 19, 1955

A man deeply involved in a corrupt civic administration is forced to make a decision. Shall he sacrifice his son's life or buck the machine?

Episode 34

The Piano

Tue, Apr 26, 1955

A gentle farmer must stand up to a bold intruder.

Episode 37

The Soldiers

Tue, May 10, 1955

A southern gentleman whose wife has left him for another man joins the Union Army. He wants to be killed in action.

Episode 38

The Operator

Tue, May 24, 1955

The 10-year-old daughter of a famous actress has a violent crush on a handsome hotel bellboy. But she learns a terrible secret about his past.

Episode 40

The Birds

Tue, May 31, 1955

A terrifying tale in which birds attack humans in order to show them their disapproval of the way the world is progressing.

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