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Suspense Theatre Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

34 Episodes 1963 - 1964

Episode 1

Shadow of a Man

Wed, Jun 19, 1963 60 mins

Two insurance agents go undercover to find out why one of their own men is being blackmailed. Barton: Broderick Crawford. Neff: Jack Kelly. Longstreet: Ed Begley. Anita: Beverly Owen. Little Bob: Michael Burns. Seay: John Anderson. Bellhop: Berkeley Harris.

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Episode 2

A Killing at Sundial

Fri, Oct 4, 1963 60 mins

An Indian seeks revenge against his father's murderer. Melvyn Douglas, Stuart Whitman, Angie Dickinson, Joseph Calleia.

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Episode 3

The Case Against Paul Ryker

Fri, Oct 11, 1963 60 mins

First of a two-part show: a court-martialed GI (Lee Marvin) is accused of treason in Korea. Young: Bradford Dillman. Ann: Vera Miles. Bailey: Lloyd Nolan. Whitaker: Peter Graves.

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Episode 4

The Case Against Paul Ryker

Thu, Oct 17, 1963 60 mins

Conclusion. A court-martialed GI (Lee Marvin) gets a new trial on the grounds of a previously inadequate defense. Young: Bradford Dillman. Ann: Vera Miles. Bailey: Lloyd Nolan. Whitaker: Peter Graves. Winkler: Norman Fell. Appleton: Murray Hamilton.

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Episode 5

The End of the World, Baby

Thu, Oct 24, 1963 60 mins

A mother's fascination with romantic Italy is deemed too much when she falls in love with a playboy artist. Myrick: Gig Young. Sarah: Nina Foch. Bergen: Peter Lorre. Daphne: Katherine Crawford. Mike Romanoff: Himself.

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Episode 6

A Hero for Our Times

Thu, Oct 31, 1963 60 mins

A cowardly businessman (Lloyd Bridges) won't admit to witnessing a murder---even after an innocent man is charged with the crime. Doris: Geraldine Brooks. Scotty: John Ireland. Ruth: Sandra Church. Dryden: David Lewis.

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Episode 7

Are There Any More Out There Like You?

Fri, Nov 1, 1963 60 mins

Tom Bollington learns that his daughter and three college pals are in jail for running down a pedestrian---and they're treating the whole matter as a joke. Bollington: Robert Ryan. Janet: Katharine Ross. Paul: Adam Roarke. Althea: Sharon Farrell. Willis: Peter Helm.

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Episode 8

One Step Down

Thu, Nov 14, 1963 60 mins

Mrs. David Cord (Gena Rowlands) has a rendezvous with her friend's husband, during which he has a fatal heart attack. Harriet: Ida Lupino. Cord: Leslie Nielsen.

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Episode 9

The Fifth Passenger

Fri, Nov 29, 1963 60 mins

"The Fifth Passenger." A beautiful girl becomes involved in the case of a British naval captain suspected of treason. Mel Ferrer, Dana Wynter, Leo Genn, Jacques Aubuchon.

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Episode 10

The Machine That Played God

Thu, Dec 5, 1963 60 mins

Peggy Merritt (Anne Francis) thinks a lie-detector test will prove that she didn't kill her husband---but she's wrong. Jordan: Gary Merrill. DA: Malachi Throne. Merritt: Morgan Mason. Mrs. Blanchard: Josephine Hutchinson.

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Episode 11

The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley

Thu, Dec 12, 1963 60 mins

"The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley." Smalley bursts into the office of attorney J. Marvin Bean and threatens to shoot him. Bean: James Whitmore. Smalley: Richard Crenna. Luther Hobbs: Ron Hayes. Madelon Bauvais: Chana Eden. Sgt. Myron Bender: Arch Johnson. Maj. Wheeler: Philip Abbot.

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Episode 12

The Hunt

Thu, Dec 19, 1963 60 mins

Mickey Rooney stars as a sadistic sheriff who lets his prisoners escape, then hunts them down. Peterson: James Caan. Maynard: Bruce Dern. Potter: Harry Townes. Dick: Kelly Thordsen. Prosecutor: Logan Field. Telephone Operator: Peggy Rea.

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Episode 13

The Name of the Game

Thu, Dec 26, 1963 60 mins

Pat Hingle stars as an oilman who, on a fling in Las Vegas, offers a fortune to a gambler in a break-the-bank plan. Braven: Jack Kelly. Mrs. Caldwell: Monica Lewis.

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Episode 14

The Deep End

Thu, Jan 2, 1964 60 mins

Barbara Sherwood doubts that her twin sister's drowning was accidental. Barbara Lucille: Ellen McRae. Kimber: Aldo Ray. Walsh: Clu Gulager. Angela: Tina Louise. Sheriff: Paul Langton. Hickman: Whit Bissell.

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Episode 15

A Truce to Terror

Thu, Jan 9, 1964 60 mins

Terror is triggered when a business executive (Steve Forrest) accidentally bumps into a stranger. Portay: John Gavin. Morgan: Michael Ansara. Johnson: Lyle Bettger. Maria: Anna Navarro. Terrell: Frank Silvera.

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Episode 16

Who is Jennifer?

Thu, Jan 16, 1964 60 mins

Jennifer has disappeared and there are two possible explanations: either her mother killed her or a girl named Judy is really Jennifer. Charlotte: Gloria Swanson. Manner: Dan Duryea. Judy: Brenda Scott. Nelson: David Brian.

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Episode 17

Leviathan Five

Thu, Jan 30, 1964 60 mins

Four scientists and a guard, trapped in an underground lab, estimate that there's air for only four to survive. Taylor: Arthur Kennedy. Winters: Andrew Duggan. Kaufman: Harold J. Stone. Lenzi: John van Dreelen. Jensen: Frank Maxwell. Henderson: Robert Webber.

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Episode 18

Two is the Number

Fri, Jan 31, 1964 60 mins

A detective (Martin Balsam) and a lonely spinster (Shelley Winters) are drawn together when her former beau is murdered. David Opatoshu, Mike Kellin.

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Episode 19

A Wind of Hurricane Force

Fri, Feb 7, 1964 60 mins

An American adventurer finds himself in hot---Cuban---water. Dana Andrews, Marisa Pavan.

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Episode 20

My Enemy, This Town

Sun, Feb 16, 1964 60 mins

An artist just released from prison returns home to find the girl who framed him on an assault charge. Mary: Diane McBain. Johnny: Scott Marlowe. Ben: Adam Williams. Martin: Philip Carey. Ann: Barbara Nichols.

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Episode 21

The Action of the Tiger

Thu, Feb 20, 1964 60 mins

An American POW (Stephen McNally) in Nazi-occupied France prepares to escape---with vital information. Beret: Telly Savalas. Hollister: Peter Brown. Schneider: Oscar Beregi. Colonel: Robert Boon. Ursula: Ulla Jacobsson.

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Episode 22

Doesn't Anyone Know Who I Am?

Thu, Feb 27, 1964 60 mins

A business trip results in amnesia for a driver assaulted by a hitchhiker. Ann: Kathryn Crosby. Blaine: Cornel Wilde. Thompson: Barney Phillips. Helen: Martha Hyer. Pierson: Paul Newlan. Truck Driver: Roberto Contreras. Horning: Malachi Throne.

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Episode 23

The Threatening Eye

Thu, Mar 12, 1964 60 mins

A beautiful young office worker unaccountably tries to attract an ordinary fellow who's already married. Steve Zaro: Jack Klugman. Yvette Duval: Annie Farge. Lt. Jack Curwood: Pat O'Brien. Mildred: Phyllis Thaxter. Dorothy Nehf: Coleen Gray. Adam Conway: Robert Clarke. William Gunther: Dabney Coleman. Agnes Miller: Barbara Bell Wright.

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Episode 24

A Cause of Anger

Thu, Mar 19, 1964 60 mins

Highlights from previous shows include spoofs of televised golf tournaments and rock concerts, and the game show "What's My Shoe Size?" Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Dave Thomas.

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Episode 25

Knight's Gambit

Thu, Mar 26, 1964 60 mins

Anthony Griswold Knight's in Majorca, using his playboy reputation as a coverup for investigating an exiled Government official. Dorian Smith: Eleanor Parker. Blaine Davis: Chester Morris. Knight: Roger Smith.

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Episode 26

Once Upon a Savage Night

Thu, Apr 2, 1964 60 mins

A crazed killer steals a car, kidnaps a woman hostage and speeds toward a top-secret military convoy. Ellis: Philip Abbott. Brockman: Charles McGraw. McVeay: Robert Ridgely. Hildegarde: Barbara Turner.

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Episode 27

Portrait of an Unknown Man

Thu, Apr 16, 1964 60 mins

David Wolfe (Clint Walker), who's been living as a hermit near a quiet mining town, arouses the villagers' suspicion when he rejects their offers of friendship. Ellen Ramsey: Mala Powers. Harvey Farnsworth: Robert Duvall. Hugh Ramsey: Jay C. Flippen. The Rev. Mr. Larson: Ron Foster. Doc Baines: George Chandler. Script by Robert Guy Barrows.

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Episode 28

Their Own Executioners

Thu, Apr 23, 1964 60 mins

Martin Rosetti (Dean Stockwell) is on trial for murdering his wife, his lawyer has an incurable illness---and both want to die. Joe Santi: Herschel Bernardi. Lina: Lilia Skala. Carlotta: Virginia Vincent. Sackheim: Dan Barton. Charley: Frank Publia.

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Episode 29

The Sweet Taste of Vengeance

Thu, Apr 30, 1964 60 mins

Linda Stevenson (Diana Hyland) ran off to Brazil with her ex-husband's millions---and he's hired detectives to bring her back. Jerry: John Forsythe. Esposa: Jack Weston. Raskob: Robert Ellenstein. Judge: Ed Prentiss. Erkle: William Bakewell.

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Episode 30

Charlie, He Couldn't Kill a Fly

Thu, May 7, 1964 60 mins

Notoriety suits a neighborhood clown (Keenan Wynn) when he's charged with murder---so he confesses to the crime. Joanne: Beverly Garland. Miller: Richard Kiley. Kling: Michael Burns. Francis: Berkeley Harris.

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Episode 31

The Watchman

Thu, May 14, 1964 60 mins

A New York reporter (Jack Warden) runs into a rackets boss (Telly Savalas) who, as a Spanish revolutionist years ago, saved his life. Helena: Victoria Shaw. Doctor: Lawrence Dobkin. Edward: Frank de Kova. Publisher: Tol Avery. Enes: Edy Williams.

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Episode 32

The Command

Fri, May 22, 1964 60 mins

Korea, 1951: an American lieutenant's men are ordered on a suicide mission. Major Morgan: Robert Stack. Lieutenant Jones: Robert Walker. Captain Franks: Andrew Duggan. Wasnik: Milton Selzer. Sloane: Edward Binns.

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Episode 33

The Robrioz Ring

Thu, May 28, 1964 60 mins

The original owner of an ornate antique ring plans to get it back---at any cost. Lucy: Julie Harris. Robrioz: Robert Loggia. Ellen: Julie Adams. Kate: Virginia Gregg. Mrs. Robrioz: Miriam Goldina. Saleswoman: Dee Carroll.

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Episode 34

A Cruel and Unusual Night

Thu, Jun 4, 1964 60 mins

A death-row escapee (Scott Marlowe) kidnaps the judge who sentenced him---and subjects him to a bizarre kangaroo court. Judge Stimming: Ronald Reagan. Avis: Anne Helm. Chaplain: Wright King. Warden: Rusty Lane. Kelly: Clancy Cooper. Trustee: Bill Walker.

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