Alcoa Premiere

Épisode 1 - People Need People

10 octobre 1961

Dr. Harry Wilmer has just 10 days to prove that his radical method of treating violent war veterans will work.

Épisode 2 - The Fugitive Eye

17 octobre 1961

Paul Malone wakes up in a forest to find an empty limousine, a dead chauffeur and three unsavory characters staring at him.

Épisode 3 - The Fortress

24 octobre 1961

Shotdown during the Korean War, Lt. Brown is held captive in a basement where the light is never turned off. His captors will not treat his mangled leg unless he signs a confession.

Épisode 4 - The Girl With a Glow

31 octobre 1961

Épisode 5 - Family Outting

14 novembre 1961

Épisode 6 - The Witch Next Door

28 novembre 1961

Épisode 7 - The Breaking Point

5 décembre 1961

Épisode 8 - Delbert, Texas

12 décembre 1961

Épisode 9 - End of a World

19 décembre 1961

The events leading up to the Sarajevo Assassination in 1914 of Archduke Ferdinand which triggered World War I are seen through the eyes of three men.

Épisode 10 - The Cake Baker

26 décembre 1961

A housewife is always daydreaming even on the night her young daughter runs away from home.

Épisode 11 - Pattern of Guilt

9 janvier 1962

A reporter covers a series of murders all against perpetrated spinsters.

Épisode 12 - The Hour of the Bath

16 janvier 1962

American agricultural expert Henry Detweiler is a prisoner of Vietnam under sentence of death.

Épisode 13 - The Jail

6 février 1962

In this future time a young man was charged with an offense against the state and marshaled into a huge building crammed with banks and banks of computers. These computers would absorb and assess the evidence, circumstances and facts in his case. All of them were operated by one master button-puncher.

Épisode 14 - Mr. Easy

13 février 1962

Andrew Whitbeck is bored of his successful business and decides to chuck it all and "enjoy himself".

Épisode 15 - The Man With A Shine On His Shoes

20 février 1962

An elderly drifter decides to get work on the town newspaper because he thinks he is the greatest typesetter in the world.

Épisode 16 - The Doctor

27 février 1962

Épisode 17 - Of This Time, Of This Place

6 mars 1962

The story of Joseph Howe, an English professor at Channing University whose new job is made difficult by a brilliant, uncompromising student.

Épisode 18 - Second Chance

13 mars 1962

One-time bronc-rider Hoby Dunlap has served his sentence for defecting during the Korean War. But when he tries to return to the rodeo circuit, he finds that his reputation has preceded him.

Épisode 19 - The Tiger

20 mars 1962

Épisode 20 - Seven Against the Sea

3 avril 1962

A US Navy sailor must deal with the hardships of World War II - his name is Quinton McHale.

Épisode 21 - A Very Custom Special

10 avril 1962

Épisode 22 - All My Clients Are Innocent

17 avril 1962

Épisode 23 - Rules of the Game

1 mai 1962

Years ago, a newspaper editor helped to send Owen Miller to the electric chair and now he learns that Miller was innocent.

Épisode 24 - Cry Out in Silence

15 mai 1962

Épisode 25 - A Place To Hide

22 mai 1962

Épisode 26 - The Boy Who Wasn't Wanted

5 juin 1962

Épisode 27 - It Takes a Thief

19 juin 1962

Épisode 28 - The Time of the Tonsils

26 juin 1962

Épisode 29 - Moment of Decision

10 juillet 1962

Épisode 30 - The Boy Who Wasn't Wanted

5 juin 1962

Épisode 32 - Omaha Plus 15

17 juillet 1962

Épisode 1 - Flashing Spikes

4 octobre 1962

An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the old-timer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.

Épisode 2 - Guest in the House

11 octobre 1962

Fascinating and original story of a war hero turned grifter (Astaire) who returns to an air force buddy's life and helps his family through a crisis.

Épisode 3 - Seven Against the Sea

18 octobre 1962

A dramatic tale of PT Captain and his crew.World War Two drama about a resourceful group of stranded American PT boat crewmen hiding out on a South Pacific island controlled by the Japanese Navy.

Épisode 4 - The Voice of Charlie Pont

25 octobre 1962

Épisode 5 - Mr. Lucifer

1 novembre 1962

The Devil Himself (Astaire) is a hard-bitten businessman with a group of somewhat bumbling yes-men on staff and a curvy assistant in the person of Elizabeth Montgomery (no Gwen Verdon, but fairly amusing, all the same). Together they use their best temptations in an attempt to thwart the honesty and decency of a young suburban couple (Aletter and Bulifant).

Épisode 6 - The Masked Marine

8 novembre 1962

A marine sergeant decides to teach his difficult private a lesson in humility.

Épisode 7 - Ordeal in Darkness

15 novembre 1962

Épisode 8 - Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois

22 novembre 1962

A reporter asks that question about Miss Illinois and other losers of national contests.

Épisode 9 - The Hands of Danofrio

29 novembre 1962

Épisode 10 - The Contenders

6 décembre 1962

Three unprincipled actresses vie for the best-performance award at a film festival.

Épisode 11 - The Long Walk Home

13 décembre 1962

Épisode 12 - The Potentate

20 décembre 1962

Disquieting is the word for Stefan Tamarov's first visit to New York City. As Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade for a Communist satellite country, Tamarov has no trouble with his official duties; it's the "little" things that bother him. His daughter Svezda is seeing an American reporter much too often, and his best friend Andreas Vrim, his country's UN delegate, has confided a few thoughts to Stefan that could be interpreted as treason.

Épisode 13 - Blues For A Hanging

27 décembre 1962

Ted Miller (Astaire), a down-on-his-luck musician, was in a drunken fight last night, and begins to think he could have murdered a man. His loving girlfriend Connie (Paige) refuses to believe this and together they piece together what really transpired.

Épisode 14 - Impact of an Execution

3 janvier 1963

A doctor tries to convince a mother to approve a life saving operation for her boy while his daughter's murderer is due to be executed. A judge tries to convince the doctor to petition the Governor to halt the execution.

Épisode 15 - Lollipop Louie

10 janvier 1963

Épisode 16 - The Glass Palace

17 janvier 1963

There's trouble afoot when ice skater Vince Gallard (Ricardo Montalban) begins to slip: a coming ice show depends on him.

Épisode 17 - Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks

24 janvier 1963

After several years in Europe, a temperamental jazz drummer returns to the U.S.

Épisode 18 - George Gobel Presents

31 janvier 1963

This was an unsold pilot that appeared on Alcoa Premiere.

Épisode 19 - The Hat of Sergeant Martin

7 février 1963

Épisode 20 - Blow High, Blow Clear

14 février 1963

Épisode 21 - Chain Reaction

21 février 1963

Épisode 22 - Hornblower

28 février 1963

Épisode 23 - The Dark Labyrinth

7 mars 1963

Despite an earthquake hazard, five tourists insist on visiting a famous labyrinth in Crete.

Épisode 24 - Jeeney Ray

14 mars 1963

When her grandmother dies, timid Jeeney Ray (Brenda Scott) must move in with her hostile brother and sister-in-law.

Épisode 25 - The Best Years

21 mars 1963

Épisode 26 - Of Struggle and Flight

28 mars 1963

Karen Evans (Janice Rule) seems normal enough to her husband, but now, for the second time, the Missing Persons Bureau has been sent searching for her, and this time her clothes have washed up on the beach.

Épisode 27 - The Broken Year

4 avril 1963

Eric and Hilary's romance becomes filled with hatred and bitterness when she blames herself for his crippling accident.

Épisode 28 - This Will Kill You

11 avril 1963

Épisode 29 - Million Dollar Hospital

18 avril 1963

A run-down hospital offers a very lucrative offer for a new doctor.

Épisode 30 - The Town That Died

25 avril 1963

Successful businessman Adam returns to an island where he used to live and finds it barren and poverty-stricken. The major industry, a cannery that he and his brother Will owned, had been forced out of business due to a strike in which Will was killed. Now the remaining inhabitants want to kill Adam, but he convinces them that if they work together they can rebuild the island.