The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

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Episode Guide
version 7.0 September 2008

(Ep 4.36)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

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DANGER

SEP 26, 1950 TO MAY 31, 1955

CBS Tue 10:00 to 10:30

hosted by Richard (Dick) Stark

music score by Tony Mottola

Producer: Charles W. Russell

Directors:

Yul Brynner, Sidney Lumet, Franklin Heller,

John Peyser, Andrew McCullough, Ted Post, Stanley Niss,

   Mel Ferber, David Heilweil, Byron Paul,  Tom Donovan,

John Frankenheimer,  Paul Stanley.

 
Psychological dramas and murder mysteries were the plays telecast from New York.

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Ep 1.01 [--] Danger: AUGUST HEAT

26-Sep-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Alfred Ryder

Ep 1.02 [--] Danger: THE FEARFUL ONE

03-Oct-1950 CBS Tue

starring

John Shelly

Nan McFarland

Iris Mann

Ep 1.03 [--] Danger: DRESSING UP

10-Oct-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Lee Grant

Ep 1.04 [--] Danger: THE GREEN AND GOLD STRING

17-Oct-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Lee Tracy

Ep 1.05 [--] Danger: SEE NO EVIL

24-Oct-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Leo Penn

Nancy Franklin

Ep 1.06 [--] Danger: THE LIQUOR GLASS

31-Oct-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Fay Bainter

Ep 1.07 [--] Danger: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

07-Nov-1950 CBS Tue

story by Larry Marcus

narrated by Richard Stark

starring

Sarah Churchill

Ep 1.08 [--] Danger: THE MAN IN THE CAGE

13-Nov-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Joseph Anthony

Ep 1.09 [--] Danger: BORDERLINE AFFAIR

20-Nov-1950 CBS Tue

directed by Ted Post

starring

Iris Mann

Ep 1.10 [--] Danger: TASTE OF ASHES

27-Nov-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Rod Steiger

Mary Patton

Joseph Anthony

Sydna Scott

Ep 1.11 [--] Danger: ANOTHER MAN'S POISON

05-Dec-1950 CBS Tue

starring

John Newland

Ep 1.12 [--] Danger: THE HUNGRY WOMAN

12-Dec-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Marsha Hunt

Ep 1.13 [--] Danger: THE SERGEANT AND THE DOLL

19-Dec-1950 CBS Tue

starring

James Westerfield

Laura Weber

Ep 1.14 [--] Danger: SURPRISE FOR THE BOYS

26-Dec-1950 CBS Tue

starring

Henry Jones

John McGovern

Joseph Julian

Ep 1.15 [--] Danger: CHARLES MARKHAM, ANTIQUE DEALER

02-Jan-1951 CBS Tue

directed by Ted Post

starring

Jerome Thor

Ep 1.16 [--] Danger: FOOTFALLS

09-Jan-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Walter Slezak

Henry Jones

Ep 1.17 [--] Danger: APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH

16-Jan-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Dean Harens

Jerome Thor

Ep 1.18 [--] Danger: THE GHOST IS YOUR HEART

23-Jan-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Frank Alberston

Ep 1.19 [--] Danger: THE ANNIVERSARY

30-Jan-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Kim Stanley

Ep 1.20 [--] Danger: ASK ME ANOTHER

06-Feb-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Phil Leeds

Wally Cox

Ep 1.21 [--] Danger: THE NET DRAWS TIGHT

13-Feb-1951 CBS Tue

starring

E.G. Marshall

Wright King

Ep 1.22 [--] Danger: THE CORPSE AND TIGHE O'KANE

20-Feb-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Don Hanmer

J. Pat O'Malley

Ep 1.23 [--] Danger: WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR?

27-Feb-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Geralding Brooks

Laurence Hugo

Joseph Anthony

Ep 1.24 [--] Danger: THE NIGHT OF MARCH FIFTEENTH

06-Mar-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Tom Ewell

Ep 1.25 [--] Danger: MR. JOHN NOBODY

13-Mar-1951 CBS Tue

starring

David Opatoshu

Ep 1.26 [--] Danger: NIGHTMARE

20-Mar-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Dane Clark

Tony Mottola

Ep 1.27 [--] Danger: HEAD PRINT

03-Apr-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Leo G. Carroll

Ep 1.28 [--] Danger: THE UNDEFEATED

03-Apr-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Walter Slezak

Ep 1.29 [--] Danger: THE UNDERTAKER CALLS

10-Apr-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Chester Morris

Ep 1.30 [--] Danger: THE GREAT FILSON BEQUEST

17-Apr-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Franchot Tone

Ep 1.31 [--] Danger: BLUE

24-Apr-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Anthony Quinn

Coleen Gray

Ep 1.32 [--] Danger: THE KILLER SCARF

01-May-1955 CBS Tue

starring

Anne Marno (Anne Bancroft)

Greg Morton

Ep 1.33 [--] Danger: THE EYE WITNESS WHO COULDN'T SEE

08-May-1951 CBS Tue

starring

June Dayton

John Sylvester

Ep 1.34 [--] Danger: THE MIRROR

15-May-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Judith Evelyn

Ep 1.35 [--] Danger: A CLEAR CASE OF SUICIDE

22-May-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Joan Bennett

John Forsythe

Ep 1.36 [--] Danger: THE TRUMPET OF DOOM

29-May-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Maria Riva

Bobby Sherwood

Teddy Wilson

Ep 1.37 [--] Danger: THE FATAL STEP

05-Jun-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Anne Jackson

Paul Mann

Sylvia Davis

Mickey Knox

Ep 1.38 [--] Danger: OPERATION MURDER

12-Jun-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Maria Riva

Jerome Thor

Ep 1.39 [--] Danger: THE KNAVE OF DIAMONDS

19-Jun-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Walter Slezak

Roger De Koven

Ep 1.40 [--] Danger: MARLEY'S GHOST

26-Jun-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Rita Gam

Joseph Anthony

Ep 1.41 [--] Danger: THE PAPER BOX KID

03-Jul-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Martin Ritt

Ep 1.42 [--] Danger: CRIMINAL AT LARGE

10-Jul-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Bobby Santon

George Matthews

Ep 1.43 [--] Danger: no details

17-Jul-1951

Ep 1.44 [--] Danger: SPARROW COP

24-Jul-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Jack Lemmon

Robin Morse

Ep 1.45 [--] Danger: DEATH GAMBLES

31-Jul-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Henry Jones

Frieda Altman

Ep 1.46 [--] Danger: GOODBYE HANNAH

07-Aug-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Paul Langton

John Randolph

Ep 1.47 [--] Danger: MURDERER'S FACE

14-Aug-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Anne Marno

Robert Pastene

Ep 1.48 [--] Danger: MOTIVE FOR MURDER

21-Aug-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Richard Kiley

Judy Parrish

Ep 1.49 [--] Danger: MAD MAN OF MIDVILLE

28-Aug-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Walter Slezak

Everett Sloane

Ep 1.50 [--] Danger: DEATH AMONG THE RELICS

04-Sep-1951 CBS Tue

directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

Edward Binns

Joey Walsh

Ep 1.51 [--] Danger: IN THE LA BANZA

11-Sep-1951 CBS Tue

starring

Jack Warden

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Ep 2.01 [--] Danger: THE FOURTH CONFESSION

18-Sep-1951

starring

Stephen Elliott

Harold Vermilyea

Ep 2.02 [--] Danger: LOVE COMES TO MISS LUCY

25-Sep-1951

starring

Maria Riva

Ep 2.03 [--] Danger: FREE ZOO

02-Oct-1951

starring

Gene Lyons

Judy Parrish

Ep 2.04 [--] Danger: SLEEP AND TELL

09-Oct-1951

starring

Paul Langton

Maria Riva

Ep 2.05 [--] Danger: INHERIT MURDER

16-Oct-1951

starring

Rita Gam

Paul Langton

Anthony Ross

Ep 2.06 [--] Danger: FINAL REJECTION

23-Oct-1951

starring

Ernest Truex

Ep 2.07 [--] Danger: DEADLINE

30-Oct-1951

starring

Joseph Anthony

Richard Kiley

Ep 2.08 [--] Danger: HIGH WIRE, HIGH STEEL

06-Nov-1951

starring

Steven Hill

James Westerfield

Ep 2.09 [--] Danger: no details

13-Nov-1951

Ep 2.10 [--] Danger: THE KILLERr INSTINCT

20-Nov-1951

starring

Martin Ritt

Ep 2.11 [--] Danger: no details

27-Nov-1951

Ep 2.12 [--] Danger: THE CAPTAIN HAS BAD DREAMS

04-Dec-1951

starring

Joseph Anthony

Ep 2.13 [--] Danger: no details

11-Dec-1951

Ep 2.14 [--] Danger: LADY ON THE ROCK

18-Dec-1951

directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

Olive Deering

Don Hanmer

Ep 2.15 [--] Danger: PASSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS

25-Dec-1951

starring

Mary Sinclair

Joseph Anthony

Ep 2.16 [--] Danger: LOVE TRAP

01-Jan-1952

starring

Jayne Meadows

Ep 2.17 [--] Danger: FRESH AS A DAISY

08-Jan-1952

starring

Ben Gazzara

Ep 2.18 [--] Danger: THE INTRUDERS

15-Jan-1952

starring

Eileen Heckart

Edmon Ryan

Ep 2.19 [--] Danger: THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS OF GENTLEMEN

22-Jan-1952

starring

Betty Sinclair

Chester Stratton

Alan Webb

Ep 2.20 [--] Danger: WINDFALL

29-Jan-1952

starring

Lou Gilbert

Joshua Shelley

Ep 2.21 [--] Danger: PRELUDE TO DEATH

05-Feb-1952

starring

Grace Kelly

Carmen Mathews

Ep 2.22 [--] Danger: THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY

12-Feb-1952

starring

Richard Kiley

Ep 2.23 [--] Danger: PRIMARY DECISION

19-Feb-1952

starring

Robert Pastene

Ep 2.24 [--] Danger: no details

26-Feb-1952

Ep 2.25 [--] Danger: BENEFIT PERFORMANCE

04-Mar-1952

starring

Martin Ritt

Joshua Shelley

Ep 2.26 [--] Danger: no details

11-Mar-1952

Ep 2.27 [--] Danger: THE WAY TO FREEDOM

18-Mar-1952

starring

E.G. Marshall

Polly Rowles

Ep 2.28 [--] Danger: THE HERO

starring

Steven Hill

Ep 2.29 [--] Danger: THE ESCAPE ARTIST

01-Apr-1952

starring

Cloris Leachman

John Conte

Ep 2.30 [--] Danger: THE BLACK TIE

08-Apr-1952

starring

Leo Penn

Ep 2.31 [--] Danger: CORNBELT KID

15-Apr-1952

starring

Ed Binns

Joshua Shelley

Ep 2.32 [--] Danger: HELLO MR. LUTZ

22-Apr-1952

starring

Martin Ritt

Maria Riva

Ep 2.33 [--] Danger: BORDER INCIDENT

29-Apr-1952

starring

Paul Langton

Ep 2.34 [--] Danger: DARK AS NIGHT

06-May-1952

starring

Lee Grant

Ep 2.35 [--] Danger: THE STRONG FINISH

13-May-1952

starring

Philip Pine

Gene Reynolds

Ep 2.36 [--] Danger: A BUCK IS A BUCK

20-May-1952

starring

Walter Matthau

Ep 2.37 [--] Danger: THE GOLD WATCH

27-May-1952

starring

Sylvia Davis

Terry Becker

Ep 2.38 [--] Danger: THE PAPER BOX KID (reairing?)

03-Jul-1952

starring

Martin Ritt

Ep 2.39 [--] Danger: THE SYSTEM

10-Jun-1952

written by Paddy Chayefsky

directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

Eli Wallach

Kim Stanley

Ep 2.40 [--] Danger: DEATH AROUND THE RELICS

17-Jun-1952

starring

Edward Binns

Joey Walsh

Ep 2.41 [--] Danger: DEATH FOR THE LONELY

24-Jun-1952

starring

Richard Kiley

Lee Grant

Howard Wierum

Ep 2.42 [--] Danger: THE DOUBLE DEAL

01-Jul-1952

starring

James Daly

Neva Patterson

Ep 2.43 [--] Danger: THE NET DRAWS TIGHT

15-Jul-1952

starring

Whit Bissell

Ep 2.44 [--] Danger: A DATE AT MIDNIGHT

29-Jul-1952

starring

Cloris Leachman

Joshua Shelley

Ep 2.46 [--] Danger: FLOWERS OF DEATH

12-Aug-1952

starring

Don Murray

Stella Andrew

Ep 2.48 [--] Danger: THE FACE OF FEAR

26-Aug-1952

starring

Sidney Lumet

Lee Grant

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Ep 3. [--] Danger: DEATH SIGNS AN AUTOGRAPH

16-Sep-1952

starring

Richard Kiley

Robin Morgan

Ep 3. [--] Danger: CHANGE UP

30-Sep-1952

starring

Edward Binns

Ep 3. [--] Danger: THE THREAD OF SCARLETT

07-Oct-1952

starring

Darren McGavin

Carmen Mathews

Bramwell Fletcher

Philip Bourneuf

Ep 3.01 [--] Danger: BUTTONS

14-Oct-1952

starring

Mildred Natwick

Ep 3.03 [--] Danger: CLUB DATE

28-Oct-1952

starring

Hildy Parks

Ep 3.04 [--] Danger: THE FIX

11-Nov-1952

starring

John Forsythe

Ep 3.05 [--] Danger: THE HANGING JUDGE

18-Nov-1952

starring

Thomas Chalmers

Walter Slezak

Ep 3.06 [--] Danger: BOOMERANG

25-Nov-1952

starring

Leslie Nielsen

Ep 3.07 [--] Danger: KING OF THE CONS

02-Dec-1952

starring

Walter Slezak

Ep 3.08 [--] Danger: THE GUNMAN

09-Dec-1952

starring

John Baragrey

Ep 3.09 [--] Danger: THE NEXT STOP, DEATH

16-Dec-1952

starring

Richard Kiley

Ep 3.11 [--] Danger: DEATH PULLS NO STRINGS

30-Dec-1952

starring

Chester Morris

Bil Baird

Synopsis:
A struggling magician's friend helps out his dismal act with one of his magical puppets. [RF]

*Note: Puppeteer Bil Baird uses his own puppets.

[--] Danger: STAND IN FOR DEATH

27-Jan-1953

written by James P. O'Neill

Ep 3.17 [--] Danger: THE SECOND CUP

10-Feb-1953

starring

James Westerfield

Irene Vernon

Ep 3.18 [--] Danger: SAID THE SPIDER TO THE FLY

17-Feb-1953

written by David P. Harmon

starring

Jack Palance

Ep 3.19 [--] Danger: HOOK SHOT

24-Feb-1953

written by Mel Goldberg

Ep 3.20 [--] Danger: MORTAL ENEMY

03-Mar-1953

written by Mel Goldberg

Ep 3.21 [--] Danger: DIEGO

10-Mar-1953

starring

Joey Walsh

Ep 3.22 [--] Danger: WORDS FAIL ME

17-Mar-1953

written by Philip Minoff

Ep 3.23 [--] Danger: CARPOOL

24-Mar-1953

written by Jeremy Daniel

starring

Hildy Parks

William Prince

Ep 3.24 [--] Danger: INSIDE STRAIGHT

31-Mar-1953

written by Jay Presson

starring

Veronica Lake

Ep 3.25 [--] Danger: DEATH AND THE FAMILY JEWELS

07-Apr-1953

written by Leslie Slote

starring

Gary Merrill

Richard Kiley

Ep 3.26 [--] Danger: NO ROOM

14-Apr-1953

written by Maury Stern

directed by Sidney Lumet

starring

James Dean

Martin Kingsley

Irene Vernon

Kate Smith

Ep 3.27 [--] Danger: HAND-ME-DOWN

21-Apr-1953

written by David P. Harmon

starring

Darren McGavin

Nina Foch

Ep 3.28 [--] Danger: SING FOR YOUR LIFE

28-Apr-1953

written by Kate Nickerson

starring

Johnny Desmond

Ep 3.29 [--] Danger: LAST STOP BEFORE ALBANY

05-May-1953

written by Paul Monash

starring

James Gregory

Constance Ford

James Broderick

Ep 3.30 [--] Danger: SQUEEZE PLAY

12-May-1953

written by Alex Furth

starring

John Baragrey

Georgann Johnson

Shepperd Strudwick

Ep 3.31 [--] Danger: JAM SESSION

19-May-1953

written by Mel Goldberg

starring

Constance Ford

Frank Albertson

John Connell

Ep 3.32 [--] Danger: THE SUBPOENA

26-May-1953

written by J. Daniel

starring

Eddie Albert

Hildy Parks

Ep 3.33 [--] Danger: RETURN FLIGHT

02-Jun-1953

written by Paul Monash

starring

Edward Binns

Augusta Dabney

Ep 3.34 [--] Danger: BORROWED FURS

09-Jun-1953

written by Leonard Lesley

starring

Broderick Crawford

Hildy Parks

Ep 3.35 [--] Danger: THE CIRCUS STORY

16-Jun-1953

written by Alex Furth

starring

Joseph Wiseman

Reba Tassell

Synopsis:

A young boy visits behind the scenes at a circus and is an innocent

spectator as death lurks behind the mask of comedy. [RF]

Ep 3.36 [--] Danger: OPERATION NIGHTMARE

23-Jun-1953

written by Reginald Rose

starring

Russell Collins

John Kerr

Beverly Dennis

Ep 3.37 [--] Danger: SURFACE TENSION

30-Jun-1953

written by Jay Presson

starring

James Gregory

Constance Ford

Ep 3.38 [--] Danger: WINDY

07-Jul-1953

starring

Rod Steiger

Synopsis:

An adolescent, eager to impress, tells one tall tale too many when he

convinces a gang leader that he knows too much for his own good. [RF]

Ep 3.39 [--] Danger: THE PRODIGAL RETURN

14-Jul-1953

written by Jeremy Daniel

starring

Leo Penn

Polly Rowles

Synopsis:

A mother learns of her son's murder and plays hostess to

a boy claiming to be his friend. [RF]

Ep 3.40 [--] Danger: TRIAL BY JUNGLE

21-Jul-1953

starring

Richard Kiley

William Prince

Henry Hull

Ep 3.41 [--] Danger: MISSING NIGHT

28-Jul-1953

starring

Leslie Nielsen

Norma Connolly

Ep 3.42 [--] Danger: I'LL BE WAITING

04-Aug-1953

starring

Art Carney

Dorothy Hart

Ep 3.43 [--] Danger: COKKLE'S TOUR

11-Aug-1953

starring

Jim Nolan

Leonard Bell

Ep 3.44 [--] Danger: LETTER OF THANKS

18-Aug-1953

written by A.J. Russell

starring

Ed Begley

Kevin McCarthy

Henrietta Moore

Ep 3.45 [--] Danger: DEATH IS MY NEIGHBOR

25-Aug-1953

written by Frank Gregory

directed by John Peyser

producer Franklin Heller

starring

James Dean

Betsy Palmer

Walter Hampden

Frank Marth

Andrew Duggan

Ep 3.46 [--] Danger: THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY

01-Sep-1953

written by Mel Goldberg

starring

Lili Darvas

Jerome Thor

Ep 3.47 [--] Danger: THE BOYS ON THE CORNER

08-Sep-1953

written by Mory

starring

Robert Preston

Madeleine Sherwood

Ep 3.48 [--] Danger: FIVE MINUTES TO DIE

15-Sep-1953

written by Paul Monash

starring

Steve Allen

Jayne Meadows

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Ep 4.01 [--] Danger: ONCE OVER LIGHTLY

29-Sep-1953

starring

Joe Maross

Charles Mendick

Ep 4.02 [--] Danger: HELP WANTED

06-Oct-1953

written by Robert Wallsten

starring

Arthur Franz

Georgann Johnson

Ep 4.03 [--] Danger: ...BUT THE PATIENT DIED

13-Oct-1953

written by Irving Gaynor Neiman

starring

Gene Lockhart

Ep 4.04 [--] Danger: FATHER OF THE MAN

20-Oct-1953

starring

Perry Wilson

Dan Morgan

Ep 4.05 [--] Danger: BLACKMAIL

27-Oct-1953

written by William L. Stuart

starring

Warren Stevens

Ep 4.06 [--] Danger: THE FACE OF A STRANGER

03-Nov-1953

written by Irving Werstein

starring

Don Dubbins

Ep 4.07 [--] Danger: FLAMINGO

10-Nov-1953

written by Steve Allen

starring

Steve Allen

Jayne Meadows

Ep 4.08 [--] Danger: THE EDUCATED HEART

17-Nov-1953

written by Maria Baumer

starring

Basil Rathbone

Margaret Phillips

Ep 4.09 [--] Danger: TOWERMAN

24-Nov-1953

starring

Jackie Cooper

Chester Morris

Ep 4.10 [--] Danger: DEATH TRAP

01-Dec-1953

written by Robert Ryf

Ep 4.11 [--] Danger: THE MAN WITH THE GUN

08-Dec-1953

written by George & Gertrude Fass

Ep 4.12 [--] Danger: THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT

15-Dec-1953

written by Alex Furth

starring

Andrew Duggan

Joseph Walsh

Ep 4.13 [--] Danger: PRELUDE TO DEATH

22-Dec-1953

written by G. Morrow

starring

Frances Reid

Lonny Chapman

Ep 4.14 [--] Danger: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ERROR

29-Dec-1953

written by Maury Stern

starring

Carole Mathews

Leslie Nielsen

Ep 4.15 [--] Danger: NIGHT OF RECKONING

05-Jan-1954

starring

Walter Matthau

Constance Ford

Edward Binns

Ep 4.16 [--] Danger: SUDDEN SHOCK

12-Jan-1954

written by Kate Nickerson

starring

Georgann Johnson

Ep 4.17 [--] Danger: RIVERIA REVISITED

19-Jan-1954

starring

Carmen Mathews

Ep 4.18 [--] Danger: SREDNI VASHTAR

26-Jan-1954

story by Hector Hugo Munro

starring

Rex Thompson

Ep 4.19 [--] Danger: FREEDOM TO GET LOST

02-Feb-1954

written by Halsted Welles

starring

Charlton Heston

Hildy Parks