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Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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- E1 The Bride PossessedNext upJan 20, 1959
Synopsis
Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding woman with no accent who denies even knowing him.
Guest stars: Skip Homeier (Matt Conroy), Harry Townes (Dr. Alexander Slawson), Virginia Leith (Sally Conroy / Karen Wharton), Ann Morrison (Mrs. Wharton), Frank Richards (George), Janet Hughes (Nurse), John Shay (Policeman), Duncan McLeod (Reception Guest)
- E2 Night of April 14thJan 27, 1959
Synopsis
A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.
Guest stars: John Craven (Harry Teller), Jeanne Bates (Mrs. Teller), Patrick Macnee (Eric Farley), Alan Caillou (Steward), Isobel Elsom (Mrs. Montgomery), Gavin Gordon (Reverend Morgan), Barbara Lord (Grace Montgomery Farley), Marjorie Eaton (Miss Parsons)
- E3 Emergency OnlyFeb 3, 1959 · ★ 7.3
Synopsis
Having had his fortune told at a party, a skeptical man's disbelief turns to fear as events begin to unfold exactly as the psychic had predicted.
Guest stars: Jocelyn Brando (Ellen Larrabee), Paula Raymond (Passenger), Ross Elliott (Charlie Towne), Bill Quinn (Doctor), Lin McCarthy (Arthur Douglas), John Maxwell (Conductor), Clark Howat (Jim Hennessey), Ann Staunton (Betty Hennessey)
- E4 The Dark RoomFeb 10, 1959 · 30 min
Synopsis
A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to a head when she has a brush with the supernatural that could well mean her death.
Guest stars: Ann Codee (Madame Morel), Marcel Dalio (Jean Gabot), Cloris Leachman (Rita Wallace), Ivan Triesault (Inspector), Paul Dubov (Detective Marsac)
- E5 Twelve Hours to LiveFeb 17, 1959
Synopsis
Following an argument, a wife begins having visions of her husband in terrible danger.
Guest stars: Paul Richards (Will Jansen), Douglas Kennedy (Sgt. Cooper), Jean Allison (Carol Jansen), Larrian Gillespie (Debbie Jansen), Lillian Powell (Mrs. Ford)
- E6 EpilogueFeb 24, 1959
Synopsis
A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in the supernatural, when his son is trapped in a cave-in.
Guest stars: Julie Adams (Helen Archer), Charles Herbert (Steve Archer), Charles Aidman (Carl Archer), William Schallert (Doctor Sanders), Roy Glenn (Sam Harrison), Don Kennedy (Jim)
- E7 The DreamMar 3, 1959
Synopsis
In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.
Guest stars: Reginald Owen (Herbert Blakely), Richard Lupino (Willie Carr), Philip Tonge (Colonel Tim Marlowe), Molly Roden (Ethel Blakely), Eric Snowden (Air Raid Warden), Kendrick Huxham (Charlie), Nelson Welch (Vicar), Jack Lynn (Locky)
- E8 PremonitionMar 10, 1959
Synopsis
A woman is haunted by the fear of her own demise after witnessing a premonition of her death at the hands of a chandelier in her home.
Guest stars: Beverly Washburn (Lisa Garrick), Percy Helton (Ed Matthews), Paul Langton (Mr. Garrick), Julie Payne (Louise), Skip Young (Martin), Pamela Lincoln (Older Lisa Garrick), David Garcia (George), Claire Corelli (Marie)
- E9 The Dead Part of the HouseMar 17, 1959
Synopsis
A young girl moves into a new house with her father and aunt, and before long, she makes friends with the ghosts of three girls who reside in an upstairs nursery -- though the adults assume that her new "friends" are her three new dolls.
Guest stars: Philip Ahn (Song), Mimi Gibson (Ann Burton), Philip Abbott (Paul Burton), Joanne Linville (Aunt Minna Boswell), Ken Drake (Gas Man)
- E10 The VisionMar 24, 1959 · 30 min
Synopsis
On a WWI battlefield, a group of French soldiers each experience something which causes them to drop their weapons and walk away from the fight.
Guest stars: Jean Del Val (French General), Pernell Roberts (Sgt. Vaill), Bruce Gordon (Capt. Emil Tremaine), H.M. Wynant (Pvt. Lacoste), Peter Miles (Pvt. Marsee), Jerry Oddo (Pvt. Mollene), Richard Devon (Maj. La Marre), Will J. White (German Officer)
- E11 The Devil's LaughterMar 31, 1959
Synopsis
The condemned man's not for hanging.
Guest stars: Lester Matthews (Prison Governor), Alfred Ryder (John Marriott), Ben Wright (Executioner), Leslie Denison (Chaplain), Patrick Westwood (Attendant), Gordon Richards (Doctor), Keith McConnell (Reporter), Alma Lawton (Liz)
- E12 The Return of Mitchell CampionApr 7, 1959
Synopsis
A man is known by everyone on a Caribbean island he has never visited before. Soon he too remembers, but he was in the hospital at the time of the supposed visit...
Guest stars: Lilyan Chauvin (Francesca), Patrick O'Neal (Mitchell Campion), Richard Angarola (Hotel Clerk), Anatol Winogradoff (Alexis Paninian), Allegra Varron (Carla - Restaurant Owner), Vance Howard (Francesca's Brother), Fred Lerner (Ticket Agent)
- E13 The NavigatorApr 14, 1959 · 30 min · ★ 7.7
Synopsis
The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Guest stars: Robert Ellenstein (Capt. Peabody), Olan Soule (Stowaway), Don Dubbins (First Mate Walter Blake), Joel Fluellen (Cookie), Robert Osterloh (Mr. Dibble), Stephen Roberts (Swanson - Second Mate)
- E14 The SecretApr 21, 1959 · 30 min
Synopsis
Is she, or is she not, unfaithful?
Guest stars: Robert Douglas (Harrison Ackroyd), Albert Carrier (Jeremy), Maria Palmer (Sylvia Ackroyd), Molly Glessing (Essie), Robert Shafto (Doctor Werner), Arthur Gould-Porter (Private Investigator)
- E15 The AerialistApr 28, 1959 · 30 min
Synopsis
An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.
Guest stars: Mike Connors (Mario Patruzzio), Yvette Vickers (Carlotta Patruzzio), Robert Carricart (Gino Patruzzio), Ruggero Romor (Paul Patruzzio), Penny Santon (Mama Patruzzio), Charles Watts (C.C. Higgins), Vernon Rich (Doctor), Mary Patton (Nurse)
- E16 The Burning GirlMay 5, 1959 · 30 min · ★ 7.7
Synopsis
Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.
Guest stars: Hampton Fancher (Tim Plunkett), Edward Platt (Will Denning), Phil Arnold (Purdy), Luana Anders (Alice Denning), Sandra Knight (Patty Leland), Olive Deering (Aunt Mildred Denning), Geraldine Wall (Mrs. Leland), Al Hopson (Chief Keating)
- E17 The Haunted U-BoatMay 12, 1959
Synopsis
While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound caused by someone . . . or something . . . on board the submarine.
Guest stars: Werner Klemperer (Herr Bautmann), Wesley Lau (Lt. Schneider), Kort Falkenberg (Lt. Freidel), Eric Feldary (Capt. Eric Kreig), Noberto Kerner (Hans), John Siegfried (U-Boat crew), Paul Busch (U-Boat crew), Frank Oberschall (U-Boat crew)
- E18 The Image of DeathMay 19, 1959
Synopsis
After killing his wife, an adulterous noble becomes increasingly haunted by a stain on the wall which seems to be the image of his dead wife's face.
Guest stars: Max Adrian (Marquis Jacques De La Roget), Doris Dowling (Charlotte), Gregory Gaye (Father Leon), John Wengraf (Ernest), Deirdre Owens (Rose), Guy De Vestel (Inspector)
- E19 The Captain's GuestsMay 26, 1959 · 30 min · ★ 8.0
Synopsis
A sadistic sea captain from the 19th century haunts a home and poisons the lives of a married couple after taking possession of the husband's mind.
Guest stars: Robert Webber (Andrew Courtney), Jon Lormer (Realtor Leach), Felix Locher (Old Man), Nancy Hadley (Ellen Courtney), Thomas Coley (Bill Oker)
- E20 EchoJun 2, 1959
Synopsis
A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.
Guest stars: Ed Kemmer (Roger Wiley), Ross Martin (Paul Marlin), Rusty Lane (Joe - Bartender), Edna Holland (Miss Wyckoff), Leslie Barrett (Daniel Cascomb), Edmund Glover (Ferris), Jim Reppert (Ticket Seller)
- E21 Front RunnerJun 9, 1959 · 30 min
Synopsis
A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short.
Guest stars: Sandy Kenyon (Tim Berryman), Ben Cooper (Ronnie Watson), Walter Burke (Sam Barry), Carmen Phillips (Rita), Rita Lupino (Nurse), Jerry Hausner (Walt), Phil Chambers (Judge), J. Edward McKinley (Second Judge)
- E22 The RiddleJun 16, 1959
Synopsis
An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.
Guest stars: Warren Stevens (Leonard Barrett), Bethel Leslie (Betty Barrett), Arthur Batanides (Constable Gaisingh), Leonard Strong (Conductor), Patrick Westwood (Kumar), Barry Atwater (Mr. Graham)
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