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Hosted by John Newland (filmed in the USA)
Season
3a (ABC)(fall 1960)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive [Updated July 2015]
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Jeremy Brunner
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
############### One Step Beyond ##############
############## season 3a fall 1960 ##############
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ABC Tuesdays 10:00 pm Eastern (35 episodes)
3.01 One Step Beyond: TIDAL WAVE
prod no. 2969
30Aug1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Jean Allison ............. Mrs. Margaret North
Dennis Patrick ........... Emmet North
William Schallert ........ Dick Webb
Cliff Hall ............... Captain Thomas Powers
William Quinn ............ Captain H.L. Morgan
Ted Knight ........ Woodruff
William Swan ....... Lenny
Larry Burrell ....... Radio Announcer
Synopsis:
A drama about the calamity which struck Hawaii a few months ago.
Mrs. Margaret North is polio-ridden and confined to a wheel chair. With the
tidal wave rolling toward her house, and her telephone useless, the neighbors
can't hear her terrified cries for help. Then a former Navy officer,
Thomas Powers, responds to an unspoken plea. [RF]
3.02 One Step Beyond: ANNIVERSARY OF A MURDER [verified on film]
prod no 2962 [Jeremy Brunner]
27-Sep-1960 ABC Tue
Dramatized by Collier Young
Based on Material by Fred Remington
Directed by John Newland
director of photography: Dale Deverman
Starring:
Harry Townes ............. Gerard Simms
Randy Stuart ............. Frances Hillier
Also in the Cast:
Amzie Strickland ......... Miss Welles
Alexander Lockwood
James Maloney
Synopsis:
In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his
mistress
are driving home one night when they accidentally
cause the death of young bicyclists on a lonely road. They desperately try to
cover up the tragedy
... but the dead man has other ideas. [RF]
3.03 One Step Beyond: THE DEATH WALTZ
prod no. 2966
04Oct1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Elizabeth Montgomery ..... Lillie Clarke
Joe Cronin ............... Lt. Henry Buchanan
Ed Prentiss .............. Colonel Clarke
K.T. Stevens ............. Bernice Clarke
Robert Sampson ........... Lt. Eustace Fairchild
3.04 One Step Beyond: THE RETURN
prod no. 2968
11Oct1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Dick Davalos ............. Cpl. Fred Cossage
Jack Mullaney ............ Capt. Young Blood
Charles Gray ............. Sgt. Kirsch
Chris Winters ............ Lt. Heinmetz
Rex Holman ............... Private Atley
Harry Harvey Jr.
3.05 One Step Beyond: IF YOU SEE SALLY
prod no. 2970
18Oct1960 ABC Tue (rebroadcast 25Jul61)
Guest cast:
Anne Whitfield ........... Sally Willis
George Mitchell .......... Mr. Ellis
Mary Lou Taylor .......... Mrs. Ellis
Pat McCaffrie ............ Truck Driver
Harry Jackson ............ Ray Markey
Bernard Kates ....... Bus Driver
Rusty Lane ........ Mr. Casey
Synopsis:
Her father blames her for the accidental death of her brother, so Sally Ellis
leaves home. Then Mr. Ellis relents and asks Sally to return. She decides to
hitchhike back - in a blinding rainstorm over treacherous roads. [RF]
3.06 One Step Beyond: MOMENT OF HATE
prod no. 2963 [Jeremy Brunner]
25Oct1960 ABC Tue
written by Charles Larson
story by David Peltz
directed by John Newland
Guest cast:
Joanne Linville .......... Karen Wadsworth
John Kellogg ............. Dr. Martin Llewellyn
Linda Lawson ............. Joyce Chapman
James Milhollin .......... Dr. Roman
Synopsis:
Ambitious career woman, Karen Wadsworth wishes her rival dead and the wish
becomes a reality. [RF]
3.07 One Step Beyond: TO KNOW THE END
prod no. 2972
01Nov1960 ABC Tue ABC Tue (rebroadcast 01Aug61)
Guest cast:
Ellen Willard ............ Emily
Sally Fraser ............. Ann
Noel Drayton ............. Officer
Alex Davion .............. Harry
James Forrest ............ Sergeant
Anthony Eustrel .......... Doctor
Jean Fenwick ............. Nurse
Synopsis 1:
A woman has a vision of meeting a man, marrying him, and then watching
him die in a battle. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An English librarian named Emily, and Ann, her American friend, are vacationing
in France
when Emily has a vision - an English captain is killed in a battle on French soil. [RF]
3.08 One Step Beyond: THE TRAP
[verified on film]
prod no. 2976 /
15-Nov-1960 ABC Tue
Dramatized by Larry Marcus
Directed by John Newland
director of photography, Dale Deverman.
Starring:
Mike Kellin .............. Domenic DiNovio/Frederick Gibbs
Ruth Storey .............. Florence DiNovio
Also in the Cast:
Alex Gerry ............... Dr. Barnes
Jeanne Bates ............. Edna Gibbs
Bert Remsen .............. Priest
Francis DeSales .......... Sam Harkness
Joan Dupuis .............. Elevator Girl
3.09 One Step Beyond: THE VOICE
prod no. 2975
22Nov1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Robert Lansing ........... Jared Corning
Luana Anders ............. Joan Goss
Paul Genge ............... Tom Goss
Carl Benton Reid ......... Brian Christopher
David Lewis
Harry Strang
3.10 One Step Beyond: THE PROMISE
prod no. 2973
29Nov1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
William Shatner .......... Carl Bremer
Deidre Owen .............. Lois Bremer
Ben Wright ............... Captain George Davis
Leslie Denison ........... Doctor
Queenie Leonard .......... Nurse O'Brien
Peter Gordon ............. Colonel
Kort Falkenberg .......... German Prisoner
Guy Kingsford ............ Newsman
with
Mollie Roden, Lester Matthews
Synopsis:
Carl Bremer's after hours work is deactivating unexploded bombs in postwar
London.
Then his wife becomes pregnant and he promises to give up the job.
But there is just one more bomb! [RF]
3.11 One Step Beyond: TONIGHT AT 12:17!
prod no. 2979
06Dec1960 ABC Tue
written by Larry Marcus
story by Jane Anna Pritchard
directed by John Newland
Guest cast:
Peggy Ann Garner ......... Laura Perkins
John Lasell .............. John Perkins
Jack Lester .............. Doctor
Gene Lyons ............... Sam Blake
David DeHaven ............ Frank
Barbara Bell Wright ...... Nurse
Synopsis:
A pregnant woman keeps experiencing the same nightmare over and over:
on a specific day at a specific time, a plane will crash through the roof of her house. [RF]
3.12 One Step Beyond: WHERE ARE THEY?
prod no. 2981
13Dec1960 ABC Tue
written by Gabrielle Upton
directed by John Newland
Guest cast:
Philip Pine .............. Harry Call
Joan Tompkins ............ Jenny Call
Alan Dexter .............. Towers
John Alvin ............... Bradley
Robert Williams .......... Joe Tomlinson
Herb Petterson ........... Garner
Jason Johnson ............ Colonel Willis
Richard Devon ............ Charles Elton
Harlan Warde ............. Commander Phillips
Addison Richards ......... Cabinet Secretary
Charles Keane ............ Carter
Roy Sickner .............. Frank
Synopsis:
Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with
effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles. [RF]
3.13 One Step Beyond: LEGACY OF LOVE
prod no. 2965
20Dec1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Norma Crane .............. Marianne Darelle
Charles Aidman ........... Norman Bromley
Barbara Eiler ............ Mrs. Bromley
Joe McGuinn .............. Station Master
Jon Lormer ............... Resident
Alfred Hopson ............ Taxi Driver
Louise Lorimer ........... Mrs. Darelle
Olan Soule ............... Conductor
Ollie O'Toole ............ Baggage Handler
Synopsis:
Marianne Darelle plans to go to Woodmere, a seaside resort, for her vacation.
She is sold a ticket to Seaside instead. She exchanges the ticket, but still ends up in Seaside! [RF]
3.14 One Step Beyond: RENDEZVOUS
prod no. 2971
27Dec1960 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Georgann Johnson ......... Kate Maxwell
Donald Murphy ............ Fred Summers
H.M. Wynant .............. William Cooper
Warren Kemmerling ........ Lt. Walton
K.L. Smith ............... Plainclothesman
Fred Coby ................ Policeman
3.15 One Step Beyond: THE EXECUTIONER
prod no. 2967
03Jan1961 ABC Tue
written by Bob & Wanda Duncan
directed by John Newland
Guest cast:
Buzz Martin .............. Jess Bradley
Crahan Denton ............ Col. Martin
Tom Middleton ............ Sgt. Evans
Will J. White ............ Corporal
Don Ross ................. Pickets
Jeremy Slate ............. Captain Adams
Synopsis:
Jess Bradley, a teenage Confederate soldier, is separated from
his outfit and stumbles into a Yankee camp. But an ambitious
Union officer refuses to treat him as a routine
prisoner of war. [TA]
(Syndicated re-run: 31Jan66 on WPIX-11, NYC, Monday 11:30pm)
3.16 One Step Beyond: THE LAST ROUND
prod no. 2974
10Jan1961 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Charles Bronson .......... Yank Dawson
Felix Deebank ............ Chipper White
Ronald Long .............. Sanderson
Wally Cassell ............ Collins
Gordon Richards .......... Doctor
Stewart Taylor ........... Alfie Jones
John Indrisano ........... Boxer
Synopsis:
A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz. [RF]
3.17 One Step Beyond: DEAD MAN'S TALE [verified on film]
prod no. 2983 / 17-Jan-1961 ABC Tue
Dramatized by Merwin Gerard / Based on Material from C.V. Tench
Directed by John Newland
director of photography: Dale Deverman
Starring:
Lonny Chapman ............ Philip Werris
Jean Engstrom ............ Jan Werris
Also in the Cast:
Lucy Prentiss ............ Mrs. Barton
Charles Tannen ........... Hotel Manager
Walter Reed .............. Robert Barton
Charles Seel ............. Proprietor
Synopsis 1:
A former reporter checks into a rundown hotel and finds a book about two
brothers who were killed in the
backwoods of Camada. He dreams about writing an article about the men and
selling to a newspaper.
The wife of one of the dead men shows up and asks the reporter to find her
husband. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
Former newsman Phillip Werris and his wife Jan face poverty, when their attempt
at farming fails. Werris, in desperation,
sits down to write some free-lance articles for his old paper, and does so - in
his sleep. [RF]
3.18 One Step Beyond: THE SACRED MUSHROOM
prod no. 2984
24Jan1961 ABC Tue
directed by John Newland
Guest cast:
John Newland .... Himself
Collier Young ..... Himself
Dr. Andrija Puharish, M.D. .... Himself
Synopsis:
"The Sacred Mushroom" is a variety said to give the power of
extrasensory perception to those who eat it. Filmed on
location are
religious rites of the Chatino Indians in Mexico, who use the mushrooms
as part of their ritual. [TA]
(Syndicated re-run: 1Feb66 on WPIX-11, NYC, Tuesday 11:30pm)
3.19 One Step Beyond: THE GIFT
prod no. 2980
31Jan1961 ABC Tue
Guest cast:
Betty Garde .............. Lola
Scott Marlowe ............ Mario
Mary Sinclair ............ Maude Gillespie
3.20 One Step Beyond: PERSONS UNKNOWN [verified on film]
prod no. 2982 / 07-Feb-1961 ABC Tue
Dramatized by Larry Marcus / Based on material from James Crenshaw
Directed by John Newland
Starring:
David J. Stewart ......... Dr. Atl
Rudolph Acosta ........... Colonel Ferrero
Jay Novello .............. Carlos Gonzalez
Also in the Cast:
Robert Carricart ......... Captain Alvarez
Argentina Brunetti ....... Maria Gonzalez
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. ........ Gomez
Martin Garralaga ...... Medical Examiner
Danny Bravo .............. Jorge
David Renard ....... Soldier
Synopsis:
Dr. Atl is exonerated from a murder charge during the Mexican Revolution by a
death mask revealing a monster's grip. [RF]
3.21 One Step Beyond: NIGHT OF DECISION [verified on film]
prod no. 2964 / 21-Feb-1961 ABC Tue
Dramatized by Merwin Gerard
Directed by John Newland
director of photography: Dale Deverman
Starring:
Robert Douglas ........... George Washington
Co-Starring:
Richard Carlyle
Donald Buka .............. Marquis de Lafayette
Richard Hale ............. Otumcas
Also in the Cast:
Arthur Hanson
Stephen Franken
John Cliff
Ken Drake ................ Major Warren
Dehl Berti ............... Gypsy
Richard Tyler
Robert Curtis
################ the UK episodes ##################
Production moves to
Associated-British Elstree Studios, London, England
for the final 13 episodes
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