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Hosted by Richard Stark
Season
5 (CBS) (1954-55)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
#################### Danger ##################
############## season 5 1954-55 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
CBS Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm Eastern
Ep 5.01 [--] Danger: A SHADOW ON THE SAND
31-Aug-1954
written by Stanley Niss
starring
Sylvia Daneel
Peter Von Zerneck
Synopsis:
A British agent seeks a German adventurer who
was formerly one of Rommel's top fighting men. [RF]
Ep 5.02 [--] Danger: KNEE-HIGH TO A CORPSE
07-Sep-1954
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Walter Burke ..... Inch
Carole Mathews ... Laura
Frank Campanella
Douglas Rodgers
Synopsis:
Dwarf sized "Inch" the disdained member of a fur stealing gang, reads
fairy stories to escape reality. Regarded as harmless by the rest of the gang, "Inch"
turns the tables on them when the beautiful Laura
provokes his wrath. [RF]
Ep 5.03 [--] Danger: ONE FOR THE ANGELS
14-Sep-1954
written by Rod Serling
directed by Byron Paul
Ep 5.04 [--] Danger: SEE NO EVIL
21-Sep-1954
written by J.C. Sheer
starring
Nina Foch
Ep 5.05 [--] Danger: CORNERED
28-Sep-1954
written by Paul Monash
starring
Everett Sloane
Ep 5.06 [--] Danger: THE OBSESSION
05-Oct-1954
written by Robert J. Shaw
starring
Barbara Baxley
Ruth White
Ep 5.07 [--] Danger: DEATH IS MY NEIGHBOR
12-Oct-1954
written by George Bellak
starring
Harry Townes
Jo Van Fleet
Ep 5.08 [--] Danger: STRANGLEHOLD
19-Oct-1954
starring
Scott Forbes
Barry Jones
Ep 5.09 [--] Danger: THE PATTERN OF TRUTH
26-Oct-1954
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
starring
Russell Hardie
Ep 5.10 [--] Danger: THE LITTLE WOMAN
02-Nov-1954
written by Joe Scully
starring
James Dean as Augie
Robert Snively as Charley
Albert Salmi
Ep 5.11 [--] Danger: PADLOCKS
09-Nov-1954
written by Louis Peterson
directed by John Frankenheimer
starring
James Dean
Mildred Dunnock
David Hardison
Ken Konopha
Ep 5.12 [--] Danger: EXPERIMENT WITH DEATH
16-Nov-1954
written by Ben Zavin
starring
Lorne Greene
George Voskovec
Ep 5.13 [--] Danger: CIRCLE OF DOOM
23-Nov-1954
starring
Mary Astor
Synopsis:
In a small African village a British woman tries to
overcome the fear of the witchdoctor.
Ep 5.14 [--] Danger: SILENT WITNESS
30-Nov-1954
Synopsis:
A subway employee can identify a killer but is afraid of reprisal.
Ep 5.15 [--] Danger: KNIFE IN THE DARK
07-Dec-1954
written by Rod Serling
based on a story by Evans Harrington
directed by Stanley Niss
starring
Paul Newman
James Gregory
Ep 5.16 [--] Danger: A TASTE FOR MURDER
14-Dec-1954
written by Philip Freund
starring
Jeffrey Lynn
George Macready
Ep 5.17 [--] Danger: TREASURE OF THE ARGO
21-Dec-1954
written by Frank P. DeFelitta
Synopsis:
An old sea captain buys his own ship and uses it as a floating bar.
Problems arise when legend has it that the Argo once carried gold
bullion during the Civil War and still has gold hidden onboard.
Ep 5.18 [--] Danger: MENACE FROM THE EAST
28-Dec-1954
Synopsis:
A documentary made with the U.S. Air Force about a new
aircraft that can cut through the military's
radar system.
Ep 5.19 [--] Danger: PRECINCT GIRL
04-Jan-1955
directed by John Frankenheimer
starring
Peggy Ann Garner
Ep 5.20 [--] Danger: no details
11-Jan-1955
Ep 5.21 [--] Danger: NO PASSPORT FOR DEATH
18-Jan-1955
written by Ben Radin
starring
John Cassavetes
Ep 5.22 [--] Danger: DEATH TRAP
25-Jan-1955
written by Robert Foley
starring
Russell Hardie
Joey Walsh
Ep 5.23 [--] Danger: THE DARK CURTAIN
01-Feb-1955
starring
Beatrice Straight
Wesley Addy
Ep 5.24 [--] Danger: MURDER ON TENTH STREET
08-Feb-1955
written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
starring
John Baragrey
Katharine Bard
Synopsis:
A defenseless girl, living in a boarding house, pits herself against a ruthless
criminal. She determines to stop his murder plot at any cost. [RF]
Ep 5.25 [--] Danger: RAMPAGE
15-Feb-1955
Synopsis:
A young social worker, on a new job at a girl's reformatory, discovers an
explosive situation. Because of the superintendent's ineptitude, one girl,
the brain of the group, has been able to incite the others to murder and mutiny. [RF]
Ep 5.26 [--] Danger: THE BLUE HOTEL
22-Feb-1955
written by Halsted Welles
starring
Henry Hull
Ep 5.27 [--] Danger: no details
29-Feb-1955
Ep 5.28 [--] Danger: JOURNEY WITH A LADY
01-Mar-1955
written by Halsted Welles
starring
Jo Van Fleet
Ep 5.29 [--] Danger: SILENT MUTINY
08-Mar-1955
written by George Bellak
starring
George Voskovec
Ep 5.30 [--] Danger: WIRE-TAP
15-Mar-1955
written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
starring
John Cassavetes
Grant Richards
Neva Patterson
David Lewis
Ep 5.31 [--] Danger: THE BELLED BUZZARD
22-Mar-1955
written by Robert J. Shaw
starring
Sidney Blackmer
Ep 5.32 [--] Danger: SEASON FOR MURDER
29-Mar-1955
written by Philip S. Goodman & Sandy Sax
starring
Carroll Baker
Ep 5.33 [--] Danger: THE LAST DUEL IN VIRGINIA CITY
05-Apr-1955
starring
Todd Karns
Ep 5.34 [--] Danger: PETE RIVER BLUES
12-Apr-1955
written by Halsted Welles
starring
Conrad Janis as Pete River
Barbara Nichols as "Scheherazade"
Synopsis:
Pete is a jazz musician in a Greenwich Village night club. His involvement with
a society woman leads to an even deeper involvement with murder. [RF]
Ep 5.35 [--] Danger: TELEGRAM
19-Apr-1955
written by George Bellak
starring
Harry Townes
David White
Eugene Persson
Synopsis:
A man deeply involved in a corrupt civic administration, is forced to make
a decision. Shall he sacrifice his son's life or buck the machine? [RF]
Ep 5.36 [--] Danger: THE PIANO
26-Apr-1955
adapted by George Bellak
from a Ben Ames Williams short story
starring
Ford Rainey
Jack Warden
Leora Thatcher
Synopsis:
A gentle farmer must stand up to a bold intruder.
Ep 5.37 [--] Danger: NIGHTMARE
03-May-1955
written by Edward Korn
Synopsis:
A woman receives threatening phone calls and
appears to have accident after accident.
Ep 5.38 [--] Danger: DECISION
10-May-1955
written by Robert Foley
Synopsis:
An explosion in part of a mine shaft forces the foreman to make a fateful decision.
If he seals off the ruined shaft, several men will die, if he does not, all the men in
the mine are in danger, but those trapped might be saved. [RF]
Ep 5.39 [--] Danger: THE SOLDIERS
17-May-1955
written by George Bellak
from the Civil War stories of the 19th century American writer Ambrose Bierce
Synopsis:
A southern gentleman whose wife has left him for another man, joins the Union Army.
He wants to be killed in action. [RF]
Ep 5.40 [--] Danger: THE OPERATOR
24-May-1955
adapted by Halsted Welles
from a short story by Elizabeth Enright
starring
Roni Dengel
Lee Philips
Synopsis:
The 10-year-old daughter of a famous actress has a violent crush on a
handsome hotel bellboy. But she learns a terrible secret about his past.
Ep 5.41 [--] Danger: THE BIRDS [Final show of the Series]
31-May-1955
adapted by James P. Cavanagh
from Daphne DuMaurier's short story
Synopsis:
The fantasy deals with birds all over the world who attack man to show him
their disapproval of the way the world is progressing.
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