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Season
1 (CBS) (Early 1949)
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
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CBS Tuesdays
9:30-10:00pm Eastern -
*Note began 1/2 season
1.01 [--]Suspense: REVENGE
01-Mar-1949 CBS Tue
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Eddie Albert
Margo
1.02 [--]Suspense: SUSPICION
15-Mar-1949 CBS Tue
starring
Charlton Heston
Sylvia Field
Ernest Truex
Viola Roache
1.03 [--]Suspense: CABIN B-13
29-Mar-1949 CBS Tue
Based on a story by John Dickson Carr
starring
Charles Korvin
Eleanor Lynn
1.04 [--]Suspense: THE MAN UPSTAIRS
05-Apr-1949 CBS Tue
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
starring
Mildred Natwick
Anthony Ross
1.05 [--]Suspense: AFTER DINNER STORY
12-Apr-1949 CBS Tue
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
starring
Otto Kruger
1.06 [--]Suspense: THE CREEPER
19-Apr-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Frank Gabrielson
Based on a story by Joseph Ruscoll
starring
Nina Foch
Anthony Ross
Edgar Stehli
1.07 [--] Suspense: A NIGHT AT THE INN (verified on film)
26-Apr-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Halsted Welles
From a play by Lord Dunsany
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Boris Karloff ..... Toff
Joan Stanley ...... Innkeeper
Jack Manning ...... Bill
Anthony Ross ...... Albert
Barry Macollum .... Sniggers
Synopsis:
Three crooks seek refuge at an Inn after stealing a cursed ruby.
1.08 [--] Suspense: DEAD ERNEST (verified on film)
03-May-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Reginald Denham & Mary Orr
From the original radio script by Merwin Gerard & Seelag Lester (spellt Seelog
on film)
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Margaret Phillips ............ Fran Prince
(Margaret Prince on film but her name was Fran,
Margaret was Ernest's wife's name).
Tod Andrews ....... Henry Prince
Joshua Shelley .... Tony the Morgue Worker
Fred Stewart ...... Al the Caretaker
Barry Macollum .... Jerry Murdock
Will Hare ......... Ernest Bowers
Patricia Jenkins .. Margaret Bowers
Mac McLeod ........ Police Officer
Harry Davis ....... Cab Driver
Synopsis:
A man suffering from cataleptic attacks is hit by a taxi and sent to the morgue,
everyone thinks he's dead. The Cataleptic condition is marked by suspension
of sensation and muscular rigidity. A seizure which closely resembles death in
all aspects including the primary stages of rigor mortise. [RF]
1.09 [--]Suspense: POST MORTEM
10-May-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Frank Gabrielson
Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich
starring
Sidney Blackmer
Peggy Conklin
Richard Coogan
Julian Noe
Darren Dublin
Harry Laskos
1.10 [--]Suspense: THE MONKEY'S PAW
17-May-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Frank Gabrielson
story by W.W. Jacobs
starring
Boris Karloff
Mildred Natwick
1.11 [--]Suspense: MURDER THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
24-May-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Mary Orr & Reginald Denham
Based on a story by Craig Rice
starring
William Prince
Ruth Madison
Peter von Zerneck
1.12 [--]Suspense: THE DOOR'S ON THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
31-May-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Edward Mabley
story by Marie Rodell
starring
Louisa Horton
Anthony Ross
Robert Sterling
1.13 [--]Suspense: THE YELLOW SCARF
07-Jun-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Halsted Welles
story by Thomas Burke
starring
Boris Karloff
1.14 [--]Suspense: HELP WANTED (on film)
14-Jun-1949 CBS Tue
Produced & Directed by Robert Stevens
Adapted for television by Mary Orr & Reginald Denham
From an original story by Stanley Ellin
starring
Otto Kruger ...... Chester Crabtree
Douglas Clark-Smith .. Mr. X
Peggy French ..... Mrs. X
George Mathews ...... Detective
Ruth McDevitt .... Mrs. Griffin
Synopsis:
An old man is displaced from his boarding house because he can't pay his rent.
All his funds go toward the expense of keeping his daughter in a sanitarium.
When he is offered a job that seems too good to be true, he leaps
at the chance to get out of debt.
Synopsis 2:
A cat named Discretion is blamed for murder.
Line from Mr. X "No one will believe that cat and bull
story".
1.15 [--]Suspense: STOLEN EMPIRE
21-Jun-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Halsted Welles
Based on a story by James Sheehan
starring
Audrey Christie
Ken Lynch
1.16 [--]Suspense: THE HANDS OF MR. OTTERMOLE
28-Jun-1949 CBS Tue
Adapted for television by Frank Gabrielson
Based on a story by Thomas Burke
starring
Ralph Bell
Synopsis:
London is being plagued by a strangler who baffles police.
Sgt. Ottermole investigates but has a difficult time when an
obnoxious reporter constantly gets in his way.
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