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Hosted by Richard Stark
Season
4 (CBS) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated May
2019]
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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CBS Tuesdays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern
4.01 [154] Danger: ONCE OVER LIGHTLY [Season
4 premiere]
29Sep1953
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Joe Maross
Christine White
Charles Mendick
Synopsis:
The story of a barber who sees too much, and a reporter who tells too much and
the detective
who finds that three lives are all in his hands.
4.02 [155] Danger: HELP WANTED
06Oct1953
Written by Robert Wallsten
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Arthur Franz
Georgann Johnson
Cynthia Rogers
Albert Teem
Robert P. Lieb
Synopsis:
A husband-wife butler-maid team become involved in the theft of priceless
diamonds.
4.03 [156] Danger: ...BUT THE PATIENT DIED
13Oct1953
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Gene Lockhart
Synopsis:
An elderly doctor is faced with the alternative of saving a young man's life or
his own.
4.04 [157] Danger: FATHER OF THE MAN
20Oct1953
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Dan Morgan
Perry Wilson
Synopsis:
A carnival fortune teller makes living by predicting false happiness for his
customers.
Synopsis 2:
An imaginative and cleverly conceived fantasy about a bumbling old professor,
turned fortune teller in a tawdry carnival, who gets a terrible glimpse of the
future
through the eyes of a little boy.
4.05 [158] Danger: BLACKMAIL
27Oct1953
Written by William L. Stuart
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Warren Stevens
Irene Vernon
Synopsis:
A candidate for political office becomes involved in a blackmail scheme by a
beautiful blonde
who goes after the very married candidate.
4.06 [159] Danger: THE FACE OF THE STRANGER
03Nov1953
Written by Irving Werstein
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Don Dubbins
Leslie Barrett
Dick Robbins
Synopsis:
A youthful artist whose inability in refrain from sketching while tending his
father's bar involves
him in a series of exciting incidents. When a mysterious shooting occurs, the
boy's hobby provides an interesting turn in the exciting story.
4.07 [160] Danger: FLAMINGO
10Nov1953
Written by Steve Allen
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Synopsis:
A woman of the Orient is in love with a derelict musician.
4.08 [161] Danger: THE EDUCATED HEART
17Nov1953
Written by Maria Baumer
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Basil Rathbone
Margaret Phillips
Martin Brooks
Synopsis:
A meek secondhand bookstore owner becomes involved with a pathological killer.
4.09 [162] Danger: THE TOWERMAN
24Nov1953
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Jackie Cooper
Chester Morris
Synopsis:
Two brothers become involved in an attempted murder and a million-dollar payroll
robbery. The railroad switchtower
of a small town is taken over as the brothers and henchmen take over to carry
through the payroll robbery.
4.10 [163] Danger: DEATH TRAP
01Dec1953
Written by Robert Ryf
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Eddie Albert
Ann Rutherford
Synopsis:
The story of a woman trapped in her apartment in fear of an escaped criminal she
helped send to jail.
4.11 [164] Danger: THE MAN WITH THE GUN
08Dec1953
Written by George & Gertrude Fass
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
William Prince
Norma Krane
Rusty Lane
Synopsis:
The Durango Kid tries to forget the past and settle down in the West only to
encounter hostile neighbors.
4.12 [165] Danger: THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT
15Dec1953
Written by Alex Furth
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Andrew Duggan
Joseph Walsh (as Joey Walsh)
Synopsis:
A burglar dressed up as Santa Claus and a boy who wants to be his second story
man.
4.13 [166] Danger: PRELUDE TO DEATH
22Dec1953
Written by G. Morrow
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Frances Reid
Lonnie Chapman
Patricia Smith
Synopsis:
Two sisters are fighting for the affections of a young pianist.
4.14 [167] Danger: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ERROR
29Dec1953
Written by Maury Stern
starring
Carole Mathews
Leslie Nielsen
Synopsis:
A young architect and his wife are brought to the brink of disaster when they
commit the psychologial error.
4.15 [168] Danger: NIGHT OF RECKONING
05Jan1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Edward Binns
Walter Matthau
Constance Ford
Synopsis:
A policeman is drummed out of the police force for his alleged membership in a
dope ring. To clear his name he joins the gang in
an effort to get evidence. His police friends are unwilling to help and he finds
himself snarled in his own trap.
4.16 [169] Danger: SUDDEN SHOCK
12Jan1954
Written by Kate Nickerson
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Georgann Johnson
Synopsis:
A librarian is confronted by a self-made writer who is threatening her
well-being.
4.17 [170] Danger: RIVERIA REVISITED a.k.a. "Return to Fear".
19Jan1954
starring
Carmen Mathews
Synopsis:
An American tourist finds danger in returning to the scene of her honeymoon.
Synopsis 2:
A heartless woman returns to the Italian seaside hotel where she spent her
honeymoon.
Interrupted by a minor burglary, when her only daughter disappears, she
experiences some shattering emotions.
4.18 [171] Danger: SREDNI VASHTAR
26Jan1954
Story by Hector Hugo Munro
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Rex Thompson
Synopsis:
A child used a fierce animal to overcome restrictions of a domineering relative.
4.19 [172] Danger: FREEDOM TO GET LOST
02Feb1954
Written by Halsted Welles
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Charlton Heston
Hildy Parks
Synopsis:
A young scientist is on the verge of a breakdown.
4.20 [173] Danger: IN LINE OF DUTY
09Feb1954
Written by Mel Goldberg
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Joanne Woodward
Paul Langton
Synopsis:
A Police Sergeant must guard to beautiful witnesses in a murder investigation.
4.21 [174] Danger: FALL GUY
16Feb1954
Written by M.C. Halman
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
James Gregory
E.G. Marshall
Larry Robinson
Synopsis:
An ex-convict back on the straight and narrow jeopardizes his role in society
when he befriends an errant youth.
4.22 [175] Danger: SHORTY
23Feb1954
Written by David P. Harmon
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Joe Maross
Harry Bellaver
Synopsis:
A couple of hold-up artists run into problems while attempting to rob a bar,
namely a customer named "Shorty".
4.23 [176] Danger: A DIP IN THE POOL
02Mar1954
Adapted by Albert Hubbell / Story by Roald Dahl
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Harry Townes
Synopsis:
A couple on a cruise turns into a nightmare when a murder occurs.
4.24 [177] Danger: THE FIRST HOLD UP
09Mar1954
Written by Alex Furth
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Ben Gazzara
Bethel Leslie
Synopsis:
A reform school delinquent sets out revenge against society.
4.25 [178] Danger: THE ACTOR
16Mar1954
Written by Maury Stern
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Catherine McLeod
Dane Clark
Synopsis:
A young Hollywood actor gets mixed up with some tough guys from his old
neighborhood.
4.26 [179] Danger: THE BET
23Mar1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Edward Binns
Kim Stanley
Synopsis:
A man bets that he can cure an alcoholic in one month.
4.27 [180] Danger: THE LITTLE WOMAN
30Mar1954
Produced & directed by Andrew McCullough
Written by Joe Scully
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
James Dean ..... Augie
Lydia Reed
Lee Bergere
Frank Maxwell
Mildred Duavod
Albert Salmi
Robert Snively as Charley (uncredited)
Synopsis:
A little girl hides a criminal in her playhouse.
4.28 [181] Danger: THE RUNAWAYS
06Apr1954
Written by Alfred Brenner
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Ray Boyle
Jennie Eagam
Synopsis:
A couple who meet on a bus runaway to escape from their troubled past.
4.29 [182] Danger: ROAD HAPPY
13Apr1954
Written by Michael Cramoy
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Conrad Janis
Synopsis:
Two musicians and their female vocalist become involved in a romantic triangle
while on tour.
4.30 [183] Danger: LIVE AND LET LIVE
20Apr1954
Written by John McGreevey
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Mario Alcade
David Opatoshu
Maurice Tarlin
Synopsis:
A criminal holds a fisherman and his son hostage after a robbery.
4.31 [184] Danger: ESCAPE ROUTE
27Apr1954
Written by Donald Bevan
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
Synopsis:
A war prisoner escapes a Nazi prison camp thru disguise.
4.32 [185] Danger: THE RING OF DEATH a.k.a. "The Title
Fight".
04May1954 [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Written by Joe Marr
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
Synopsis:
A heavyweight fighter is more concerned about the blossoming affair between his
wife and trainer, than the big fight.
4.33 [186] Danger: OUTLAW'S BOOTS
11May-1954
Written by Theodore Apstein
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
James Gregory
William Smithers
Synopsis:
A man plans to wed the daughter of the town's Sheriff when the arrival of his
outlaw brother changes things.
4.34 [187] Danger: DE CASTRIES OF DIEN BIEN PHU
18May1954
Written by Theodore Apstein
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Everett Sloane
Synopsis:
True story about the horrific garrison of Dien Bien Pho during the Indo-Chinese
war.
4.35 [188] Danger: DEADLY COUNTER
25May1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Ian Tucker
Synopsis:
A little boy on an airplane trip plays with his toy Geiger counter.
He's sure that he gets a positive reaction when he passes an evil-looking
passenger and decides the man must be carrying a bomb.
4.36 [189] Danger: THE BOUNCER
01Jun1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
Synopsis:
An ex-prize-fighter gives advice to a newcomer.
4.37 [190] Danger: THE LONELY ROAD a.k.a. "Lonesome Road"
08Jun1954
Written by Leo Golded
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
John Cassavetes
Raymond Bramley
Synopsis:
A father is suspicious when the son he had put out of the house returns for a
visit. The boy had been
convicted of stealing once before, and the father isn't at all sure that he
won't try it again.
4.38 [191] Danger: THE BIG MAN
15Jun1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Philip Abbott
Joan Lorring
Synopsis:
A meek bank employee tries to impress a woman and winds up at the edge of
financial disaster.
4.39 [192] Danger: ONE CAN'T HELP FEELING SORRY
22Jun1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
Synopsis:
No one will believe Remo Pucci, a gangster deported out of America, living out
his days
in a remote Italian village when his crimes catch up with him.
4.40 [193] Danger: AN AFFAIR OF DELICACY
29Jun1954
Written by Palmer Thompson
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Philip Bourneuf
Joan Wetmore
Jacques Aubuchon
Synopsis:
A woman feeling ignored in her marriage seeks an unlikely affair with a new
partner.
4.41 [194] Danger:
06Jul1954THE GUNMAN
Written by Howard Rodman
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Ben Gazzara
Synopsis:
Upset over receiving a "Dear John" letter from his fiance, an angry Korean War
veteran pays her a visit.
4.42 [195] Danger: THE LION'S MOUTH
13Jul1954
Written by Albert Capa
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
Synopsis:
During the Korean conflict, a group of medical missionaries are dropped into the
line of fire when dropped behind Communist lines.
4.43 [196] Danger: NEVER COME HOME
20Jul1954
Written by Kate Nickerson
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Leslie Nielsen
Barbara Britton
John Emery
Synopsis:
An embezzler out on parole finds no support from his wife to help him start
over.
4.44 [197] Danger: THE TROPHY
27Jul1954
Written by Ed Adamson & Robert Haines
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
George Kilroy
Synopsis:
A wealthy man believes he can buy and get anything he wants out of life with his
money.
4.45 [198] Danger: THE KEY
03Aug1954
Written by Richard Lortz
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Robert P. Lieb
Abby Lewis
Michael Strong
Synopsis:
An escaped murderer uses a Boy Scout to help him in his escape.
4.46 [199] Danger: A HANDFUL OF SALT
10Aug1954
Written by Basil Burwell
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Eva Gabor
Berry Kroeger
David J. Stewart
Synopsis:
The wife of a trader finds out her husband is doing a lot more than trading salt
when she uncovers diamonds hidden in the bags of salt.
Synopsis 2:
The story, by Basil Burwell is set an Timbuktu and deals with salt caravans
which cross the Sahara.
Eva Gabor plays the wife of an English trader who mixes diamonds with the salt.
4.47 [200] Danger: AN ANGEL OF CLAY
17Aug1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Frank Marth
Hildy Parks
William Gargan
Synopsis:
A woman helps out a man fighting demons and gets caught in a desperate
situation.
4.48 [201] Danger: ONE DAY'S PAY
24Aug1954
Host/Narrator Richard Stark
starring
Jacqueline Susann
James Daly
Elspeth Eric
Synopsis:
A sailor tries to collect enough money to return home after losing everything in
Reno.
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