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Escape (1950)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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ESCAPE
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CBS
Produced & Directed by
Wyllis Cooper
US Anthology series 1950 13 episodes x 30 min
Narrator: William Conrad
This live dramatic anthology series was the television counterpart to a
successful CBS Radio series of the same name (1947-54).
The plays depicted people attempting to deal with danger, the supernatural, or
some fantasized situation, allowing the viewer
to escape from reality.
Wyllis Cooper also Produced the Anthology series "Volume
One" (ABC)(1949)
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CBS Thursdays 9:00-9:30pm (January 5, 1950 to March 30, 1950)
[01] Escape: RUGGED JOURNEY
05Jan1950 CBS Thur
Script by Howard Rodman
Based on a short story by Franklin Gregory
Produced & directed by Wyllis Cooper
starring
Charita Bauer
Richard MacMurray
Charles Egleston
Lawrence Fletcher
Synopsis:
A New York reporter travels with a transport tycoon to the Arctic where he
revives a wartime romance with an Eskimo girl. [RF]
[02] Escape: (No Details)
12Jan1950 CBS Thur
[03] Escape: THE DIAMOND LENS
19Jan1950 CBS Thur
[04] Escape: THE BELLHOP STORY
26Jan1950 CBS Thur
starring
Jack Lescoulie .... Floyd
Nancy Sheridan ... Georgie
Frank Thomas ...... Bellhop
Synopsis:
After committing murder and bank robbery, a man and woman check into a hotel,
only to find the gun and the stolen money
have vanished from their bags and that they are mysteriously trapped in their
room by a puckish bellhop. [RF]
[05] Escape: THE OLD CASTLE
02Feb1950 CBS Thur
starring
Sarah Fussell
Bruno Wick
Hanna Landy
Jabez Grey
[06] Escape: WHAPPERNOCKER SONG
09Feb1950 CBS Thur
starring
Lee Marvin
Peggy Wagner
Ralph Riggs
[07] Escape: THE GREAT FOG
16Feb1950 CBS Thur
starring
Florida Friebus
Howard Wierum
[08] Escape: THE MYTH MAKERS
23Feb1950 CBS Thur
starring
Dan Morgan
Fran Carlon
Tommy Rettig
Dave Ballard
[09] Escape: THE COVENANT
02Mar1950 CBS Thur
starring
Kim Stanley
Pat Peardon
[10] Escape: THE TROUBLE WITH GRANDFATHER
09Mar1950 CBS Thur
starring
Clock Ryder
Kathryn Gill
[11] Escape: HOMECOMING
16Mar1950 CBS Thur
starring
William A. Lee
Vicki Vola
Marie Kenny
[12] Escape: THE SOUND MACHINE
23Mar1950 CBS Thur
starring
Jack Lescoulie
Hanna Landy
[13] Escape: REST IN PEACE [Final episode]
30Mar1950 CBS Thur
starring
Oliver Thorndike
Klock Ryder
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