One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

NR | 1959
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Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.

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36 - Eye Witness
Jul. 04,1961

A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.

35 - Nightmare
Jun. 27,1961

Paul Roland keeps painting the image of a woman from his nightmares to the dismay of his fiancee. Six days before their wedding he is compelled to drive with her to Cornwall for a vacation, at the encouragement of his friend Geoffrey, with him stopping abruptly at the door of one cottage within which a woman dwells, one who has grieved the loss of her own fiance lost in the World War of '16, two days before their wedding was to have been. Apparently, Paul is his reincarnation since he was born when her fiance died as Paul instantly understands when he spies his likeness in that photograph on the mantle, the engagement picture. Now closure seems to happen for them all.

34 - The Tiger
Jun. 20,1961

A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.

33 - Midnight
Jun. 13,1961

While walking across a fog-covered London Bridge one night, a struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful woman he meets there. Howewver, she isn't quite what she seems to be, and he stands a good chance of succumbing--literally--to her charms.

32 - The Villa
Jun. 06,1961

A room with a view.

31 - The Sorcerer
May. 23,1961

An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed.

30 - Blood Flower
May. 16,1961

Flores, flores para los muertos.

29 - The Prisoner
May. 02,1961

The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead.

28 - The Avengers
Apr. 25,1961

How the past determines the future.

27 - The Confession
Apr. 11,1961

The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

26 - Signal Received
Apr. 04,1961

On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty.""

25 - The Room Upstairs
Mar. 21,1961

A Londoner hears a child crying for help.

24 - The Face
Mar. 14,1961

Persistence of evil vision.

23 - Justice
Mar. 07,1961

Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

22 - The Stranger
Feb. 28,1961

In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.

21 - Night of Decision
Feb. 21,1961

General Washington doubts, but is saved.

20 - Person Unknown
Feb. 07,1961

In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam the halls. When a murder is discovered later that night, he must prove that he not only didn't commit the murder, but that it was in fact committed by the ghostly warrior.

19 - The Gift
Jan. 31,1961

Neither shadow of turning.

18 - The Sacred Mushroom
Jan. 24,1961

Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.

17 - Dead Man's Tale
Jan. 17,1961

A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.

16 - The Last Round
Jan. 10,1961

A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.

15 - The Executioner
Jan. 03,1961

A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.

14 - Rendezvous
Dec. 27,1960

A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will return to her. Soon afterwards she is walking alone through a park when a would-be mugger approaches her, but he is scared off by the sudden appearance of what looks to be some sort of spirit.

13 - Legacy of Love
Dec. 20,1960

A romance of past and present.

12 - Where Are They?
Dec. 13,1960

Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.

11 - Tonight at 12:17
Dec. 06,1960

An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

10 - The Promise
Nov. 29,1960

But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Frost

9 - The Voice
Nov. 22,1960

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. Keats

8 - The Trap
Nov. 15,1960

Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is astounded to discover that he has stumbled upon what seems to be a parallel universe--one in which he also exists. but in not quite the same way he does in this one.

7 - To Know the End
Nov. 01,1960

...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.

6 - Moment of Hate
Oct. 25,1960

A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.

5 - If You See Sally
Oct. 18,1960

Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.

4 - The Return
Oct. 11,1960

These were the swift to harry...

3 - The Death Waltz
Oct. 04,1960

The Merry Widow?

2 - Anniversary of a Murder
Sep. 27,1960

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 . . .

1 - Tidal Wave
Aug. 30,1960

As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate the doomed area. Nothing can save the poor young women – accept perhaps the strange and illusive phenomenon known as . . . telepathy.

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