WILLIAM AND MARY
Broadcast March 31, 1961
Written by Roald Dahl
Directed by Marc Daniels
Starring Henry Jones, Mildred Dunnock and Fritz Weaver.
On his deathbed, an irate professor allows a neurosurgeon to place his brain in a tank. The
reason: so he can irritate his dowdy wife.
THE DOWN CAR
Broadcast April 7, 1961
Written by Phil Reisman, Jr.
Directed by Marc Daniels
Starring Frank Overton and Ray Walston.
A business man who murdered his
partner is haunted by noises, voices, and a malfunctioning elevator.
THE SISTERS
Broadcast April 14, 1961
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Tom Donovan
Starring Lois Smith and Carmen Mathews.
An overly-protective elder sister dies but continues to watch closely over her sibling.
BUTTON, BUTTON
Broadcast April 28, 1961
Written by Elliott Baker
Directed by Tom Donovan
Starring Tim O'Conner, Warren Frinnerty and Dick O'Neill.
Bored soldiers in an underground missile base are talked into launching nuclear warheads by a
mysterious newcomer.
I HEARD YOU CALLING ME
Broadcast May 5, 1961
Written by Sumner Locke Elliot
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Starring Constance Ford and Anthony Dawson.
An adulteress plans to elope with a married man; however, his long dead mother pays her an unwelcome visit.
THE CROAKER
Broadcast May 12, 1961
Written by Phil Reisman, Jr.
Directed by Paul Bogart
Starring John McGiver and Richard Thomas.
A neighborhood brat strikes a bargain with a new neighbor who can turn people into frogs.
FALSE FACE
Broadcast May 26, 1961
Written by Larry Cohen
Directed by Paul Bogart
Starring Alfred Ryder, Martin Books, Gerry Jedd, Lester Rollins, Louise
Larabee and Dana Elcar.
A conceited actor discovers he can't remove his
Quasimodo make-up. He must find the ugly bowery bum who inspired the look.
DISSOLVE TO BLACK
Broadcast June 2, 1961
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by William Corrigan
Starring Kathleen Widdoes, Moultry Patton, Richard Morse, Mark Leonard,
Leonardo Cimino, James Patterson, Michael Conrad, Dan Morgan and Frank Daly.
A new actress rehearses after hours with a haunting night crew as malevolent
direction is shouted from an empty control booth.
DEATH WISH
Broadcast June 9, 1961
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Boris Sagal
Starring Charlotte Rae, Don Keefer, Heyward Hale Broun and Chuck Morgan.
An impatient man who is married to an insensitive T.V. addict buys a weird funeral
parlor's do-it-yourself kit (complete with casket and shovel).
THE OVERNIGHT CASE
Broadcast June 16, 1961
Written by Nicholas Pryor
Directed by Paul Bogart
Starring Barbara Baxley, Martin Balsam, Kevin McCarthy, Helen Stenborg and
Leon B. Stevens.
A woman has trouble separating her nightmares from real
life.
HUSH HUSH
Broadcast June 23, 1961
Written by Bob Van Scoyk
Directed by Mel Ferber
Starring Philip Coolidge, Rosemary Murphy, Woodrow Parfrey, Nancy Cushman and
Barry Newman.
A nagging wife is rendered docile by her scientist husband, but
she must preserve her serenity at any cost.
SIDE SHOW
Broadcast June 30, 1961
Written by Elliott Baker
Directed by Seymour Robbie
Starring Myron McCormick, Murry Hamilton, Margaret Philips, Martin Huston and
Carolyn Groves.
A meek, henpecked man seeks escape by visiting a headless
woman at a carnival.
SOFT FOCUS
Broadcast July 7, 1961
Written by Phil Reisman, Jr.
Directed by Ron Winston
Starring Barry Morse, Joan Hotchkis, Mitch Ryan, Anne Meacham and Dorthea
Duckworth.
A photographer uses chemicals to alter portraits and discovers that the alterations have a similar affect upon the people portrayed in the photos. Discovering his wife is
unfaithful, he ages her photo. Naturally, she retaliates on his photo!
20/20
Broadcast July 14, 1961
Written by Jerome Ross
Directed by Paul Bosner
Starring Milton Selzer, Ruth White, Frederick Rolf, Tom Shirley and Sudie
Bond.
Every time a timid man puts on his new glasses, he finds himself in the
presence of strange people who work with vipers to eradicate unwanted humans.
