Leslie Nielsen
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
Season 1
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.
Released Aug. 3, 1951
Episode 25 min
2+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Keywords: imdb.psychotronic-series, imdb.anthology-series, imdb.horror-host, imdb.anthology, imdb.live-broadcast, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.science-fiction
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Verdict from Space
A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.
Aug. 3, 1951, midnight
S1E2 - Blunder
A scientist is on the verge of developing a new source of incredible power but after his colleagues discover an error in his calculations they find out there's no way to communicate this error to the scientist.
Aug. 10, 1951, midnight
S1E3 - A Child is Crying
The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
Aug. 17, 1951, midnight
S1E4 - The Woman at Land's End
Aug. 24, 1951, midnight
S1E5 - The Last Man on Earth
Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.
Aug. 31, 1951, midnight
S1E6 - Errand Boy
Sept. 7, 1951, midnight
S1E7 - The Monsters
Sept. 14, 1951, midnight
S1E8 - The Dark Angel
A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.
Sept. 28, 1951, midnight
S1E9 - The Crystal Egg
The owner of a London curiosity shop delivers a mysterious crystal egg to a university professor for the scientist's opinion on its worth and its properties. The 'egg' proves to be a window to Mars. When the professor loses the egg, he tries to convince people that he is not crazy.
Oct. 12, 1951, midnight
S1E10 - Test Flight
The CEO of an aerospace company is determined to build a spaceship for interplanetary travel and a young scientist convinces him that he can perform the task--but only if he's the first person to travel on the spaceship.
Oct. 26, 1951, midnight
S1E11 - The Search for the Flying Saucer
A reporter arrives in a New Mexico town to investigate sightings of flying saucers. But neither he nor some of the town's residents are actually who they appear to be.
Nov. 9, 1951, midnight
S1E12 - Enemy Unknown
A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.
Nov. 23, 1951, midnight
S1E13 - Sneak Attack
During the Cold War, a captured American spy is his country's only hope to avert an attack by a new type of bomb.
Dec. 7, 1951, midnight
S1E14 - The Invader
A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.
Dec. 21, 1951, midnight
S1E15 - The Dune Roller
On an island a strange rock begins to grow and move. Scientists that observe the phenomena speculate that an ancient meteor that once hit the island is attempting to reassemble itself.
Jan. 4, 1952, midnight
S1E16 - Frankenstein
In an adaptation of Mary Shelley's tale, Dr. Frankenstein brings to life a lumbering undead monster who he must then find someway to destroy.
Jan. 18, 1952, midnight
S1E17 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Jan. 25, 1952, midnight
S1E18 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.
Feb. 1, 1952, midnight
S1E19 - What You Need
A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.
Feb. 8, 1952, midnight
S1E20 - Age of Peril
A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
Feb. 15, 1952, midnight
S1E21 - Memento
A scientist who's spent his entire life building a spaceship that can travel to Mars discovers that he cannot make the trip.
Feb. 22, 1952, midnight
S1E22 - The Children's Room
A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. One of them, Walt, is the son of a professor at the university. The professor uncovers that his son and other children are 'mutants' being groomed to assist an alien race in a distant part of the galaxy.
Feb. 29, 1952, midnight
S1E23 - Bound Together
A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?
March 7, 1952, midnight
S1E24 - The Diamond Lens
Shortly before he is scheduled to go to the guillotine, a scientist confesses to a priest the fantastic reason why he committed murder to obtain the perfect diamond for use in a microscope.
March 14, 1952, midnight
S1E25 - The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)
Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.
March 21, 1952, midnight
S1E26 - Flight Overdue
The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.
March 28, 1952, midnight
S1E27 - And a Little Child
A young hillbilly girl has the power to read minds and this power is called upon when a scientist suffers a paralyzing stroke.
April 4, 1952, midnight
S1E28 - Sleep No More
A young man begs to be kept awake due to the fact that his dreams are turning into horrifying realities.
April 11, 1952, midnight
S1E29 - Time to Go
A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.
April 18, 1952, midnight
S1E30 - Plague from Space
A military base commander is forced to make a terrible decision when he learns that Martians have invaded Earth using a deadly combination of bacteria and brainwaves.
April 25, 1952, midnight
S1E31 - Red Dust
Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.
May 2, 1952, midnight
S1E32 - The Golden Ingot
A doctor's unsuccessful experiments cause him to fall into a state of depression which has his daughter worried.
May 9, 1952, midnight
S1E33 - Black Planet
Two astronomers working together, seek a tenth planet. The senior fears the junior might have found it and is jealous. They are also both interested in Norma, who works with them. When, in the course of a fight between the two men, the senior scientist falls dead - the question is was he killed by the other or not. Norma's brother, a police detective has to solve the case! Leslie Nielsen, Frank Albertson amd Horace MacMahon star.
May 16, 1952, midnight
S1E34 - World of Water
A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.
May 23, 1952, midnight
S1E35 - Little Black Bag
A struggling doctor takes his instruments to a pawnshop because his wife complains about their lack of money. Once in the shop, he makes a deal with the pawnbroker for $20.00 and a mysterious medical bag. Later, it is discovered that the instruments in the bag can perform "miracle cures". Upon close inspection of the instruments, a patent date of July 18, 2450 is revealed.
May 30, 1952, midnight
S1E36 - The Exile
A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.
June 6, 1952, midnight
S1E37 - All the Time in the World
A man must decide whether or not he wants to survive a hydrogen bomb blast. If he does he'll be the only person remaining on earth--not a pleasant predicament.
June 13, 1952, midnight
S1E38 - The Miraculous Serum
A miracle life-saving serum has unintended consequences when it's tested on a female patient. Not only does it make the woman immune to diseases but to moral issues as well.
June 20, 1952, midnight
S1E39 - Appointment on Mars
Three astronauts arrive on Mars, sponsored by a mining company who will share the profits with them. Illness, paranoia and other problems develop until all three are dead - but what caused it?
June 27, 1952, midnight
S1E40 - The Duplicates
A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.
July 4, 1952, midnight
S1E41 - Ahead of His Time
A lab technician invents a time machine and uses it to travel forward to the year 2052.
July 18, 1952, midnight
S1E42 - Sudden Darkness
A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical power with one flick of the switch.
Aug. 1, 1952, midnight
S1E43 - Ice from Space
A rocket returns from space with a huge block of ice inside its compartment. An Air Force officer realizes that this block of ice is a form of alien invasion.
Aug. 8, 1952, midnight
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25 min/ep
25 min
Aug. 3, 1951
June 12, 1953, midnight
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TV-G / 2+
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