John Newland
Director
One Step Beyond (1959)
Season 3
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.
Released Jan. 20, 1959
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Production Companies: Joseph L. Schenck Enterprises
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Tidal Wave
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.
Aug. 30, 1960, midnight
S3E2 - Anniversary of a Murder
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 . . .
Sept. 27, 1960, midnight
S3E3 - The Death Waltz
The Merry Widow?
Oct. 4, 1960, midnight
S3E4 - The Return
These were the swift to harry...
Oct. 11, 1960, midnight
S3E5 - If You See Sally
Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.
Oct. 18, 1960, midnight
S3E6 - Moment of Hate
A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.
Oct. 25, 1960, midnight
S3E7 - To Know the End
...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.
Nov. 1, 1960, midnight
S3E8 - The Trap
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.
Nov. 15, 1960, midnight
S3E9 - The Voice
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter.
Keats
Nov. 22, 1960, midnight
7.0
S3E10 - The Promise
But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Frost
Nov. 29, 1960, midnight
S3E11 - Tonight at 12:17
An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.
Dec. 6, 1960, midnight
5.0
S3E12 - Where Are They?
Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.
Dec. 13, 1960, midnight
S3E13 - Legacy of Love
A romance of past and present.
Dec. 20, 1960, midnight
S3E14 - Rendezvous
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.
Dec. 27, 1960, midnight
S3E15 - The Executioner
A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.
Jan. 3, 1961, midnight
S3E16 - The Last Round
A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.
Jan. 10, 1961, midnight
S3E17 - Dead Man's Tale
A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.
Jan. 17, 1961, midnight
S3E18 - The Sacred Mushroom
Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.
Jan. 24, 1961, midnight
S3E19 - The Gift
Neither shadow of turning.
Jan. 31, 1961, midnight
S3E20 - Person Unknown
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.
Feb. 7, 1961, midnight
S3E21 - Night of Decision
General Washington doubts, but is saved.
Feb. 21, 1961, midnight
S3E22 - The Stranger
In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.
Feb. 28, 1961, midnight
S3E23 - Justice
Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.
March 7, 1961, midnight
S3E24 - The Face
Persistence of evil vision.
March 14, 1961, midnight
S3E25 - The Room Upstairs
A Londoner hears a child crying for help.
March 21, 1961, midnight
S3E26 - Signal Received
On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty.""
April 4, 1961, midnight
S3E27 - The Confession
The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.
April 11, 1961, midnight
S3E28 - The Avengers
How the past determines the future.
April 25, 1961, midnight
S3E29 - The Prisoner
The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead.
May 2, 1961, midnight
S3E30 - Blood Flower
Flores, flores para los muertos.
May 16, 1961, midnight
S3E31 - The Sorcerer
An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed.
May 23, 1961, midnight
S3E32 - The Villa
A room with a view.
June 6, 1961, midnight
S3E33 - Midnight
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.
June 13, 1961, midnight
S3E34 - The Tiger
A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.
June 20, 1961, midnight
S3E35 - Nightmare
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.
June 27, 1961, midnight
S3E36 - Eye Witness
A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.
July 4, 1961, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2910 min.
Released: Jan. 20, 1959
Last Air Date: July 4, 1961, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR
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