Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
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Plot.
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre.
In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.
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Cast & Crew.
Sandy Kenyon
Ellsworth Show
Michael Pate
Bert Landon
Valerie French
Paula Crowley
George E. Diskant
Director of Photography
Guy Roe
Director of Photography
Charles Burke
Director of Photography
Robert Florey
Director
Robert Ellis Miller
Director
Tay Garnett
Director
Thomas Carr
Director
Walter Grauman
Director
Paul Henreid
Director
Tom Gries
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Alvin Ganzer
Director
Don Taylor
Director
Byron Haskin
Director
David Swift
Director / Writer / Teleplay
Jack Smight
Director
James Sheldon
Director
Louis King
Director
Robert B. Sinclair
Director
Lewis Allen
Director
Arthur Hilton
Editor
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Desmond Marquette
Editor
Lester Orlebeck
Editor
Leonard Freeman
Writer
Fred Freiberger
Writer
Alec Coppel
Story / Writer
Harold Swanton
Writer
Stirling Silliphant
Writer
Pat Frank
Writer
John Copelan
Writer
Bob Barbash
Writer
Marc Brandel
Writer
Robert C. Dennis
Writer
Leon Ware
Writer
William R. Cox
Writer
Frederick Brady
Teleplay
Angie Dickinson
Ruth Garron
Whit Bissell
Chris Wallis
Jon Shepodd
Paul Hunter
Sam Flint
Judge
Kort Falkenberg
Paul Harbach
Stuart Whitman
Captain Sam McCurdy
Steven Geray
Station Master
Paul Busch
Border Guard
John Stephenson
Major Lennart
Charles Boyer
Dr. Jacques Roland
James Nolan
Roger Donovan / O'Brien
Judith Braun
Gallia
Richard Hale
Dr. Alex Farget
Nestor Paiva
Aubert
Fredd Wayne
Lieutenant Brackett
Jane Powell
Harriet Kennedy / Kathy Dorn / Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
John Reach
Knobby
Fran Keegan
Mrs. Donovan
Douglas Dick
Gordon Kennedy
Paul E. Burns
Proprietor / Papa Saintene
Virginia Gregg
Judith Kennedy
Harry Jackson
Reeves
Robert Ryan
Trilbridge / Mike Ripetti
Edward Platt
Lieutenant
Bill Schallert
Wilson
David Janssen
Mike Harper
James Flavin
Gavin Marshall
Craig Duncan
Chief
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Hoskins
John Cliff
Driver
Catherine McLeod
Edie
John Morley
Father Boniface
Malcolm Atterbury
Spud
Thomas E. Jackson
Detective
Jack Lemmon
Ashley
Doe Avedon
Ruth
Lana Wood
Pat
Ross Elliott
Gordon
John Gallaudet
Sgt. Lewis
Bruce MacFarlane
Stripes
Sol Gorss
Sports
Barbara Lawrence
Ruth Evans
Richard Long
Allan Bishop
Keye Luke
Mike
John Eldredge
Jud Cowan / Dr. Leopold
David Niven
Paul Martel / Mark Garron / Robert Medhill / Paul Evans / Jeff Carleton
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Adams
Read Morgan
Ed
Eve McVeagh
Miss Bellows
Don Grady
Mason (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Marty (uncredited)
Edward Binns
Captain Posen / Major Robert Fielding
George Maharis
Johnny Cesare
Mason Curry
Doctor Alvin Morris
Jack Carson
Bert Kennedy / Augie Adams
Whitney Blake
Carrie
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Gilroy
Gerald Mohr
Jason Nichols
Russ Conway
Pete Bannion
Richard Reeves
Pal Jensen
Henry Silva
Tom Longman
Russell Thorson
Harrison
Eugene Iglesias
Joey
Lawrence Dobkin
Joe Frazier / Lieutenant Lacy
Richard Jaeckel
Spenser
Adam Williams
Wohlman
Joe Mantell
Dick Crane
Marvin Kaplan
Harry Cooper
Irene Ryan
Martha Henderson
Dick York
Corporal James Sloan
Jeremy Slate
Sam Spears
Willis Bouchey
Marshal
Lillian Bronson
Granny
Frank Ferguson
Milbanks
Joseph Mell
Bertelli
Harold J. Stone
Tony Busso / Lt. Oran Nelson
Gayle Kellogg
Roger
Douglas Fowley
Pop
John Indrisano
Babe
Lester Dorr
Buyer #1
Frances Rafferty
Kathy Morton
Ellen Corby
Elvira Moss
Byron Foulger
Elkins
George Eldredge
Mailman
Patrick Macnee
Sergeant Shaw
Robert Vaughn
Lt. Dave Hutchins
Paul Bryar
Corporal
Michael Landon
Johnny Risk
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
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Wiki.
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation and telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to May 23, 1960. For its first four months on the air, the title Turn of Fate was used as an umbrella title for Alcoa Theatre and its alternate-week counterpart, Goodyear Theatre.
In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer during its initial season. They did not return in 1958, "and the program became a true anthology once again".
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