Alcoa Premiere

E1 Episode 1: Flashing Spikes

• Now playing
• Oct 4, 1962

E2 Episode 2: Guest in the House

• Oct 11, 1962

Fascinating and original story of a war hero turned grifter (Astaire) who returns to an air force buddy's life and helps his family through a crisis.

E3 Episode 3: Seven Against the Sea

• Oct 18, 1962

A dramatic tale of PT Captain and his crew.World War Two drama about a resourceful group of stranded American PT boat crewmen hiding out on a South Pacific island controlled by the Japanese Navy.

E4 Episode 4: The Voice of Charlie Pont

• Oct 25, 1962

E5 Episode 5: Mr. Lucifer

• Nov 1, 1962

The Devil Himself (Astaire) is a hard-bitten businessman with a group of somewhat bumbling yes-men on staff and a curvy assistant in the person of Elizabeth Montgomery (no Gwen Verdon, but fairly amusing, all the same). Together they use their best temptations in an attempt to thwart the honesty and decency of a young suburban couple (Aletter and Bulifant).

E6 Episode 6: The Masked Marine

• Nov 8, 1962

E7 Episode 7: Ordeal in Darkness

• Nov 15, 1962

E8 Episode 8: Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois

• Nov 22, 1962

E9 Episode 9: The Hands of Danofrio

• Nov 29, 1962

E10 Episode 10: The Contenders

• Dec 6, 1962

E11 Episode 11: The Long Walk Home

• Dec 13, 1962

E12 Episode 12: The Potentate

• Dec 20, 1962

Disquieting is the word for Stefan Tamarov's first visit to New York City. As Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade for a Communist satellite country, Tamarov has no trouble with his official duties; it's the ""little"" things that bother him. His daughter Svezda is seeing an American reporter much too often, and his best friend Andreas Vrim, his country's UN delegate, has confided a few thoughts to Stefan that could be interpreted as treason.

E13 Episode 13: Blues For A Hanging

• Dec 27, 1962

Ted Miller (Astaire), a down-on-his-luck musician, was in a drunken fight last night, and begins to think he could have murdered a man. His loving girlfriend Connie (Paige) refuses to believe this and together they piece together what really transpired.

E14 Episode 14: Impact of an Execution

• Jan 3, 1963

E15 Episode 15: Lollipop Louie

• Jan 10, 1963

E16 Episode 16: The Glass Palace

• Jan 17, 1963

E17 Episode 17: Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks

• Jan 24, 1963

E18 Episode 18: George Gobel Presents

• Jan 31, 1963

This was an unsold pilot that appeared on Alcoa Premiere.

E19 Episode 19: The Hat of Sergeant Martin

• Feb 7, 1963

E20 Episode 20: Blow High, Blow Clear

• Feb 14, 1963

E21 Episode 21: Chain Reaction

• Feb 21, 1963

E22 Episode 22: Hornblower

• Feb 28, 1963

E23 Episode 23: The Dark Labyrinth

• Mar 7, 1963

E24 Episode 24: Jeeney Ray

• Mar 14, 1963

E25 Episode 25: The Best Years

• Mar 21, 1963

E26 Episode 26: Of Struggle and Flight

• Mar 28, 1963

E27 Episode 27: The Broken Year

• Apr 4, 1963

E28 Episode 28: This Will Kill You

• Apr 11, 1963

E29 Episode 29: Million Dollar Hospital

• Apr 18, 1963

A young Dr. Grant (played by William Shatner) responds to a medical journal ad promising a “rewarding practice” with a $1,000,000 offer, only to discover a dilapidated emergency hospital that appears far from profitable.

E30 Episode 30: The Town That Died

• Apr 25, 1963