Alcoa Theatre
Season 3
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Network: NBC
Season aired: 1959-09-14
Seasons
Overview
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.
Episodes Β· 36
Story Without Moral
Another Day, Another Dollar
Engaging comedy-drama about a toy salesman who chooses family responsibilities over a business deal.
Hello Charlie
Operation Spark
The Incorrigibles
Any Friend of Julia's
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Girls About Town
The Golden Shanty
Small Bouquet
Point of Impact
Shadow of Evil
333 Montgomery Street
The Long House on Avenue A
Lady Bug
How's Business
Johnny Nighthawk
Action Off Screen
Birthright
The Last Flight Out
Capital Gains
A TV writer who's left penniless, courtesy of taxes and alimony. He's talked into forming a corporation and selling stock -- in himself -- to raise money. He makes himself and his stockholders wealthy while he churns out TV fare. Writer's block sends him back into dire financial straits. But his ex-wife has played the stock market shrewdly, to the good fortune of them both.
