One Step Beyond

1959 - 1961

The Bride Possessed

20th January 1959

Episode 1

Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding woman with no accent who denies even knowing him.

Night of April 14th

27th January 1959

Episode 2

A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.

Emergency Only

3rd February 1959

Episode 3

A set of circumstances outside the norm.

The Dark Room

10th February 1959

Episode 4

A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to a head when she has a brush with the supernatural that could well mean her death.

Twelve Hours to Live

17th February 1959

Episode 5

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Epilogue

24th February 1959

Episode 6

A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in the supernatural, when his son is trapped in a cave-in.

The Dream

Episode 7

In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.

Premonition

10th March 1959

Episode 8

Forewarned is forearmed.

The Dead Part of the House

17th March 1959

Episode 9

A young girl moves into a new house with her father and aunt, and before long, she makes friends with the ghosts of three girls who reside in an upstairs nursery -- though the adults assume that her new "friends" are her three new dolls.

The Vision

24th March 1959

Episode 10

In the trenches in WWI, soldiers as usual are dying like flies as expected. All of a sudden the French troops drop their arms and walk very serenely away from the front. Hearing of this the generals bring them up on charges of dissertion, a capital crime. Tremaine is the advocate for their case. They don't seem to want to defend themselves for their inexplicable behavior, not in a way that makes sense. While waiting for the fateful morn, he seeks out a bottle of something special that they request as a last toast. Beckoned to the cottage of a little French boy's family, they are set upon by a German who recounts similar stories of walking away from the front all at the same time on the German side. Rushing back to HQ, Tremaine succeeds in staying the sentence at the last moment, as the officers confirm the veracity of the stories, a mystical event.

The Devil's Laughter

31st March 1959

Episode 11

The condemned man's not for hanging.

The Return of Mitchell Campion

Episode 12

A man is known by everyone on a Caribbean island he has never visited before. Soon he too remembers, but he was in the hospital at the time of the supposed visit...

The Navigator

14th April 1959

Episode 13

The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.

The Secret

21st April 1959

Episode 14

Is she, or is she not, unfaithful?

The Aerialist

28th April 1959

Episode 15

An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.

The Burning Girl

Episode 16

Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.

The Haunted U-Boat

Episode 17

While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound caused by someone . . . or something . . . on board the submarine.

The Image of Death

Episode 18

""Let her paint an inch thick...""

The Captain's Guests

Episode 19

The Captain and Mr. & Mrs. Courtney.

Echo

Episode 20

A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.

Front Runner

Episode 21

A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short.

The Riddle

Episode 22

An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.

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Mystery Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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John Newland

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