Alcoa Theatre

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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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Season 1

40 episodes

S1 E1 · Silhouette of a Killer

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S1 E2 · Circumstantial

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S1 E3 · Lost and Found

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S1 E4 · Encounter on a Second Class Coach

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S1 E5 · The Danger By Night

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S1 E6 · Guests For Dinner

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S1 E7 · Voices in the Fog

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S1 E8 · On Edge

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S1 E9 · Hurricane

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S1 E10 · Souvenir

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S1 E11 · Crowd Pleaser

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S1 E12 · Cupid Wore A Badge

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S1 E13 · The Tinhorn

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S1 E14 · The Face of Truth

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S1 E15 · The Victim

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S1 E16 · In the Dark

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S1 E17 · The Fatal Charm

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S1 E18 · Hidden Witness

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S1 E19 · Music in the Night

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S1 E20 · Night Caller

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S1 E21 · The White Flag

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S1 E22 · The Days of November

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S1 E23 · Most Likely to Succeed

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S1 E24 · Eve a Thief Can Dream

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S1 E25 · The Seventh Letter

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S1 E26 · Taps For Jeffrey

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S1 E27 · The Loudmouth

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S1 E28 · Fix A Frame For Mourning

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S1 E29 · My Wife's Next Husband

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S1 E30 · The Giant Step

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S1 E31 · The Ticket

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S1 E32 · The Lady Takes a Stand

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S1 E33 · The Perfectionist

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S1 E34 · Decision By Terror

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S1 E35 · The Clock Struck Twelve

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S1 E36 · Disappearance

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S1 E37 · Johnny Risk

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S1 E38 · Three Years Dark

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S1 E39 · Decoy Duck

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S1 E43 · Rumbling Galleries

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Season 2

34 episodes

S2 E1 · Coast to Coast

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S2 E2 · The Chain and the River

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S2 E3 · Strange Occurrance at Rokesay

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S2 E4 · High Class Type of Mongrel

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S2 E5 · Lazarus Walks Again

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S2 E6 · The Reward

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S2 E7 · The Spy

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S2 E8 · Eddie

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S2 E9 · Guy in Ward 4

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S2 E10 · The First Star

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S2 E11 · Points Beyond

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S2 E12 · Of Missing Persons

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S2 E13 · Curtain Call

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S2 E14 · The Dark File

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S2 E15 · Coogan's Reward

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S2 E16 · High Class Type of Mongrel

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S2 E17 · 30 Pieces of Silver

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S2 E18 · A London Affair

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S2 E19 · Goodbye Johnny

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S2 E20 · Success Story

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S2 E21 · Corporal Hardy

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S2 E22 · A Good Name

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S2 E23 · Man Of His House

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S2 E24 · The Obernauf Story

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S2 E25 · A Sword for Marius

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S2 E26 · Day the Devil Hid

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S2 E27 · A Light in the Fruit Closet

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S2 E28 · Face to Face

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S2 E29 · I Remember Caviar

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S2 E30 · Boyden vs. Bunty

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S2 E31 · Wait Til Spring

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S2 E32 · Medals for Harry

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S2 E33 · Christabel

Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog, Cristabel, die after he relents.

S2 E34 · The Best Way To Go

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Season 3

36 episodes

S3 E1 · Story Without Moral

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S3 E2 · Another Day, Another Dollar

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S3 E3 · Hello Charlie

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S3 E4 · Operation Spark

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S3 E5 · The Incorrigibles

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S3 E6 · Any Friend of Julia's

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S3 E7 · Tom, Dick, and Harry

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S3 E8 · Girls About Town

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S3 E9 · The Golden Shanty

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S3 E10 · Small Bouquet

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S3 E11 · Point of Impact

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S3 E12 · Shadow of Evil

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S3 E13 · 333 Montgomery Street

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S3 E14 · The Long House on Avenue A

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S3 E15 · Lady Bug

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S3 E16 · How's Business

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S3 E17 · Johnny Nighthawk

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S3 E18 · Action Off Screen

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S3 E19 · Birthright

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S3 E20 · The Last Flight Out

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S3 E21 · 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.

S3 E22 · Minister Accused

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S3 E23 · Morning Boat to Africa

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S3 E24 · The Silent Kill

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S3 E25 · Show Wagon

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S3 E26 · Chinese Finale

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S3 E27 · Squeeze Play

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S3 E28 · The Tweed Hat

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S3 E29 · All in the Family

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S3 E30 · The Glorious Fourth

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S3 E31 · Author At Work

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S3 E32 · The Observer

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S3 E33 · Marked Down for Connie

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S3 E34 · Forced Landing

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S3 E35 · The Sitter's Baby

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S3 E36 · You Should Meet My Sister

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