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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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- 01
The DreamIn 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. - 02
The Haunted U-BoatWhile 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. - 03
The RiddleAn irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.
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Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
The Bride PossessedJanuary 20, 1959Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding wom - S01E02
Night of April 14thJanuary 27, 1959A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared - S01E03
Emergency OnlyFebruary 3, 1959A set of circumstances outside the norm. - S01E04
The Dark RoomFebruary 10, 1959A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to - S01E05
Twelve Hours to LiveFebruary 17, 1959Even a broken clock is right twice a day. - S01E06
EpilogueFebruary 24, 1959A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in - S01E07
Season's bestThe DreamMarch 3, 1959In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream th - S01E08
PremonitionMarch 10, 1959Forewarned is forearmed. - S01E09
The Dead Part of the HouseMarch 17, 1959A 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 i - S01E10
The VisionMarch 24, 1959In 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 - S01E11
The Devil's LaughterMarch 31, 1959The condemned man's not for hanging. - S01E12
The Return of Mitchell CampionApril 7, 1959A 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 - S01E13
The NavigatorApril 14, 1959The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Orie - S01E14
The SecretApril 21, 1959Is she, or is she not, unfaithful? - S01E15
The AerialistApril 28, 1959An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until s - S01E16
The Burning GirlMay 5, 1959Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose. - S01E17
The Haunted U-BoatMay 12, 1959While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their locati - S01E18
The Image of DeathMay 19, 1959""Let her paint an inch thick..."" - S01E19
The Captain's GuestsMay 26, 1959The Captain and Mr. & Mrs. Courtney. - S01E20
EchoJune 2, 1959A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture. - S01E21
Front RunnerJune 9, 1959A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short. - S01E22
The RiddleJune 16, 1959An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.
Season02
- S02E01
DelusionSeptember 15, 1959A man with a rare blood type is asked to save a young lady's life by donating blood. He refuses, claiming that each time he has given blood - S02E02
Season's bestOrdeal on Locust StreetSeptember 22, 1959A turn-of-the-century English family hides a dark secret: a son who was born part human and part aquatic creature. A discredited doctor att - S02E03
BrainwaveOctober 6, 1959During WWII, a drunken pharmacist's mate must operate on the injured captain of his ship. The chief medical officer on a near-by ship assis - S02E04
DoomsdayOctober 13, 1959A Scottish earl executes his son's lover for being a suspected witch, and with her last words the doomed young women places a curse on the e - S02E05
Night of the KillOctober 20, 1959Under cover of darkness. - S02E06
The InheritanceOctober 27, 1959A wealthy but cruel woman torments her gigolo boyfriend and her timid maid. But a demoniacally possessed diamond necklace inflicts a horrib - S02E07
The Open WindowNovember 3, 1959On a hot summer night, a disillusioned artist sits by the open window of his New York apartment and witnesses an attempted suicide by a youn - S02E08
Message from ClaraNovember 10, 1959An English instructor teaching immigrants finds herself writing at the blackboard in a language she doesn't understand. It turns out to be a - S02E09
Forked LightningNovember 17, 1959Investigation of a double premonition: two strangers who knew death would find them at the end of the day. - S02E10ReunionNovember 24, 1959World War II fliers' gathering takes an unusual turn.
- S02E11
Dead RingerDecember 1, 1959A turn-of-the-century newlywed claims that her evil twin sister is responsible for a series of fires set in orphanages. When her husband has - S02E12
The Stone CutterDecember 8, 1959A tombstone carver has a very strange revelation. - S02E13
Father ImageDecember 15, 1959Daniel Gardner's father has left him some property, including an old boarded-up burlesque house. No-one can understand why he never sold th - S02E14
Make Me Not a WitchDecember 22, 1959A young girl living on a farm acquires the ability to read people's minds. Her gift proves instrumental in the rescue of two children. - S02E15
The HandDecember 29, 1959""These five kings."" (D. Thomas) - S02E16
The Justice TreeJanuary 5, 1960Matters of life and death. - S02E17
EarthquakeJanuary 12, 1960The bellhop who foretold The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. - S02E18
The Forests of the NightJanuary 19, 1960A Chinese fortune leads to an Ovidian transformation. - S02E19
Call from TomorrowJanuary 26, 1960Don't call us, we'll call you. - S02E20
Who Are You?February 2, 1960""I'm nobody."" (Dickinson) - S02E21
The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln StoryFebruary 9, 1960In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln has a dream in which he foresees his own death. His wife Mary has a similarly fatalistic vision but other, - S02E22
The LoversFebruary 16, 1960Ghosts are smitten with a smooch. - S02E23
Vanishing PointFebruary 23, 1960Mrs. Fred Graham entered her house one day and was never seen again. When her husband asks the police to help him find his missing wife, he' - S02E24
The MaskMarch 1, 1960""It seemed as if an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice.""
Hawthorne, ""The Great Stone Face"" - S02E25
The HauntingMarch 8, 1960The bridegroom kills the best man. - S02E26
The ExplorerMarch 15, 1960An archaeological team becomes lost in the desert, but they encounter a young explorer who possesses life-saving knowledge of the region's a - S02E27
The ClownMarch 22, 1960A mute carnival clown witnesses the abusive relationship between a beautiful young lady and her cruel husband. After fleeing from her husba - S02E28
I Saw You TomorrowApril 5, 1960""There is no new thing under the sun.""
Proverbs - S02E29
EncounterApril 12, 1960Without a plane, a pilot appears. - S02E30
The Peter Hurkos Story (1)April 19, 1960Peter Hurkos, a resistance fighter in Denmark during World War II, awakens from a coma and discovers that he not only has psychic powers, bu - S02E31
The Peter Hurkos Story (2)April 26, 1960Following his experiences Hurkos begins to work with parapsychologist Dr Lindsteom and the police and is credited with assisting in the capt - S02E32
DeliaMay 3, 1960While vacationing at a tropical resort, a cynical and unhappy young man meets a beautiful young lady who speaks cryptically about the many t - S02E33
The VisitorMay 10, 1960—A man returns to his past. - S02E34
GypsyMay 17, 1960A prisoner's encounter with the supernatural is recounted. - S02E35
ContactMay 24, 1960A hands-on approach. - S02E36
The Lonely RoomMay 31, 1960Young Henri Lamont, shy and desperate for a girlfriend, is staggered to find that when he goes into a certain room and looks out of the wind - S02E37
House of the DeadJune 7, 1960A British army officer stationed in Hong Kong frantically searches for his missing Oriental wife before his scheduled return to the US. In - S02E38
Goodbye GrandpaJune 14, 1960An old railroad man keeps his promise. - S02E39
The StormJune 21, 1960no sooner out the hermit-dorm I found the calm that follows storm
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Season03
- S03E01
Tidal WaveAugust 30, 1960As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her - S03E02
Anniversary of a MurderSeptember 27, 1960In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his mistress are driving home one night when they accidentally cau - S03E03
The Death WaltzOctober 4, 1960The Merry Widow? - S03E04
The ReturnOctober 11, 1960These were the swift to harry... - S03E05
Season's bestIf You See SallyOctober 18, 1960Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs. - S03E06
Moment of HateOctober 25, 1960A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care. - S03E07
To Know the EndNovember 1, 1960...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed. - S03E08
The TrapNovember 15, 1960Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is asto - S03E09
The VoiceNovember 22, 1960Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter.
Keats - S03E10
The PromiseNovember 29, 1960But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Frost - S03E11
Tonight at 12:17December 6, 1960An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity. - S03E12
Where Are They?December 13, 1960Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles. - S03E13
Legacy of LoveDecember 20, 1960A romance of past and present. - S03E14
RendezvousDecember 27, 1960A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will - S03E15
The ExecutionerJanuary 3, 1961A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death. - S03E16
The Last RoundJanuary 10, 1961A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz. - S03E17
Dead Man's TaleJanuary 17, 1961A reporter makes a find in the Yukon. - S03E18
The Sacred MushroomJanuary 24, 1961Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after. - S03E19
The GiftJanuary 31, 1961Neither shadow of turning. - S03E20
Person UnknownFebruary 7, 1961In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam - S03E21
Night of DecisionFebruary 21, 1961General Washington doubts, but is saved. - S03E22
The StrangerFebruary 28, 1961In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before. - S03E23
JusticeMarch 7, 1961Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi. - S03E24
The FaceMarch 14, 1961Persistence of evil vision. - S03E25
The Room UpstairsMarch 21, 1961A Londoner hears a child crying for help. - S03E26
Signal ReceivedApril 4, 1961—On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty."" - S03E27
The ConfessionApril 11, 1961—The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it. - S03E28
The AvengersApril 25, 1961How the past determines the future. - S03E29
The PrisonerMay 2, 1961The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead. - S03E30
Blood FlowerMay 16, 1961Flores, flores para los muertos. - S03E31
The SorcererMay 23, 1961An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed. - S03E32
The VillaJune 6, 1961A room with a view. - S03E33
MidnightJune 13, 1961—While walking across a fog-covered London Bridge one night, a struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful woman he meets there. Howewve - S03E34
The TigerJune 20, 1961A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet. - S03E35
NightmareJune 27, 1961Paul Roland keeps painting the image of a woman from his nightmares to the dismay of his fiancee. Six days before their wedding he is compel - S03E36
Eye WitnessJuly 4, 1961A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.
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