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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Drama
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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 list for Alcoa Theatre
Susan Gordon
Arthur O'Connell
Charles Herbert
Angie Dickinson
Ruth Garron
Whit Bissell
Chris Wallis
Jon Shepodd
Paul Hunter
Sam Flint
Judge
Stuart Whitman
Captain Sam McCurdy
Steven Geray
Station Master
John Stephenson
Major Lennart
James Nolan
Roger Donovan, O'Brien
Charles Boyer
Dr. Jacques Roland
Judith Braun
Gallia
Richard Hale
Dr. Alex Farget
Nestor Paiva
Aubert
Jane Powell
Harriet Kennedy, Kathy Dorn, Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
Fredd Wayne
Lieutenant Brackett
Douglas Dick
Gordon Kennedy
Paul E. Burns
Papa Saintene, Proprietor
Virginia Gregg
Judith Kennedy
