Escape — 1953
41 episodes broadcast in 1953.
January 4, 1953
Dangerous Man
A WWII bomber crew in the Pacific is forced down and find themselves on a remote island populated by an advanced race of mutants planning to take over the world. Adapted from the story by Nelson S. Bond.
Dutch officials in colonial Bali are faced with a sudden uprising when a trio of English tourists defile a native temple and steal off with the high priest's daughter. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
A squad of German soldiers fleeing defeat in North Africa follow a megalomaniacal officer obsessed with carving out a kingdom of their own in the remote interior of the continent. Adapted from the story by Les Crutchfield.
Two men trapped for the winter at a remote research station in the Arctic Circle must contend against each other as well as the elements. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
An alien disregards protocols and contacts Adapted from the story by John Russell.
Red Mesa, a lawless western town, turns to a hired professional killer for peace. Adapted from the story by Earnest (Ernest??) Haycox.
Susan falls asleep and meets a woman trapped in her nightmarish dream world. A version of this story was also produced for Suspense. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
Okinawa, 1945 - Two American soldiers on patrol behind enemy lines encounter a beautiful girl who tells them of the island she came from, the idyllic paradise one of them has always dreamed of finding and will do anything to reach. Adapted from the story by Millard Kaufman.
A correspondent in Moscow imprisoned and accused of espionage escapes from a Soviet prison and flees his pursuers toward the Iron Curtain. Adapted from the story by John Dehner.
A hard luck, unpopular sub captain seeks to redeem his reputation by taking on a Japanese aircraft carrier and its escort of destroyers single-handed. Adapted from the story by Richard Chandlee.
A milquetoast husband hounded by his wife for his obsession with his ham radio hobby, makes contact with an alien spacecraft on its way to Earth. Adapted from the story by Michael Gray.
A 19th century prison hulk delivering convicts to the penal colony of Australia is endangered when the desperate prisoners decide to stage a revolt. Adapted from the story by Weston Martyr , 1929.
A spy traveling cross-country by bus exchanges military and government secrets with foreign agents. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
Partial episode directed by Anthony Ellis and written by E. Jack Newman about a love hate triangle in Mexico. Adapted from the story by E. Jack Neuman.
The survivors of a sunken ship happen across a drifting derelict, but when they discover gold aboard, they find a far greater menace than being adrift at sea. Adapted from the story by Larry Roman.
A young British Officer stationed in East Africa is befriended by a bigoted, high-handed retired colonel who becomes the target of insurgent Mau-Maus. Adapted from the story by John Dehner.
On a remote South Seas island, a besotted miscreant and womanizer meets his match in the prudish stalwart daughter of the local pastor. Adapted from the story by W. Somerset Maugham.
The first expedition to another planet discovers a world in ruins, where the dominant surviving life form are insatiable hordes of giant hungry rats. Adapted from the story by Charles B. Smith.
May 24, 1953
The Blue Hotel
Sinbad the sailor relates one of his adventures from his youth, when he took a wife in a distant land, and fell victim to a unique form of native barbarism when she dies of a sudden illness. Adapted from the story by Traditional - Arabian Nights.
A swashbuckler a la Hornblower - an early 19th century naval frigate is ordered into the Caribbean to deal with a French privateer preying on American merchantmen. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
Adam Hamish is living a leisurely life in self-imposed exile when he learns that his past is catching up to him, in the form of an unidentified pursuer. Adapted from the story by Charles B. Smith.
June 28, 1953
One-Eighth Apache
A crusty English farmer is abducted by a German flyer, who is under the impression he is one of their agents, and taken to Nazi Germany. Adapted from the story by Stacy Aumonier.
A remote outpost in British Malaya is the crucible for the only two Englishmen assigned there, both of whom hate one another with every fiber of their being. Adapted from the story by W. Somerset Maugham.
A straight-up survival tale of four men in a small dory lost in an ocean which is not identified. Adapted from the story by Stephen Crane.
Two prospectors in the Old West run afoul of a desperate and murderous claim jumper. Adapted from the story by William J. Radcliff.
After tracking down and killing a man for framing him, a murderer flees the remote cabin and inadvertently starts a raging forest fire, which local authorities draft him into helping to quench. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
Three men are besieged in a lighthouse when a ship wrecks on the shoal and releases a horde of starving rats. Adapted from the story by George G. Toudouze.
WW II desert commandos on a mission to locate, penetrate and destroy a secret German airfield in North Africa. Adapted from the story by Douglas M. Smith.
An spy assigned to escort a defecting nuclear scientist on a train across the Iron Curtain discovers that there is an enemy agent aboard carrying a bomb with which he will blow up the train should it reach its destination. Adapted from the story by Ross Murray.
An expedition into the Himalayas to search for the legendary Yeti finds more than it bargained for. Adapted from the story by Antony Ellis.
Upon hearing that his old boat is to be sold for scrap, an ex- submarine captain hires his old crew and steals the ship from under the noses of its owners, intending to lead a life of modern-day piracy on the high seas. Adapted from the story by Marianne Mosner and Francis Rosenwald.
Two men on a business trip to India find their venture disrupted when one, a germophobe, becomes convinced he has contracted leprosy from a street beggar. Adapted from the story by James Leal Henderson.
Neighborhood children invent a new game called 'Invasion' - or is it just a game? Versions of this story also appeared on Future Tense, Adventure Theater, Suspense (3 versions), X Minus One, The Mysterious Traveler, and Dimension X. Adapted from the story by Ray Bradbury.
Eager to prove his theory that love is an illusion, a man offers a couple a small fortune if they agree to his trial by ordeal. Adapted from the story by Stephen Vincent Benet.
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