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Season 1 – Thriller

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Fright-film favorite Boris Karloff introduces and occasionally appears in these eerie tales of people thrust into strange and usually terrifying situations, enacted by a different cast each episode. Notable performers who appeared in episodes of "Thriller" include William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Rip Torn and Mary Tyler Moore.
Thriller — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 13, 1960 The Twisted Image A successful advertising man commits two blunders that threaten to destroy his family and his career. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 20, 1960 Child's Play A neglected child (Tommy Nolan) who lives in a fantasy world takes out a real rifle to hunt down a fictional foe. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 27, 1960 Worse Than Murder An embittered woman is determined to even the score when her husband and his uncle both die leaving her penniless. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 4, 1960 The Mark of the Hand When a man is fatally shot, the 8-year-old girl found holding the weapon refuses to speak. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 11, 1960 Rose's Last Summer Avaricious heirs offer a has-been movie actress (Mary Astor) a final role that may end in her death. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 18, 1960 The Guilty Men The head (Frank Dana) of a crime syndicate tries to force his associates to stop dealing in drugs. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 25, 1960 The Purple Room Money-hungry cousins (Richard Anderson, Patricia Barry) try to frighten a man (Rip Torn) out of his inheritance. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 1, 1960 The Watcher A psychopathic killer (Martin Gabel) stalks two teenage lovers picnicking near their small resort community. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 15, 1960 Girl With a Secret A bride (Myrna Fahey) faces danger to prevent enemy agents from obtaining her husband's secrets. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 22, 1960 The Prediction An engaged couple (Audrey Dalton, Alex Davion) ignores a psychic's (Boris Karloff) warning of death. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 29, 1960 The Fatal Impulse Police search for a woman unknowingly carrying a bomb. With Mary Tyler Moore. Story by John D. MacDonald. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 6, 1960 The Big Blackout A recovering alcoholic (Jack Carson) fears he may have killed someone during a blackout. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 13, 1960 Knock Three-One-Two A man plots to get out of his gambling debts by setting his wife up as the victim of a compulsive woman-killer. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 20, 1960 Man in the Middle A TV writer (Mort Sahl) is an unwitting accomplice in a kidnapping he tried to prevent. With Werner Klemperer, Sue Randall. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 27, 1960 The Cheaters An eccentric alchemist discovers the secret of strange eyeglasses that show the wearer the terrible truth about himself and others. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 3, 1961 The Hungry Glass A photographer and his wife are haunted by the ghost of the original owner of their home and the little girl who used to play nearby. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 10, 1961 The Poisoner An art-loving perfectionist (Murray Matheson) murders his wife's relatives to protect his expensive lifestyle. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 17, 1961 Man in the Cage An American (Philip Carey) finds danger and political intrigue when he searches for his brother (Guy Stockwell) in Tangiers. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 24, 1961 Choose a Victim The affair between a handsome beach-bum (Larry Blyden) and an unhappy heiress (Susan Oliver) ends in murder and deception. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 7, 1961 Hay-Fork & Bill-Hook A Scotland Yard investigator (Kenneth Haigh) encounters Druid rituals when he probes the witchcraft-related murder of a hedge-cutter. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 14, 1961 The Merriweather File After a woman is nearly killed, her philandering husband finds a dead body in his car trunk. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 21, 1961 The Fingers of Fear A police lieutenant (Nehemiah Persoff) has doubts about the disturbed suspect in the murders of three little girls. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 28, 1961 Well of Doom A bachelor party turns into a night of terror for a soon-to-be-wed couple (Ronald Howard, Fintan Meyler). Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 7, 1961 The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell A brilliant scientist (Robert Vaughn) becomes the tragic victim of his own discovery. With Marlo Thomas. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 14, 1961 Trio for Terror An heir's murder plan backfires; a gambler has trouble holding on to his winnings; a fugitive finds terror in a wax museum. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 21, 1961 Papa Benjamin A musician (John Ireland) stalks the voodoo priest who cursed him for using a voodoo melody as his own. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 4, 1961 Late Date A man (Larry Pennell) schemes to protect his guilty brother (Edward Platt), who killed his unfaithful wife. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 11, 1961 Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper A man (Guy Williams) theorizes Jack the Ripper still lives, then predicts his next murder. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 18, 1961 The Devil's Ticket An artist (Macdonald Carey) agrees to pawn his soul to the devil for three months, then provide another in exchange. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 25, 1961 Parasite Mansion A woman (Pippa Scott) discovers the truth about a teenage girl supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. With Jeanette Nolan. Details Episode 31 Aired May 2, 1961 A Good Imagination A betrayed husband (Edward Andrews) plans murder to take revenge on his wife (Patricia Barry) and her lovers. Details Episode 32 Aired May 9, 1961 Mr. George A friendly spirit protects a rich girl (Gina Gillespie) from her avaricious relatives. Details Episode 33 Aired May 16, 1961 Terror in Teakwood A pianist's insane jealousy of his deceased rival causes him to desecrate the man's grave and steal his hands. Details Episode 34 Aired May 23, 1961 The Prisoner in the Mirror An evil magician (Henry Daniell) trapped in a mirror uses the body of a researcher (Lloyd Bochner) to commit murder. Details Episode 35 Aired May 30, 1961 Dark Legacy A nightclub illusionist (Harry Townes) inherits a book containing a formula for summoning demons. Details Episode 36 Aired Jun 6, 1961 Pigeons From Hell Brothers (Brandon DeWilde, David Whorf) find terror and death when they shelter in an abandoned Southern mansion. Details Episode 37 Aired Jun 13, 1961 The Grim Reaper The nephew (William Shatner) of a mystery writer (Natalie Shafer) warns his aunt about the legend of a macabre painting. Details

Season Info

Director
John Brahm, Herschel Daugherty, Jules Bricken, Arthur Hiller, Gerald Mayer, Douglas Heyes, Ida Lupino, Maxwell Shane, Mitch Leisen, Fletcher Markle, Laslo Benedek
Executive Producer
Hubbell Robinson
Screenwriter
Donald S. Sanford, John Kneubuhl, Robert Bloch, Douglas Heyes, Barré Lyndon, Alan Caillou, Robert Hardy Andrews, George Bellak
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 13, 1960