Genre: | Anthology |
Director: | Yul Brynner Curt Conway Tom Donovan John Frankenheimer Sidney Lumet Ted Post Sheldon Reynolds |
Presenter: | Dick Stark |
Narrated: | Dick Stark |
Composer: | Tony Mottola |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 5 |
Num Episodes: | 242 |
Producer: | Martin Ritt William Dozier |
Camera: | Single-camera |
Runtime: | 25 mins. |
Channel: | CBS Television |
Danger is a CBS television dramatic anthology series that began on September 26, 1950, and ended on May 31, 1955.[1] Its original title was Amm-i-dent Playhouse. The show "was one of the first television dramatic series to make effective use of background music"
The show featured many actors including Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Anthony, Edward Binns, John Cassavetes, Míriam Colón, Ben Gazzara, Grace Kelly, Richard Kiley, Walter Slezak, Hildy Parks, James Gregory, Paul Langton, Cloris Leachman, Jayne Meadows, Martin Ritt, Maria Riva, Lee Grant, Kim Stanley, Rod Steiger, Steve Allen, Anne Bancroft, Jacqueline Susann, Walter Matthau, and Leo Penn.
Charles Russell was the producer of Danger.[2] Yul Brynner was one of the directors.[3] Other directors included Curt Conway and Sid Lumet.
Tony Mottola composed the show's theme and background music for episodes. Richard Stark was the announcer.
Amm-i-dent sponsored the program, which was originally titled Amm-i-dent Playhouse. The title was changed effective with the September 26, 1950, episode.[4]
Date | Episode | Actor(s) | |
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November 17, 1950 | "Witness for the Prosecution" | Sarah Churchill[5] | |
November 21, 1950 | "Borderline Affair" | Iris Mann[6] | |
April 17, 1951 | "The Great Gilson Bequest" | Franchot Tone.[7] | |
October 9, 1951 | "Nightmare" | Maria Riva[8] | |
October 7, 1952 | "The Scarlet Thread" | Carmen Mathews, Bramwell Fletcher, Philip Bourneuf, Darren McGavin, John C. Becher[9] | |
October 14, 1952 | "Buttons" | Mildred Natwick, Don Hanmer, Virginia Vincent, Charles Welsh, John Shelley, Eda Heinemann[10] | |
October 21, 1952 | "The Payoff" | Richard McMurray, Fred Sciully, James Bender, Jack Warden, Sally Gracie[11] | |
November 11, 1952 | "The Fix" | Pat O'Malley, E. G. Marshall, John Forsythe, Lisa Howard, Val Avery, Barbara Joyce, Georgiana Johnson[12] | |
December 30, 1952 | "Death Pulls No Strings" | Bil Baird and Chester Morris.[13] |