This anthology series of 30-minute dramas from NBC presented stories of people confronted with sudden, unexpected and perilous situations.
The series – narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis and sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes and Max Factor cosmetics – aired on Tuesday nights between September 1957 and September 1958.
Episodes included:
‘The Airline Hostess’ set on an airline flight across America’s Southwest where the pilot informs stewardess Janet Hunter (Carolyn Jones) of a radio message that a foreign agent, fleeing the country, is aboard the plane with a bomb and may attempt to divert the flight to Mexico. The story depicts Janet’s attempts to discover the spy without alarming the passengers.
‘The Moth and The Flame/Reincarnated’, featuring vaudeville dancer June Sullivan (June Havoc) who is threatened by maniacal knife-thrower Vincent Hawthorne (Alan Napier) who believes she is the reincarnation of his wife, Diana – a dancer he murdered years before and plans to kill again.
‘May Day’, in which paraplegic short-wave radio “ham” Steve Bridges (Richard Jaeckel) is trapped in his burning home and unable to reach his transmitter to summon help. The story depicts the worldwide short-wave rescue search.
‘Love Story’ featuring two lonely people – a discouraged boy (Darryl Hickman) and a desperate girl (Mary Webster) – who meet by chance on a wharf where each is contemplating suicide. Being Christmas Eve, the couple agree to meet for a Yuletide celebration at her apartment in one hour. The story depicts the boy’s frantic efforts to find the girl after he loses her address.
Other actors who appeared in the series include James Mason, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Vaughn, Don Haggerty, Mercedes McCambridge, Norman Alden, Strother Martin, Bill Erwin, Ralph Reed, Robert Fuller, and Barbara Stuart.
Episodes from the second season were transmitted as No Warning!
Host/Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis
Episodes
The Priest | The Prisoner | The Boy | The Subway | The Embezzler | The Airline Hostess | Nightmare | Two Martinis | Marooned | Courage | Peter and the Tiger | The Vigilantes | Child’s Play | Hit and Run | Mayday | Botulism | Love Story | The Moth and The Flame (Reincarnated) || Emergency | Hear No Evil | Fire Lookout Post | Ashley and Son | Stranded | Patrol | Survivors | Amnesiac | Double Identity | Flight | Parole | Fingerprints | Twenty-Six Hours to Sunrise
‘May Day’, in which paraplegic short-wave radio “ham” Steve Bridges (Richard Jaeckel) is trapped in his burning home and unable to reach his transmitter to summon help. The story depicts the worldwide short-wave rescue search.
