"Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963) TV series 1963-1965

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Earl Bellamy

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

10 October 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Company Sponsor Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Francis De Sales	...	President of Court Martial / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Harry Townes	...	Richard / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jack Kelly	...	Charles Glennon / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Katherine Crawford	...	Daphne Middleton / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Warren Stevens	...	Alden Ritter / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Malachi Throne	...	Asst. D.A. L.J. West / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Frank Maxwell	...	Albert Perkins / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
David Lewis	...	Alan Brossanquet / ... (3 episodes, 1965)
Val Avery	...	Sergeant / ... (3 episodes, 1965)
Walter Brooke	...	Col. Arthur Merriam / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gilchrist Stuart	...	Sandy / ... (3 episodes, 1965)
Steve Forrest	...	David Buchanan / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leslie Nielsen	...	Dr. David Cord / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
John Gavin	...	Carlos / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Scott Marlowe	...	Johnny Baroja / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Telly Savalas	...	Beret / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Myrna Fahey	...	Honora Malone / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Martha Hyer	...	Caroline Glennon / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles McGraw	...	Harry Brockman / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Diane McBain	...	Diana Weston / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Pat O'Brien	...	Inspector Dan Zarilla / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Jack Weston	...	Homer Fargis / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Nancy Malone	...	Nurse Linda Beaumont / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Peter Brown	...	Chris Forrester / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Philip Abbott	...	Major Charles Wheeler / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Peter Helm	...	Cutler / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Frank Silvera	...	Captain Santos / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Berkeley Harris	...	Pete Francis / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Joan Staley	...	Beth / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tol Avery	...	3rd Judge / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Miguel Ángel Landa	...	Henri / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Myron Healey	...	George Whitney / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Indus Arthur	...	Elizabeth Pike / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Dan Barton	...	Freddie Sackheim / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Ed Prentiss	...	Samuel Franklyn / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Rusty Lane	...	Doc Stacey / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
S. John Launer	...	Dr. Manson / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Louis Mercier	...	Mr. Salonnis / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Henry Hermann-Cattani	...	Karl Sturtz / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Don Collier	...	Det. Sgt. Newsom / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Dabney Coleman	...	Alvin Piper / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
John Bleifer	...	Farmer / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Albert Carrier	...	Frenchy / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Crowther	...	The 2nd Man / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ken Lynch	...	Larry Henderson / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Luis Delgado	...	Sgt. Paine / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
John Willis	...	Cogan / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Argentina Brunetti	...	Mama Baroja / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Ralph Thomas	...	French / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Norman Leavitt	...	Mr. Gotch / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Louis Cavalier	...	Buzzy / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Russ Bender	...	Sergeant Aikes / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Albert Szabo	...	The Waiter (2 episodes, 1965)
Charles Alvin Bell	...	1st Judge / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Don Kennedy	...	Policeman / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Doris D. Edwards	...	Nurse / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gena Rowlands	...	Janet Cord / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
James Whitmore	...	J. Marvin Bean / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Klugman	...	Ozzie Keefer / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Forsythe	...	Jerry Wilson / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Robert Loggia	...	Colonel Juano Chauvin / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Webber	...	Anderson / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Arch Johnson	...	Charlie Morris / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Julie Adams	...	Ellen Yarnell / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Andrew Duggan	...	Dr. Adam Winters / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Leonard Nimoy	...	Cowell / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Albert Paulsen	...	Linde / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ron Hayes	...	Luther Hobbs / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ben Wright	...	German Commandant / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
John A. Alonzo	...	Cpl. Jack Osante / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Thalmus Rasulala	...	Technician / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard X. Slattery	...	Lester / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Douglas Henderson	...	Ernest J. 'Skippy' Moran / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Boyett	...	1st Detective / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Ellenstein	...	Dendier / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
Than Wyenn	...	Prosecutor / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jimmy Joyce	...	Piano Man / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Kenneth Lowry	...	Flight Attendant / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Aidman	...	Major Kitchener (2 episodes, 1963)
Bradford Dillman	...	Capt. David Young (2 episodes, 1963)
Norman Fell	...	Sgt. Max Winkler (2 episodes, 1963)
Peter Graves	...	Major Frank Whitaker (2 episodes, 1963)
Murray Hamilton	...	Captain Appleton (2 episodes, 1963)
Don Marshall	...	Corporal Jenks (2 episodes, 1963)
Lee Marvin	...	Sgt. Paul Ryker (2 episodes, 1963)
Vera Miles	...	Ann Ryker (2 episodes, 1963)
Lloyd Nolan	...	General Amos Bailey (2 episodes, 1963)
Richard Angarola	...	Club Owner / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Horst Ebersberg	...	Reggie (2 episodes, 1964)
Jeff Cooper	...	Daniel (2 episodes, 1965)
Will Corry	...	Wally Pitt (2 episodes, 1965)
Susanne Cramer	...	Anna / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
Neil Hamilton	...	Mr. Harkin (2 episodes, 1965)
Steve London	...	Bassett (2 episodes, 1965)
Jan Merlin	...	Jon (2 episodes, 1965)
Mort Mills	...	Victor Prelling (2 episodes, 1965)
Eric Morris	...	Tippo (2 episodes, 1965)
Byron Morrow	...	Leith Houser (2 episodes, 1965)
Hugh O'Brian	...	Detective Matt Lacey (2 episodes, 1965)
Frederick O'Neal	...	Jacques Serac (2 episodes, 1965)
Barbara Rush	...	Karen Lownes (2 episodes, 1965)

Also Known As:

Crisis (USA) (syndication title)
Suspense Theatre (USA) (syndication title)

Runtime:

60 min (59 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Roncom Films

The Kraft Suspense Theatre,a brilliant anthology from the 1960's in color

KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE was one of the great television anthology series that came out of the early 1960's. For the two seasons that it ran on NBC-TV,this was one of the few suspense programs that was produced in color,which the Peacock network's majority of shows were at the time. This was produced by the great Roy Huggins(whose name is uncredited here)who was behind some of the greatest shows ever produced for television("Cheyenne","Maverick", "77 Sunset Strip", "The Fugitive", "Run For Your Life", and "The Rockford Files") in arrangement with Roncom Films and Universal Studios. A total of 59 episodes were produced for NBC-TV from its premiere on October 10,1963 until July 1,1965. The theme music composed for this series was done by one of the greatest of all Hollywood composers to do scores for film and television......the maestro himself, John Williams.

And with other anthology series that were around during the 1960's,almost every program featured a self-contained episode with its own cast. Roy Huggins,also brought a wealth of talent to this series,including casting some of the stars from his Warner Brothers shows to be in some of the episodes for Kraft Suspense Theatre. Stars like Jack Kelly("Maverick"),Ebb Byrnes("77 Sunset Strip"), Ty Hardin("Bronco"), Clint Walker("Cheyenne"),Roger Smith("77 Sunset Strip"), Troy Donahue ("Surfside Six"),and Robert Conrad("Hawaiian Eye").

Several episodes from this series were brilliant including the premiere episode(which was a two-parter)titled "The Case Against Paul Ryker". The episode starred Lee Marvin as Paul Ryker,a soldier who is being court martialed for treason during the Korean War. Vera Miles played his wife,Bradford Dillman was his JAG defense lawyer who had an intense flirtation with Ryker's wife. Peter Graves was the prosecuting attorney. Marvin's performance in the role is astounding here. However,the 1968 theatrical film "Sergeant Ryker",starring Lee Marvin was actually a two-part made for TV film that first aired on Kraft Suspense Theatre is based on this episode,which Universal Pictures released as a theatrical feature with newly added scenes.

Some of Hollywood's greatest appeared in several episodes here:

Cornel Wilde("Doesn't Anyone Know Who I Am?")

Jack Kelly("Kill Me On July 20th")

Lloyd Bridges("A Hero For Our Times")

Leslie Nielsen("One Step Down",with Gena Rowlands, "The Green Felt Jungle")

Jack Lord("The Long Ravine")

Richard Crenna("The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley",also starring James Whitmore and Phillip Abbott)

John Forsythe("The Kamchatka Incident","The Sweet Taste of Vengeance")

Brian Keith("The Cause of Anger")

Ronald Reagan("A Cruel and Unusual Night")

Ben Gazzara("Rapture at Forty Two",the pilot episode for the "Run For Your Life" TV series)

Telly Savalas("Watchman", "The Eye of the Tiger")

Philip Carey ("My Enemy,This Town")