ALCOA PRESENTS: ONE STEP BEYOND: EYEWITNESS {SERIES FINALE} (TV)
Summary
The final episode in this anthology series hosted by John Newland, which presents dramatized case histories of supernatural phenomena.
In this episode, set in 1883, a Boston newspaperman writes a detailed eyewitness account of a natural disaster -- a full day before it happens. Working in his office late one night, Henry Soames, a quiet journalist, finds his concentration rocked by four momentous explosions. When he emerges from his trance, he files a sensational report about the eruption of Krakatoa, a volcano in the Dutch East Indies. The paper's editors run the story across the front page and the following morning the paper sells like hotcakes.
Eager to promote his new ace reporter, the publisher is puzzled when Soames denies responsibility for the scoop -- he can't even remember where he was the night before. Word leaks out to the public, and Soames soon finds himself in the reluctant position of town seer. Commercials deleted.
("One Step Beyond" is the syndicated title for "Alcoa Presents," which ran on ABC from 1959-1961; this episode originally aired on July 4, 1961.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: July 4, 1961 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:28
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:15584
- GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1959-1961
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Collier Young … Producer
- Merwin Gerard … Associate Producer, Created by
- John Newland … Director, Host
- Derry Quinn … Writer
- Larry Marcus … Writer
- Harry Lubin … Music by
- John Meillon … Cast, Henry Soames
- Rose Alba … Cast, Nora
- Anton Rodgers … Cast, Mark
- Robin Hughes … Cast, Jake
- John Phillips … Cast, Frank
- J.G. Devlin … Cast, Leo
- Robert Ayres … Cast, Richards
- Howard Knight … Cast, Danny
- Gordon Sterne … Cast, Man
- Janet Brandes … Cast, Woman
- Patricia English … Cast, Second Woman