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One Step Beyond — Season 3

196036 episodes5.9/10 (36 votes)

About this season

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.

Episodes (36)

Tidal Wave
E1

1. Tidal Wave

5.0

Aired 30 August 1960

As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate the doomed area. Nothing can save the poor young women ñ€“ accept perhaps the strange and illusive phenomenon known as . . . telepathy.

Anniversary of a Murder
E2

2. Anniversary of a Murder

6.0

Aired 27 September 1960

In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his mistress are driving home one night when they accidentally cause the death of young bicyclists on a lonely road. They desperately try to cover up the tragedy . . . but the dead man has other ideas . . .

The Death Waltz
E3

3. The Death Waltz

5.0

Aired 4 October 1960

The Merry Widow?

The Return
E4

4. The Return

6.0

Aired 11 October 1960

These were the swift to harry...

If You See Sally
E5

5. If You See Sally

7.0

Aired 18 October 1960

Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.

Moment of Hate
E6

6. Moment of Hate

6.0

Aired 25 October 1960

A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.

To Know the End
E7

7. To Know the End

7.0

Aired 1 November 1960

...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.

The Trap
E8

8. The Trap

6.0

Aired 15 November 1960

Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is astounded to discover that he has stumbled upon what seems to be a parallel universe--one in which he also exists. but in not quite the same way he does in this one.

The Voice
E9

9. The Voice

7.0

Aired 22 November 1960

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. Keats

The Promise
E10

10. The Promise

6.5

Aired 29 November 1960

But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Frost

Tonight at 12:17
E11

11. Tonight at 12:17

7.0

Aired 6 December 1960

An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

Where Are They?
E12

12. Where Are They?

6.0

Aired 13 December 1960

Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.

Legacy of Love
E13

13. Legacy of Love

6.0

Aired 20 December 1960

A romance of past and present.

Rendezvous
E14

14. Rendezvous

6.0

Aired 27 December 1960

A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will return to her. Soon afterwards she is walking alone through a park when a would-be mugger approaches her, but he is scared off by the sudden appearance of what looks to be some sort of spirit.

The Executioner
E15

15. The Executioner

6.0

Aired 3 January 1961

A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.

The Last Round
E16

16. The Last Round

6.0

Aired 10 January 1961

A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.

Dead Man's Tale
E17

17. Dead Man's Tale

6.0

Aired 17 January 1961

A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.

The Sacred Mushroom
E18

18. The Sacred Mushroom

7.0

Aired 24 January 1961

Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.

The Gift
E19

19. The Gift

6.0

Aired 31 January 1961

Neither shadow of turning.

Person Unknown
E20

20. Person Unknown

7.0

Aired 7 February 1961

In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam the halls. When a murder is discovered later that night, he must prove that he not only didn't commit the murder, but that it was in fact committed by the ghostly warrior.

Night of Decision
E21

21. Night of Decision

5.0

Aired 21 February 1961

General Washington doubts, but is saved.

The Stranger
E22

22. The Stranger

6.0

Aired 28 February 1961

In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.

Justice
E23

23. Justice

6.0

Aired 7 March 1961

Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

The Face
E24

24. The Face

6.0

Aired 14 March 1961

Persistence of evil vision.

The Room Upstairs
E25

25. The Room Upstairs

6.0

Aired 21 March 1961

A Londoner hears a child crying for help.

Signal Received
E26

26. Signal Received

Aired 4 April 1961

On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty.""

The Confession
E27

27. The Confession

Aired 11 April 1961

The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

The Avengers
E28

28. The Avengers

3.0

Aired 25 April 1961

How the past determines the future.

The Prisoner
E29

29. The Prisoner

3.0

Aired 2 May 1961

The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead.

Blood Flower
E30

30. Blood Flower

4.0

Aired 16 May 1961

Flores, flores para los muertos.

The Sorcerer
E31

31. The Sorcerer

4.0

Aired 23 May 1961

An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed.

The Villa
E32

32. The Villa

5.0

Aired 6 June 1961

A room with a view.

Midnight
E33

33. Midnight

Aired 13 June 1961

While walking across a fog-covered London Bridge one night, a struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful woman he meets there. Howewver, she isn't quite what she seems to be, and he stands a good chance of succumbing--literally--to her charms.

The Tiger
E34

34. The Tiger

7.0

Aired 20 June 1961

A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.

Nightmare
E35

35. Nightmare

6.0

Aired 27 June 1961

Paul Roland keeps painting the image of a woman from his nightmares to the dismay of his fiancee. Six days before their wedding he is compelled to drive with her to Cornwall for a vacation, at the encouragement of his friend Geoffrey, with him stopping abruptly at the door of one cottage within which a woman dwells, one who has grieved the loss of her own fiance lost in the World War of '16, two days before their wedding was to have been. Apparently, Paul is his reincarnation since he was born when her fiance died as Paul instantly understands when he spies his likeness in that photograph on the mantle, the engagement picture. Now closure seems to happen for them all.

Eye Witness
E36

36. Eye Witness

6.0

Aired 4 July 1961

A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.

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