About this season
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.
Episodes (34)
1. Coast to Coast
Aired 13 October 1958 • 30 min
2. The Chain and the River
Aired 29 September 1958 • 30 min
3. Strange Occurrance at Rokesay
Aired 6 October 1958 • 30 min
4. High Class Type of Mongrel
Aired 20 October 1958 • 30 min
5. Lazarus Walks Again
Aired 27 October 1958 • 30 min
6. The Reward
Aired 3 November 1958 • 30 min
7. The Spy
Aired 10 November 1958 • 30 min
8. Eddie
Aired 17 November 1958 • 30 min
9. Guy in Ward 4
Aired 24 November 1958 • 30 min
10. The First Star
Aired 1 December 1958 • 30 min
11. Points Beyond
Aired 8 December 1958 • 30 min
12. Of Missing Persons
Aired 15 December 1958 • 30 min
13. Curtain Call
Aired 22 December 1958 • 30 min
14. The Dark File
Aired 29 December 1958 • 30 min
15. Coogan's Reward
Aired 5 January 1959 • 30 min
16. High Class Type of Mongrel
Aired 12 January 1959 • 30 min
17. 30 Pieces of Silver
Aired 26 January 1959 • 30 min
18. A London Affair
Aired 2 February 1959 • 30 min
19. Goodbye Johnny
Aired 9 February 1959 • 30 min
20. Success Story
Aired 16 February 1959 • 30 min
21. Corporal Hardy
Aired 23 February 1959 • 30 min
Old man recollects on his Civil War service during the Battle of Chancellorsville and his heroic efforts, crossing rebel lines, to ensure his captain received a decent burial.
22. A Good Name
Aired 2 March 1959 • 30 min
23. Man Of His House
Aired 9 March 1959 • 30 min
24. The Obernauf Story
Aired 30 March 1959 • 30 min
25. A Sword for Marius
Aired 13 April 1959 • 30 min
26. Day the Devil Hid
Aired 20 April 1959 • 30 min
27. A Light in the Fruit Closet
Aired 27 April 1959 • 30 min
28. Face to Face
Aired 4 May 1959 • 30 min
29. I Remember Caviar
Aired 11 May 1959 • 30 min
30. Boyden vs. Bunty
Aired 18 May 1959 • 30 min
31. Wait Til Spring
Aired 25 May 1959 • 30 min
32. Medals for Harry
Aired 1 June 1959 • 30 min
33. Christabel
Aired 8 June 1959 • 30 min
Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog, Cristabel, die after he relents.
34. The Best Way To Go
Aired 15 June 1959 • 30 min
Terminally ill newspaper reporter with months to live quits job in order to take an around the world trip with his son, whom he had previously neglected.