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.
Alcoa Theatre (Season 2)
Coast to Coast (Episode 1)
Air date: 1958-10-13
Runtime: 30 min
The Chain and the River (Episode 2)
Air date: 1958-09-29
Runtime: 30 min
Strange Occurrance at Rokesay (Episode 3)
Air date: 1958-10-06
Runtime: 30 min
High Class Type of Mongrel (Episode 4)
Air date: 1958-10-20
Runtime: 30 min
Lazarus Walks Again (Episode 5)
Air date: 1958-10-27
Runtime: 30 min
The Reward (Episode 6)
Air date: 1958-11-03
Runtime: 30 min
The Spy (Episode 7)
Air date: 1958-11-10
Runtime: 30 min
Eddie (Episode 8)
Air date: 1958-11-17
Runtime: 30 min
Guy in Ward 4 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1958-11-24
Runtime: 30 min
The First Star (Episode 10)
Air date: 1958-12-01
Runtime: 30 min
Points Beyond (Episode 11)
Writer: David Swift
Air date: 1958-12-08
Runtime: 30 min
Of Missing Persons (Episode 12)
Air date: 1958-12-15
Runtime: 30 min
Curtain Call (Episode 13)
Air date: 1958-12-22
Runtime: 30 min
The Dark File (Episode 14)
Writer: Peggy Chantler Dick
Air date: 1958-12-29
Runtime: 30 min
Coogan's Reward (Episode 15)
Air date: 1959-01-05
Runtime: 30 min
High Class Type of Mongrel (Episode 16)
Air date: 1959-01-12
Runtime: 30 min
30 Pieces of Silver (Episode 17)
Air date: 1959-01-26
Runtime: 30 min
A London Affair (Episode 18)
Air date: 1959-02-02
Runtime: 30 min
Goodbye Johnny (Episode 19)
Air date: 1959-02-09
Runtime: 30 min
Success Story (Episode 20)
Air date: 1959-02-16
Runtime: 30 min
Corporal Hardy (Episode 21)
Air date: 1959-02-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
A Good Name (Episode 22)
Air date: 1959-03-02
Runtime: 30 min
Man Of His House (Episode 23)
Air date: 1959-03-09
Runtime: 30 min
The Obernauf Story (Episode 24)
Air date: 1959-03-30
Runtime: 30 min
A Sword for Marius (Episode 25)
Air date: 1959-04-13
Runtime: 30 min
Day the Devil Hid (Episode 26)
Air date: 1959-04-20
Runtime: 30 min
A Light in the Fruit Closet (Episode 27)
Air date: 1959-04-27
Runtime: 30 min
Face to Face (Episode 28)
Air date: 1959-05-04
Runtime: 30 min
I Remember Caviar (Episode 29)
Air date: 1959-05-11
Runtime: 30 min
Boyden vs. Bunty (Episode 30)
Air date: 1959-05-18
Runtime: 30 min
Wait Til Spring (Episode 31)
Air date: 1959-05-25
Runtime: 30 min
Medals for Harry (Episode 32)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Air date: 1959-06-01
Runtime: 30 min
Christabel (Episode 33)
Air date: 1959-06-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Monroe refuses to allow his daughter Lydia to have a dog, only to have the dog, Cristabel, die after he relents.
The Best Way To Go (Episode 34)
Air date: 1959-06-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
