Genres
Networks
Alcoa Premiere
Overview
Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, directed by Norman Lloyd and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Key Crew
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Halsted Welles, Henry F. Greenberg
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1961)
No overview available.
32 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: People Need People
1961-10-10Drama about the rehabilitation of psychologically disturbed war veterans.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: The Fugitive Eye
1961-10-17Episode 3: The Fortress
1961-10-24Episode 4: The Girl With a Glow
1961-10-31Episode 5: The Town Budget
1961-11-07Episode 6: Family Outting
1961-11-14Episode 7: The Witch Next Door
1961-11-28Episode 8: Breaking Point
1961-12-05Episode 9: Delbert, Texas
1961-12-12Episode 10: End of a World
1961-12-19Documentary drama about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the event that triggered World War I.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: The Cake Baker
1961-12-26Episode 12: Pattern of Guilt
1962-01-09Episode 13: The Hour of the Bath
1962-01-16Episode 14: The Jail
1962-02-06In this future time a young man was charged with an offense against the state and marshaled into a huge building crammed with banks and banks of computers. These computers would absorb and assess the evidence, circumstances and facts in his case. All of them were operated by one master button-puncher.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 15: Mr. Easy
1962-02-13Episode 16: The Man With A Shine On His Shoes
1962-02-20Episode 17: The Doctor
1962-02-27Episode 18: Of This Time, Of This Place
1962-03-06Episode 19: Second Chance
1962-03-13Episode 20: Tiger
1962-03-20Episode 21: It Takes A Thief
1962-03-27Episode 22: A Very Custom Special
1962-04-04Episode 23: All My Clients Are Innocent
1962-04-11Episode 24: The Town That Died
1962-04-25Episode 25: Rules of the Game
1962-05-01Episode 26: Once a Bachelor
1962-05-08Episode 27: Cry Out in Silence
1962-05-15Episode 28: A Place to Hide
1962-05-22Episode 29: Moment of Decision
1962-07-10Episode 30: The Boy Who Wasn't Wanted
1962-06-05Episode 31: The Time of the Tonsils
1962-06-26Episode 32: Omaha Plus 15
1962-07-17Season 2 (1962)
No overview available.
30 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Flashing Spikes
1962-10-04Episode 2: Guest in the House
1962-10-11Fascinating and original story of a war hero turned grifter (Astaire) who returns to an air force buddy's life and helps his family through a crisis.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Seven Against the Sea
1962-10-18A dramatic tale of PT Captain and his crew.World War Two drama about a resourceful group of stranded American PT boat crewmen hiding out on a South Pacific island controlled by the Japanese Navy.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: The Voice of Charlie Pont
1962-10-25Episode 5: Mr. Lucifer
1962-11-01The Devil Himself (Astaire) is a hard-bitten businessman with a group of somewhat bumbling yes-men on staff and a curvy assistant in the person of Elizabeth Montgomery (no Gwen Verdon, but fairly amusing, all the same). Together they use their best temptations in an attempt to thwart the honesty and decency of a young suburban couple (Aletter and Bulifant).
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: The Masked Marine
1962-11-08Episode 7: Ordeal in Darkness
1962-11-15Episode 8: Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois
1962-11-22Episode 9: The Hands of Danofrio
1962-11-29Episode 10: The Contenders
1962-12-06Episode 11: The Long Walk Home
1962-12-13Episode 12: The Potentate
1962-12-20Disquieting is the word for Stefan Tamarov's first visit to New York City. As Minister of Economics and Foreign Trade for a Communist satellite country, Tamarov has no trouble with his official duties; it's the ""little"" things that bother him. His daughter Svezda is seeing an American reporter much too often, and his best friend Andreas Vrim, his country's UN delegate, has confided a few thoughts to Stefan that could be interpreted as treason.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 13: Blues For A Hanging
1962-12-27Ted Miller (Astaire), a down-on-his-luck musician, was in a drunken fight last night, and begins to think he could have murdered a man. His loving girlfriend Connie (Paige) refuses to believe this and together they piece together what really transpired.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: Impact of an Execution
1963-01-03Episode 15: Lollipop Louie
1963-01-10Episode 16: The Glass Palace
1963-01-17Episode 17: Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks
1963-01-24Episode 18: George Gobel Presents
1963-01-31This was an unsold pilot that appeared on Alcoa Premiere.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 19: The Hat of Sergeant Martin
1963-02-07Episode 20: Blow High, Blow Clear
1963-02-14Episode 21: Chain Reaction
1963-02-21Episode 22: Hornblower
1963-02-28Episode 23: The Dark Labyrinth
1963-03-07Episode 24: Jeeney Ray
1963-03-14Episode 25: The Best Years
1963-03-21Episode 26: Of Struggle and Flight
1963-03-28Episode 27: The Broken Year
1963-04-04Episode 28: This Will Kill You
1963-04-11Episode 29: Million Dollar Hospital
1963-04-18A young Dr. Grant (played by William Shatner) responds to a medical journal ad promising a “rewarding practice” with a $1,000,000 offer, only to discover a dilapidated emergency hospital that appears far from profitable.
Runtime: N/A min
