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Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues
Season 1
7.8/10130 votesAll the Time in the World
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1952
A man must decide whether or not he wants to survive a hydrogen bomb blast. If he does he'll be the only person remaining on earth--not a pleasant predicament.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1098 votesA Child is Crying
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/1951
The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
7.6/10103 votesLittle Black Bag
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/30/1952
A struggling doctor takes his instruments to a pawnshop because his wife complains about their lack of money. Once in the shop, he makes a deal with the pawnbroker for $20.00 and a mysterious medical bag. Later, it is discovered that the instruments in the bag can perform "miracle cures". Upon close inspection of the instruments, a patent date of July 18, 2450 is revealed.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Mann Rubin, Cyril M. Kornbluth
7.4/1086 votesThe Duplicates
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/4/1952
A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1014 votesBlack Planet
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/16/1952
Two astronomers working together, seek a tenth planet. The senior fears the junior might have found it and is jealous. They are also both interested in Norma, who works with them. When, in the course of a fight between the two men, the senior scientist falls dead - the question is was he killed by the other or not. Norma's brother, a police detective has to solve the case! Leslie Nielsen, Frank Albertson amd Horace MacMahon star.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.8/1094 votesTime to Go
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1952
A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
6.8/1077 votesPlague from Space
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/25/1952
A military base commander is forced to make a terrible decision when he learns that Martians have invaded Earth using a deadly combination of bacteria and brainwaves.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Mann Rubin
6.8/1089 votesRed Dust
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/2/1952
Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
6.7/10108 votesTest Flight
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/26/1951
The CEO of an aerospace company is determined to build a spaceship for interplanetary travel and a young scientist convinces him that he can perform the task--but only if he's the first person to travel on the spaceship.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.6/1099 votesThe Children's Room
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/29/1952
A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. One of them, Walt, is the son of a professor at the university. The professor uncovers that his son and other children are 'mutants' being groomed to assist an alien race in a distant part of the galaxy.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Mel Goldberg
6.4/10100 votesThe Dune Roller
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1952
On an island a strange rock begins to grow and move. Scientists that observe the phenomena speculate that an ancient meteor that once hit the island is attempting to reassemble itself.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
6.4/10120 votesAppointment on Mars
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/27/1952
Three astronauts arrive on Mars, sponsored by a mining company who will share the profits with them. Illness, paranoia and other problems develop until all three are dead - but what caused it?
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
6.3/10166 votesThe Crystal Egg
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1951
The owner of a London curiosity shop delivers a mysterious crystal egg to a university professor for the scientist's opinion on its worth and its properties. The 'egg' proves to be a window to Mars. When the professor loses the egg, he tries to convince people that he is not crazy.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Unknown
6.3/1036 votesThe Diamond Lens
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1952
Shortly before he is scheduled to go to the guillotine, a scientist confesses to a priest the fantastic reason why he committed murder to obtain the perfect diamond for use in a microscope.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Max Simon Ehrlich
6.2/10105 votesThe Dark Angel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/28/1951
A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
6.1/10103 votesThe Search for the Flying Saucer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/9/1951
A reporter arrives in a New Mexico town to investigate sightings of flying saucers. But neither he nor some of the town's residents are actually who they appear to be.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Mel Goldberg
6.1/1077 votesThe Miraculous Serum
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/20/1952
A miracle life-saving serum has unintended consequences when it's tested on a female patient. Not only does it make the woman immune to diseases but to moral issues as well.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Theodore Sturgeon
6.1/10138 votesIce from Space
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 8/8/1952
A rocket returns from space with a huge block of ice inside its compartment. An Air Force officer realizes that this block of ice is a form of alien invasion.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
5.9/10139 votes
5.9/10104 votesFlight Overdue
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/28/1952
The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
5.8/1080 votesWorld of Water
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/23/1952
A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
- 5.7/1029 votes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1952
A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
5.7/1095 votesAge of Peril
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1952
A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
5.6/1094 votesThe Invader
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1951
A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
5.2/10164 votesFrankenstein
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1952
In an adaptation of Mary Shelley's tale, Dr. Frankenstein brings to life a lumbering undead monster who he must then find someway to destroy.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
- 5.1/1025 votes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1952
A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Max Simon Ehrlich
