ONE STEP BEYOND - SEASON 1(1963)
This is the only complete season we have! This is a list of
the episodes we have from season 1!
EPISODE # 01: Bride Possessed, The(Jan. 20, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
This first episode stars Skip Homeier(StAr Trek TOS episodes
"Patterns Of Force" & "The Way To Eden"), Harry Townes(TOS
episode "The Return Of The Archons"!!
The story: a couple are enjoying their honeymoon when all of
a sudden she changes from a Southern Belle to a wierdo!!!
It appears that she has been possessed by a spirit!! A-
EPISODE # 02: Night Of April 14th(Jan. 27, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
This episode stars Patrick Macnee(The Avengers TV show,
A View To A Kill), Sherlock Holmes And The Leading Lady,
Sherlock Holmes: Incident At Victoria Falls, The Gambler
Returns: The Luck Of The Draw, many more!!)!
A story abouot a couple on their honeymoon trip to America
on the HRM Titanic!!!!! A
EPISODE # 03: Emergency Only(Feb. 03, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Starring Don Anderson(OK, not a big namee, but as accomplishments
go, he was probably in the 6th most episodes of Perry Mason,
almost always uncredited!!)
As for the episode: while at a party, a couple are telling
about how a woman fortold about their meeting and getting
married! There's one at the party that thinks it's all
bunk, and the woman is talked into doing a reading on
him with interesting results!! A
EPISODE # 04: Dark Room, The(Feb. 10, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
This has Cloris Leachman(Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phillis) in
it!
In this Clorise is a photographer who's on a working vacation
when she comes upon a mysterious man who seems perfect for her
assignment!! A-
EPISODE # 05: Twelve Hours To Live(Feb. 17, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
No big names here!
A man and a woman have a tiff, and he goes off in a huff!
He gets into an accident and she has a premonition that he's
in trouble!! A
EPISODE # 06: Epilogue(Feb. 24, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Starring Don Anderson(OK, not a big namee, but as accomplishments
go, he was probably in the 6th most episodes of Perry Mason,
almost always uncredited!!)
As for the episode: while at a party, a couple are telling
about how a woman fortold about their meeting and getting
married! There's one at the party that thinks it's all
bunk, and the woman is talked into doing a reading on
him with interesting results!! A
EPISODE # 07: The Dream(Mar. 03, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
This first episode stars Reginald Owen(Shelock Holmes[1932],
Mary Poppins, Bedknobs And Broomsitcks), Sir Winston Chuchill
[voice only]!
The story: in WW II, a group of patriots in England are trapped
but are determined to win the war, no matter what they have to
use to do it, including psychic powers!!
I'm not a fan of war stories, hence the low score here! B-
EPISODE # 08: Premonition(Mar. 10, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Starring Beverly Washburn(young)(Star Trek TOS episode
"The Deadly Years") & Skip Young(Ozzie And Harriet,
Loving You)!
The story: a young lady has a premonition about being
killeed by a falling chandelier! A-
EPISODE # 09: Dead Part Of The House(Mar. 17, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
This episode stars Joan Linville(Star Trek TOS episode
"The Enterprise Incident")!
This one's about a man whose wife has died and he blames
his little girl which he pretty much treats like shit!!
The girl sees dead people!! B
EPISODE # 10: The Vision(Mar. 24, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Starring here is Pernell Roberts(Bonanza)!
Four soldiers see something, but they can't agree on
what they've seen! A-
EPISODE # 11: Devil's Laughter, The(Mar. 31, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Alfred Ryder(Star Trek TOS episode "The Man Trap")!
A man on death row goes to the gallows but - - - ! A-
EPISODE # 12: Return Of Mitchell Champion, The(Apr. 07, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 1)
Here we have Patrick O'Neil(Under Siege, Perry Maston Returns,
Perry Mason: The Case Of The Skin-Deep Scandal)!
Richard Champion has returned to a town that he's never been
to!!! A-
EPISODE # 13: The Navigator(Apr. 14, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
No known stars here!
During a trip to Boston on the high seas, a scooner is
diverted from their assigned course, but no one seems to
be the guilty party! A-
EPISODE # 14: The Secret(Apr. 21, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
No known name here!
A woman who's neglected by her husband has an affair
with, welp, we're not sure! And after a series of strange
occuracnces, the woman disappears!!! A-
EPISODE # 15: The Arialist(Apr. 28, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
Mike Connors(Mannix) is here!
After a circus accident wherein a man's father falls
and gets paralyzed, the man who blames himself!
This is incredibly depressing!! C-
EPISODE # 16: Burning Girl, The(May 05, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
The has a returning Edward Platt(Get Smart)!
Perhaps the inspiration for the movie/book, Firestarter!
And that should give a good enough hint on what this is
all about!!
The sound on this is horrible!!! A-
EPISODE # 17: Haunted U-Boat, The(May 12, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
Starring here is Werner Klemperer(Hogan's Heroes),
Wesley Lau(Perry Mason)!
A German u-boat, one of the last of the German naval
forces, is attacked and had to submerge! After they
do, they here a noise on the outside but no one is
missing! Very war-like, and I don't care for war stories! B
EPISODE # 18: Image Of Death(May 19, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
No known stars here!
A Marques has just re-married after his wifes untimely
death!! Course her death had a little help from her
husband and his new wife!! A
EPISODE # 19: Captain's Guest, The(May 26, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
This episode stars Jon Lormer(3 Star Trek TOS episodes)!
A couple looking to change their lives from city dwellers
to country folk rent a house that belonged to an old time
sailor who was quite mean! Welp, it appears that this said
sailor has taken possession of the man and he is totally
different! A-
EPISODE # 20: Echo(June 02, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
Starring Ross Martin(The Wild Wild West)!
A man who's wife had been murdered gets a not guilty
verdict! He takes off for a time of rest, but soon
his wife's brother shows up and then - - -!! -A-
EPISODE # 21: Front Runner(June 09, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
No really big names, but a famous face, Walter Burke,
who's seen on many TV shows and movies as a character
actor!!
The story, a couple of jockeys are at odds and in a
race one of them pulls a fast one on the other! A-
EPISODE # 22: The Riddle(June 16, 1959):
(On One Step Beyond 70 Episode Set: Disc 2)
Starring here is Warren Stevens(Forbidden Planet, Star
Trek TOS episode "By Any Other Name"), Arthur Batantides
(Star Trek TOS episode "That Which Survives"), Barry
Atwater(Star Trek TOS episode "The Savage Curtain")!
This one's about a couple on a vaction in India when
they run across a begger that triggers something in
the man who then goes on a mission to kill the guy
before he kills them!! A-
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
There are some very well constructed stories in this
series and they are well worth looking at. - pauldeadman