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Alcoa Premiere

Alcoa Premiere (1961)★ 7.1/10

US · 60 min · October 10, 1961 · 2 seasons

  • Drama

Directed by: Alan Crosland Jr., Bernard Girard, John Newland, Herschel Daugherty, Ted Post

Written by: Lawrence B. Marcus, Alvin Boretz, Oscar Millard, Harold Swanton, Jameson Brewer

Fred Astaire hosted weekly dramas tackling tough, controversial themes - a shift from lighter shows. Major talents like Heston, Marvin, Ford and Bradbury contributed.

Directed by

Alan Crosland Jr.Bernard GirardJohn NewlandHerschel DaughertyTed PostJames SheldonJohn BrahmRobert Ellis MillerGeorge SchaeferRichard CarlsonHerman HoffmanJoseph PevneyAlex SegalPeter TewksburyRobert FloreyJohn FordNorman LloydDavid Lowell RichDon TaylorEarl BellamyLawrence DobkinSydney PollackCoby RuskinJack SmightDon Weis

Written by

Lawrence B. MarcusAlvin BoretzOscar MillardHarold SwantonJameson BrewerJohn HawkinsWard HawkinsDavid KarpJohn KneubuhlJames LeightonLionel TrillingRichard De RoyMark RodgersBob BarbashWallace L. BrownStanley EllinHenry F. GreenbergCharlotte JayErnest KinoyK.H. LindsayPorter PutnamHoward RodmanPeter TewksburyAlbert AleyAlfred BesterClaude BinyonRay BradburyJohn C. ChampionPrentiss CombsBob CorcoranJames DunnJohn DurhamDouglas FairbairnWilliam FennertonRichard FielderJack FinneyEverett FreemanJames GunnJerry LaytonRobert LeckieJames LeeRobert LibottPhilip MacDonaldWilliam P. McGivernArthur MillerHelen NielsenFrank O'RourkeJoseph PetraccaFred RemingtonDonald S. SanfordLou ShawPeggy ShawPhil ShukenMatt TaylorHalsted WellesRichard BricknerGene L. CoonDeWitt CoppIris DornfeldLawrence DurrellWilliam Jerome FayFred F. FinklehoffeC.S. ForesterJohn FuriaJohn T. KellyHoward LeedsSaul LevittElon PackardGilbert RalstonDonald WilsonMitchell WilsonHarry Wilmer

Cast & crew

Fred AstaireSelf - HostKeir DulleaEric GreenBrian EliotGas Station AttendantWalter ReedCassidyPaul ComiAllisonJoan StaleyClaireChris RobinsonDoyleJohn AndersonHannibal RothJack EdwardsJack BensonBurt MustinJohnErnest BorgnineCaptain Quentin MacHaleDana AndrewsAdam StarkJoanna MooreElaine BriscoeAndrew PrineAndy GuthrieMary LaRocheHelen CollinsNancy RennickGrace WatsonBarry MorseMax McIntyreGeorge PetrieBeelzebubBettye AckermanDorothy SwiftStanley AdamsRosenJonathan HoleElliottRobert ColbertDr. HamiltonJim McMullanBarney DugganOlive CareyGrandmaRobert EllensteinColonel DimitrievichHoward WendellGen. MooneyStephanie HillMarshaHarold FongHenryGil PerkinsDriverBartlett RobinsonDoctorThan WyennMajor StranskyGeorge KennedyJakeBill GiorgioGeorgeArch JohnsonCol. WhitneyNorman LeavittDriverBerkeley HarrisCharlieSusan GordonJulie CollinsFrank SullyMoverLin McCarthyCapt. Lewis BaringJan StineDoyle PriceBrendan DillonMr. WidgeryHenry JonesDean BakerJoanna BarnesAggie McCraeEd NelsonBrick AveryBradford DillmanCharlie PontJason EversProfessor Joseph HowePaul CarrBlackburnChester MorrisAndrew HinesAlice FrostMiss MarksBill BixbyBruneShelley WintersMeg FletcherDabbs GreerBob AtkinsJoan HackettEdith FletcherButch PatrickTommyKen LynchHarry SimsMark SladeBobby ReaganPeter HelmJimmy McKittrickTrue EllisonMarilyn MarshallCicely WalperMrs. WidgeryRalph BellamyDr. Richard MeredithKurt KasznarGeneBrett KingHowieCharlton HestonPaul MaloneLee MarvinHughesHarry TownesHugh LozierJames StewartSlim ConwayElizabeth MontgomeryIris HecateRobert FullerHenry DetweilerRay MillandKeith BriscoeJanis PaigeConnie RankinEarl HollimanMitch GuthrieJohn GavinWilliam FortnumHugh O'BrianMiles HadleyTheodore BikelStefan TamarovHarry GuardinoSergeant Lee ArthurClaude AkinsCapt. Michael 'Gunner' LujackJohn ForsytheAndy BallardCharles BickfordDr. Barry LoganTommy SandsHarlan TracyDavid BuckCaptain Horatio HornblowerJames GregoryDriscollLeo G. CarrollWelchOliver McGowanDr. LockridgeJack WardenThe CommissionerJoyce BulifantJenny LoganBarBara LunaBekyBethel LeslieJulie WakemanDavid OpatoshuAndreas VrimRon FosterLieutenant Robert DurhamMyron McCormickLt. GonzalesJames BartonHobbsRichard ShannonBasslonWilliam ShatnerDr. William GrantShirley KnightHilaryDan DuryeaCharlie QuinnBarbara NicholsWilly SimmsGene EvansBen CottrellRoger PerrySgt. Clinton MartinRon HayesLukeTerence LongdonLieutenant BushElizabeth AllenThe Temporary NurseArthur KennedyDr. Harry A. WilmerCathleen CordellMrs. LockridgeCliff RobertsonHoby DunlapPatrick WayneBill RileyLurene TuttleTheresa SummerMilton SelzerRozinskyRoland WintersAlex GranbyWilliam BramleyBosun Ward GallagherKhigh DhieghThe Wounded ChineseJim DavisJimAlex CordTomas CalibanLeif EricksonMr. GreenNigel GreenBrownBibi OsterwaldMidgeKatherine SquireNurse HarringtonConnie GilchristEmmaJennifer RaineElizabethEdgar BuchananCrab HolcombLory PatrickMaxine SummerJacqueline ScottOralee DunlapMilton FromeMammonEdgar StehliJudge BentonYuki ShimodaT'RongAngela ClarkeMariaBobby WrightWilly MossWilliam SchallertDorseyReta ShawThe NurseLinda CristalTeresaHerbert RudleyPaulKatharine BardMrs. GreenSean KellyLieutenant CarlowJocelyn BrandoNurse SlaterLaurie MainSgt. HedleyHal SmithBelialGary VinsonChristy ChristopherRobert SampsonDr. BernardTige AndrewsGaby LaSalleKam TongLu'DingTyler MacDuffRod TiltonRalph RobertsThe 1st SecretaryJane WyattMartha EllisonJohn LuptonHadleyArthur BatanidesRayJeremy BullochMidshipman BowserCesare DanovaAugusto RondinoGene LyonsLitchfieldMarion RossMrs. HughesRonald LongInspector PrayleKatherine HenrykMollyRoger MobleyLonnie DunlapSteve HarrisPlumber HarrisAnne BartonMrs. MillerCarol Eve RossenSvezdaEve McVeaghThe Young WomanGaylord CavallaroMolochMickey RooneyBabe SimmsJohn BannerKaspar KrausKatherine CrawfordLinda CottrellRafael CamposKikoPeter ArneNathaniel SweetJohn AldermanWheelerJack LiveseyDoctor GravesLeo NeedhamGuardJames HongThe Wounded Viet Cong BoyDick SargentHainesFrank AletterTom LoganWilliam PhippsMr. HarlanCarleton YoungRex ShortRussell ThorsonThe 1st CommitteemanNoah KeenPetersBrooke BundyAnnJames GriffithKovacsCarlos RomeroSgt. Sandy SandovalRory StevensThe BoyCharles LampkinZimmyJennifer WestTeresaBarry KeeganHoldroydRead MorganThe AmericanDon 'Red' BarryWes HolbrookWillis BoucheyThe MayorJohn HarmonMr. BryantSimon ScottRaknitchWarren HsiehChanBob OkazakiJapanese OfficerThayer BurtonBetty BensonBobby TroupSam WagnerArte JohnsonHenry WentworthWill KuluvaPadre DominguezHarry HarveyThe MagistrateJerry DexterThe Physical TherapistKit WilliamsPat JamesMaureen O'SullivanElizabeth LozierRuss ConwayThe PsychologistMichel PetitThe English BoyCharles SeelThe JudgeJim BannonGeorge HargisLewis MartinThe DoctorMichael DuganSeaman Number OneJon LeeThe Ranger CaptainByron FoulgerThe Recording EngineerCharles CooperPollackPedro Gonzalez GonzalezPvt. SanchezPeter LeedsThe CopJean InnessThe JudgeVictor BrooksHardingDavid FaulknerLt. CobbBing RussellHoganJuano HernandezChief MamoraWill J. WhiteThe 1st HandDavid McMahonChief of PoliceRichard KarlanHannerskeShelly ManneBillyStanley LeeThe Non ComKathleen O'MalleyMiss BuckleyJohn ZarembaThe DoctorBronwyn FitzSimonsMrs. WentworthRene KroperBobby KovacsBarry ShawzinChadwickJoey FormanKronerHarry Carey Jr.Man in the DugoutRobert H. HarrisPeter WrennPaul GengeMartovRichard CollierCummingsDon WilbanksThe 2nd HandBeal WongThe ManMarianna HillRosaKen BerryFredDan WhiteThe 1st SearcherMarc RambeauEddieTerrea LeaThe Girl Folk SingerJohn TateSwensonWesley GaleSeaman VenskeGeorge TakeiThe Viet Cong SoldierVin ScullyThe AnnouncerMontie MontanaThe 3rd HandRay DannisThe StewardGeraldine BrooksLorraine GardnerRichard EasthamWill StarkOrville ShermanThe 2nd SearcherMartin GarralagaManuelJohn BownLeadsmanAdam Roarke2nd CorpsmanRoy BarcroftThe TexanAnn SeatonThe ServantDorothy ChanThe LaundressDennis McCarthyThe TruckerErnest SarracinoCantina ProprietorAlma MurphyThe ScrubwomanJohn LasellLt. PennockSally HughesThe NurseViraj AmonsinViet Cong LeaderHillary YatesThe ReceptionistVito ScottiSancho - the BartenderSeymour CasselThe Wounded ManCarol Anne SeflingerThe Little GirlRalph ReedHansonLarry J. BlakeThe ReporterDan RissThe Jury ForemanEdward ColmansAlcaldeKim HectorThe Freckled BoySchuyler HaydenMattBert RemsenBurkhardtRichard CarlyleEarl BryceCharles MortonThe Bush UmpireJan ArvanThe DoctorGene DarflerMilitary Police Sergeant KrugPaul SandThe ProwlerCy MalisThe Bit ManClay TannerMilitary Police DriverBob HullThe 2nd TruckerWilliam HenryThe Asst. CommissionerBrenda ScottJeeney RayJohn WayneThe Marine SergeantArt PassarellaThe Series UmpireVern StephensThe 1st Baseball PlayerRalph VolkieThe 2nd Baseball PlayerBud HardenThe 3rd Baseball PlayerEarl GilpinThe 4th Baseball PlayerWhitey CampbellThe 5th Baseball PlayerDon DrysdaleGomerRobert LoggiaArchduke Ferdinand of Austria-HungaryBrian KeithSergeant Dave TempleLloyd BridgesLt. Wallace BrownJames WhitmoreFred CollinsRussell JohnsonMajorNancy OlsonAmber BaringDavid WayneFrank WilloughbyJames ShigetaCaptainMary MurphyAngie PalmerBrad DexterCharles BowersMichael BurnsChip BaringGary ClarkeTriskoHank PattersonBatesFrank DeKovaGavril's FatherHugh SandersDevlinMed FloryMillerPhilip AhnChinese MajorHank BrandtLieutenantWarren J. KemmerlingPotterFlorence MacMichaelRuth WilloughbyFintan MeylerSophieSteven MarloDaniloRalph ClantonVon KarlbeckMark TapscottDetectiveJoseph BernardPolice SergeantAlex GerryEmperorJack MatherPalmerTom GreenwayDoctorAnita GordonVedaAmy FieldsRuth BrownJeno MatePolicemanJack GreeningStewardTom ServiceBill QuinnMildred TraresAnnRobert RedfordGeorge LaurentsJames CaanArch WilliamsCloris LeachmanMeg BentEdward AsnerDaniel StrykerDean StockwellClay BannonSuzanne PleshetteCarla HammondBill MumySkipperCarol LynleySandy CarterLee MeriwetherKerryTelly SavalasMario LombardiEddie AlbertMark EvansVic MorrowCarl BaldersonR.G. ArmstrongR.V. 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RedekerDetective RavoliLou KrugmanMannyElen WillardJennifer CookKim CharneyDonnie MitchellLillian BronsonNurseMarjorie BennettMatronFredd WayneTed MorleyBarbara EilerShirley HunterMarjorie ReynoldsEleanorBarbara LodenBetty JohnsonDan FrazerCorbyPaul BirchMitch MitchellRoy EngelJim CreightonHarlan WardeWalkerPaul LangtonSullivanCrahan DentonMcKittrickMari AldonMarthaPamela BrownMiss PlumGeorge BrenlinCorporal Joe SanellaNancy HadleyMary HoweAnthony GeorgeErnie HamelDavid McLeanDavidSigne HassoNicole BruneauBurt BrinckerhoffFerdinand R. TertanFrancis De SalesFordKatherine WarrenMrs. HandleyS. John LaunerDr. BensonDonald HarronRobert DevonBarbara HunterHildaAddison RichardsJudd Haskell Sr.David FrankhamRichard CookBill WalkerSmithJackie RussellMaybellePhyllis AveryMary GouldMarilyn ErskineCelia BarratAron KincaidNervous student in dormPhilip BourneufDr. RandBetsy HaleBarbaraJan MoriartyDonnaCathie MerchantSheilaArlene HowellWilmaStefan SchnabelFatherJames PattersonBarnaby EvansÉmile GenestGeorgeElspeth MarchMrs. MurphyRichard PeelCapt. Barney BowlesChick HearnAnnouncerBob HopkinsTruck DriverRees VaughnWalkerDayton LummisTorvaldBob DugganBailiffCarlyle MitchellKetteringWarrene OttMiss South DakotaPauline ChallonerPamelaBart PattonHaskellJohnny BangertTammy LockeSally LaurentsLucy PrentisFaye BriscoeEllen MadisonSusannaPaul KeastHuxleyEddie FosterQuincyJoey RussoBoyRobert ChristopherRobert TurnerGordon RichardsButlerLogan FieldLt. Capt. RodgersRobert RoterEduardArthur HansonAssistant DAJamie BrothersCasebeerLeonard A. 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