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Escape

Escape poster
Directed by
Wyllis Cooper
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This was a live 30 minute TV show from 1950 that aired weekly. Each episode told a different story about people facing danger, the supernatural, or some strange imagined situation. The show had a narrator and featured guest stars in each episode.

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What happens

Escape is a 30-minute live American dramatic anthology television series produced and directed for CBS by Wyllis Cooper. Narrated by William Conrad, the series was the television counterpart to a successful CBS Radio series of the same name (1947–1954). Thirteen episodes aired on CBS from January 5, 1950, to March 30, 1950. The show's stories "depicted people attempting to deal with danger, the supernatural, or some fantasized situation." Among its guest stars were Kim Stanley, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, and Brian Keith. The announcers were Jack McCoy and Elliott Lewis. The program was sustaining and originated from WCBS-TV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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