
TV show · drama
Suspense
1949–1954 · 6 seasons, 262 episodes · ended
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Seasons and episodes Suspense
Season 1
1949 · 17 episodes
1. Goodbye New York
Ray Gardner is deep in debt and can't find work due to his ruthless ex-boss. Desperate and angry, he kills his boss and steals some money. His loyal wife Mary stands by him and the two make plans to flee New York. They spend a day filled with paranoia before leaving on the train without being noticed.
2. Revenge
A woman tries to escape her gangster husband by running away to Cuba with her new love.
3. Suspicion
Everyone's in a tizzy over the arsenic poisoner who's still at large; police think the murder might be a woman. In the Thomas household, doting old George acts surprised to find his weed poison (with arsenic) under the kitchen sink. His wife, a delicate woman with bad nerves, defends their cook, a woman they hired who came with no references. George becomes suspicious of their employee and has the hot cocoa she left for him analyzed. When the results come back positive, he races home to save his wife before it's too late.
4. Cabin 3-B
Shortly after a newlywed couple board a luxury liner for their honeymoon cruise, the man vanishes along with the fortune his wife game him as a wedding present. She reports his disappearance to the captain and is told that there is no record of either herself or her husband as passengers and that what she claims to have been their cabin doesn't exist.
5. The Man Upstairs
A woman complains about the man upstairs, but no one has ever seen him.
7. The Creeper
A woman who works the night shift begs her husband to quit her job, because she fits the description of a maniacal killer's type of victim.
8. A Night at the Inn
Three merchant sailors and their enigmatic leader hide out at a British inn. They've been followed from India after stealing the priceless ruby eye from a holy statue. The grimy sailors ambush and kill the men who've come to retrieve the gem, unaware of how badly the statue wants its eye back. It arrives at the inn and, one by one, makes the thieves pay for their offense.
9. Dead Ernest
Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the owner of a secondhand clothing store and quickly sold. The couple who purchase the jacket finds the note and begins a race to save Ernest from a premature embalming.
10. Post Mortem
Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the doctor has a history of collecting such payouts. Westcott informs Josie that she is in danger of becoming her husband's next heavily insured "accident." She doesn't believe him--until she's almost killed when Doc "accidentally" knocks a sunlamp into the tub while she's bathing.
11. The Monkey's Paw
A talisman of great power can grant three wishes to its owner.
12. Murder Through the Looking Glass
A man awakens on a train with no memory of recent events. To make matters worse, a newspaper reveals he is wanted for murder.
13. The Doors on the 13th Floor
Elderly Agatha Leighton returns from a trip to find her apartment on the thirteenth floor has been robbed. As she attempts to call the police, someone grabs her. Sally, who lives down the hall, attempts to visit the old lady as she'd promised, but finds she's been locked in her apartment and the phone is dead. Through the door's peephole, she sees the building's desk clerk leaving Agatha's apartment. Sally realizes something bad has happened to the old lady.
14. The Yellow Scarf
In 1897 London, mysterious Mr. Bronson gives boarding to an attractive young woman from the streets. Hettie's purpose is to do housework and distract attention from his odd medical work. Bronson has two demands: she must not go out alone and must stay out of his laboratory. Restlessshe strikes up a romance with Tom, a handsome young mission worker. Suddenly, the cold Bronson turns jealous.
15. Help Wanted
An elderly man who's barely getting by looks for employment to continue giving his daughter the institutional help she requires. He receives an offer from a "Mr. X" that turns things around for him. That is, until he finds out that he must kill "Mr. X"'s wife's first husband who is blackmailing them
17. The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
London is being plagued by a strangler who baffles police. Sgt. Ottermole investigates, but has a difficult time when an obnoxious reporter constantly gets in his way.
Season summaries6 seasons, 262 episodes
Season 1
1949 · 17 episodes
Season 2
1949 · 42 episodes
Season 3
1950 · 53 episodes
Season 4
1951 · 49 episodes
Season 5
1952 · 50 episodes
Season 6
1953 · 51 episodes
Episodes run about 28 min. Last episode: August 17, 1954
Is it worth watching? Suspense
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What is it about? Suspense
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
Genre: drama. Themes: anthology.
Cast and crew Suspense
AllCreators
- NetworkCBS
Full cast246 cast members across all seasons
Cast:
- Anne Bancroft · 2 ep.
- Robert Sterling · 1 ep.
- Cedric Hardwicke · 2 ep.
- Joseph Wiseman · 2 ep.
- John Emery · 2 ep.
- Harry Townes · 2 ep.
- Joan Lorring · 1 ep.
- Margo · 1 ep.
- Wesley Addy · 1 ep.
- Charles Korvin · 1 ep.
- Susan Douglas · Zita Bradford · 1 ep.
- Bernard Kates · 1 ep.
- Douglass Watson · Charlie · 1 ep.
- Joshua Shelley · Tony · 1 ep.
- Sally Forrest · 1 ep.
- Red Buttons · 1 ep.
- Felicia Montealegre · Elaine · 1 ep.
- Patricia Breslin · 1 ep.
- Abe Vigoda · 1 ep.
- Lilli Palmer · Julia · 1 ep.
- Frankie Thomas · Art · 1 ep.
- Joan Diener · 1 ep.
- Bela Lugosi · Gen. Fortunato · 1 ep.
- Constance Bennett · 1 ep.
- John McQuade · Roy Clade · 1 ep.
- Dennis O'Keefe · 1 ep.
- Peter Fernandez · Miguel · 1 ep.
- James Broderick · 1 ep.
- Warren Stevens · Bernard Frank · 1 ep.
- Charlton Heston · 2 ep.
- Richard Boone · Mercer · 1 ep.
- Alan Baxter · The Intruder · 1 ep.
- Jean Parker · 1 ep.
- Hurd Hatfield · 1 ep.
- Richard Fraser · Club President · 1 ep.
- Paul Stewart · Sam Cragg · 1 ep.
- Otto Preminger · Captain von Weissenborn · 1 ep.
- Judith Evelyn · Collins · 5 ep.
- Dick Foran · 1 ep.
- Frank Campanella · 1 ep.
Crew:
- Robert Stevens · Director
- Robert Mulligan · Director
- Agatha Christie · Writer
- Sig Herzig · Writer
- Rod Serling · Writer
- Max Simon Ehrlich · Writer
- Robert Arthur · Story
- Ben Radin · Screenplay
- Halsted Welles · Screenplay
- Cornell Woolrich · Writer
- Gore Vidal · Writer
- Charles Robinson · Writer
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Details Suspense

- First episode
- January 6, 1949
- Last episode
- August 17, 1954
- Status
- ended
- Network
- CBS
- Original language
- English
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Suspense have?
6 seasons, 262 episodes. The last episode aired August 17, 1954.
Who’s in Suspense?
Anne Bancroft, Robert Sterling, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Wiseman, John Emery, Harry Townes, Joan Lorring, Margo, Wesley Addy, and Charles Korvin.
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