Danger (TV series)

Danger
Scene from an episode of the show
GenreAnthology
Written byJay Presson Allen
George Bellak
Mark Hellinger
Paul Monash
Reginald Rose
Rod Serling
Gore Vidal
Directed byYul Brynner
Curt Conway
Tom Donovan
John Frankenheimer
Sidney Lumet
Ted Post
Sheldon Reynolds
Presented byDick Stark
Narrated byDick Stark
ComposerTony Mottola
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes242
Production
ProducersMartin Ritt
William Dozier
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 mins.
Original release
NetworkCBS Television
ReleaseSeptember 26, 1950 (1950-09-26) –
May 31, 1955 (1955-05-31)
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Danger is a CBS television dramatic anthology series that began on September 26, 1950, and ended on May 31, 1955.[1] Its original title was Amm-i-dent Playhouse.[2] The show "was one of the first television dramatic series to make effective use of background music"[1]

The show featured many actors including Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Anthony, Edward Binns, John Cassavetes, Míriam Colón, Ben Gazzara, Grace Kelly, Richard Kiley, Walter Slezak, Hildy Parks, James Gregory, Paul Langton, Cloris Leachman, Jayne Meadows, Martin Ritt, Maria Riva, Lee Grant, Kim Stanley, Rod Steiger, Steve Allen, Anne Bancroft, Jacqueline Susann, Walter Matthau, and Leo Penn.

  1. ^ a b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
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