Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, directed by Norman Lloyd and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Seasons
32 Episodes • Premiered 1961
1. People Need People
Drama about the rehabilitation of psychologically disturbed war veterans.
2. The Fugitive Eye
3. The Fortress
4. The Girl With a Glow
5. The Town Budget
6. Family Outting
7. The Witch Next Door
8. Breaking Point
9. Delbert, Texas
10. End of a World
Documentary drama about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the event that triggered World War I.
11. The Cake Baker
12. Pattern of Guilt
13. The Hour of the Bath
14. The Jail
In this future time a young man was charged with an offense against the state and marshaled into a huge building crammed with banks and banks of computers. These computers would absorb and assess the evidence, circumstances and facts in his case. All of them were operated by one master button-puncher.
