Climax!

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American anthology TV series

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::summary American anthology TV series ::

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imageDennis O'Keefe Phyllis Kirk Lloyd Bridges 1954.JPG
captionDennis O'Keefe, Phyllis Kirk, and Lloyd Bridges in "Edge of Terror", 1955.
alt_nameClimax Mystery Theater
genreAnthology
directorJohn Frankenheimer
Ida Lupino
Arthur Hiller
Allen Reisner
Ralph Nelson
Buzz Kulik
Paul Nickell
William H. Brown Jr.
David Swift
Jack Smight
Don Medford
Anthony Barr
presenterWilliam Lundigan (1954–1958)
Mary Costa (1956–1958)
theme_music_composerLeith Stevens
composerJerry Goldsmith
Bernard Herrmann
Alex North
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
num_seasons4
num_episodes166
executive_producerAlbert R. Broccoli
producerMartin Manulis
Bretaigne Windust
cameraTelevision Film
runtime47–50 minutes
channelCBS
first_aired
last_aired
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| image = Dennis O'Keefe Phyllis Kirk Lloyd Bridges 1954.JPG | caption = Dennis O'Keefe, Phyllis Kirk, and Lloyd Bridges in "Edge of Terror", 1955. | alt_name = Climax Mystery Theater | genre = Anthology | director = John Frankenheimer Ida Lupino Arthur Hiller Allen Reisner Ralph Nelson Buzz Kulik Paul Nickell William H. Brown Jr. David Swift Jack Smight Don Medford Anthony Barr | presenter = William Lundigan (1954–1958) Mary Costa (1956–1958) | theme_music_composer = Leith Stevens | opentheme = | composer = Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Herrmann Alex North | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 166 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Albert R. Broccoli | producer = Martin Manulis Bretaigne Windust | camera = Television Film | runtime = 47–50 minutes | channel = CBS | first_aired = | last_aired =

Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color, using the massive TK-40A color cameras pioneered and manufactured by RCA, and used primarily by CBS's rival network, NBC (the broadcasting division of RCA). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live, but, although the series was transmitted in color, only black-and-white kinescope copies of some episodes survive to the present day. The series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955–1956 season and #26 for 1956–1957.

Production

In February 1955, Martin Manulis became the producer, replacing Bretaigne Windust. The trade publication Variety reported that the change in producers would be accompanied by a change in format. It said, "The sponsor, Chrysler, has been discontent with the restrictive suspense-horror formula," and that future episodes would be "designed to accent adventure and emotional climaxes rather than stark melodrama".

Notable episodes

In 1954, the Climax! episode "Casino Royale" featured secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale. It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. It was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to Casino Royale in the late 1990s. This adaptation is available on DVD as a bonus feature on the MGM DVD release of the 1967 film adaptation of the novel.

The only other episode of Climax! available on DVD is Gore Vidal's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, retitled on Climax! as "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde". It stars Michael Rennie, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Lowell Gilmore. It is available in the DVD box set Classic Sci-Fi TV—150 Episodes from Mill Creek Entertainment.

In an earlier episode of Climax!, an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, actor Tristram Coffin, playing a dead body, arose in-shot and walked offstage. The event was widely covered in the media of the day, later becoming an urban legend that was attributed to Peter Lorre and the aforementioned adaptation of Casino Royale.

In addition, a small number of episodes from the series can be found on YouTube.

Episodes

Series overview

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Season 1 (1954–55)

| EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Long Goodbye | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Thirteenth Chair | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Casino Royale | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Sorry, Wrong Number | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Gioconda Smile | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The After House | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = An Error in Chemistry | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Epitaph for a Spy | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The White Carnation | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Nightmare in Copenhagen | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Bigger They Come | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Escape from Fear | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = The Mojave Kid | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = The Leaf Out of the Book | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Valiant Men | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = The Box of Chocolates | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = South of the Sun | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = The Great Impersonation | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = The Darkest Hour | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = The Champion | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Private Worlds | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Flight 951 | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = The First and the Last | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = No Stone Unturned | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = A Farewell to Arms | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = The Unimportant Man | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = The Dark Fleece | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 29 | Title = To Wake at Midnight | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 30 | Title = The Dance | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 31 | Title = Wild Stallion | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 32 | Title = The Escape of Mendes-France | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 33 | Title = The Healer | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 34 | Title = Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 35 | Title = One Night Stand | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 36 | Title = Edge of Terror | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 37 | Title = Fear Strikes Out | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00 | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 38 | Title = Deal a Blow | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = CDAD00

Season 2 (1955–56)

| EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Public Pigeon #1 | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Silent Decision | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Night of Execution | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Sailor on Horseback | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Thin Air | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = House of Shadows | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Pink Cloud | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Schedule to Defraud | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = A Promise to Murder | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Portrait in Celluloid | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = A Man of Taste | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = The Passport | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = The Day They Gave the Babies Away | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = With Mary Treen. | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Bailout at 43,000 Feet | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = The Prowler | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = The Hanging Judge | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = The Secret of River Lane | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Starring Gigi Perreau | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Gamble on a Thief | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = The Fifth Wheel | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Nightmare by Day | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = The Sound of Silence | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 61 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = The Louella Parsons Story | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 62 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Pale Horse, Pale Rider | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 63 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = An Episode of Sparrows | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 64 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Spin Into Darkness | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 65 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = The Lou Gehrig Story | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 66 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = Sit Down with Death | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 67 | EpisodeNumber2 = 29 | Title = The Empty Room Blues | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 68 | EpisodeNumber2 = 30 | Title = Flame-Out in T-6 | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 69 | EpisodeNumber2 = 31 | Title = The Shadow of Evil | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 70 | EpisodeNumber2 = 32 | Title = Figures in Clay | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 71 | EpisodeNumber2 = 33 | Title = Faceless Adversary | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 72 | EpisodeNumber2 = 34 | Title = To Scream at Midnight | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 73 | EpisodeNumber2 = 35 | Title = The Circular Staircase | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 74 | EpisodeNumber2 = 36 | Title = A Trophy for Howard Davenport | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 75 | EpisodeNumber2 = 37 | Title = Phone Call for Matthew Quade | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 76 | EpisodeNumber2 = 38 | Title = Fear Is the Hunter | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 77 | EpisodeNumber2 = 39 | Title = Fury at Dawn | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 78 | EpisodeNumber2 = 40 | Title = The Man Who Lost His Head | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 79 | EpisodeNumber2 = 41 | Title = Child of the Wind / Throw Away the Cane | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 80 | EpisodeNumber2 = 42 | Title = No Right to Kill | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 81 | EpisodeNumber2 = 43 | Title = The 78th Floor | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F | EpisodeNumber = 82 | EpisodeNumber2 = 44 | Title = Dark Wall | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B0171F

Season 3 (1956–57)

| EpisodeNumber = 83 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Bury Me Later | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 84 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Burst of Violence | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 85 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Garsten Case | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 86 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Fog | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 87 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Island in the City | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 88 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Journey Into Fear | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 89 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Midas Touch | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 90 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Night of the Heat Wave | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 91 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Flight to Tomorrow | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 92 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Night Shriek | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 93 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Chinese Game | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 94 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = The Secret Thread | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 95 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Savage Portrait | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 96 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Strange Hostage | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Ten Minutes to Curfew | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Carnival at Midnight | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = The Gold Dress | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Circle of Destruction | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 101 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = The Trouble at Number 5 | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 102 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = The Stalker | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 103 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Stain of Honor | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 104 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = The Long Count | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 105 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = And Don't Ever Come Back | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 106 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Night of a Rebel | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 107 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = Let It Be Me | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 108 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Strange Sanctuary | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 109 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = Don't Touch Me | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 110 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = The Mad Bomber | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 111 | EpisodeNumber2 = 29 | Title = Avalanche at Devil's Pass | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 112 | EpisodeNumber2 = 30 | Title = The Strange Deaths at Burnleigh | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 113 | EpisodeNumber2 = 31 | Title = Bait for the Tiger | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 114 | EpisodeNumber2 = 32 | Title = The Hand of Evil | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 115 | EpisodeNumber2 = 33 | Title = The Disappearance of Amanda Hale | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 116 | EpisodeNumber2 = 34 | Title = Mr. Runyon of Broadway | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 117 | EpisodeNumber2 = 35 | Title = The Man Who Stole the Bible | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 118 | EpisodeNumber2 = 36 | Title = A Taste for Crime | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 119 | EpisodeNumber2 = 37 | Title = The Trial of Captain Wirz | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 120 | EpisodeNumber2 = 38 | Title = Locked in Fear | AltTitle = False Witness | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 121 | EpisodeNumber2 = 39 | Title = Payment for Judas | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 122 | EpisodeNumber2 = 40 | Title = Walk a Tightrope | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 123 | EpisodeNumber2 = 41 | Title = The High Jungle | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 124 | EpisodeNumber2 = 42 | Title = The Giant Killer | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 125 | EpisodeNumber2 = 43 | Title = Trail of Terror | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 126 | EpisodeNumber2 = 43 | Title = Murder Is a Witch | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 127 | EpisodeNumber2 = 44 | Title = The Stranger Within | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 | EpisodeNumber = 128 | EpisodeNumber2 = 45 | Title = Deadly Climate | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050

Season 4 (1957–58)

| EpisodeNumber = 129 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Trial by Fire | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 130 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Secret of the Red Room | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 131 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Necessary Evil | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 132 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Along Came a Spider | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 133 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Jacob and the Angels | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 134 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Mask for the Devil | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 135 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Largest City in Captivity | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 136 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Tunnel of Fear | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 137 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Keep Me in Mind | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 138 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Two Tests for Tuesday | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 139 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = A Matter of Life and Death | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 140 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Murder Has a Deadline | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 141 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = The Devil's Brood | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 142 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Hurricane Diane | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 143 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = To Walk the Night | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 144 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Shadow of a Memory | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 145 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Scream in Silence | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 146 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Thieves over Tokyo | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 147 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Sound of the Moon | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 148 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Burst of Fire | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 149 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Four Hours in White | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 150 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = The Secret Love of Johnny Spain | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 151 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Albert Anastasia—His Life and Death | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 152 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = The Thief with the Big Blue Eyes | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 153 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = So Deadly My Love | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 154 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = The Great World and Timothy Colt | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 155 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = On the Take | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 156 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = The Volcano Seat | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 157 | EpisodeNumber2 = 29 | Title = Shooting for the Moon | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 158 | EpisodeNumber2 = 30 | Title = The Deadly Tattoo | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 159 | EpisodeNumber2 = 31 | Title = The Big Success | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 160 | EpisodeNumber2 = 32 | Title = The Disappearance of Daphne | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 161 | EpisodeNumber2 = 33 | Title = Time of the Hanging | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 162 | EpisodeNumber2 = 34 | Title = The Push-Button Giant | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 163 | EpisodeNumber2 = 35 | Title = Spider Web | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 164 | EpisodeNumber2 = 36 | Title = House of Doubt | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050 | EpisodeNumber = 165 | EpisodeNumber2 = 37 | Title = Cabin B-13 | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000050

Guest stars

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sir_Cedric_Hardwicke_Joan_Tetzel_Climax_1957.jpg" caption="[[Joan Tetzel]] and [[Sir Cedric Hardwicke]] in "Strange Death at Burnleigh" (1957)"] ::

(In alphabetical order)

References

References

  1. "ClassicTVguide.com: TV Ratings". classictvguide.com.
  2. (February 16, 1955). "Chrysler's 'Lay Off The Scary Stuff' Cues 'Climax' Story Switch".
  3. Reisner, Allen. (1955-07-28). "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
  4. (August 3, 2005). "Death Takes a Powder".
  5. "Climax • TV Series (Classic TV Channel/ComedyMX)".
  6. (January 22, 1956). "Programs, Personalities". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. (September 17, 1956). "The Show-Makers".
  8. [https://archive.org/details/independent-press-telegram-1959-03-01/page/n9/mode/2up?q=+%22pigtailed+blonde%22 "Pig-Tailed Blonde Has Role as Lana Turner's Daughter"]. ''Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram''. March 1, 1959. p. A11. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. (November 21, 1957). "Project 20 Gives Record of America". The Salina Journal.

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