Rod Serling

Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round... (imdb)

An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. (imdb)

Four horror/sci-fi segments directed by four famous directors which are their own versions of classic stories from Rod Serling's landmark television series. (imdb)

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. (imdb)

US military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack. (imdb)

Steve Sinclair (Robert Taylor) is a world a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony (John Cassavetes) arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake (Julie London). (imdb)

Van Heflin stars in a story about big business and the ruthlessness at the top of the ladder. (imdb)

Captain Edward Hall returns to the USA after two years in a prison camp in the korean war. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell? (imdb)

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas. (imdb)

A bomb is planted on board an airplane, with an altitude-sensitive trigger. It will explode when the plane descends through the altitude of 5,000 feet, unless the ransom demanded is paid. (imdb)

Two researchers travel back in time, trying to rescue a cure for a modern-day epidemic, but their plans go astray when their time travel brings them to Chicago not a week but a single day before the Great Chicago Fire. (imdb)

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government. (imdb)

Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a coup planned and stop it, before it takes place. Unfortunately, there isn't much time. (imdb)

This tv movie features two stories by Rod Serling, who also wrote the stories of the original "The Twilight Zone" (1959) series. (imdb)

A Rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland in 1942 fights to maintain his stance of peace and acceptance of his fellow man despite the growing turmoil and atrocities created by the Nazis. Meanwhile his son becomes more militaristic with each new offense and a young German soldier offended by the actions he sees decides to help the rabbi's daughter escape from the Ghetto after she is raped by an officer. (imdb)

In a futuristic desert hamlet, a ruthless town boss lynches a falsely accused Native American teen, setting the stage for revolt and a clash with a troubled, drunken sheriff. (imdb)

Male facing middle-age and failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century. (imdb)

Written by mystery master Rod Serling, The Yellow Canary stars Pat Boone as insufferable singing idol Andy Paxton. Barbara Eden plays his wife Lissa, who is fed up with her husband's egotistical attitude and is ready to leave him. When their baby son is kidnapped, Andy Paxton refuses to enlist the help of the police. He still does not cooperate even after three people are murdered in crimes apparently related to the kidnapping. (allrovi.com)

A man sits back on Christmas and mourns his son who died 20 years before in World War II. He sits and listens to "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" and becomes more and more sullen. He is visited by three ghosts who center the experience they supply on not just Christmas, but War. (imdb)

Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner. (imdb)

A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist. (imdb)

Host Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings. (imdb)

An old Jewish shop owner suddenly finds himself responsible for a little black boy trying to escape the chaos of Harlem as part of a sponsorship program. At first, Mr. Shaddick wants nothing more than to get rid of the kid, but to spite the well to do lady who tries to take him over to her home, he decides to take Herman in. As time goes on, he finds himself caring about Herman and has the misfortune of being the bearer of bad news, which reminds him of when he received a telegram himself. (imdb)

Based on a short story by Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), a cop "mistakenly" kills a 14-year-old boy during a robbery. Although acquitted for the shooting, the cop is haunted by his crime.

Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.

A school bus driver (Jack Warden) is fired by the local school board when he refuses to sign a loyalty oath.

The protégé of a powerful congressman discovers his boss's corruption.