Thriller (1960 - 1962)

Country of Origin:
Date(s) of Broadcast: 13 September 1960 - 30 April 1962
Number of Seasons: 2
Total Number of Episodes: 67
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hubbell Robinson Productions / NBC

LOCATIONS
Studio: Revue Studios

CAST
Boris Karloff (host)

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff which began as a crime and mystery show but which gradually transformed into a horror series.

EPISODES

SEASON ONE (1960)
The Twisted Image (13 September 1960)
Child's Play (20 September 1960)
Worse Than Murder (27 September 1960)
The Mark of the Hand (4 October 1960)
Rose's Last Summer (11 October 1960)
The Guilty Man (18 October 1960)
The Purple Room (25 October 1960)
The Watcher (1 November 1960)
Girl With a Secret (15 November 1960)
The Prediction (22 November 1960)
The Fatal Impulse (29 November 1960)
The Big Blackout (6 December 1960)
Knock Three-One-Two (13 December 1960)
Man in the Middle (20 December 1960)
The Cheaters (27 December 1960)
The Hungry Glass (3 January 1961)
The Poisoner (10 January 1961)
Man in a Cage (17 January 1961)
Choose a Victim (24 January 1961)
Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook (7 February 1961)
The Merriweather File (14 February 1961)
The Fingers of Fear (21 February 1961)
Well of Doom (28 February 1961)
The Ordeal of Dr Cordell (7 March 1961)
Trio for Terror (14 March 1961)
Papa Benjamin (21 March 1961)
A Late Date (4 April 1961)
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (11 April 1961)
The Devil's Ticket (18 April 1961)
Parasite Mansion (25 April 1961)
A Good Imagination (2 May 1961)
Mr. George (9 May 1961)
Terror in Teakwood (16 May 1961)
The Prisoner in the Mirror (23 May 1961)
Dark Legacy (30 May 1961)
Pigeons From Hell (6 June 1961)
The Grim Reaper (13 June 1961)

SEASON TWO (1961)
What Beckoning Ghost? (18 September 1961)
Guillotine (26 September 1961)
The Premature Burial (2 October 1961)
The Weird Tailor (16 October 1961)
God Grant That She Lye Still (23 October 1961)
Masquerade (30 October 1961)
The Last of the Sommervilles (6 November 1961)
Letter to a Lover (13 November 1961)
A Third For Pinochle (20 November 1961)
The Closed Cabinet (27 November 1961)
Dialogues With Death (4 December 1961)
The Return of Andrew Bentley (11 December 1961)
The Remarkable Mrs Hawk (18 December 1961)
Portrait Without a Face (25 December 1961)
An Attractive Family (1 January 1962)
Waxworks (8 January 1962)
La Strega (15 January 1962)
The Storm (22 January 1962)
A Wig For Miss Devore (29 January 1962)
The Hollow Watcher (12 February 1962)
Cousin Tundifer (19 February 1962)
The Incredible Doktor Markesan (26 February 1962)
Flowers of Evil (5 March 1962)
Till Death Do Us Part (12 March 1962)
The Bride Who Died Twice (19 March 1962)
Kill My Love (26 March 1962)
Man of Mystery (2 April 1962)
The Innocent Bystanders (9 April 1962)
The Lethal Ladies (two stories) (16 April 1962)
The Specialists (30 April 1962)

USA
Television Distributor: NBC
Video Distributor: MCA / Universal Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: MCA Home Video (42177)

1994
August
Day Unknown: USA - laserdisc release (MCA Home Video (42177))

Boris Karloff's Thriller

1962
American Cinema Editors, USA
Eddie Best Edited Television Program (Danny B. Landres) – nominated (for the episode Third For Pinochle)

Hugo Awards, USA
Best Dramatic Presentation – nominated

MAGAZINES

Cult Movies no.29 (1999) p.44 (USA)
illustrated interview with Arthur Hiller (Hiller on Thriller by Tom Weaver)

Cult Movies no.35 (2000) pp.74-75 (USA)
illustrated interview with Fintan Meyler (The Life and Career of a Karloff Co-Star: Fintan Meyler by Tom Weaver)

Fangoria no.155 (August 1996) (USA)
illustrated interviews with Douglas Benton (His Life Was a Thriller by Tom Weaver)

Fangoria no.156 (September 1996 (USA)
illustrated article (Licensed to Thrillin' by Tom Weaver)

BOOKS

This Is a Thriller: An Episode Guide, History and Analysis of the Classic 1960s Television Series (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company Inc (1996)) by Alan Warren

KEYWORDS

anthologies

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009