Suspense 1949
What is Suspense?
Suspense is an American television anthology series that was adapted from the radio program of the same name. The series ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954 and was later briefly revived in 1964.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1949
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 262
- Runtime
- 25 minutes
- First aired
- Jan 6, 1949
- Last aired
- Aug 17, 1954
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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Suspense is an American television anthology series that was adapted from the radio program of the same name. The series ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954 and was later briefly revived in 1964. Like the radio program, the television series featured adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. The show was broadcast live from New York City and was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation. The series was part of the early television programming lineup and its episodes were based on a variety of literary works. The television series was based on the radio program that ran from 1942 to 1962.
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“This anthology series brings classic literary thrillers to the television screen through diverse episodic adaptations.”
- features adaptations of renowned authors
- showcases a variety of storytelling styles
- episodes vary in subject matter
Watch it if you enjoy classic literature adapted into episodic television dramas.
The series focuses on building mental uncertainty and excitement through its dramatic narratives.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 Goodbye New York Jan 6, 1949
- E2 Revenge Mar 1, 1949
- E3 Suspicion Mar 15, 1949
- E4 Cabin 3-B Mar 29, 1949
- E5 The Man Upstairs Apr 5, 1949
- E6 After Dinner Story Apr 12, 1949
- E7 The Creeper Apr 19, 1949
- E8 A Night at the Inn Apr 26, 1949
- E9 Dead Ernest May 3, 1949
- E10 Post Mortem May 10, 1949
- E11 The Monkey's Paw May 17, 1949
- E12 Murder Through the Looking Glass May 24, 1949
- E13 The Doors on the 13th Floor May 31, 1949
- E14 The Yellow Scarf Jun 7, 1949
- E15 Help Wanted Jun 14, 1949
- E16 Stolen Empire Jun 21, 1949
- E17 The Hands of Mr. Ottermole Jun 28, 1949
Season 2 · 42 episodes
- E1 Lunch Box Sep 6, 1949
- E2 Collector's Item Sep 13, 1949
- E3 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Sep 20, 1949
- E4 The Comic Strip Murder Sep 27, 1949
- E5 Doctor Violet Oct 4, 1949
- E6 The Cask of Amontillado Oct 11, 1949
- E7 The Serpent Ring Oct 18, 1949
- E8 The Murderer Oct 25, 1949
- E9 Black Passage Nov 1, 1949
- E10 Suspicion Nov 8, 1949
- E11 The Thin Edge of Violence Nov 15, 1949
- E12 The Third One Nov 22, 1949
- E13 The Man in the House Nov 29, 1949
- E14 The Scar Dec 6, 1949
- E15 The Gray Helmet Dec 13, 1949
- E16 The Seeker and the Sought Dec 20, 1949
- E17 The Case of Lady Sannox Dec 27, 1949
- E18 Morning Boat to Africa Jan 3, 1950
- E19 The Bomber Command Jan 10, 1950
- E20 Summer Storm Jan 17, 1950
- E21 The Horizontal Man Jan 24, 1950
- E22 The Distant Island Jan 31, 1950
- E23 Escape This Night Feb 7, 1950
- E24 The Suicide Club Feb 14, 1950
- E25 Roman Holiday Feb 21, 1950
- E26 The Man Who Talked in His Sleep Feb 28, 1950
- E27 The Ledge Mar 7, 1950
- E28 The Parcel Mar 14, 1950
- E29 The Old Man's Badge Mar 21, 1950
- E30 The Second Class Passenger Mar 28, 1950
- E31 One Thousand Dollars to One for Your Money Apr 4, 1950
- E32 Steely, Steely Eyes Apr 11, 1950
- E33 Murder at the Mardi Gras Apr 18, 1950
- E34 The Gentleman from America Apr 25, 1950
- E35 Death of a Dummy May 2, 1950
- E36 Red Wine May 9, 1950
- E37 One and One's a Lonesome May 16, 1950
- E38 Photo Finish May 23, 1950
- E39 Listen, Listen May 30, 1950
- E40 Black Bronze Jun 6, 1950
- E41 I'm No Hero Jun 20, 1950
- E42 Wisteria Cottage Jun 27, 1950
Season 3 · 53 episodes
- E1 Poison Aug 29, 1950
- E2 A Pocketful of Murder Sep 5, 1950
- E3 Edge of Panic Sep 12, 1950
- E4 Dark Shadows Sep 19, 1950
- E5 Six to One Sep 26, 1950
- E6 The Monkey's Paw Oct 3, 1950
- E7 Criminals Mark Oct 10, 1950
- E8 The Man Who Would Be King Oct 17, 1950
- E9 Breakdown Oct 24, 1950
- E10 Halloween Hold Up Oct 31, 1950
- E11 Nightmare Nov 7, 1950
- E12 The Brush Off Nov 14, 1950
- E13 The Death Cards Nov 21, 1950
- E14 Hands of Mr. Ottermole Nov 28, 1950
- E15 The Guy From Nowhere Dec 5, 1950
- E16 The Mallet Dec 12, 1950
- E17 Dancing Dan's Christmas Dec 19, 1950
- E18 The Tip Dec 26, 1950
- E19 Death in a River Jan 2, 1951
- E20 Tough Cop Jan 9, 1951
- E21 The Fool's Heart Jan 16, 1951
- E22 Dead Fall Jan 23, 1951
- E23 The Rose Garden Jan 30, 1951
- E24 Night Break Feb 6, 1951
- E25 Double Entry Feb 13, 1951
- E26 The Victims Feb 20, 1951
- E27 Margin for Safety Feb 27, 1951
- E28 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mar 6, 1951
- E29 On a Country Road Mar 13, 1951
- E30 Telephone Call Mar 20, 1951
- E31 The Three of Silence Mar 27, 1951
- E32 Go Home Dead Man Apr 3, 1951
- E33 The Foggy Night Visitor Apr 10, 1951
- E34 The Juice Man Apr 17, 1951
- E35 The Meeting Apr 24, 1951
- E36 No Friend Like an Old Friend May 1, 1951
- E37 Murder in the Ring May 8, 1951
- E38 Too Hot to Live May 15, 1951
- E39 Escape This Night May 22, 1951
- E40 Vamp Till Dead May 29, 1951
- E41 The Call Jun 5, 1951
- E42 De Mortuis Jun 12, 1951
- E43 A Killing in Abilene Jun 19, 1951
- E44 The Greatest Crime Jun 26, 1951
- E45 Blood on the Trumpet Jul 3, 1951
- E46 Tent on the Beach Jul 10, 1951
- E47 Wisteria Cottage Jul 17, 1951
- E48 The Incident at Story Point Jul 24, 1951
- E49 A Vision of Death Jul 31, 1951
- E50 Killers of the City Aug 7, 1951
- E51 Death Sabre Aug 14, 1951
- E52 This is Your Confession (1) Aug 21, 1951
- E53 This is Your Confession (2) Aug 28, 1951
Season 4 · 49 episodes
- E1 This Way Out Sep 4, 1951
- E2 Strange for a Killer Sep 11, 1951
- E3 Merryman's Murder Sep 18, 1951
- E4 Doctor Anonymous Sep 25, 1951
- E5 Santa Fe Flight Oct 2, 1951
- E6 High Street Oct 9, 1951
- E7 The Fifth Dummy Oct 16, 1951
- E8 The Train from Czechoslovakia Oct 23, 1951
- E9 Court Day Oct 30, 1951
- E10 Moonfleet (1) Nov 6, 1951
- E11 Moonfleet (2) Nov 13, 1951
- E12 Frisco Payoff Nov 20, 1951
- E13 Mikki Nov 27, 1951
- E14 The Man Without a Face Dec 4, 1951
- E15 Mediation in Mexico Dec 11, 1951
- E16 Pier 17 Dec 18, 1951
- E17 The Lonely Place Dec 25, 1951
- E18 Routine Patrol Jan 1, 1952
- E19 Flare Week Jan 8, 1952
- E20 The Spider Jan 15, 1952
- E21 The Red Signal Jan 22, 1952
- E22 Death Drum Jan 29, 1952
- E23 Betrayal in Vienna Feb 5, 1952
- E24 North of Shanghai Feb 12, 1952
- E25 Summer Night Feb 19, 1952
- E26 Night Drive Feb 26, 1952
- E27 Day of Infamy Mar 4, 1952
- E28 Four Days to Kill Mar 11, 1952
- E29 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1) Mar 18, 1952
- E30 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2) Mar 25, 1952
- E31 Black Panther Apr 8, 1952
- E32 Night of Evil Apr 15, 1952
- E33 Alibi Me Apr 22, 1952
- E34 The Letter Apr 29, 1952
- E35 The Mandarin Murders May 6, 1952
- E36 Fingers of Fear May 13, 1952
- E37 Hunted Down May 20, 1952
- E38 The Debt May 27, 1952
- E39 Murder of Necessity Jun 3, 1952
- E40 House of Masks Jun 10, 1952
- E41 Phantom of the Riviera Jun 17, 1952
- E42 Night of Reckoning Jun 24, 1952
- E43 Fifty Beautiful Girls Jul 1, 1952
- E44 For the Love of Randi Jul 15, 1952
- E45 The Crooked Frame Jul 29, 1952
- E46 Death Cargo Aug 5, 1952
- E47 Remember Me Aug 12, 1952
- E48 Her Last Adventure Aug 19, 1952
- E49 Woman in Love Aug 26, 1952
Season 5 · 50 episodes
- E1 The Old Lady of Bayeux Sep 2, 1952
- E2 Call From a Killer Sep 9, 1952
- E3 The Return of Dr. Bourdette Sep 16, 1952
- E4 Set-Up For Death Sep 23, 1952
- E5 The Beach of Falesa Sep 30, 1952
- E6 The Man in the Mirror Oct 7, 1952
- E7 Blue Panther Oct 14, 1952
- E8 The Man Who Had Seven Hours Oct 21, 1952
- E9 All Hallow's Eve Oct 28, 1952
- E10 The Moving Target Nov 11, 1952
- E11 Monsieur Vidocq Nov 18, 1952
- E12 The Whispering Killer Nov 25, 1952
- E13 A Time of Innocence Dec 2, 1952
- E14 The Girl Who Saw Tomorrow Dec 9, 1952
- E15 The Tortured Hand Dec 16, 1952
- E16 The Deadly Lamb Dec 23, 1952
- E17 The Invisible Killer Dec 30, 1952
- E18 Little Camorra Jan 6, 1953
- E19 Mr. Matches Jan 13, 1953
- E20 Vacancy for Death Jan 20, 1953
- E21 Career Jan 27, 1953
- E22 Mutiny Below Feb 3, 1953
- E23 A Study in Stone Feb 10, 1953
- E24 The Quarry Feb 17, 1953
- E25 They Haven't Killed Me Yet Feb 24, 1953
- E26 The Kiss Off Mar 3, 1953
- E27 The Legend of Lizzie Mar 10, 1953
- E28 The Black Prophet Mar 17, 1953
- E29 Portrait of Constance Mar 24, 1953
- E30 Death in the Cave Mar 31, 1953
- E31 Kiss Me Again, Stranger Apr 14, 1953
- E32 The Duel Apr 21, 1953
- E33 F.O.B. Vienna Apr 28, 1953
- E34 The Suitor May 5, 1953
- E35 Death of an Editor May 12, 1953
- E36 Come into My Parlor May 19, 1953
- E37 The Adventure of the Black Baronet May 26, 1953
- E38 The Queen's Ring Jun 2, 1953
- E39 The Man Who Cried Wolf Jun 9, 1953
- E40 See No Evil Jun 16, 1953
- E41 The Signal Man Jun 23, 1953
- E42 The Fury of Senorita Gomez Jun 30, 1953
- E43 The Mascot Jul 7, 1953
- E44 The Dutch Schultz Story Jul 14, 1953
- E45 Pigeon in the Cage Jul 21, 1953
- E46 The Dance Jul 28, 1953
- E47 Vial of Death Aug 4, 1953
- E48 Point Blank Aug 11, 1953
- E49 Nightmare at Ground Zero Aug 18, 1953
- E50 Death in Passing Aug 25, 1953
Frequently asked questions
What is this show based on?
The series is an adaptation of the radio program of the same name.
Who wrote the stories featured in the series?
The episodes feature work from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, and Gore Vidal.
What type of show is this?
It is an anthology series, meaning each episode contains a different story.
Are the stories original?
Many scripts were adapted from literary classics by well-known authors.
What is the tone of the series?
The series utilizes suspense to maintain interest and create a state of mental uncertainty or excitement.