Alcoa Theatre

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show_name = Alcoa Theatre


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genre = Anthology
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writer = Bob Barbash
Frederick Brady
Fred Freiberger
Leonard Freeman
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Christopher Knopf
Ruth McKenney
Stirling Silliphant
George F. Slavin
director = Robert Florey
Alvin Ganzer
Don McDougall
Robert Ellis Miller
Don Taylor
Don Weis
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 77
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producer = Vincent M. Fennelly
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Winston O'Keefe
William Sackheim
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runtime = 30 mins.
channel = NBC
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first_aired = October 7, 1957
last_aired = May 2, 1960

"Alcoa Theatre" is a half-hour anthology series that was broadcast at 9:30pm on alternate Monday nights by NBC from September 30, 1957 through May 23, 1960. Gian-Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" remains one of the "Alcoa Theatre"'s best-known presentations.

In 1955, the series premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights. The program was moved to Monday evening two years later, and the runtime reduced to 30 minutes and featured the alternating rotating company of actors, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon, and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season. The series continued to feature the talents of veteran and emerging actors over the ensuing years including, Cliff Robertson, John Cassavetes, Cornel Wilde, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Carson, Walter Slezak, and Gary Merrill.

During the program's run, it has also aired under the name, "Turn of Fate".

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