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Adventure Theater is a dramatic anthology series that aired on NBC in 1956. The series was produced in England in 1953, but was never broadcast there as a series. It was also known as Calling Scotland Yard.
Original Release
06/16/1956 on NBC
US Release
06/16/1956
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Douglas | Self - Host |
| Robert Raglan | Purser / Inspector McKay |
| Hugh Latimer | Husband |
| Hazel Court | Trude |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Horatio Plunkett |
| Derek Bond | Max |
| Wilfrid Caithness | Wallingford |
| David Horne | Hines |
| Andreas Malandrinos | Kittredge |
| Oliver Johnson | Butler |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty Days to Die | Saturday, 16 June 1956 |
| 2 | The Javanese Dagger | Saturday, 23 June 1956 |
| 3 | The Corpse of Pleasant Avenue | Saturday, 30 June 1956 |
| 4 | The Wilful Widow | Saturday, 07 July 1956 |
| 5 | The Thief of London | Saturday, 14 July 1956 |
| 6 | The Marriage Trap | Saturday, 21 July 1956 |
| 7 | The Sable Scarf | Saturday, 28 July 1956 |
| 8 | The Stranger on the Sea | Saturday, 04 August 1956 |
| 9 | Falstaff's Fur Coat | Saturday, 11 August 1956 |
| 10 | The Wedding Gift | Saturday, 18 August 1956 |
| 11 | The Missing Passenger | Saturday, 25 August 1956 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Douglas | Self - Host |
| Robert Raglan | Purser / Inspector McKay |
| Hugh Latimer | Husband |
| Hazel Court | Trude |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Horatio Plunkett |
| Derek Bond | Max |
| Wilfrid Caithness | Wallingford |
| David Horne | Hines |
| Andreas Malandrinos | Kittredge |
| Oliver Johnson | Butler |
| Robert Adair | Mills |
| Harold Jamieson | Slim |
| Peter Bathurst | Police Sergeant |
| Kay Walsh | Priscilla |
| Leslie Phillips | Jimmy |
| Maurice Denham | Inspector Matthew |
| Michael Ripper | Simpkins |
| Laurence Naismith | Harcourt Garnett |
| Arthur Lowe | 3rd Drama critic |
| Yvonne Furneaux | Vanessa |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Edward J. Danziger | Executive Producer |
| Harry Lee Danziger | Executive Producer |
