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Sure as Fate is a 60-minute American anthology mystery drama series that aired on CBS from 1950–51. It was produced live and was narrated by Paul Lukas. Its guest stars included Robert Cummings, E.G. Marshall, Kim Stanley, John Carradine, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Leslie Nielsen, and Marsha Hunt. Among its directors was later-to-be movie star, Yul Brynner.
Original Release
07/04/1950 on CBS
US Release
07/04/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Lukas | Self - Narrator / Self - Host |
| John Carradine | Macbeth |
| Judith Evelyn | Lady Macbeth |
| Dennis Patrick | Macduff |
| Jack Manning | Malcolm |
| Claude Traverse | Banquo |
| Gordon Lacy | Donalbain |
| Jon Lormer | King Duncan |
| Marian Seldes | Lady Macduff |
| Douglass Watson | (as Douglas Watson) |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tremolo. | Tuesday, 04 July 1950 |
| 2 | The Franchise Affair | Friday, 07 July 1950 |
| 3 | Nightfall | Tuesday, 05 September 1950 |
| 4 | Child's Play | Tuesday, 12 September 1950 |
| 5 | Run from the Sun | Tuesday, 19 September 1950 |
| 6 | Mary Had a Little Lad | Tuesday, 26 September 1950 |
| 7 | Beyond Reason | Tuesday, 03 October 1950 |
| 8 | The Vanishing Lady | Tuesday, 17 October 1950 |
| 9 | Three Blind Mice | Tuesday, 31 October 1950 |
| 10 | Ten Days to Spring | Tuesday, 14 November 1950 |
| 11 | The Dancing Doll | Tuesday, 28 November 1950 |
| 12 | Nightfall (restaged) | Tuesday, 12 December 1950 |
| 13 | Tremolo | Tuesday, 26 December 1950 |
| 14 | Macbeth | Tuesday, 09 January 1951 |
| 15 | Distinguished Gathering | Monday, 23 January 1950 |
| 16 | The Devil Takes a Bride | Tuesday, 06 February 1951 |
| 17 | The Rabbit | Wednesday, 28 February 1951 |
| 18 | One in a Million | Tuesday, 06 March 1951 |
| 19 | Errand for Noonan | Tuesday, 20 March 1951 |
| 20 | The Guinea Pigs | Tuesday, 03 April 1951 |
Directors
Writers
Mel Goldberg, Worthington Miner, Max Ehrlich, Ernest Borneman, Wally Gould, James Hart, Ann Honeycutt, David Davidson, Elizabeth Hart, Leonard L. Levinson, Margaret Lewerth, William Krasner, Joseph Bates Smith, William N. Robson, James Parish, Mary Orr, Josephine Tey, Devery Freeman, David Goodis, Reginald Denham, Hugh Wheeler, Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, Edward Eliscu, Alexander Woollcott, Peter Frye
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Lukas | Self - Narrator / Self - Host |
| John Carradine | Macbeth |
| Judith Evelyn | Lady Macbeth |
| Dennis Patrick | Macduff |
| Jack Manning | Malcolm |
| Claude Traverse | Banquo |
| Gordon Lacy | Donalbain |
| Jon Lormer | King Duncan |
| Marian Seldes | Lady Macduff |
| Douglass Watson | (as Douglas Watson) |
| Joe Boland | (as Joseph Boland) |
| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Guest |
| Francis L. Sullivan | Self - Host |
| Martin E. Brooks | (as Martin Brooks) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jerry Danzig | Producer |
| Peter Frye | Producer |
