Lights Out (1949)
Synopsis
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
First Air Date: 1949-07-19
Last Air Date: 1972-01-15
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 161
Networks: NBC
Top Cast
- Jack La Rue as Narrator (voice)
- J. Pat O'Malley as N/A
- Richard Derr as N/A
- John Newland as N/A
- Ross Martin as N/A
- David Lewis as N/A
- John Forsythe as N/A
- Peter Capell as N/A
- Dean Harens as N/A
- Burgess Meredith as N/A
Seasons
Specials (1946)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: First Person Singular
A man, driven crazy by his wife's constant nagging and the oppressive summer heat, decides to strangle the woman. The murderers dream of a nice, cool place ends with a date with the hangman.
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Ep. 2: Something in the Wind
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Ep. 3: DeMortius
Has the doctor murdered his flighty wife? And if he hasn't, will he, sometime soon?
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Ep. 4: The Brave Man with a Cord
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