Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an 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.
David Niven
Paul Evans
Jane Powell
Harriet Kennedy
Jack Carson
Bert Kennedy
James Nolan
O'Brien
Paul E. Burns
Proprietor
Robert Ryan
Trilbridge
John Eldredge
Dr. Leopold
Edward Binns
Major Robert Fielding
Lawrence Dobkin
Joe Frazier
Tales of the Unexpected68%
The Hitchhiker62%
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour82%
The Romanoffs63%
Small Axe68%
Love Story83%
Julia72%
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents72%
Lore68%
Night Gallery78%
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour78%
Alfred Hitchcock Presents77%
Fear Itself67%
Tales from the Darkside72%
The Hunger61%
Tell Me Lies76%
Tell Me a Story71%
Accused81%
Offspring69%
Monsterland65%
