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'Way Out

★ 7.8 209 votes 1961–1961 1 seasons · 14 episodes Ended CBS
Starring
George TurnerLois SmithConstance FordHenry JonesMilton SelzerJohn McGiver
Starring
George TurnerLois SmithConstance FordHenry JonesMilton SelzerJohn McGiver
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
020406080
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About

Way Out was a 1961 fantasy and science fiction television anthology series hosted by writer Roald Dahl. The macabre 25-minute shows were introduced by Dahl's dry delivery of a brief introductory monologue, sometimes explaining a method of murdering a spouse without getting caught. The taped series began because CBS suddenly needed a replacement for a Jackie Gleason talk show that network executives were about to cancel, and producer David Susskind contacted Dahl to help mount a show quickly. The series was paired by the network with the similar The Twilight Zone for Friday evening broadcasts, running from March through July 1961 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, under the primary sponsorship of Liggett & Myers. Writers included Philip H. Reisman, Jr. and Sumner Locke Elliott. The premiere episode, "William and Mary", adapted from a Roald Dahl short story, told of a wife getting revenge on her husband. In "Dissolve to Black", an actress cast as a murder victim at a television studio goes through a rehearsal, but the drama merges with reality as she finds herself trapped on the show's near-deserted set. Other dramas offered startling imagery: a snake slithering up a carpeted staircase inside a suburban home, a disembodied brain in a jar, a headless woman strapped to an electric chair, with a light bulb in place of her head and half of a man's face erased.

All Seasons

Season 11961
7.7541146h 56m
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1William and Mary7.46230 min
2The Down Car30 min
3The Sisters30 min
4Button, Button9.01130 min
5I Heard You Calling Me8.26130 min
6The Croaker7.35426 min
7False Face8.05030 min
8Dissolve to Black7.65930 min
9Death Wish7.55730 min
10The Overnight Case7.74230 min
11Hush-Hush7.33930 min
12Side Show8.25130 min
13Soft Focus9.31530 min
1420/207.44030 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Roald Dahl Self - Host, Host
Paul Tremaine Self - Announcer
George Turner John Ventry, Mr. Burnly
Lois Smith Louise
Constance Ford Freda Mansfield
Henry Jones William Pearl
Milton Selzer Hervey
John McGiver Mr. Rana
Don Keefer George Atterbury
Alfred Ryder Michael Drake

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