Lights Out (1949)

Lights Out

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.

Lights Out

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Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue
as Narrator (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley
J. Pat O'Malley
as
Richard Derr
Richard Derr
as
John Newland
John Newland
as
Ross Martin
Ross Martin
as
David Lewis
David Lewis
as
John Forsythe
John Forsythe
as
Peter Capell
Peter Capell
as
Dean Harens
Dean Harens
as
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
as
E.G. Marshall
E.G. Marshall
as
Vinton Hayworth
Vinton Hayworth
as
John Carradine
John Carradine
as
Louisa Horton Hill
Louisa Horton Hill
as
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
as
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan
as
Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane
as
Steven Hill
Steven Hill
as
John McQuade
John McQuade
as
Tom Drake
Tom Drake
as
John Beal
John Beal
as
Nina Foch
Nina Foch
as
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
as
Robert Stack
Robert Stack
as
William Eythe
William Eythe
as
Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
as
Josephine Hull
Josephine Hull
as
Robert Sterling
Robert Sterling
as
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
as
Howard Smith
Howard Smith
as
Ed Begley
Ed Begley
as
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
as
Tom Poston
Tom Poston
as
George Reeves
George Reeves
as
Melba Rae
Melba Rae
as
Felicia Montealegre
Felicia Montealegre
as
Paul Winchell
Paul Winchell
as
Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine
as
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
as
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
as
Doris Rich
Doris Rich
as
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert
as
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
as
Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas
as
Florence Stanley
Florence Stanley
as
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger
as
Beatrice Straight
Beatrice Straight
as
Jeffrey Lynn
Jeffrey Lynn
as
Rosalind Ivan
Rosalind Ivan
as
Vanessa Brown
Vanessa Brown
as
Signe Hasso
Signe Hasso
as
Kent Smith
Kent Smith
as
Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks
as
Albert Dekker
Albert Dekker
as
Barbara Britton
Barbara Britton
as
Billie Burke
Billie Burke
as
Richard Fraser
Richard Fraser
as
Freddie Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
as
Janis Carter
Janis Carter
as
Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore
as
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint
as
Mildred Natwick
Mildred Natwick
as
Charles Korvin
Charles Korvin
as
Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart
as
Nancy Coleman
Nancy Coleman
as
Martha Scott
Martha Scott
as
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
as
Donald Woods
Donald Woods
as
David White
David White
as
Joe Mantell
Joe Mantell
as
Henry Jones
Henry Jones
as
Anne Francis
Anne Francis
as
Rebecca Welles
Rebecca Welles
as
Bethel Leslie
Bethel Leslie
as
Norman Rose
Norman Rose
as
Richard Greene
Richard Greene
as
George Mitchell
George Mitchell
as
Jack Palance
Jack Palance
as
Ethel Griffies
Ethel Griffies
as
Chester Morris
Chester Morris
as
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
as Giovanni
Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart
as
Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy
as
Hurd Hatfield
Hurd Hatfield
as
Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell
as
Vincent Price
Vincent Price
as
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony
as
Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
as
Jan Miner
Jan Miner
as
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
as
John Howard
John Howard
as
Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall
as
John Dall
John Dall
as
Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo
as
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
as
Vaughn Taylor
Vaughn Taylor
as
Florida Friebus
Florida Friebus
as
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon
as
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
as
William Bendix
William Bendix
as
Frances Reid
Frances Reid
as
Neva Patterson
Neva Patterson
as
Ella Raines
Ella Raines
as
Dorothy Stickney
Dorothy Stickney
as
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
as
June Lockhart
June Lockhart
as
Liam Sullivan
Liam Sullivan
as
Constance Ford
Constance Ford
as
Richard Carlson
Richard Carlson
as
Rita Lynn
Rita Lynn
as
Joe De Santis
Joe De Santis
as
Tom Ewell
Tom Ewell
as
John Emery
John Emery
as
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles
as
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor
as
Ted Hecht
Ted Hecht
as
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon
as
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
as
Charles Dingle
Charles Dingle
as
Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger
as
Lenka Peterson
Lenka Peterson
as
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
as
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling
as
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
as
Hildy Parks
Hildy Parks
as
Margaret Hayes
Margaret Hayes
as
Russell Collins
Russell Collins
as
Arlene Francis
Arlene Francis
as
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
as
K.T. Stevens
K.T. Stevens
as
William Windom
William Windom
as
Meg Mundy
Meg Mundy
as
Carol Ohmart
Carol Ohmart
as
Estelle Winwood
Estelle Winwood
as
Henry Hull
Henry Hull
as
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
as
Romney Brent
Romney Brent
as
George Englund
George Englund
as
Art Smith
Art Smith
as
Dane Clark
Dane Clark
as
Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley
as
Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon
as
John Hoyt
John Hoyt
as
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
as
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    First person singular

  • 0x2

    Something in the wind

  • 0x3

    Demortius

  • 0x4

    The brave man with a cord

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Edna warren

  • 1x2

    Promise

  • 1x3

    Long distance

  • 1x4

    Crater

  • 1x5

    Souveniers of his dead wife

  • 1x6

    The housekeeper

  • 1x7

    Dressing gown

  • 1x8

    The whisper

  • 1x9

    Conqueror's isle

  • 1x10

    Pengallen's bell

  • 1x11

    The fall of the house of usher

  • 1x12

    I dreamt i died

  • 1x13

    Something in the wind

  • 1x14

    Justice lies waiting

  • 1x15

    The elevator

  • 1x16

    The man who couldn't lose

  • 1x17

    The riverman

  • 1x18

    Judgement reversed

  • 1x19

    The green dress

  • 1x20

    The devil to pay

  • 1x21

    Reservations for four

  • 1x22

    Dead pigeon

  • 1x23

    The invisible staircase

  • 1x24

    Graven image

  • 1x25

    Portrait of a dead man

  • 1x26

    The strange case of john kingman

  • 1x27

    The emerald lavalier

  • 1x28

    The scarab

  • 1x29

    Mary, mary quite contrary

  • 1x30

    The queen is dead

  • 1x31

    The faithful heart

  • 1x32

    A toast to sergeant farnsworth

  • 1x33

    The man who couldn't remember

  • 1x34

    Gloves of gino

  • 1x35

    The silent voice

  • 1x36

    The house that time forgot

  • 1x37

    Rendezvous

  • 1x38

    How love came to professor guldia

  • 1x39

    The heart of jonathan o'rourke

  • 1x40

    Determined lady

  • 1x41

    A child is crying

  • 1x42

    An encore

  • 1x43

    The whisper (restaging)

  • 1x44

    I dreamt i died (restaging)

  • 1x45

    The devil to pay (restaging)

  • 1x46

    The strange case of john kingman (restaging)

  • 1x47

    The queen is dead (restaging)

  • 1x48

    The heart of jonathan o'rourke (restaging)

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Ides of april

  • 2x2

    Benuili chant

  • 2x3

    The dark corner

  • 2x4

    The leopard lady

  • 2x5

    Sister of shadow

  • 2x6

    The posthumous dead

  • 2x7

    Just what happened

  • 2x8

    The thing upstairs

  • 2x9

    The skeptics

  • 2x10

    The martian eyes

  • 2x11

    The half pint flask

  • 2x12

    The waxwork

  • 2x13

    The experiment

  • 2x14

    The mule men

  • 2x15

    Beware this woman

  • 2x16

    The masque

  • 2x17

    The men on the mountain

  • 2x18

    Jasper

  • 2x19

    The haunted skyscraper

  • 2x20

    Bird of time

  • 2x21

    The bottle imp

  • 2x22

    For release today

  • 2x23

    The masque of the red death

  • 2x24

    The house of dust (aka) 1962

  • 2x25

    Curtain call

  • 2x26

    Strange legacy

  • 2x27

    The dispossessed

  • 2x28

    The man with astrakhan hat

  • 2x29

    Leda's portrait

  • 2x30

    Western night

  • 2x31

    The power of brute

  • 2x32

    The mad dullaghan

  • 2x33

    The crushed rose

  • 2x34

    The witness

  • 2x35

    The foncecille curse

  • 2x36

    Grey reminder

  • 2x37

    The lost will of dr. rant

  • 2x38

    Dead man's coat

  • 2x39

    Cat's cradle

  • 2x40

    The pattern

  • 2x41

    The martian eyes

  • 2x42

    Pit of the dead

  • 2x43

    Dead freight

  • 2x44

    The passage beyond

  • 2x45

    The adam begot

  • 2x46

    The meddlers

  • 2x47

    The devil in glencaire

  • 2x48

    Zero hour

  • 2x49

    The fingers

  • 2x50

    The faceless man

  • 2x51

    The man with the watch

  • 2x52

    Follow me

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Mrs. manifold

  • 3x2

    Blackwood hall

  • 3x3

    Prophet of darkness

  • 3x4

    To see ourselves

  • 3x5

    Rappaccini's daughter

  • 3x6

    Will-o-the-wisp

  • 3x7

    Dark image

  • 3x8

    I spy

  • 3x9

    The deal

  • 3x10

    The veil

  • 3x11

    The chamber of gloom

  • 3x12

    The beast in the garden

  • 3x13

    Friday the nineteenth

  • 3x14

    Beyond the door (aka) far off island

  • 3x15

    The silent supper

  • 3x16

    The angry birds

  • 3x17

    Perchance to dream

  • 3x18

    This way to heaven

  • 3x19

    Of time and third avenue

  • 3x20

    The school for the unspeakble

  • 3x21

    Blood relation

  • 3x22

    The intruder

  • 3x23

    The third door

  • 3x24

    The chain

  • 3x25

    Cries the string

  • 3x26

    The eyes from san francisco

  • 3x27

    The perfect servant

  • 3x28

    Private - keep out

  • 3x29

    The upstairs floor

  • 3x30

    The borgia lamp

  • 3x31

    Another country

  • 3x32

    The pit

  • 3x33

    The men on the mountain

  • 3x34

    A lucky piece

  • 3x35

    For rent

  • 3x36

    A journey into the shadows

  • 3x37

    The green thumb

  • 3x38

    Little girl

  • 3x39

    The death's head

  • 3x40

    Night walk

  • 3x41

    Blind man's bluff

  • 3x42

    Nightmare

  • 3x43

    The coins of death

  • 3x44

    The lonely albatross

  • 3x45

    The guest in room thirteen

  • 3x46

    The bog oak necklace

  • 3x47

    Death trap

  • 3x48

    Man in the dark

  • 3x49

    The killer's moon

  • 3x50

    Twist of fate

  • 3x51

    Death is a small monk

  • 3x52

    The verdict

  • 3x53

    The red rose

  • 3x54

    The darker night

  • 3x55

    Flight thirteen

  • 3x56

    The hollow man

  • 3x57

    When widows weep

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