Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
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Don Medford — Director
Episodes 31
A Child is Crying
The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
Read MoreThe Invader
A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.
Read MoreThe Dune Roller
On an island a strange rock begins to grow and move. Scientists that observe the phenomena speculate that an ancient meteor that once hit the island is attempting to reassemble itself.
Read MoreFrankenstein
In an adaptation of Mary Shelley's tale, Dr. Frankenstein brings to life a lumbering undead monster who he must then find someway to destroy.
Read More20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Read More20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.
Read MoreAge of Peril
A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
Read MoreThe Children's Room
A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. One of them, Walt, is the son of a professor at the university. The professor uncovers that his son and other children are 'mutants' being groomed to assist an alien race in a distant part of the galaxy.
Read MoreThe Diamond Lens
Shortly before he is scheduled to go to the guillotine, a scientist confesses to a priest the fantastic reason why he committed murder to obtain the perfect diamond for use in a microscope.
Read MoreFlight Overdue
The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.
Read MoreTime to Go
A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.
Read MorePlague from Space
A military base commander is forced to make a terrible decision when he learns that Martians have invaded Earth using a deadly combination of bacteria and brainwaves.
Read MoreWorld of Water
A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.
Read MoreAll the Time in the World
A man must decide whether or not he wants to survive a hydrogen bomb blast. If he does he'll be the only person remaining on earth--not a pleasant predicament.
Read MoreThe Miraculous Serum
A miracle life-saving serum has unintended consequences when it's tested on a female patient. Not only does it make the woman immune to diseases but to moral issues as well.
Read MoreAppointment on Mars
Three astronauts arrive on Mars, sponsored by a mining company who will share the profits with them. Illness, paranoia and other problems develop until all three are dead - but what caused it?
Read MoreThe Duplicates
A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.
Read MoreIce from Space
A rocket returns from space with a huge block of ice inside its compartment. An Air Force officer realizes that this block of ice is a form of alien invasion.
Read MoreYouth on Tap (aka: Young Blood)
A 26 year old man gives a doctor a blood transfusion in return for $1,000 but the process causes the young man to age.
Read MoreMany Happy Returns (aka: Invaders at Ground Zero)
A father discovers that his son and other neighborhood children are being controlled telepathically by an alien.
Read MoreThe Window
A live television program is interrupted by a mysterious signal that shows a murder about to take place.
Read MoreAnother Chance
A man is given the chance to live the past seven years of his life over but he makes the same mistakes.
Read MoreThe Great Silence
The nation is hit with an epidemic in which vocal chords are paralyzed but it's actually an alien plot to control the people of the United States.
Read MoreThe Fury of the Cocoon
Members of an expedition into the jungle are attacked by invisible blood sucking leaches from outer space.
Read MoreRead to Me Herr Doktor
An old professor with failing eyesight builds a robot named Herr Doktor to read him books that he had never had a chance to read when he was younger. The relationship between the professor and the robot is very close. The books that the robot reads give it the desire to be a complete person. Their roles become reversed. The robot begins to demand that the professor read aloud to him. Later, the robot falls in love with the professor's daughter. When she spurns the robot, it learns that the books it has been reading were wrong and it dies of a broken heart.
Read MoreGhost Writer
A writer discovers to his horror that the events in his short stories are coming true.
Read MorePast Tense
A doctor travels back in time in order to extol the virtues of penicillin and save lives but ends up being committed to an insane asylum where he falls ill and dies from a disease which could have been prevented by penicillin.
Read MoreThe Evil Within
A scientist creates a formula that unlocks evil. Then his wife unknowingly ingests some of the formula.
Read MoreThe Spider's Web
Inhabitants of an island find themselves affected by atomic radiation.
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