History Series / KraftSuspenseTheatre

** The TwistEnding of the episode "Four Into Zero". Four men scheme to [[CounterfeitCash counterfeit]] a South American dictatorship's new currency -- on the very train that's transporting the plates. They succeed against all odds, only to learn that the dictator (whose portrait is on the currency) has just been assassinated, rendering their funny money {{worthless|currency}}.

* DismemberingTheBody: In the radio play "The Pasteboard Box", a murderer dismembers a body to make it easier to dispose of, [[ClingyMacGuffin but just can't get rid of the pasteboard box containing the head]].

''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' was a GenreAnthology series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} for two seasons from October 1963 to July 1965. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, the series its offered viewers "tales of murder, intrigue and mystery". Some episodes were straightforward {{thriller}}s, while others were character-based dramas with the protagonist having to make a difficult moral choice, or living with the consequences of a choice that he/she had already made.

''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' was a GenreAnthology series that ran for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}} between October 1963 and July 1965. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, the series offered viewers "tales of murder, intrigue and mystery". Some episodes were straightforward {{thriller}}s, while others were character-based dramas with the protagonist having to make a difficult moral choice, or living with the consequences of a choice that he/she had already made.

''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' was a GenreAnthology series that ran for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}} between October 1963 and July 1965.

Sponsored by Kraft Foods, the series offered viewers "tales of murder, intrigue and mystery". Some episodes were straightforward {{thriller}}s, while others were character-based dramas in which the protagonist had to make a difficult moral choice... or was living with the consequences of a choice he/she had already made.

''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' was a GenreAnthology that aired for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}} between October 1963 and July 1965.

** Conrad Easter pretends to be a drunk in "That Time in Havana".

** "The Kamchatka Incident" (an American military air transport plane with engine trouble ''and'' a Russian defector on board strays into Soviet airspace)

** In "A Hero for Our Times", High-powered executive Mason Etheridge witnesses a murder while at his mistress' apartment. An innocent man (the apartment's janitor, an elderly [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]]) is arrested for the crime, and only Mason can set him free (especially after the real murderer dies while trying to run him off the road]]. Not only is Mason's marriage at risk, but so is his job: he's just been promoted, and when he confides in his boss, he's told not to throw everything away over a worthless bum like the janitor. What should Mason do? Mason does the right thing and testifies. Not only does his boss gain new-found respect for him, but his wife (who thought he'd sold out a long time ago) forgives him.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ralph Harrow from "A Cause of Anger" seems to be an early example of a character with HollywoodAutism and/or UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome. He's a TeenGenius who can rattle off trivia on just about any subject, but he has NoSocialSkills... and he flies into [[HairTriggerTemper unpredictable rages]] with little or no provocation.

** "Once Upon a Savage Night" also apparently takes place around Christmas, with holiday lights and decorations visible in the downtown Chicago locations, but it doesn't really factor into the story.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "The Hunt", a SmallTownTyrant sheriff purposely lets inmates escape from his jail so he and his posse can have fun tracking them down -- and killing them.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "The Hunt", a CorruptHick sheriff purposely lets inmates escape from his jail so he and his posse can have fun tracking them down -- and killing them.

** "Once Upon a Savage Night" also apparently takes place around Christmas (with holiday lights and decorations visible in the downtown Chicago locations), but it doesn't really factor into the story.

** "Once Upon a Savage Night" also takes place around Christmas (with holiday lights and decorations visible in the downtown Chicago locations), but the holiday plays no role in the story.

* DidIMentionItsChristmas: "Are There Any More Out There Like You?" takes place at Christmas time to ironically drive home that the protagonist's family is falling apart.

The show was fairly popular in its day, and like many anthologies, features both actors who were well-known at the time (including Creator/RoddyMcDowall, Creator/MickeyRooney, Creator/GloriaSwanson, and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in one of his last roles) and up-and-comers who would soon become famous (such as Creator/BruceDern, Creator/RobertDuvall and Creator/LeonardNimoy, among others). Still, it's not nearly as well-remembered today as competing series like ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', or radio's ''Suspense''. One possible reason for this is confusion over the name; the series obviously couldn't retain the title ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' in reruns, but it somehow got ''two'' {{Syndication Title}}s, ''Suspense Theatre'' and ''Crisis'' (no relation to [[{{Crisis}} various other works]] with [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the same name]]).

The show was fairly popular in its day, and like many anthologies, features both actors who were well-known at the time (including Creator/RoddyMcDowall, Creator/MickeyRooney, Creator/GloriaSwanson, and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in one of his last roles) and up-and-comers who would soon become famous (such as Creator/BruceDern, Creator/RobertDuvall and Creator/LeonardNimoy, among others). Still, it's not nearly as well-remembered as competitors such as ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', or radio's ''Suspense''. One possible reason is confusion over the name; the series obviously couldn't retain the title ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' in reruns, but it somehow got ''two'' {{Syndication Title}}s, ''Suspense Theatre'' and ''Crisis'' (no relation to [[{{Crisis}} various other works]] with [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the same name]]).

''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' was a GenreAnthology that ran for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}} between October 1963 and July 1965.

Sponsored by Kraft Foods, the series specialized in "tales of murder, intrigue and mystery". Some episodes were straightforward {{thriller}}s, while others were character-based dramas in which the protagonist had to make a difficult moral choice... or was living with the consequences of a choice s/he'd already made.

* TwilightOfTheOldWest: "Threepersons" is set on the Texas/Mexico border circa [[TheRoaringTwenties 1923]], with Prohibition in effect while horses and automobiles share the streets. The heroes go after a gang who's smuggling booze across the border.