Suspense Theater
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ''Crisis Suspense Theatre'' |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Theme music composer | John Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Producer(s) | Frank Telford Robert Blees Luther Davis Joel Rogosin Thomas Fitzroy Leon Benson Arthur H. Nadel |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Roncom Films, Inc. Universal Television |
| Distributor | MCA Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 10, 1963 – July 1, 1965 |
The Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American television anthology series that was produced and broadcast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. (The company name, "Roncom Films" stood for "RONnie COMo," Perry's son, who was in his early twenties when this series premiered). Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series.
Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series then broadcast in color. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
In Britain BBC2 screened episodes of this series and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre under the banner of Impact.
Ben Cooper, Richard Crenna, John Forsythe, Ron Foster, Vivi Janiss, Brad Johnson, Jack Kelly, Robert Loggia, Ida Lupino, Martin Milner, Leslie Nielsen, Larry Pennell, Mickey Rooney, James Whitmore, Jeffrey Hunter, Tippi Hedren, Telly Savalas, Robert Ryan and Michael Winkelman were among the actors and actresses cast on Kraft Suspense Theatre.
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