Dark of Night
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Dark of Night is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 8:30pm EST[1] from October 3, 1952, to May 1, 1953.[2]
The series starred mostly unknown actors. In it, the character known as "The Stranger" traveled to a different site each week in order to solve a crime. Each episode was filmed at a different location in the New York City area. , Locations included a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Brentano's book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.[1] Dark of Night was one of the first network dramas to use such locations, which saved money for the network.[3]
Production
Dark of Night was broadcast live. Frank Bunetta was the producer and director.[2]
Episode status
Though most episodes of DuMont series were eventually destroyed, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one episode of Dark of Night.[4]
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1952-53 United States network television schedule
- at CVTA with episode list
References
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External links
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- DuMont historical website
- Dark of Night at CVTA with episode list
- Pages with script errors
- 1952 American television series debuts
- 1953 American television series endings
- 1950s American anthology television series
- 1950s American drama television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- DuMont Television Network original programming
- American English-language television shows