Usually I'd watch a series of anthologies in chronological order. Unfortunately only a handful of the preceding Kraft Television Theatre and Kraft Mystery Theatre are currently available online. I was able to see all but six Kraft Suspense Theatre episodes, most are worth seeing with good picture quality. My favourites:
9 The Hunt. James Caan plays an easy-going surfer who drives into a small town where the small minded locals are non too friendly, especially sadistic sheriff Mickey Rooney.
14 Leviathan Five. Thoughtful drama, five men trapped in an underground laboratory decide one of them has to die so the others have enough air until they are rescued.
18 The Threatening Eye. A scheming French minx (Annie Fargue) worms her way into the affections of dull married businessman Jack Klugman. Very similar to the Thriller (1973) episode Sign it Death with Patrick Allen in the Klugman role. I'd give Sign it Death a slight edge, mainly because Allen makes a far more credible catch.
22 Portrait of an Unknown Man. Clint Walker files a claim on an old mine and moves in on some insular locals who don't take kindly to his taciturn manner, except the put-upon daughter of the storekeeper.
30 Operation Greif. A small group of US soldiers in France near the end of WW2 suspect one of their comrades of being a Nazi spy, but do they suspect the wrong man?
31 A Lion Amongst Men. I enjoyed this one the most. James Whitmore plays a decorated Korea veteran who tried to re-live his glory days by setting up a paramilitary organisation, for what purpose was not really explained. It's a more overblown reprise of the heavy handed authoritarian he did in The Twilight Zone episode On Thursday We Leave for Home.
9 The Hunt. James Caan plays an easy-going surfer who drives into a small town where the small minded locals are non too friendly, especially sadistic sheriff Mickey Rooney.
14 Leviathan Five. Thoughtful drama, five men trapped in an underground laboratory decide one of them has to die so the others have enough air until they are rescued.
18 The Threatening Eye. A scheming French minx (Annie Fargue) worms her way into the affections of dull married businessman Jack Klugman. Very similar to the Thriller (1973) episode Sign it Death with Patrick Allen in the Klugman role. I'd give Sign it Death a slight edge, mainly because Allen makes a far more credible catch.
22 Portrait of an Unknown Man. Clint Walker files a claim on an old mine and moves in on some insular locals who don't take kindly to his taciturn manner, except the put-upon daughter of the storekeeper.
30 Operation Greif. A small group of US soldiers in France near the end of WW2 suspect one of their comrades of being a Nazi spy, but do they suspect the wrong man?
31 A Lion Amongst Men. I enjoyed this one the most. James Whitmore plays a decorated Korea veteran who tried to re-live his glory days by setting up a paramilitary organisation, for what purpose was not really explained. It's a more overblown reprise of the heavy handed authoritarian he did in The Twilight Zone episode On Thursday We Leave for Home.