Actual, documented cases of the supernatural, the paranormal, and the occult are dramatized in the first season of the half-hour anthology One Step Beyond. Differentiating this season from previous ones is the fact that 13 of the final 14 episodes were filmed in the United Kingdom, rather than in the series' usual Hollywood stomping grounds at the MGM studios. This was essentially an economy move, designed to utilize "frozen funds" accrued by MGMduring WWII; also, at the time these episodes were produced (1960), there was a ...
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Actual, documented cases of the supernatural, the paranormal, and the occult are dramatized in the first season of the half-hour anthology One Step Beyond. Differentiating this season from previous ones is the fact that 13 of the final 14 episodes were filmed in the United Kingdom, rather than in the series' usual Hollywood stomping grounds at the MGM studios. This was essentially an economy move, designed to utilize "frozen funds" accrued by MGMduring WWII; also, at the time these episodes were produced (1960), there was a move afoot by both American and British commercial television to turn out "dual-market" programs that would appeal equally to viewers in both countries. Whatever the reason for the relocation, the major benefit to One Step Beyond is an influx of first-rate British acting talent, including such familiar players as Christopher Lee of Hammer horror fame , Lois Maxwell (later Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films), Andre Morell (frequent portrayer of Dr.Watson in British-produced Sherlock Holmes movies), Peter Wyngarde, Elizabeth Sellers, and Anton Diffring. But no matter where the episodes were filmed this season, Hollywood-based actor John Newland continues to serve as the series' narrator and director. Among the season's best episodes are "Tidal Wave," a story of psychic projection that would later be remade as the pilot for the One Step Beyond sequel The Next Step Beyond; "The Death Waltz," starring Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) as a spoiled Army brat whose vanity results in a terrifying supernatural backlash; "The Promise," with Star Trek's William Shatner in the grim retelling of a WWII-era premonition; and "The Last Round," spotlighting a pre-superstardom Charles Bronson as a disgraced boxer who experiences an epiphany courtesy of a long-dead colleague. Season three's most uncharacteristic episode -- and one of its most compelling -- is "The Sacred Mushroom," a semi-documentary in which hostJohn Newland and One Step Beyond producer Collier Young participate in a strange experiment to see if a certain species of mushroom can enhance one's psychic powers. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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