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Climax! (later known as
Climax Mystery Theater) is a
television show that ran on the
American network
CBS from
1954 to
1958. An hour-long anthology suspense/mystery drama, the series was hosted by
William Lundigan and later co-hosted by
Mary Costa (1956-1958). Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
In
1954,
an episode of Climax! featured
Ian Fleming's secret agent
James Bond in a television adaptation of
Casino Royale. It starred American
Barry Nelson as American secret agent 'Jimmy Bond' and
Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before
EON Productions acquired the Bond film rights - although EON would not, in fact, obtain the rights to
Casino Royale until the late
1990s. This adaptation is the only episode of this series that's currently available on DVD; it was included as a bonus feature on the
MGM DVD release of the
1967 film adaptation of the novel, which is in every other respect a
satire of the Bond genre.
In an earlier episode of
Climax!, during an adaptation of
Raymond Chandler's
The Long Goodbye, actor
Tristram Coffin, playing a dead body, arose in shot and walked off stage. The event was widely covered in the media of the day, later becoming an
urban legend that was attributed to Peter Lorre and the previously mentioned adaptation of
Casino Royale.
Episodes
Season 2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Public Pigeon #1
Silent Decision
Night of Execution
Sailor On Horseback
Thin Air
House of Shadows
The Pink Cloud
Scheme to Defraud
A Promise to Murder
Portrait in Celluloid
A Man of Taste
The Passport
The Day They Gave the Babies Away
Bailout at 43,000 Feet
The Prowler
The Hanging Judge
The Secret of River Lane
Gamble on a Thief
The Fifth Wheel
Nightmare By Day
The Sound of Silence
The Louella Parsons Story
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
An Episode of Sparrows
Spin Into Darkness
The Lou Gehrig Story
Sit Down With Death
The Empty Room Blues
Flame-Out on T-6
The Shadow of Evil
Figures in Clay
Faceless Adversary
To Scream at Midnight
The Circular Staircase
A Trophy For Howard Davenport
Phone Call For Matthew Quade
Fear is the Hunter
Fury At Dawn
The Man Who Lost His Head
Child Of The Wind
No Right to Kill
The 78th Floor
Throw Away the Cane
Dark Wall
Season 3
Bury Me Later
Burst of Violence
The Garsten Case
The Fog
Island in the City
Journey Into Fear
The Midas Touch
Night of the Heat Wave
Flight to Tomorrow
Night Shriek
The Chinese Game
The Secret Thread
Savage Portrait
Strange Hostage
Ten Minutes to Curfew
Carnival at Midnight
The Gold Dress
Circle of Destruction
The Trouble at Number 5
The Stalker
Stain of Honor
The Long Count
And Don't Ever Come Back
Night of a Rebel
Let It Be Me
Strange Sanctuary
Don't Touch Me
Mad Bomber
Avalanche at Devil's Pass
Strange Deaths at Burnleigh
Bait for the Tiger
The Hand of Evil
The Disappearance of Amanda Hale
Mr. Runyon of Broadway
The Man Who Stole the Bible
A Taste for Crime
The Trial of Captain Wirtz
False Witness
Payment for Judas
Walk a Tightrope
The High Jungle
The Giant Killer
Trail of Terror
Murder is a Witch
The Stranger Within
Deadly Climate
Season 4
Trial By Fire
The Secret of the Red Room
Necessary Evil
Along Came a Spider
Jacob and the Angels
Mask For The Devil
The Largest City in Captivity
Tunnel of Fear
Keep Me In Mind
Two Tests on Tuesday
A Matter Of Life and Death
Murder Has A Deadline
The Devil's Brood
Hurricane Diane
To Walk the Night
Shadow of a Memory
Scream in Silence
Thieves of Tokyo
Sound of the Moon
Burst of Fire
Four Hours in White
The Secret Love of Johnny Spain
Albert Anastasia, His Life and Death
The Thief With the Big Blue Eyes
So Deadly My Love
The Great World and Timothy Colt
On the Take
The Volcano Seat
Shooting for the Moon
The Deadly Tattoo
The Big Success
The Disappearance of Daphne
Time of the Hanging
The Push-Button Giant
Spider Web
House of Doubt
Cabin B-13
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