Science Fiction Theatre

Season 1 Episode 9: Death at 2 A.M.

2 SeasonsJun 04, 1955NR30m6.6

Police suspect a scientist and his helper of murder. Problem is, neither man has the strength needed to kill the victim in the manner he was killed.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Beyond

1. Beyond

Aired: Apr 9, 1955

A new rocket fuel is being developed to power the XF, a jet capable of travel...

Episode 2 Time Is Just a Place

2. Time Is Just a Place

Aired: Apr 16, 1955

Al and Nell Brown are suspicious of their odd new neighbor. Mr. Heller, who c...

Episode 3 Out of Nowhere

3. Out of Nowhere

Aired: Apr 23, 1955

A strange signal is disrupting the sonar used by bats, causing them to slam i...

Episode 4 Y..O..R..D..

4. Y..O..R..D..

Aired: Apr 30, 1955

The world's leading expert on telepathy, Dr. Lawton, is rushed with his assis...

Episode 6 No Food for Thought

6. No Food for Thought

Aired: May 14, 1955

A Nobel Prize-winning doctor working in rural Arizona is visited by the count...

Episode 8 Spider, Inc.

8. Spider, Inc.

Aired: May 28, 1955

A scientist thinks he can use a 50 million year old piece of amber with a spi...

Episode 9 Death at 2 A.M.

9. Death at 2 A.M.

Aired: Jun 4, 1955

Police suspect a scientist and his helper of murder. Problem is, neither man ...

Episode 11 Marked 'Danger

11. Marked 'Danger

Aired: Jun 18, 1955

A man prospecting in the desert finds a sealed experimental container contain...

Episode 12 Hour of Nightmare

12. Hour of Nightmare

Aired: Jun 25, 1955

A husband and wife freelance photography team travels to Mexico to photograph...

Episode 13 100 Years Young

13. 100 Years Young

Aired: Jul 2, 1955

Though he looks to be in his forties, the man caught breaking into a research...

Episode 15 The Frozen Sound

15. The Frozen Sound

Aired: Jul 30, 1955

Government agents attempt to rescue a kidnapped research scientist.

Episode 17 The Lost Heartbeat

17. The Lost Heartbeat

Aired: Aug 13, 1955

A young doctor who's been experimenting with heart surgery is visited by his ...

Episode 18 The World Below

18. The World Below

Aired: Aug 27, 1955

On a deep sea dive in a special device, three men swear that they saw an unde...

Episode 19 Barrier of Silence

19. Barrier of Silence

Aired: Sep 3, 1955

A pilot loses his memory of what happened during a top-secret flight, most li...

Episode 20 Negative Man

20. Negative Man

Aired: Sep 10, 1955

After an accident in a laboratory, an electrician develops superior intellige...

Episode 21 Dead Reckoning

21. Dead Reckoning

Aired: Sep 17, 1955

Trouble befalls an Air Force flight crew and their passengers, a meteorologis...

Episode 24 Dead Storage

24. Dead Storage

Aired: Oct 8, 1955

Arctic workers discover a frozen mammoth, which is quickly transported to a r...

Episode 25 The Human Equation

25. The Human Equation

Aired: Oct 15, 1955

Researchers studying new antibiotics are finding themselves accused of unchar...

Episode 26 Target Hurricane

26. Target Hurricane

Aired: Oct 22, 1955

The Miami Hurricane Bureau leaps into action when a killer storm mysteriously...

Episode 27 The Water Maker

27. The Water Maker

Aired: Oct 29, 1955

After the strange death of Dr Dunlap, Dr Brookes arrives to see if he can com...

Episode 28 The Unexplored

28. The Unexplored

Aired: Nov 5, 1955

A Parapsychologist has his funding cut at a college. In a last ditch effort t...

Episode 29 The Hastings Secret

29. The Hastings Secret

Aired: Nov 12, 1955

A team of investigators go to Peru after incomplete notes are sent from Dr Ha...

Episode 31 Friend of a Raven

31. Friend of a Raven

Aired: Nov 26, 1955

A teacher of the deaf and a truant officer visit an apparently deaf-mute boy ...

Episode 32 Beyond Return

32. Beyond Return

Aired: Dec 3, 1955

A doctor discovers a way to reverse degenerative diseases. He experiments on ...

Episode 33 Before the Beginning

33. Before the Beginning

Aired: Dec 10, 1955

A scientist slaves to prove his theory about the origins of life on Earth. In...

Episode 34 The Long Day

34. The Long Day

Aired: Dec 17, 1955

A group of scientists experiment with a new missile that will produce vast am...

Episode 35 Project 44

35. Project 44

Aired: Dec 24, 1955

A break through in rocket design "Project 44" means a team of 8 astronauts ar...

Episode 36 Are We Invaded?

36. Are We Invaded?

Aired: Dec 31, 1955

A journalist sees a UFO and goes on a quest to discover the truth about them....

Episode 37 Sound of Murder

37. Sound of Murder

Aired: Jan 7, 1956

A scientist accused of murder uses his professional knowledge to prove his in...

Episode 38 Operation Flypaper

38. Operation Flypaper

Aired: Jan 14, 1956

The theft of a series of scientific documents and equipment become perplexing...

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Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi