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''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's ''Kraft Music Hall'' specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films (which stands for "RONnie COMo", Perry's son, who was in his early twenties when this series premiered), also produced ''Kraft Suspense Theatre''. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title ''Crisis'', it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season. In Britain BBC2 screened episodes of this series and ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' under the banner of ''Impact''. ==Overview== Ben Cooper, Richard Crenna, John Forsythe, Ron Foster, Brad Johnson, Jack Kelly, Robert Loggia, Ida Lupino, Martin Milner, Leslie Nielsen, Larry Pennell, Mickey Rooney, James Whitmore, Jeffrey Hunter, Tippi Hedren, Telly Savalas, Robert Ryan and Michael Winkelman were among the actors cast on ''Kraft Suspense Theatre''. Directors included prominent names in television and later features: Robert Altman, Richard L. Bare, Roy Huggins, Buzz Kulik, David Lowell Rich, Ida Lupino, Sydney Pollack, Elliot Silverstein, Jack Smight, Ralph Senensky, and Paul Wendkos. Some episodes doubled as pilots for potential series. The episode "Rapture at Two-Forty" was the pilot for the series ''Run for Your Life'', which premiered on NBC in the fall of 1965. The 1968 theatrical film ''Sergeant Ryker'', starring Lee Marvin, was a two-part made-for-television film that first aired on ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' as "The Case Against Paul Ryker". It also served as a pilot for the 1966 series ''Court Martial,'' that would air on ABC-TV. Other episodes that were later expanded into theatrical films (initially for European release) included "Once Upon a Savage Night" (released as ''Nightmare In Chicago'') and "In Darkness, Waiting" (''Strategy of Terror''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kraft Suspense Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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