Thriller: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this hour-long anthology series, Boris Karloff introduces each episode and sometimes participates in the events as a character. The series originally started with crime thrillers, but soon discovered that people loved a good scare and presented horror stories as well.

Series details

• Title: Thriller
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Horror
• Premiere date: 1960-09-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1962-04-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6727
• IMDb ID: tt0053546
• TVDB ID: 72692

Cast and credited roles

• Boris Karloff — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1960-09-13; final listed air date 1961-06-13; episode order: 37.
• Season 2: premiered 1961-09-18; final listed air date 1962-04-30; episode order: 30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Thriller on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.