Tales of Tomorrow is an American
anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast
live on
ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as
Frankenstein, starring
Lon Chaney, Jr.,
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring
Thomas Mitchell as
Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as
Boris Karloff,
Brian Keith,
Lee J. Cobb,
Veronica Lake,
Rod Steiger,
Bruce Cabot,
Franchot Tone,
Gene Lockhart,
Walter Abel,
Cloris Leachman,
Leslie Nielsen, and
Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later
Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "
What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.