Episode # 5625 TENSION
Original airdate: 2-17-57

It's evening during a desert rainstorm when Ellen and Steve Winters pull into a small service station to refuel. They are warned about flash floods in the area by the station attendants, yet forge ahead into the darkness. The following automobile accident and its harrowing aftermath drastically affect the lives of the couple in this powerful suspense drama.

When Steve and Ellie Winters (played by John Newland and Loretta Young) become trapped in their wrecked Lincoln convertible they discover that the very people who they think are inferior to them are actually much superior!

John Newland, who also directed this episode, was known as a prolific director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter who was a semi-regular on this series. He began his career in vaudeville while still in his teens. In the early 1950s, Newland began to appear on television in several episodes of Studio One, The Philco Television Playhouse, Tales of Tomorrow, Kraft Television Theatre, and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars... but he was best known for his roles in One Step Beyond, and its short-lived counterpart The Next Step Beyond (in 1978). He died on January 10, 2000, of a stroke in Los Angeles.

Vaughn Taylor (Pete Whitaker) was born in Boston, a graduate of Northeastern University and the Leland Powers School of Elocution. He was also a certified public accountant who in his youth worked in summer stock and on radio.

His many television appearances include Steve McQueen's CBS western series, Wanted: Dead or Alive, the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, ABC's The Real McCoys, with Walter Brennan, and in 1961, he played a veterinarian in another ABC sitcom, The Hathaways, starring Peggy Cass, Jack Weston, and the Marquis Chimps. Taylor died in Los Angeles in April 1983 at the age of 73.

Jack Diamond (Tommy Whitaker) was known for his prolific work in films and television, including Terror from the Year 5000 (1958), Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) and The Loretta Young Show among many others.

Directed by John Newland

Teleplay by William Bruckner; story by Maye Frank Grissette and Florence Zollicoffer.

Cast:
Ellen Winters Loretta Young
Steve Winters John Newland
Pete Whitaker Vaughn Taylor
Tommy Whitaker Jack Diamond

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