“'Way Out” Films, 1961

Contents List

Container Title
DE 606
“William and Mary,” 1961 March 31
Note: Writer: Roald Dahl
Director: Marc Daniels
Cast: Henry Jones, Fritz Weaver, Mildred Dunnock, Barnard Hughes

Scope and Content Note: A man volunteers to have his brain preserved after his body dies of an incurable disease.
DE 610
“The Down Car,” 1961 April 7
Note: Writer: Phil Reisman Jr.
Director: Marc Daniels
Cast: Ray Walston, Larry Haines
Missing part of credits

Scope and Content Note: A dead man, thought to have committed suicide, seeks revenge on the business partner who murdered him.
DE 612, VHA 349
“The Sisters,” 1961 April 14
Note: VHA 349 is a video viewing copy
Writer: Irving Gaynor Neiman
Director: Tom Donovan
Cast: Lois Smith, Carmen Mathews, Paul Stevens, John Gibson

Scope and Content Note: A young woman is dominated by her older sister. When her sister dies accidentally the young woman gradually starts taking on the traits of her deceased sibling.
DE 607
“Button, Button,” 1961 April 28
Note: Writer: Elliott Baker
Director: Tom Donovan
Cast: Tim O'Connor, Warren Finnerty, William Traylor, Conrad Fowkes, Sean Garrison, Lee Richardson, Dick O'Neill

Scope and Content Note: A captain in charge of a missile silo dreams of a new sergeant who convinces everyone there is a war going on and launches the missiles. When the captain wakes up he meets the sergeant.
DE 611
“I Heard You Calling Me,” 1961 May 5
Note: Writer: Sumner Locke Elliott
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Constance Ford, Anthony Dawson, Angela Thornton, George Turner, Jean Cameron, Neil Fitzgerald

Scope and Content Note: A woman about to run away with her lover starts receiving mysterious phone calls in her hotel room from a woman she does not know.
DE 608
“The Croaker,” 1961 May 12
Note: Writer: Phil Reisman Jr.
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: John McGiver, Madeleine Sherwood, Rex Everhart, Paul E. Richards, Richard Thomas

Scope and Content Note: A strange man starts turning his neighbors into frogs. A precocious boy figures out what he's doing and devises his own plan to stop him.
DE 609
“False Face,” 1961 May 25
Note: Writer: Larry Cohen
Director: Henry Kaplan
Cast: Alfred Ryder, Martin Brooks, Gerry Jedd, Lester Rawlins, Dana Elcar, Louise Larabee

Scope and Content Note: An actor finds a man with a disfigured face and uses him as an example for makeup for his portrayal of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. After his first performance he can't remove the makeup.