One Step Beyond - The Visitor (1960) Joan Fontaine, Warren Beatty - (Public Domain)

One Step Beyond - The Visitor (1960) paranormal suspense TV anthology (Public Domain)

One Step Beyond was an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series was broadcast for three seasons by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from January 1959 to July 1961.

Plot - Alcoholic Ellen Grayson summons her husband Harry to her isolated house to announce their marriage is over, after which he crashes his car. Helen is then visited by a man, the exact double of a much younger Harry, whose account of the love his has for his wife moves her to reconciliation and inadvertently saving her husband's life.

Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard (creator), Lawrence B. Marcus (dramatized by) (as Larry Marcus)
Stars: Joan Fontaine, Warren Beatty, John Newland