Thriller (1960)
Boris Karloff introducing an anthology that started as crime and turned into the best horror on 1960s American television.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Thriller (1960), covering season 1.
It arrived on NBC in 1960, when Truth or Consequences, Search for Tomorrow and Dragnet were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip verified. Every search returns the unrelated 1973 ITV anthology of the same name, which is catalogued separately.
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