Amazing Stories Season 1
The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic!
01. Ghost Train
Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!
Roberts Blossom
Opa Globe
Gail Edwards
Joleen Globe
Sandy Ward
Engineer
Renny Roker
Dr. Steele
John Forker
man on train
Frank Deese
Writer
Steven Spielberg
Story
Steven Spielberg
Director
Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Rick Carter
Production Design
Allen Daviau
Cinematography
Steven Kemper
Editor
Skip Lusk
Associate Producer
Steve Starkey
Associate Producer
David E. Vogel
Producer
John Williams
Music
Michael C. Moore
Sound
02. The Main Attraction
Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.
Lisa Jane Persky
Shirley Crater
John Scott Clough
Brad Bender
Brad Bird
Scientist #2
Eric Bruskotter
Stan
Barbara Sharma
Mrs. Bender
Bill Allen
Cliff Ratte
Joan Foley
Scientist
Dominick Brascia
Billy Johnson
Isabelle Walker
Francine
Megan Wyss
girl
Piper Cochrane
Darcy Cook
Larry Spinak
Geek
Bill Baker
High School Student (uncredited)
Mick Garris
Writer
Brad Bird
Writer
Steven Spielberg
Story
Matthew Robbins
Director
Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Rick Carter
Production Design
John McPherson
Director of Photography
Steven Kemper
Editor
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Steve Starkey
Associate Producer
David E. Vogel
Producer
Stephen Semel
Associate Producer
Craig Safan
Music
03. Alamo Jobe
During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.
04. Mummy Daddy
An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.
Bronson Pinchot
The Director
Tom Harrison
Harold
Arnold Johnson
Town Sage
Tom Harrison
Harold
Michael Zand
Ra Amin Ka
Billy Beck
Old Blind Man
Brian Bradley
actor
JoAnn Willette
Ruta Mae
Pamela Guest
assistant director
Elden Henson
Freckle Faced Boy
Dalton Cathey
Doctor
Oliver Dear
young grave robber
Bill Martin
guard
Susan Dear
Harold's wife
05. The Mission
During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.
Casey Siemaszko
Jonathan
Kevin Costner
Captain
J.J. Cohen
Jake
Karen Kopins
Liz
Gary Riley
Tail Gunner
John Philbin
Bullseye
Gary Mauro
Sam
Glen Mauro
Dave
Terry Beaver
Officer
David Grant Hayward
Mechanic
Ken Stovitz
Lamar
Nelson Welch
Father McKay
06. The Amazing Falsworth
A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.
Don Calfa
Messenger
Richard Masur
Trent Tinker
Joseph G. Medalis
Jimmy
Suzanne Bateman
Gail
Sally Stark
older woman
07. Fine Tuning
Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.
Matthew Labyorteaux
Andy
Gary Riley
Jimmy
Jim Gatherum
George
Debbie Lee Carrington
Alien
Daniel Frishman
Alien
Kevin Thompson
Alien
Bryan Gordon
Father
Peter Kwong
Weatherman
Pattty Maloney
alien
Vance Colvig
Vaudevillian
Paul 'Mousie' Garner
Vaudevillian
Don Davis
Vaudevillian
Happy Hall
Vaudevillian
Jack Spoons
Vaudevillian
Whitey Roberts
Vaudevillian
Tom Amundsen
tour guide
Charles Corillo
tourist
Starr Hester
waitress
Titus Napoleon
Used car salesman
Patty Maloney
Alien
Earl Pomerantz
Writer
Bob Balaban
Director
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Jonathan Tunick
Music
08. Mr. Magic
A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.
Tim Herbert
Jack
Eda Reiss Merin
Dora
Nick Lewin
Young Magician
Kelli Lessie
Magician's Assistant
Michael Santiago
Heckler
Joshua Brand
Writer
John Falsey
Writer
Donald Petrie
Director
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Bruce Broughton
Music
09. Guilt Trip
The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.
Gordon Jump
Father
Rick Ducommun
Larry
Michael DeLuise
Boyfriend
Carol Arthur
Mother
Kristine Blackburn
Daughter
Nancy Ann Nelson
female newscaster
Ben Kronen
bald man
Jeanne Jensen
sweet woman
C.J. Hunt
Robert the waiter
Louis Silvers
waiter
John Forker
man at counter
10. Remote Control Man
A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.
Tom Willett
Man From Future
Rod McCary
Emcee
Charlie Dell
Salesman
Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons
Clara Peller
Clara Peller
LaWanda Page
Aunt Esther Anderson
Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
Lyle Alzado
Lyle Alzado
Sydney Lassick
Walter Poindexter
Nancy Parsons
Grendel
Jeff Cohen
Ralph
Kristian Alfonso
Kristian Alfonso
Philip Bruns
Mr. Beasley
David Stone
Maheshwara
Steve Liebman
Underling
Jocko Marcellino
Thug
Eve Smith
old woman
Bill Wiley
Underling
Steven Ameche
punk rocker
Geoff Vanderstock
man wearing blonde wig
11. Santa '85
A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.
Marvin J. McIntyre
Deputy Weatherby
Dick Balduzzi
Drunk Santa
Joan Wells
Mom
Gerry Gibson
drunk Santa
William McDonald
drunk Santa
William Winckler
Christmas Caroller
Joshua Brand
Writer
John Falsey
Writer
Steven Spielberg
Director
Phil Joanou
Director
Thomas Newman
Music
12. Vanessa in the Garden
When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.
13. The Sitter
Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.
Seth Green
Lance Paxton
Joshua Rudoy
Dennis Paxton
14. No Day at the Beach
A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.
Charlie Sheen
Casey
Larry Spinak
Arnold Skamp
Ralph Seymour
Ira
Leo Geter
Evergreen
Ray Mancini
Irish
Tom Hodges
Tiny
Keith Joe Dick
1st Sergeant
15. One For the Road
During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.
16. Gather Ye Acorns
On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.
Lois de Banzie
Alma Quick
Mary Jo Deschanel
Francine Gazetta
Forest Whitaker
Jerry
William Dear
David
Frank Schuller
Paul Treadwell
John Carlyle
auctioneer
Kelly Henson
Elizabeth Treadwell
17. Boo!
Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.
18. Dorothy and Ben
After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.
Joe Seneca
Ben Dumfy
Kathleen Lloyd
Samantha
Kay Bess
nurse
Rick Andosca
Haller
Judi M. Durand
Doctor
Lynn Kuratomi
nurse
19. Mirror, Mirror
A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.
Sam Waterston
Jordan Manmouth
Dana Gladstone
Producer
20. Secret Cinema
Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.
21. Hell Toupee
Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.
Gary Allen
Mr. Simon
James Avery
Chief Hansen
Mitch Kreindel
Floyd King
Ken Olfson
Clifford Monroe
E. Hampton Beagle
Murray Bernstein
Jonathan Luria
Officer Montgomery
Thomas F. Maguire
Guard
Tom Willett
Prisoner
Tony Kienitz
Harry
Jack Wells
Mr. Zahl
22. The Doll
The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.
John Lithgow
John Walters
John Christopher Jones
Vin Colbeck
23. One For the Books
An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.
Leo Penn
Fred
Gary Bergher
Professor Gilbert
Rodney Kageyama
Dr. Barth
Ben Kronen
Professor Smith
Pamela Guest
Ms. Harris
Jack Slater
Mr. Wilson
24. Grandpa's Ghost
Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?
