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Second Chance (The Outer Limits)
"Second Chance" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on March 2, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration :''When fear is too terrible, when reality is too agonizing, we seek escape in manufactured danger, in the thrills and pleasures of pretending-in the amusement parks of our unamusing world. Here, in frantic pretending, Man finds escape and temporary peace, and goes home tired enough to sleep a short, deep sleep. But what happens here when night comes? When pretending ends, and reality begins?'' Plot Frustrated and disillusioned physicist Dave Crowell has found a temporary and undemanding job - 'piloting' a flying saucer mock-up spaceflight simulator at a third-rate amusement park - to escape from his former Defense Department employers' demands to develop more effective weapons of mass destruction. However, an alien from the planet Empyria stealthily modifies the attraction into an actual interplanetary spacecraft; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is an American television series that was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 16, 1963, to January 16, 1965, at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Mondays. It is often compared to ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone'', but features a greater emphasis on science fiction (rather than stories of fantasy or the supernatural). It is an anthology series, anthology of self-contained episodes, sometimes with plot twists at their ends. In 1997, the episode "The Zanti Misfits" was ranked #98 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. It was The Outer Limits (1995 TV series), revived in 1995, until its cancellation in 2002. In April 2019, a new Revival (television), revival was stated to be in development at a premium cable network. Overview Introduction Each show began with either a cold open or a preview clip, followed by a narration over visuals of an oscilloscope. Using an Orwellian theme of taking over your televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surfside Six
''Surfside 6'' is an ABC television series that aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centers on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, and features Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from '' Bourbon Street Beat''), and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-stars as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht is berthed next to their houseboat. Spanish actress Margarita Sierra also plays a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who works at the Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was, in fact, a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleau in 1964's '' Goldfinger''. Description ''Surfside 6'' was one of four detective TV series produced by Warner Bros. around that time, the others being '' 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimsy Farmer
Merle "Mimsy" Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American former actress, artist and sculptor. She began her career appearing in several Hollywood studio films, such as '' Spencer's Mountain'' (1963) and '' Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965), followed by roles in the exploitation films '' Devil's Angels'' and '' Riot on Sunset Strip'' (both 1967). Farmer went on to establish herself as an international performer, starring in numerous European films, including the dramas '' More'' (1969) and '' Strogoff'' (1970), as well as multiple Italian giallo films: Dario Argento's '' Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971), ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974), ''Autopsy'' (1975), and Lucio Fulci's '' The Black Cat'' (1981). Early years Farmer was born Merle Farmer on February 28, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a news reporter for the ''Chicago Tribune'' and a writer for radio. Her mother was French. Her nickname, which she later took as her stage name, is derived from a lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale Summers
Yale Summers (July 26, 1933 – May 6, 2012) was an American actor and producer, whose credits included the 1960s CBS television series, '' Daktari'', with Marshall Thompson. Summers was heavily involved with the Screen Actors Guild. He was a member of the SAG national board of directors for twenty-seven years and the national executive committee for eighteen years. Acting career Born in Manhattan, Summers made his acting debut in the 1961 film, ''Mad Dog Coll'', playing a small unbilled role. The remainder of his career was almost entirely occupied with television. He appeared in a recurring role on the ABC soap opera, ''General Hospital'', as Dr. Bob Ayres during the 1964-1965 television season. His best known role was as Jack Dane on ''Daktari'', which aired from 1966 to 1968. From 1972 to 1974, Summers replaced Lawrence Casey in the NBC daytime series, ''Return to Peyton Place'', as the character Rodney Harrington. His additional television roles included guest spots on ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLiam
John McLiam (born John Williams; January 24, 1918 – April 16, 1994) was a Canadian actor noted for his skill at different accents. His film appearances include ''My Fair Lady'' (1964), ''In Cold Blood'' (1967), John Frankenheimer's movie of ''The Iceman Cometh'' (1973), '' The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), and ''First Blood'' (1982). He was a guest star in numerous television series and wrote a Broadway play, ''The Sin of Pat Muldoon''. Early life He attended St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, California). During World War II he served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer, having received a Bronze Star. After the war he worked briefly as a journalist for the ''San Francisco Examiner''. Acting career He took McLiam, the Gaelic form of his real surname Williams, as a stage name. His acting career began in Maxwell Anderson's Winterset in San Francisco in 1946. After a few roles in plays in California he moved to New York. His first Broadway role was as a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedomland U , a micronation declared by Filipino explorer Tomás Cloma in the Spratly Islands
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Freedomland may refer to: * Freedomland U.S.A., a short-lived themed amusement park in the Baychester section of the Bronx, New York City * ''Freedomland'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Richard Price ** ''Freedomland'' (film), a 2006 film adaptation of Price's novel starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore * ''Freedomland'', a play by Amy Freed *Free Territory of Freedomland The Free Territory of Freedomland was a micronation that covered the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea from 1956 to 1974. It was established by Tomás Cloma. It should not be confused with the Principality of Freedomland or the Republic of Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77 Sunset Strip
''77 Sunset Strip'' is an American private detective crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each episode was one hour long when aired with commercials. The series aired on ABC from October 10, 1958, to February 7, 1964. The character of detective Stuart Bailey was first used by writer Huggins in his 1946 novel ''The Double Take'', later adapted into the 1948 film '' I Love Trouble''. Description Initial setup and characters Private detective and former World War II Office of Strategic Services secret agent and foreign languages professor Stuart ("Stu") Bailey (Zimbalist) and former government agent and nonpracticing attorney Jeff Spencer (Smith) form a duo who work from stylish offices at 77 Sunset Boulevard in Suites 101 and 102. Tab Hunter claimed he was the first choice for the lead of the series, but turned it down. The street add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaiian Eye
''Hawaiian Eye'' is an American detective television series that ran from October 1959 to April 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. Premise Private investigator Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) and his half-Hawaiian partner, Tom Lopaka (Robert Conrad), own Hawaiian Eye, a combination detective agency and private security firm, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Their principal client is the Hawaiian Village Hotel, which in exchange for security services, provides the agency with a luxurious private compound on the hotel grounds. The partners investigate mysteries and protect clients with the sometime help of photographer Cricket Blake (Connie Stevens), who also sings at the hotel's Shell Bar, and a ukulele-playing cab driver Kim Quisado (Poncie Ponce), who has connections throughout the islands. Engineer turned detective Greg McKenzie (Grant Williams (actor), Grant Williams), joins the agency later on as a full partner, while hotel social director Philip Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Saucer
A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported type of disc-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO). The term was coined in 1947 by the United States (US) news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting, Kenneth Arnold claimed flew alongside his airplane above Washington (state), Washington State. Newspapers reported Arnold's story with speed estimates implausible for aircraft of the period. The story preceded 1947 flying disc craze, a wave of hundreds of sightings across the United States, including the Roswell incident and the Flight 105 UFO sighting. A National Guard pilot died in pursuit of a flying saucer in 1948, and civilian research groups and conspiracy theories developed around the topic. The concept quickly spread to other countries. Early reports speculated about secret military technology, but flying saucers became synonymous with aliens by 1950. The more general military terms unidentified flying object (UFO) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stanley (director)
Paul Stanley (1922, Hartford, Connecticut - 2002) was an American television director. Career Stanley worked in television from the early 1950s until the mid-1980s. His credits encompass all genres, extending to more than fifty prime time television series of the period, from ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' in 1957 to ''Charlie's Angels'' in the late 1970s, to ''MacGyver'' in 1985. Stanley also received producer credit on a handful of TV series episodes in the 1960s and 1970s. Television series credits (partial list) * '' Appointment with Adventure'' (1955–1956) * '' Goodyear Playhouse'' (1956–1957) * ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' (1959) * ''The Third Man'' (1959) * '' Outlaws'' (1961) * '' Dr. Kildare'' (1962) * '' The Untouchables'' (1962) * '' Combat!'' (1963) * '' The Outer Limits'' (1964) * ''Insight'' (1964–1980) * ''Lost in Space'' (1965) * '' Laredo'' (1965–1966) * '' The Virginian'' (1965–1966) * '' The Rat Patrol'' (1967) * '' Mission: Impossible'' (1967–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonstone (The Outer Limits)
"Moonstone" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 9 March 1964, during the first season. Opening narration :''In Man's conquest of space, his own moon must be the first to surrender. From there he will step his way across the heavens to the edge of infinity. Each step will be as uncertain as the last, yet each will bring him closer to ultimate truth. Lunar Expedition One: Here a handful of brave scientists and technicians pave the way to the future. Their mission: to collect information that will eventually enable Man to inhabit the Moon; to use the Moon as a springboard to the stars. Once during each twenty-four-hour period, a force of three, commanded by General Lee Stocker and including Lieutenant Travers and Major Clint Anderson, makes its slow, uncharted way across the lunar surface, a surface whose depths and desires are, as yet, unprobed…'' Plot Scientists and researchers in a base on the Moon discover living creatures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unknown
Unknown or The Unknown may refer to: Film and television Film * ''The Unknown'' (1915 comedy film), Australian silent film * ''The Unknown'' (1915 drama film), American silent drama film * ''The Unknown'' (1927 film), a silent horror film starring Lon Chaney * ''The Unknown'' (1936 film), a German drama film * ''The Unknown'' (1946 film), a mystery film * ''The Unknown'' (1964 film), a Polish war film * '' Anjaane: The Unknown'', a 2005 Bollywood horror movie * ''The Unknown'', a 2005 action/thriller starring Miles O'Keeffe * ''Unknown'' (2006 film), a thriller starring James Caviezel * ''Unknown'' (2011 film), a thriller starring Liam Neeson * ''Unknowns'' (''Desconocidas''), a 2022 film by Venezuelan director Luis Fernández TV * '' Het Onbekende'' (Dutch for: ''The Unknown''), Dutch television show * ''Unknown'', a 2024 web series starring Chris Chiu * "The Unknown" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''), a 2014 episode of the TV series Literature * ''Unknown'' (magazine), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
