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Written by | Lona KeeneyDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | Sept. 26, 1952 Dr. Platan (Harry Townes) observes young couple Jeff (Robert Alda) and Kitty (Mary Alice Moore) arguing about money and marriage. Jeff needs $1,000 to close the deal on the purchase of a gas station, and Platan offers him that amount in exchange…
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If I knew more about film noir, I have a feeling parts of Brainstorm (1965) would seem familiar. I say “parts” because, from the noir I have seen, this one explores new territory as it escalates into pure horror, at least from one character’s point of view. William Conrad also explores new territory when compared…
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Written by | E.H. FrankDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | Aug. 8, 1952 Our story opens on a military base with Major Dozier (Edmon Ryan) and Congressman Burns (Raymond Bailey) arguing about the fate of the AR-76 rocket that launched two days ago and has since disappeared. They agree on one thing: That rocket must…
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Ah, the American dream! Jerry Warren grew up in Los Angeles and wanted to go into the movie business. However, unlike untold numbers of people who only wanted to do it, he actually did it. After creating and distributing his first four films, though, he decided it took too much effort, so he began buying…
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Written by | Richard M. SimonDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | July 4, 1952 Bruce Calvin (Darren McGavin) has been out of a job for three months after working eight years with the Dunhill Engineering Company and unexpectedly losing his job. When he answers an ad in the newspaper, a potential employer, Dr. Johnson from…
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Do you like your calamari so fresh it could crawl off your plate? How about your oysters extra slimy? If so, join Jeff & Richard at the Union Oyster House in Boston, MA on Wednesday, September 18, 1963, for a discussion of a new double feature that just opened at the E.M. Loew’s Center theater.…
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Adapted by | Theodore SturgeonFrom a story by | Stnley G. WeinbaumDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | June 20, 1952 In Pittsburgh, a brilliant biochemist, Dr. Scott (Richard Derr) bursts in and says he needs a human subject for his test. He’s developed a serum that will cure almost anything. His boss. Dr. Bache (Louis…
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Intruder (1989) has slipped by me all these years. I’m certain it wasn’t released theatrically in Kansas City; I kept a close eye on such things at the time. More unusual, I don’t even remember a VHS release, and I had been managing a chain of video stores for two years. Chances are, if I…
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Teleplay | Cyril M. KornbluthDirector | Charles S. DubinAir Date | May 30, 1952 Dr. Arthur Fulbright (Joseph Anthony) was responsible for the death of a patient and can never forgive himself. He’s led his wife, Angie (Vicki Cummings) into near-poverty and she won’t let him forget it. As a desperate means to make a…
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James Cameron once claimed that producer Ovidio G. Assonitis hired only American directors so that studios would finance his movies, then claimed they were incompetent so he could fire them and direct the movies himself. He’s entitled to that opinion; it happened to him with Piranha II: The Spawning (1982) and it also happened to…
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