USA, 13 August 1951
30m
live, videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Lights Out (1949-1952) – series 2, episode 51
An American science fiction television episode directed by William Corrigan.
Plot Summary
A New York police officer searching for a large group of people who have mysteriously disappeared tracks down the culprit, an alien with a wristwatch-like device that allows him to enter peoples’ dreams.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: William Corrigan
© [not given on screen]
Admiral presents
Produced by: Herbert Swope Jr
[Written] By: Harry Muheim
From The Star Slaver by: Sam Merwin Jr
Director of Photography:
Technical Director: Robert Long
Lighting: R.W.D.
Music: Arlo
Settings: Tom Jewett
Cast
Francis L. Sullivan (Ludovic Altimus)
Peter Capell (Mike Wilson)
Peggy French (Joyce)
Gordon B. Clarke (Chief Dugan)
Jack Shehan (Mr Madden)
Michael Dreyfus (rink attendant)
Tamar Cooper (Joan Madden)
Martin Josephs, Dorothy Boerger, Francesca Kelley (other players)
Frank Gallop (your narrator)
Production Notes
The episode was originally broadcast live. At one point Francis L. Sullivan forgets his lines and has to improvise, getting Altimus’ plan completely wrong – he claims that he’s bringing people from his planet Aleria when in fact he’s kidnapping humans and taking the to Aleria.
