1955
25m

Summary In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy. View more details

1955
25m

Science Fiction Theatre

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Marshall Thompson Peter Hansen Michael Fox

All cast & crew

8.1

Details

Genres : Adventure Sci-Fi Drama

Release date : Apr 8, 1955

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Ivan Tors Productions

Details

Genres : Adventure Sci-Fi Drama

Release date : Apr 8, 1955

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Ivan Tors Productions

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Osa Massen and Kent Smith in Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

George Eldredge, Madge Kennedy, Kent Smith, and Harvey Stephens in Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

Marguerite Chapman in Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

Warren Stevens in Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

Adolphe Menjou in Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 08, 1955

Beyond

A new rocket fuel is being developed to power the XF, a jet capable of traveling faster Mach 2. During a test, a craft moving faster than the XF is encountered and the pilot ejects. His report of the event is questioned. An inquiry follows.

Episode 2 • Apr 15, 1955

Time Is Just a Place

Al and Nell Brown are suspicious of their odd new neighbor. Mr. Heller, who claims to be an inventor, uses a robotic vacuum cleaner and a flashlight that shines X-rays. Even so, he's clueless about current technology. Al becomes convinced the couple is from the future, though Nell says her husband's reading too much science fiction.

Episode 3 • Apr 28, 1955

Out of Nowhere

A strange signal is disrupting the sonar used by bats, causing them to slam into a skyscraper. Fearing a foreign country is tying to disrupt our radar systems, the government investigates. They discover a strong microwave beam aimed at the building from directly above. The inspectors figure it must be coming from a space station in orbit before remembering that signals from earth are reflected by the ionosphere.

Episode 4 • Apr 29, 1955

Y..O..R..D..

The world's leading expert on telepathy, Dr. Lawton, is rushed with his assistant to a military weather station at the North Pole. The men there have suddenly become psychic. The mysterious code they're mentally receiving, Y-O-R-D, turns out to be an SOS call from an alien spaceship in the Earth's orbit.

Episode 5 • May 06, 1955

Stranger in the Desert

Two uranium prospectors find a rich deposit-and a botanist. The botanist has no interest in riches but may have an unworldly motive instead.

Episode 6 • Apr 22, 1955

No Food for Thought

A Nobel Prize-winning doctor working in rural Arizona is visited by the county health officer after the unusual death of one of his assistants. The secretive scientist is developing a synthetic nutrient that, they learned too late, has an unfortunate side effect: creatures using it become highly susceptible to deadly viruses.

Episode 7 • May 20, 1955

The Brain of John Emerson

A policeman is recovering from brain surgery. His surgeon was a renowned neuroscientist who has died and his IQ has mysteriously increased. He visits the surgeon's laboratory and recognizes the room and equipment. Visiting the doctor's home, he encounters his widow, who is suspicious that he knows so much about the house and the doctor's work.

Episode 8 • May 27, 1955

Spider, Inc.

A scientist thinks he can use a 50 million year old piece of amber with a spider encased within to produce synthetic oil.

Episode 9 • Jun 03, 1955

Death at 2 A.M.

Police suspect a scientist and his helper of murder. Problem is, neither man has the strength needed to kill the victim in the manner he was killed.

Episode 10 • Jun 10, 1955

Conversation with an Ape

An animal researcher finds that his own wife is terrified of animals, and hopes to cure her by teaching her to communicate with them, but an unexpected and more dramatic event may do the trick even sooner.

Episode 11 • Jun 17, 1955

Marked 'Danger

A man prospecting in the desert finds a sealed experimental container containing two white mice, and brings them home to his wife before calling the authorities. But when the authorities arrive, the two mice are gone, with only a green residue in the container.

Episode 12 • Jun 24, 1955

Hour of Nightmare

A husband and wife freelance photography team travels to Mexico to photograph mysterious flying objects in the night sky and stumble upon a dead alien.

Episode 13 • Jul 01, 1955

100 Years Young

Though he looks to be in his forties, the man caught breaking into a research laboratory claims he's over 200 years old. He says he learned the secret formula for youth from the medicine man who raised him. The researchers find him to be sad and lonely, afraid to love someone because she will die of old age while he just keeps going.

Episode 14 • Jul 08, 1955

The Strange Doctor Lorenz

A physician who is losing the use of his hands due to X-ray radiation seeks out a mysterious beekeeper who is apparently able to cure the most severe burns.

Episode 15 • Jul 29, 1955

The Frozen Sound

Government agents attempt to rescue a kidnapped research scientist.

Episode 16 • Aug 08, 1955

The Stones Began to Move

A discovery inside the recently-opened tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh may hold a clue as to the construction of the pyramids.

Episode 17 • Aug 12, 1955

The Lost Heartbeat

A young doctor who's been experimenting with heart surgery is visited by his former teacher. Elderly Dr. Crane's time is short due to his bad ticker. Armed with a newly-developed miniature battery, he hopes to convince the surgeon to use the power source to run an artificial heart he wants implanted in his chest.

Episode 18 • Aug 26, 1955

The World Below

On a deep sea dive in a special device, three men swear that they saw an underwater city, but Navy investigators can find no evidence of the city's existence.

Episode 19 • Sep 02, 1955

Barrier of Silence

A pilot loses his memory of what happened during a top-secret flight, most likely due to intense sound. Scientists hope to retrieve his memory by subjecting him to intense silence.

Episode 20 • Sep 09, 1955

Negative Man

After an accident in a laboratory, an electrician develops superior intelligence and super-human sensory powers.

Episode 21 • Sep 16, 1955

Dead Reckoning

Trouble befalls an Air Force flight crew and their passengers, a meteorologist and his beautiful assistant en route to the Arctic.

Episode 22 • Sep 23, 1955

A Visit from Dr. Pliny

Quirky strangers appear at the research institute. They have curious ideas, and unexplained knowledge. Local researchers aren't sure if they are legitimate or if they are dangerous nuts. What will happen if they are allowed into the lab?

Episode 23 • Sep 30, 1955

The Strange People at Pecos

A high-strung radar operator is convinced that UFOs are following the test rockets he monitors at a secret facility in Pecos, New Mexico. His kids' new playmate, an odd little girl who feels no pain, causes him to jump to conclusions; he's sure the child and her family are spies from outer space.

Episode 24 • Oct 07, 1955

Dead Storage

Arctic workers discover a frozen mammoth, which is quickly transported to a research institute. Upon thawing, and with a little galvanic shock, investigations take an interesting turn.

Episode 25 • Oct 14, 1955

The Human Equation

Researchers studying new antibiotics are finding themselves accused of uncharacteristic behaviors, which they can't recall. Could the ergot-derived compound be affecting their brains?

Episode 26 • Oct 21, 1955

Target Hurricane

The Miami Hurricane Bureau leaps into action when a killer storm mysteriously appears offshore. Besides keeping the public informed of the threat, James Tyler is worried about his son who's on a camping trip with his Boy Scout troop.

Episode 27 • Oct 28, 1955

The Water Maker

After the strange death of Dr Dunlap, Dr Brookes arrives to see if he can complete the research Dunlap was doing into creating water in the desert. Elements of Dunlap's death don't add up and Brookes wonders if he was a lot closer to success than anyone thought.

Episode 28 • Nov 04, 1955

The Unexplored

A Parapsychologist has his funding cut at a college. In a last ditch effort to prove the worth of his research he uses techniques he's developed to try and locate a member of the college staff who has gone missing.

Episode 29 • Nov 11, 1955

The Hastings Secret

A team of investigators go to Peru after incomplete notes are sent from Dr Hastings. They know he was working on new insecticides to use against termites, but when they arrive at the research station they discover something frightening and revolutionary.

Episode 30 • Nov 18, 1955

Postcard from Barcelona

After the death of Dr Keller, researchers going through his notes discover many of his greatest discoveries came from a third party. As they continue to investigate the truth becomes stranger and stranger.

Episode 31 • Nov 25, 1955

Friend of a Raven

A teacher of the deaf and a truant officer visit an apparently deaf-mute boy to determine why he has not been attending school. The teacher finds that the boy has an uncanny ability to communicate with animals, in spite of his disability.

Episode 32 • Dec 02, 1955

Beyond Return

A doctor discovers a way to reverse degenerative diseases. He experiments on a young woman who makes a complete recovery. He discovers she is beginning to exhibit extraordinary physical abilities, and he realizes he must reverse the process before it is too late.

Episode 33 • Dec 09, 1955

Before the Beginning

A scientist slaves to prove his theory about the origins of life on Earth. In the meantime he is oblivious to the serious and potential fatal illness his wife has developed.

Episode 34 • Dec 16, 1955

The Long Day

A group of scientists experiment with a new missile that will produce vast amounts of light at night. The experiment fails and the scientists have to figure how to shut the light off.

Episode 35 • Dec 23, 1955

Project 44

A break through in rocket design "Project 44" means a team of 8 astronauts are to be selected to go on a mission to Mars. Those planning the project have to deal with the emotional stress of such a voyage along with the obvious physical needs.

Episode 36 • Dec 30, 1955

Are We Invaded?

A journalist sees a UFO and goes on a quest to discover the truth about them. What he finds is far beyond anything either he or anyone else ever suspected.

Episode 37 • Jan 06, 1956

Sound of Murder

A scientist accused of murder uses his professional knowledge to prove his innocence.

Episode 38 • Jan 13, 1956

Operation Flypaper

The theft of a series of scientific documents and equipment become perplexing with the only clue being unexplained time shifts that occur at the time the items went missing.

Episode 39 • Jan 27, 1956

The Other Side of the Moon

A new astronomical camera picks up evidence of strange happenings on the Moon. The government launches a ship to investigate and the answer turns out to be well beyond what anyone thought possible.

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