TV Release: 1964-09-14 Torrent Release: 18-01-2014 by user
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Adventure, Sci-Fi
Runtime:
52 min.
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Awards:
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 nominations.
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EPISODE 1 - "Eleven Days to Zero" (Original Airdate: Monday, September 14, 1964)
Writer: Irwin Allen
Director: Irwin Allen
Music: Paul Sawtell
Musical Supervision: Lionel Newman
Guest Stars:
Dr. Fred Wilson: Eddie Albert
Dr. Selby: John Zaremba
Chairman: Booth Colman
Dr. Gamma: Theodore Marcuse/Werner Klemperer
Malone: Mark Slade
O'Brien: Gordon Gilbert
Captain John Phillips: Bill Hudson
Army General: Barney Biro
Scientist: Walter Reed
Air Force General: Hal Torey
"Seaview's job is never finished. As long as there are destructive forces in the world, as long as there are secrets of nature to be probed, believe me, there'll be work for us -- on missions just as vital and as dangerous as this one." Admiral Nelson to Captain Crane
A gigantic tidal wave will destroy much of the civilized world, but Admiral Harriman Nelson has a plan to stop it -- Seaview will set off a nuclear explosion at precisely the right time and place. Evil forces seek to destroy Nelson before he implements his plan -- in the chaos following the tidal wave, they hope to take over the world! Seaview's original Skipper is killed and it's Lee Crane from the US Navy to the rescue.
Although aired originally in black and white, "Eleven Days to Zero" was also filmed as a color pilot.
In the B&W version, Dr. Gamma is played by Theodore Marcuse. However, if one looks carefully, one can see the face of Werner Klemperer (and vice versa in the color version). Werner Klemperer also appears in "The Blizzard Makers", and his distinctive voice can be heard in "The Saboteur".
Paul Sawtell's exciting nautical theme music begins like Alexander Courage's Star Trek theme song, with a rare ascending minor 7th. Of course Voyage's song came first! Sawtell also composed the score for The Fly, which starred David (Al) Hedison.
While the theme over the closing credits is the same one we all know and love, a different musical motif can be heard over the opening credits.
EPISODE 2 - "The City Beneath the Sea" (September 21, 1964)
Writer: Richard Landau
Director: John Brahm
Music: Paul Sawtell
Guest Stars:
Seraff: Hurd Hatfield
Melina: Linda Cristal
Round-Face: John Alderson
Dimitri: Al Ruscio
Xanthos: Peter Brocco
Nicolas: Peter Mamakos
Atlas: Joey Walsh
Operator (Starfish): Dennis Cross
Georgio: Paul Kremin (aka Paul Zastupnevich)
Hotel Clerk: Athan Karras
While investigating the disappearance of research ships in the Aegean, the Seaview is damaged by a bomb. Captain Crane goes ashore, and pretends to be a diver for hire. The Captain meets an ex-diver, now a mute due to a tragic accident, who claims to have seen a "city beneath the sea". Crane gets hired by the "bad guy", but his cover is soon blown. He is taken prisoner and nearly loses his life.
EPISODE 3 - "The Fear-Makers" (September 28, 1964)
Writer: Anthony Wilson
Director: Leonard Horn
Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Guest Stars:
Dr. Kenner: Edgar Dergen
Dr. Davis: Lloyd Bochner
Malone: Mark Slade
Murdock: Robert Payne
Dan Case: Walter Brooke
Philip James: Ed Prentiss
Anders: William Sargent
The Director: Martin Kosleck
"Does it frighten you to be going down forty-five hundred feet in an eggshell?"
After Seaview's sister ship, Polidor, is lost on an experimental deep dive, Seaview continues with the tests. Unknown to the already stressed crew, one of the visiting psychologists aboard is an enemy agent who has released a fear-causing gas into the air system. As Seaview plunges into the depths a dangerous panic starts to spread.
Lloyd Bochner also appears in "The Deadliest Game".
EPISODE 4 - "The Mist of Silence" (October 5, 1964)
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Leonard Horn
Guest Stars:
Detta Casone: Rita Gam
Ricardo Galdez: Alejandro Rey
President Fuentes: Edward Colemans
Captain Serra: Henry Delgado
Chairman: Booth Colman
Williams: Doug Lambert
Farrell: Joey Tata
Oriental Colonel: Weaver Levy
Spanish Major: Armand Alzamara
General Esteban d'Alvarez: Mike Kellin
Sonar: Nigel McKeand
Villager: Paul Kremin (aka Paul Zastupnevich)
On a rendezvous mission, Crane and several crewmen are drugged into unconsciousness on a deserted yacht. Waking up in a South American prison, the men are taken out to the courtyard, one per hour, and executed. All will die unless Crane breaks his oath and confesses what he cannot. Will Nelson's rescue mission succeed? Will the country in question survive the machinations of the evil man who wants to take over?
EPISODE 5 - "The Price of Doom" (October 12, 1964)
Writer: Cordwainer Bird (aka Harlan Ellison)
Director: James Goldstone
Guest Stars:
Reisner: David Opatoshu
Wesley: John Milford
Julie Lyle: Jill Ireland
Pennell: Steve Ihnat
Mrs. Pennell: Pat Priest
General: Dan Seymour
Crewcut: Ivan Triesault
Technician: Paul Kremin (aka Paul Zastupnevich)
A husband and wife Antarctic research team is killed by an experiment on plankton gone wild. Seaview arrives to investigate and take plankton samples. Soon the submarine is in danger of succumbing to the horrible, slimy growth. Nelson, Crane and crew face another problem: one of the three scientists on board the sub is an enemy agent.