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Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea
Episode
Guide,
Year One, show 31.
Production information and notes by Mark Phillips
Story synopses, Mike
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The Condemned
(Airdate: April 12, 1965)
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A pair of scientists
are aboard Seaview to use it as a platform for the testing of a new
breathing mixture which will allow dives deeper than ever
-- to
the very bottom of the sea. But Nelson and Crane are unaware
that Admiral Falk, the supposed inventor of the system, is a fraud,
and that his ailing aid is actually the genius behind the Falk
system. Stir in the fact that Falk is a bit out of his
mind, and you've got the makings for an interesting outing.
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| Mark Says: Crush-depth
experiments and a two-headed sea monster make for an entertaining
episode. When Nelson puts Admiral Falk on the spot, demanding to
know who really created the experimental atmosphere, the tension
is dynamite. A good episode, although it’s never made clear
why the brow-beaten Archer has allowed his work to be exploited
by Falk. |
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The
Condemned
Written: William Read
Woodfield
Directed: Leonard Horn
Guest Cast
Adm.
Bentley Falk....................J. D. Cannon
Dr.
Archer.................................Arthur
Franz
Hoff............................................Alvy
Moore
Tracy......................................John
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Mike Says:
Another classic. Separately, director Leonard
Horn and Writer William Read Woodfield were at the top of the heap
in Voyage's year-one stable of talent, and did their very best work in
this season. United for this episode, they delivered the goods and then some.
Dark mood, excellent set design and top-notch film cutting unite in
effect.
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