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Science Fiction Theater Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
Signals from the Heart
Sat, Apr 7, 1956 30 mins
A cardiologist's machine may cost more lives than it saves. Stark: Peter Hansen. Horton: Gene Roth. Alma: Joyce Holden. Tubor: Walter Kingsford.
Episode 2
The Long Sleep
Sat, Apr 14, 1956 30 mins
A research scientist is forced to experiment on a sick child. Barton: John Doucette. Ruth: Nancy Hale.
Episode 3
Who is the Man?
Sat, Apr 21, 1956 30 mins
A psychiatric patient reveals a frightening personality problem. Bentley: Bruce Bennett. Tommy: Charles Smith.
Episode 4
The Green Bomb
Sat, Apr 28, 1956 30 mins
An atomic-plant security officer races against time to find a lost package of nuclear material. Maxwell: Whit Bissell. Frank: Kenneth Tobey. Ralph: Robert Griffin.
Episode 5
When a Camera Fails
Sat, May 5, 1956 30 mins
A man invents a camera that takes pictures of the past---but only he can see the photos. Hewitt: Gene Lockhart. Johnston: Mack Williams. Herbert: Than Wyenn.
Episode 6
Bullet Proof
Sat, May 12, 1956 30 mins
A scientist seeks the source of a convict's indestructible metal. Parr: Christopher Dark. Jean: Jacqueline Holt. Rudman: John Eldredge.
Episode 7
The Flicker
Sat, May 19, 1956 30 mins
Eyewitnesses claim that a derelict murdered a chorine---but the man can recollect neither the crime nor the victim. Kiel: Victor Jory. Morris: Brad Jackson. Kinkaid: Michael Fox.
Episode 8
The Unguided Missile
Sat, May 26, 1956 30 mins
Ruth Hussey plays a magazine editor with unusual dreams: they reveal top-secret information. Maxon: Peter Hansen.
Episode 9
The Mind Machine
Sat, Jun 23, 1956 30 mins
An electronics expert tries to complete a dying scientist's "mind machine." Dr. Milton: Cyril Delevanti.
Episode 10
The Missing Waveband
Sat, Jun 16, 1956 30 mins
A scientist receives information on building satellites ... from a surprising source. Milhurst: Dick Foran. VanDoorne: Stafford Repp. Lawrence: Gene Roth.
Episode 11
The Human Experiment
Sat, Jun 23, 1956 30 mins
A doctor's experimental serum has a frightening effect on human patients. Doctor: Virginia Christine. MacDougal: Marshall Thompson. Claudia: Jean Richardson.
Episode 12
The Man Who Didn't Know
Sat, Jun 30, 1956 30 mins
Six months after crashing in the ocean, a test pilot turns up---with no memory. Kendler: Arthur Franz. Peggy: Susan Cummings.
Episode 13
End of Tomorrow
Sat, Jul 7, 1956 30 mins
A scientist appears with an antibiotic that cures everything---but leaves a terrifying side effect. Reimers: Dabbs Greer. Brandon: Christopher Dark. Jane: Diana Douglas. Parker: Walter Kingsford.
Episode 14
The Phantom Car
Sat, Jul 21, 1956 30 mins
A physicist's wife is nearly run over by a driverless car. Peggy: Judith Ames. Gress: John Archer.
Episode 15
Beam of Fire
Sat, Jul 28, 1956 30 mins
A security officer investigates a scientist's mysterious death. Conway: Wayne Morris. Davis: Frank Gerstle.
Episode 16
The Legend of Crater Mountain
Sat, Aug 18, 1956 30 mins
Three star pupils in a rural school threaten the teacher with their mysterious powers. Dr. Harris: Brad Jackson. Susan: Nadene Ashdown. Rosellen: Jo Ann Lilliquist. Bobby: Freddy Ridgeway.
Episode 17
Living Lights
Sat, Aug 25, 1956 30 mins
A scientist re-creates the surface of Venus---but where did those creatures come from? Bob Laurie: Skip Homeier. Grace: Joan Sinclair. Irwin: Mike Garth.
Episode 18
Jupitron
Sat, Sep 15, 1956 30 mins
A scientist and his wife fall asleep on the beach---and wake up on Jupiter. Barlow: Bill Williams. Nina: Toni Gerry. Wykoff: Lowell Gilmore. Norstad: Michael Fox.
Episode 19
The Throwback
Sat, Sep 22, 1956 30 mins
Norman Hughes has a premonition: that a 20th-century playboy will meet death on the same date that his 16th-century ancestor did. Anna: Virginia Christine.
Episode 20
The Miracle of Dr. Dove
Sat, Sep 29, 1956 30 mins
Missing: three top scientists---all patients of Dr. Dove (Gene Lockhart). Spencer: Robin Short. Gorman: Charles Wagenheim. Alice: Kay Faylen. Daly: Rhodes Reason.
Episode 21
One Thousand Eyes
Sat, Oct 6, 1956 30 mins
Police scientist Gary Williams uses a revolutionary invention to trap a murderer. Ada: Jean Byron. Moss: Bruce Weddell. Truman Bradley is the host.
Episode 22
Brain Unlimited
Sat, Oct 13, 1956 30 mins
A flight reseacher makes a chilling discovery while testing a new anti-blackout serum. Diana Douglas, Doug Wilson.
Episode 23
Death at My Fingertips
Sat, Oct 20, 1956 30 mins
A medical-college instructor is charged with the dean's murder---but he insists he was in another city at the time.
Episode 24
Survival in Box Canyon
Sat, Nov 3, 1956 30 mins
An Army major gambles his life on a computer's analysis of a plane crash. Bruce Bennett.
Episode 25
The Voice
Sat, Nov 10, 1956 30 mins
A trial lawyer who refuses to believe in telepathy or ESP must use them to save the life of a condemned man---and his own. Donald Curtis, Kristine Miller.
Episode 26
Three Minute Mile
Sat, Nov 17, 1956 30 mins
A scientist finds a way to speed up bodily processes, enabling his human guinea pig to lift a 1000-pound weight and run a three-minute mile. Kent: Marshall Thompson. Peggy: Gloria Marshall.
Episode 27
The Last Barrier
Sat, Nov 24, 1956 30 mins
TV scanners show that a rocket has suddenly veered off course---and is being followed by flashes of light. Porter: Bill Ching. Blake: Bruce Wendell. Masters: Tom McKee. Truman Bradley is the host.
Episode 28
Signals from the Moon
Sat, Dec 1, 1956 30 mins
A surgeon must save a man's life---by television. Terrence: Bruce Bennett. Dr. Werth: Bob Schield. Dr. Edwards: Michael Fox.
Episode 29
Dr. Robot
Sat, Dec 8, 1956 30 mins
A cybernetics expert tangles with a very independent robot. Dr. Barnes: Peter Hansen. Lopert: Whit Bissell. Hinkle: Doug Wilson.
Episode 30
The Human Circuit
Sat, Dec 15, 1956 30 mins
A routine illness leaves Nina LaSalle with a remarkable perspective: clairvoyance. Dr. Neville: Marshall Thompson. Dr. Stoneham: Bill Ching.
Episode 31
The Miracle Hour
Sat, Dec 22, 1956 30 mins
A well-known scientist is asked to restore a child's sight. Wells: Dick Foran. Cathy: Jean Byron. Tommy: Charles Herbert.
Episode 32
Sun Gold
Sat, Dec 29, 1956 30 mins
U.S. agents seek a legendary atomic by-product in Peru. Evans: Ross Elliott. Susan: Marilyn Erskine. Tawa: Paul Fierro.
Episode 33
Facsimile
Sat, Jan 5, 1957 30 mins
Wanted: a remedy for the disease that has struck down three top scientists. Bascomb: Arthur Franz. Barbara: Aline Towne. Warner: Donald Curtis.
Episode 34
Killer Tree
Sat, Jan 12, 1957 30 mins
A team of seismologists must deal with a tree that kills anyone near it. Cameron: Bill Williams. Barbara: Bonita Granville.
Episode 35
Gravity Zero
Sat, Jan 19, 1957 30 mins
Two scientists on the verge of neutralizing gravity get an ultimatum: produce results or lose their jobs. Percy Helton, Lisa Gaye, Bill Hudson. Truman Bradley is the host.
Episode 36
The Magic Suitcase
Sat, Jan 26, 1957 30 mins
A man and his grandson find a suitcase with unusual---and mysterious---properties. Grandpa: Charles Winneger. John: William Vaughn. Eileen: Judith Ames.
Episode 37
Bolt of Lightning
Sat, Feb 2, 1957 30 mins
A scientist narrowly misses being atomized when he takes on a new project. Thorpe: Bruce Bennett. Cynthia: Kristine Miller. Franklin: Sidney Smith.
Episode 38
The Strange Lodger
Sat, Feb 9, 1957 30 mins
Researchers conducting a TV poll find a set tuned to an unused channel that's sending signals to outer space.
Episode 39
The Sound that Kills
Sat, Apr 6, 1957 30 mins
An eminent physicist is accused of murder ... using sound as his weapon. Wissman: Ludwig Stossel. Sinclair: Ray Collins.