Thursday, November 20, 2008

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - X Minus One "The Seventh Victim" (03-06-57)


The Seventh Victim (Aired March 6, 1957)


X MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are remembered for bringing really first rate science fiction to the air. The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. A total of 125 programs were broadcast, some repeats or remakes, until the last show of Jan. 9, 1958. There was a one-program revival attempt in 1973.


THIS EPISODE:

March 6, 1957 - This is the tale of the future when wars have been abolished and the violence is channeled into a murder game. The script is by Ernest Kinoy. The cast includes Lawson Zerbe, Terri Keane, Frank Maxwell. Ian Martin, and Arthur Hughes. Writer: Robert Sheckley.

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