Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - X Minus One "The Roads Must Roll" (01-04-56)

The Roads Must Roll (Aired January 4, 1956)


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, shown at the end of the log.

THIS EPISODE:

January 4, 1956. NBC network. "The Roads Must Roll". Sustaining. The story of the rebellion of the engineers that keep the roads rolling. The script was used previously on "Dimension X" on September 1, 1950. Al Collins, Audrey Blum, Bob Hastings, Jack Orrison, Joe DeSantis, John Larkin, Mercer McLeod, Richard Hamilton, Robert Heinlein (author), Rosemary Murphy, Santos Ortega, Sidney Paul, Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 28:24.

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