The Man with the Power
- Episode aired Oct 7, 1963
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
808
YOUR RATING
A mild, timid, man unknowingly acquires the power to subconsciously vaporize those who aggravate him.A mild, timid, man unknowingly acquires the power to subconsciously vaporize those who aggravate him.A mild, timid, man unknowingly acquires the power to subconsciously vaporize those who aggravate him.
Edward Platt
- Dean Radcliffe
- (as Edward C. Platt)
Vic Perrin
- Control Voice
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Diane Strom
- Dean Radcliffe's Secretary
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Jerome Ross
- Leslie Stevens(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first episode to have a teaser before the opening monologue by the Control Voice. Every remaining episode of the series would do this, although most first-season teasers were flash-forward clips; all second-season teasers (and a few from the first season) were cold-opening prologues that commenced the narrative.
- GoofsWhen Finley levitates the rock, the wires holding up the prop are visible.
- Quotes
Control Voice: Deep beyond the kindest, gentlest soul may lurk violent thoughts, deadly wishes. Someday men may learn how to cope with the monsters of the mind. Then, and only then, when the human mind is truly in control of itself, can we begin to utilize the great and hidden powers of the universe.
- ConnectionsReferences Forbidden Planet (1956)
Featured review
Good episode featuring the great Donald Pleasance.
Having had a technically advanced device installed in his head, Harold J. Finley has the ability to cause electric storms to appear and eviscerate those that get in his way.
It's another very high quality, impressive episode, this one is pure science fiction, the story of an everyday man being pushed into extreme action by those around him.
This comes at a really interesting point in the career of the late, great Donald Pleasance, definitely a big star by this point, with an already illustrious list of performances, and he was terrific here, adding real sincerity to the part.
Ok, so when you see Harold Finley use his powers to lift the rock, you can see the strings lifting it up, but we are watching things on a much higher resolution, I'm sure many wouldn't have picked up on it at the time.
Once again they were ambitious with the special effects, they attempted to do something pretty bold, it was a fair effort.
Good story, elevated by the lead performance.
8/10.
It's another very high quality, impressive episode, this one is pure science fiction, the story of an everyday man being pushed into extreme action by those around him.
This comes at a really interesting point in the career of the late, great Donald Pleasance, definitely a big star by this point, with an already illustrious list of performances, and he was terrific here, adding real sincerity to the part.
Ok, so when you see Harold Finley use his powers to lift the rock, you can see the strings lifting it up, but we are watching things on a much higher resolution, I'm sure many wouldn't have picked up on it at the time.
Once again they were ambitious with the special effects, they attempted to do something pretty bold, it was a fair effort.
Good story, elevated by the lead performance.
8/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- Feb 24, 2023
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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