The Man with the Power
- Episode aired Oct 7, 1963
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
809
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
The Mind Side Effect
The college professor Harold J. Finley is a shy and little man married to the nagging Vera. After a surgery where a device he has developed is implanted in his brain, Harold achieves the power of moving heavy objects using his mind. The space agency decides to use his invent in an astronaut for the next spaceflight. However there is also an unexpected side effect and Harold unconsciously revenges humiliations and bad treatment vaporizing his offenders. He concludes that Earth may be destroyed and tries to stop the surgery the astronaut will be submitted. Will he succeed?
"The Man with the Power" is an intriguing episode of "The Outer Limits". Harold J. Finley learns how dangerous the human mind can be while feelings such as hatred, death wish or revenge are not capable to be controlled. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "O Homem com o Poder" ("The Man with the Power")
"The Man with the Power" is an intriguing episode of "The Outer Limits". Harold J. Finley learns how dangerous the human mind can be while feelings such as hatred, death wish or revenge are not capable to be controlled. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "O Homem com o Poder" ("The Man with the Power")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Feb 13, 2018
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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