Science Fiction · United States of America · 1958 · 1h 10m

Terror from the Year 5000

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Director
Robert J. Gurney Jr.
Cast
Ward Costello as Dr. Robert Hedges Joyce Holden as Claire Erling Frederic Downs as Prof. Howard Erling John Stratton as Victor Salome Jens as Future Woman / Nurse Fred Herrick as Angelo
Crew
Arthur Florman — Director of Photography Dede Allen — Editor Richard DuPage — Original Music Composer Robert J. Gurney Jr. — Writer Henry Slesar — Story Robert J. Gurney Jr. — Producer
Tagline

From Time Unborn… A Hideous She-Thing!

Synopsis

Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?

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Mood & Themes
floridaislandjealousyexperimenttime travelswamptime machineradioactivitystatuettescientistswimmingdead cat
Key Collaborators
Robert J. Gurney Jr. Director Arthur Florman Director of Photography Dede Allen Editor Richard DuPage Original Music Composer Robert J. Gurney Jr. Writer Henry Slesar Story Robert J. Gurney Jr. Producer William Hoffman Production Design Beatrice Guerney Production Design
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