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 Man with the Power
Donald Pleasence is the meek science professor Harold J Finley. He went through a secret experimental surgery for NASA. It increases his brain activity. Giving it the power of energy where it can move rocks.
The astronauts would be next in line for the surgery by NASA.
At first Finley does not notice the side effects to the surgery. When he gets angry, some dark clouds gather and destroys what has been upsetting him. Such as the construction workers at the roadblock who closed the highway. Their trucks later get damaged.
What is upsetting Finley now is the Dean of his college. He will not give Finley time off so he can finish his work with NASA. The Dean likes to demean Finley constantly.
Another person always humiliating Finley is his own wife. She has emasculated Finley and pretty soon he comes close to snapping. This time realising the dangers of the powers inherent in him.
An interesting premise, some good acting by Pleasance but it does not work. The Dean was horrid and I could not understand why the NASA like organisation could not give Finley permanent employment after doing surgery on him.
There were just too many weaknesses in the story.
The astronauts would be next in line for the surgery by NASA.
At first Finley does not notice the side effects to the surgery. When he gets angry, some dark clouds gather and destroys what has been upsetting him. Such as the construction workers at the roadblock who closed the highway. Their trucks later get damaged.
What is upsetting Finley now is the Dean of his college. He will not give Finley time off so he can finish his work with NASA. The Dean likes to demean Finley constantly.
Another person always humiliating Finley is his own wife. She has emasculated Finley and pretty soon he comes close to snapping. This time realising the dangers of the powers inherent in him.
An interesting premise, some good acting by Pleasance but it does not work. The Dean was horrid and I could not understand why the NASA like organisation could not give Finley permanent employment after doing surgery on him.
There were just too many weaknesses in the story.
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- Prismark10
- Mar 1, 2023
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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