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Directed by James Goldstone
Story by Seeleg Lester and Sam Newma from an idea by Ed Adamson
Teleplay by Seeleg Lester and Sam Newman
A meteor crashes in Hui Tan province. From its ore, handmade bullets are molded and find their way into battle. Four soldiers of the opposing army fall, all from identical wounds in the head. Such injuries usually prove fatal — but not this time. The men recover, and investigator Adam Ballard learns that each victim has gained genius IQ — apparently the result of brain transplant.
After the men escape, Ballard traces one, Lieutenant Minns, to Wall Street. Ballard sees him amassing fortunes in money and disbursing it to all corners of the world. Trailing the lines of communication taken by the money, Ballard discovers the geniuses hard at work — as if possessed — on a scientific project dealing primarily with Earth's children.
NOTE: The much-honored Robert Duvall would win an Oscar for his starring role in Tender Mercies with additional nominations for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Great Santini, The Apostle and A Civil Action. He also appeared in the first-season Outer Limits episode "The Chameleon." Ivan Dixon, who would become best-known to TV audiences as Sgt. Kinchloe on the Robert Crane sitcom Hogan's Heroes and go on to become a major TV-series director, also appeared in the first-season Outer Limits episode "The Human Factor."
(Original Airdates: November 21 & 28, 1964)
Robert Duvall (Adam Ballard), Steve Inhat (Lt. Phillip J. Minns), Donald Harron (Ray "Art" Harris), Ivan Dixon (Sgt. James Conover), Dee Pollock (PFC Francis Hadley), James Frawley (Pvt. Robert Renaldo), James Shigeta (AIO Capt. Ngo Nwa), Ted DeCorsia (Secretary of Science Randolph E. Branch), William Wintersole (Prof. Andrew Whitsett), Robert J. Nelson (Surgeon), Yoneo Iguchi (Oriental Soldier), Leon Askin (Steelmaking Shop Super), Robert Cinder (Mr. Jessup), Linda Hutchins (Nurse), Sy Prescott (Hospital MP), Dabbs Greer (E.F. Larkin), Kim Hector (Johnny Subiron)
Additional Part Two Cast: Suzanne Cupito (Minerva Gordon), Jon Cedar (Agent Grainger), Jan Shutan (Mrs. Subiron), Paulie Clark (Nurse at Children's Hospital), Joanne Stewart (Miss Steen), David Brady (Daniel Newton Masters), Charles Herbert (Boy with Ball). Also: John Harding, Michael Petit, Earl Brown, H. Faber, M. Finochio and G. Estes
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