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The Outer Limits - The Mice
episode 1.15
USA 1964
produced by Joseph Stefano, Leslie Stevens (executive) for Villa Di Stefano, Daystar Productions
directed by Alan Crosland jr
starring Henry Silva, Michael Higgins, Diana Sands, Hugh Langtry, Ron Foster, Francis De Sales, Dabney Coleman, Don Ross, Gene Tyburn
screenplay by Bill S.Ballinger, Joseph Stefano, based on a story by Bill S.Ballinger, Lou Morheim
TV-series Outer Limits, Outer Limits (original series)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Doctor Kellander (Michael Higgins) is looking for a convict to test his
teleportation device, which is set to start an exchange program with
planet Chromos, and thinks he finds the right person in cynical Chino
Rivera (Henry Silva), serving a lifelong sentence for murder. Chino makes
numerous attempts to escape, but is always brought back, and Kellander is
unfortunately stuck with him, since he can't find another convict to act
as his lab mouse on such short notice.
Eventually, as part one of the exchange program, a being from Chromos,
a grotesque creature (Hugh Langtry) is beamed down to earth, but before
Rivera can be beamed up, all communications with Chromo stop and they have
apparently turned off their part of the teleportation device.
... and sure enough, the Chromomite on earth soon starts killing people
and wreaking havoc, but somehow always manages to put the blame on Rivera.
Anyways, in the end, the Chromomite makes an all-out attack at the
research lab, and it's only thanks to Rivera that he can be cornered in
the end and sent back to Chromos ... and now our earth scientists learn
(from a message from Chromos) that the Chromomites were actually planning
to conquer earth since their planet is dying, but didn't expect this kind
of opposition ... while Doc Kellander insists "All you had to do is
ask."
If possible, this episode of Outer Limits is even sillier
than my synopsis makes it sound - yet it's one of the more entertaining
episodes of the much overrated series: The story doesn't make the least
bit of rational sense but is full of unintentional humour, and the
wonderfully weird (and shoddy) Chromomite make up just has to be seen to
be believed (and laughed at). If cheesy and stupid science fiction films
are your thing, this is not one to be missed.
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