X-15 (1961)
Actors:
Charles Bronson (actor),
Phil Dean (actor),
Brad Dexter (actor),
Robert Dornan (actor),
Ed Fleming (actor),
Lauren Gilbert (actor),
Lee Giroux (actor),
James Gregory (actor),
Grant Holcomb (actor),
Lew Irwin (actor),
Jerry Lawrence (actor),
Stanley Livingston (actor),
Mike MacKane (actor),
David McLean (actor),
Ric Applewhite (actor),
Plot: At the height of the Cold War during the 1960s the U.S. Air Force and NASA tested an experimental rocket-powered research aircraft code-named X-15.The X-15 experiments were conducted at Edwards Air Force Base.The X-15 aircraft set altitude and speed records by reaching the edge of outer space.The project is managed by U.S. Air Force Colonel Craig Brewster and scientist Tom Deparma. The main test pilots are Matt Powell, Colonel Lee Brandon and Major Ernest Wilde.During the test flights the X-15 aircraft is dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress mother ship before starting its engine.The whole test team is enthusiastic about the project but the project is plagued by setbacks and near disasters right from the start.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, accident, airport, altitude-record, ammonia, astronaut, b-52, cold-war, drop-launch
Genres:
Drama,
History,
Taglines: The Rocket Ship That Challenged Outer Space! THIS IS THE STORY THAT STUNS THE IMAGINATION! (original print ad - all caps) Actually Filmed in Space!
The Edge of Night (1956)
Actors:
Wesley Addy (actor),
Denny Albee (actor),
Mark Andrews (actor),
Mark Arnold (actor),
Victor Arnold (actor),
Humbert Allen Astredo (actor),
Craig Augustine (actor),
Conrad Bain (actor),
Joey Baio (actor),
Leslie Barrett (actor),
Bernard Barrow (actor),
Jackson Beck (actor),
John Bedford Lloyd (actor),
Ralph Bell (actor),
Willie Aames (actor),
Plot: In the fictional city of Monticello, attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens. Some such citizens include dowager Geraldine Whitney, the frequently-married Raven Alexander, attorney Adam Drake and his wife, Nicole, attorney Draper Scott and his wife, April, Police Chief Bill Marceau, night club owner Johnny Dallas, physician Dr. Miles Cavanaugh, young Jody Travis and her many boyfriends, and Mike Karr himself, his wife, Nancy, and their daughter, Lorrie. All the usual soap opera devices, including prolonged amnesia, a woman with a split personality, murderous mobsters, usurped identities, and murders with many suspects, are used quite effectively in this long running serial.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, attorney, courtroom, murder, partially-lost-tv-series, soap-opera
Genres:
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery,