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The Dead Past

19650.0 / 1058 min
TV Movie

Overview

The Chronoscope is a device that analyses ancient photons to allow a glimpse into any event in Earth's distant past. Historian Arnold Potterley is rebuffed when he petitions for use of the Chronoscope to study ancient Carthage. So he commissions the building of a private time-viewing machine.

Cast

George Benson

George Benson

Arnold Potterley

James Maxwell

James Maxwell

Jonas Foster

David Langton

David Langton

Thaddeus Araman

Willoughby Goddard

Willoughby Goddard

Ralph Nimmo

Sylvia Coleridge

Sylvia Coleridge

Caroline Potterley

Shirley Cain

Shirley Cain

Miss Clements

Frances Alger

Frances Alger

Laurel

Crew

George Spenton-Foster

George Spenton-Foster

Associate Producer

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Story

John Gorrie

John Gorrie

Director

Irene Shubik

Irene Shubik

Producer

Jeremy Paul

Jeremy Paul

Adaptation