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The Dead Past (1965)

★ 8.0/10 58 min TV Movie, Science Fiction United Kingdom English
Director: John Gorrie
Adaptation: Jeremy Paul
Short Story: Isaac Asimov
Story Editor: Irene Shubik
Writer: Jeremy Paul
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

George Benson
George Benson Arnold Potterley
James Maxwell
James Maxwell Jonas Foster
David Langton Thaddeus Araman
Willoughby Goddard
Willoughby Goddard Ralph Nimmo
Sylvia Coleridge Caroline Potterley
Shirley Cain Miss Clements
Frances Alger Laurel
Pat Gorman
Pat Gorman Technician (uncredited)

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