"Project Immortality" is an American television play broadcast on June 11, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast includes Lee J. Cobb and Michael Landon.
| "Project Immortality" | |
|---|---|
| Playhouse 90 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 36 |
| Directed by | Fielder Cook |
| Written by | Loring Mandel |
| Original air date | June 11, 1959 |
| Guest appearances | |
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Plot
editA brilliant man, Professor Lawrence Doner, is dying of leukemia. He is offered an opportunity for immortality by having his brain pattern used as the model for a computer program.
Cast
editThe cast includes the following.[1]
- Lee J. Cobb as Lawrence Doner
- Kenneth Haigh as Martin Schramm
- Gusti Huber as Eva Doner
- Michael Landon as Arthur Doner
- Patty McCormack as Ketti Doner
- Paul Fix as General
- Richard Carlyle as Schoonover
- Frank Ferguson as DeKlasch
- Barney Phillips as Colonel Bender
- Don Keefer as Leech
- Frederick Worlock as Dr. Samman
- Joseph Sargent as Liggett
- Sheridan Comerate as Driver
- Azaria Port as Agassiz
- Donald Foster as Laniel
- William Boyett as Weiner
Production
editThe program aired on June 11, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Loring Mandel was the writer and Fielder Cook the director.[1][2]
References
edit- 1 2 "Playhouse 90: Project Immortality". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.