Project Immortality

36th episode of the 3rd season of Playhouse 90
"Project Immortality"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 36
Directed byFielder Cook
Written byLoring Mandel
Produced byPeter Kortner
Original air dateJune 11, 1959 (1959-06-11)
Guest appearances
  • Lee J. Cobb as Lawrence Doner
  • Michael Landon as Arthur Doner
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"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.

Plot

A 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

The cast includes the following:[1]

  • Lee J. Cobb … Lawrence Doner
  • Kenneth Haigh … Martin Schramm
  • Gusti Huber … Eva Doner
  • Michael Landon … Arthur Doner
  • Patty McCormack … Ketti Doner
  • Paul Fix … General
  • Richard Carlyle … Schoonover
  • Frank Ferguson … DeKlasch
  • Barney Phillips … Colonel Bender
  • Don Keefer … Leech
  • Frederick Worlock … Dr. Samman
  • Joseph Sargent … Liggett
  • Sheridan Comerate … Driver
  • Azaria Port … Agassiz
  • Donald Foster … Laniel
  • William Boyett … Weiner

Production

The 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

  1. ^ a b "Playhouse 90: Project Immortality". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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