The Dead Past (1965)
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.
Director: John Gorrie
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George Benson as Arnold Potterley |
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James Maxwell as Jonas Foster |
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David Langton as Thaddeus Araman |
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Willoughby Goddard as Ralph Nimmo |
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Sylvia Coleridge as Caroline Potterley |
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Shirley Cain as Miss Clements |
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Frances Alger as Laurel |
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Pat Gorman as Technician (uncredited) |
| Production | Irene Shubik | Producer |
| Production | George Spenton-Foster | Associate Producer |
| Directing | John Gorrie | Director |
| Writing | Jeremy Paul | Adaptation |
| Writing | Isaac Asimov | Short Story |
| Art | Norman James | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Wheal | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shirley Boakes | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Brian Hodgson | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Bernard Wilkie | Special Effects |
| Sound | Norman Kay | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Irene Shubik | Story Editor |
| Sound | Dudley Simpson | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jeremy Paul | Writer |