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Director:
Writers:
Gene L. Coon (writer)
Gene Roddenberry (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 January 1974 (USA) more
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Plot:
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Happy 88th birthday, Gene Roddenberry!
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Outstanding concept forecasting the future with spiritual overtones. more (16 total)

Cast

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Robert Foxworth ... Questor

Mike Farrell ... Jerry Robinson

John Vernon ... Geoffrey Darro
Lew Ayres ... Vaslovik
James Shigeta ... Dr. Chen
Robert Douglas ... Dr. Michaels

Dana Wynter ... Lady Helena Trimble
Ellen Weston ... Allison Sample

Majel Barrett ... Dr. Bradley
Reuben Singer ... Dr. Gorlov
Walter Koenig ... Administrative Assistant
Fred Sadoff ... Dr. Audret
Gerald Peters ... Randolph
Eyde Girard ... Stewardess
Alan Caillou ... Immigration Offical
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Of Gene Roddenberry's non-"Star Trek" pilots (Genesis II (1973) (TV), Planet Earth (1974) (TV), Spectre (1977) (TV)), this one came closest to being greenlighted as a weekly series. Gene Roddenberry ultimately pulled it from consideration because American TV network NBC demanded too many changes to the concept. The demands would allegedly have eliminated the Jerry Robinson character, and would have inserted revolving romantic interests for Questor. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene supposedly in London (obviously a set in Hollywood), a neon sign reads "Jewelers", with the American spelling. A real British sign would read "Jewellers". more
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Outstanding concept forecasting the future with spiritual overtones., 5 June 2003
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Author: Marcia VanOrman from Oregon USA

After all these years, I'm still amazed how this film created a concept of a way to centrally identify worldwide needs and the resources to fill them and we are seeing it happen in various ways (Northwest Medical Team (free medical help to needy countries), the worldwide effort to save the two whales stranded in the ice years back,etc). The efforts so far have not come close to the scope in the movie, but I feel it will come.

Precursor of the information super-highway!!

The concept of a progressive mentor throughout history, guiding but not interfering with mankind's evolution to maturity -- well done!!

Marcia

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