Secret Weapon (25 Nov. 1966)

Doug and Tony are transported to Russia on 16 June 1956, and sooner they receive an F-5 probe from the Time Tunnel personnel with the message "Meet Alexis". They meet the double agent ... See full summary »

Director:

Sobey Martin

Writers:

Irwin Allen (creator), Theodore Apstein

Stars:

James Darren, Robert Colbert, Nehemiah Persoff

Cast

Episode cast overview:
James Darren	...	Dr. Tony Newman
Robert Colbert	...	Dr. Doug Phillips
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Prof. Anton Biraki
Michael Ansara	...	Col. Hruda
Whit Bissell	...	Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk
John Zaremba	...	Dr. Raymond Swain
Lee Meriwether	...	Dr. Ann MacGregor
Sam Groom	...	Jerry
Russ Conway	...	Gen. Parker (as Russell Conway)
Gregory Gaye	...	Alexis (as Gregory Gay)
Kevin Hagen	...	McDonnell

Storyline

Doug and Tony are transported to Russia on 16 June 1956, and sooner they receive an F-5 probe from the Time Tunnel personnel with the message "Meet Alexis". They meet the double agent Alexis that gives papers and free access to them to the facilities of the Russian Project A-13. They discover that Professor Anton Biraki has built a Time Tunnel very similar to theirs, and they have been assigned to pilot a doomed capsule in the first time travel. Meanwhile in the present days, Professor Biraki is in the United States offering his knowledge to the government.

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Plot Keywords:

lost in time

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 1966 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Irwin Allen Productions, Kent Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Even though it is said it takes places in Russia, the opening scene where you can see mosques and minarets is Istanbul, Turkey. It is most famous scene of historical peninsula in Istanbul.

User Reviews

Good But Not Outstanding

The teaser and act one are fun with all that Tunnel communication with the two time travellers, then we see the other Time Tunnel of yesterday and we are thrilled with a sense of mystery. This hour is loaded with three outstanding male guest stars, Ansara being the best guest star of the three, and the story is just fine with me.

On the negative side: I never liked the actor playing "Jerry" in the Tunnel command centre and there is a lot of him in this hour. But others do like him I am told?

2nd negative: Episode composer Paul Sawtell was just fine when he scored the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) motion picture and the pilot episode of the Voyage/Sea series (1964) but this guy also does some boring "funeral type music" (to quote another reviewer I once knew) and, sadly, the funeral music is present in Secret Weapon.

This hour is good but not outstanding.