The Dune Roller

Episode aired Jan 4, 1952
TV-GTV-G
25m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Drama Horror Mystery

On isolated Lightning Island, a rock mysteriously crashes out of a house after pebbles combine and grow. Scientists discover the rocks consist of an unknown mineral. But long-time resident C... Read allOn isolated Lightning Island, a rock mysteriously crashes out of a house after pebbles combine and grow. Scientists discover the rocks consist of an unknown mineral. But long-time resident Cap Zanse believes it's an Ouroboros or hoop snake, a legendary creature which rolls with t... Read allOn isolated Lightning Island, a rock mysteriously crashes out of a house after pebbles combine and grow. Scientists discover the rocks consist of an unknown mineral. But long-time resident Cap Zanse believes it's an Ouroboros or hoop snake, a legendary creature which rolls with tail in mouth, and is blamed for the mysterious extermination of local animals on the Lake ... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Director
- Don Medford
Writers
- Julian C. May(story)
- Charles O'Neil(adapted by)
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Featured review

7/10

Simple but entertaining sci-fi horror

The strange rocks that cover a Lake Michigan island turn out to be fragments of an asteroid that has the power to coalesce in to a motile fiery mass that legend knows as the 'Dune Roller'. The teleplay, based on the eponymous short story by Julian May, is an efficient little sci-fi-spooker that follows a (now) predictable trajectory. Deadly rocks from space were revisited in the excellent B-movie 'The Monolith Monsters' (1957) and the Dune Roller plot was recycled in 1972 in the apparently abysmal 'The Cremators'. Far from brilliant, but definitely watchable (as long as the limitations in early TV productions are accepted). Stars Bruce Cabot of 'King Kong (1933) fame.

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