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Hot Dust

  • Episode aired Nov 25, 1957
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
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7.4/10
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Leonard Nimoy and Broderick Crawford in Hot Dust (1957)
ActionCrimeDrama

Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.

  • Director
    • Leon Benson
  • Writer
    • Richard H. Landau
  • Stars
    • Broderick Crawford
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • Alan Reynolds
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    7.4/10
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    • Director
      • Leon Benson
    • Writer
      • Richard H. Landau
    • Stars
      • Broderick Crawford
      • Leonard Nimoy
      • Alan Reynolds
    • 3User reviews
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    Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford
    • Dan Mathews
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Harry Wells
    Alan Reynolds
    Alan Reynolds
    • Mr. Garson
    Barbara Townsend
    • Landlady
    Patty Ann Gerrity
    Patty Ann Gerrity
    • Little girl
    Terry Frost
    Terry Frost
    • Unit 2488
    Richard Emory
    Richard Emory
    • Harvey Grant
    Darlene Albert
    • Fay
    Art Gilmore
    Art Gilmore
    • Narrator
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    • Director
      • Leon Benson
    • Writer
      • Richard H. Landau
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    • Trivia
      One of the few times the character Dan Mathews smokes (or at least holds a lit cigarette) in the series, possibly the only time.
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene a camera/cameraman is reflected in the rear doors of the cargo truck as it backs up to the unloading bay.
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      Narrator: In its constant and relentless fight against crime and the criminal who commits that crime, the Highway Patrol occasionally finds itself playing another unique role in the interests of public safety, such as escorting a cargo of highly potent radioactive material, designed for special industrial use, from its point of arrival at the airport to its final destination along a carefully charted route, to avoid all civilian traffic. The cargo: a handful of pellets - hot, deadly, more lethal than a killer with a loaded gun.

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    Unbelievable Plot
    The storyline is unbelievable. First, one would think that a business that handles radioactive material would hire someone with more maturity and not a "kid" as Matthews called him. Secondly, one would think that such a business would train its worker on how to handle the material and the dangers associated with exposure so that the worker would be competent enough to transport the cannister and would not have misconceptions about the effects of exposure, should that happen. Third, no business like this would have just one worker, and a rather immature one at that, left alone to do the job without at least a second or third person or supervisor doing some oversight and support. At least, one would hope. Fourth, the lab worker Harry Wells (played by Leonard Nimoy) is such a bungler that he almost makes Larry, Moe, and Curley of the Three Stooges look professional by comparison.
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    • Release date
      • November 25, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 1010 N. Fuller Ave., Los Angeles, California, USA(gate at backlot of ZIV Studios)
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      • ZIV Television Programs
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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