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Brothers Allan (Cliff Robertson) and Buddy (Lee Philips) run a radio
station, and while Buddy is doing the disc-jockeying-chores, Allan has his
own lab where he does all king of weird research, constantly tapping into
the power supply of the radio station ... and one day he makes contact
with a being from another planet, a being made of pure energy, and they
even establish communications. Then though, Allan's wife Carol (Jacqueline
Scott) drags him off to a social event at the mayor's where Allan is
supposed to be honoured. Meanwhile, the substitute DJ (Burt Metcalfe)
tampers witht he power controls a bit, and suddenly, the being from
another planet, or Galaxy Being (William Douglas), if you may, is sucked
to earth via Allan's communications channel.
The first thing the Galaxy Being does (as does every visitor from
another planet) is to go on a killing spree, but somehow Allan can lure
the Being back to his lab ... which is soon surrounded by the military,
and for some reason, the military shoots Carol when she tries to leave the
lab. But now the Being proves it is actually benevolent and heals Carol,
then, seeing the damage it has done, the being just disappears ...
This first ever episode of the cult-series The Outer Limits
aptly proved where drive-in sci-fi cinema of the 1950's has found its new
home ... on television. On a plot level, The Galaxy Being resembles
any number of, let's say, AIP-science
fictioners to the t, the difference to the AIP-features
is that it features better actors, better special effects, was probably
produced on a more decent budget ... and is not nearly as funny, as
devil-may-care entertaining or as lovingly made as standard 50's drive-in
fare. In itself, The Galaxy Being is not bad ... but it's nothing
to write home about eiter.
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