Tales of Tomorrow - Vol. 1:

Now here is something different. EastWest has released four episodes of the now public domain TV series, Tales of Tomorrow. This like many early TV shows was shown in an anthology format with a different cast and story each week. There were also quite a few stars here such as Leslie Neilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Brian Keith and Thomas Mitchell. Many of the rest were Hollywood character actors and bit players.

As with much early television this was produced with a budget of nothing and the kinescoped prints do nothing to hide the cheapness of what was supposed to be Martian terrain and saddest of all when Leslie Neilson uses a geiger counter the clicks come from what sounds like someone hitting two drumsticks together.

The cheapness could be overlooked if the plots were decent but the plots just didn't have the
writing that later series such as the Outer Limits, One Step Beyond and, of course, the Twilight Zone would be forever remembered for.

Watch it as a curiosity but nothing else.

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