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Guide revision history
Version 1.0: Original release (06/07/92)
Version 1.1: Minor update (07/05/92) Added support for printing with the ms macros and with cawf.
Version 2.0: Update (06/14/93) Added fifth production episodes. Changed order of HBO episodes. Miscellaneous other changes.
Table of Contents
| I. | HBO Produced Episodes |
| II. | USA First Production |
| III. | USA Second Production |
| IV. | USA Third Production |
| V. | USA Fourth Production |
| VI. | USA Fifth Production |
| VII. | Episode Title List |
| VIII. | Alphabetical Title List |
| IX. | Principle Credits |
| X. | Show Notes |
I. HBO produced episodes
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my Martian landscape. Somewhere in this room is an
African veldt. Just beyond perhaps is a small Illinois town where
I grew up. And I'm surrounded on every side by my magicians
toyshop. I'll never starve here. I just look around, find what I
need, and begin. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is" The Ray Bradbury
Theater. "Well then, right now what shall it be. Out of all this
what do I choose to make a story. I never know where the next one
will take me. The trip, exactly one half exhilaration, exactly
one half terror".
1 Marionettes, Inc.
A nagging wife prompts a computer salesman to take desperate
measures.
Additional introduction (HBO and video only)
"Its a new age. Even the coffee machines are talking to us. Maybe
the next thing will be they'll tell us not only what to drink,
but when to drink. But what if they're wrong. I wonder if old
Geppetto had any idea of what notions he let loose on the world".
Starring
James Coco Braling
Leslie Nielsen Fantoccini
Directed by
Paul Lynch
Co-starring
Jayne Eastwood Mrs. Braling
Kenneth Welsh Crane
With
Pixie Bigelow Buyer
Rex Hagon Buyer
Michael Fletcher Buyer
Laura Henry Secretary
Tom Christopher The Other Braling
2 The Playground
An insurance salesman has an uneasy feeling about the children at
a local playground.
Additional introduction (HBO and video only)
"You know it's amazing how fond I've become of the sound of this
typewriter's, ah, till the power fails, very comforting." [lights
candle] "Well like a night-light when we were kids in a dark
room. Remember how it used to be? When we'd wander around our
homes and be terrified of the littlest things. Of course it's not
true for us nowadays. At the moments like this what we long for
is an old warm friend and I have one right here." [uncovers old
typewriter, blows off dust and blows out candle] "Damn".
Starring
William Shatner Charles Underhill
Keith Dutson Steve
Kate Trotter Carol
Director
William Fruet
Co-starring
Mirko Malish Ralph
Steven Andrade Charlie
Barry Flatman Robert Peerless
3 The Crowd
A neon-sign artist believes the people gaping at an auto accident
might be otherworldly.
Additional introduction (HBO and video only)
"The trouble with having all these things around for years is you
stop seeing them. There's nothing new, its a cliche. You look at
it, you don't see it any more. So sometimes you have to make a
search, to find something new somewhere, perhaps beyond. But even
down there the streets, the people, the cars, it's nothing new.
I've seen it all. And yet, and yet ..".
Starring
Nick Mancuso Spelliner
R.H. Thomson Morgan
Director
Ralph L. Thomas
Co-starring
David Hughes Doctor
Victor Eartmantis Parametic
4 The Town Where No One Got Off
A city resident's idealistic view of rural life is shattered when
a train drops him off at an unscheduled stop.
Starring
Jeff Goldblum Cogswell
Ed McNamara Old Man
Cec Linder Salesman
Director
Don McBrearty
Co-starring
Errol Slue Conductor
Clare Coulter Store Owner
Samantha Langevin Mother
Rachel Gemmell Girl on Swing
Wayne Robson Man in Store
5 The Screaming Woman
A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming voice.
Starring
Drew Barrymore Heather Leary
Janet-Laine Green Mrs. Leary
Roger Dunn Mr. Leary
With
Alan Scarfe Mr. Nesbitt
Directed by
Bruce Pittman
Co-starring
Ian Heath Dippy
Ken James Mr. Kelly
Jacqueline McLeod Mrs. Kelly
Michael Copeman Policeman
Mary Anne Coles Screaming Woman
Fran Gebhard Neighbor
Dick Callahan Worker
6 Banshee
An offbeat film director frightens a writer with larger-then-life
ghost stories.
Starring
Peter O'Toole John Hampton
Charles Martin Smith Douglas Rogers
Jennifer Dale The Banshee
Directed by
Douglas Jackson
Co-starring
Michael Copeman Taxi Driver
II. USA first production
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my Martian landscape. Somewhere in this room is an
African veldt. Just beyond perhaps is a small Illinois town where
I grew up. And I'm surrounded on every side by my magicians
toyshop. I'll never starve here. I just look around, find what I
need, and begin. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is" The Ray Bradbury
Theater. "Well then, right now what shall it be. Out of all this
what do I choose to make a story. I never know where the next one
will take me. The trip, exactly one half exhilaration, exactly
one half terror".
7 The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl
A careless murderer contemplates his crime.
Starring
Michael Ironside Acton
Sonja Smits Mary
And
Robert Vaughn Huxley
Director
Gilbert Shilton
Co-starring
Barry Greene Gun Salesman
Wally Bondarenko Detective
Tom Harvey Doctor
8 Skeleton
A hypochondriac seeks the help of a bone specialist to cure his
latest ailment.
Starring
Eugene Levy Bert Harris
Diane D'Aquila Clarisse
And
Peter Blais Munigant
Director
Steve Dimarco
Co-starring
Sean Hewitt Dr. Burleigh
Thick Wilson Fat Man
9 The Emissary
A lonely, bedridden boy sends out his dog to find him a
companion.
Starring
Helen Shaver Miss Haight
Keram Malicki-Sanchez Martin
Director
Sturla Gunnarsson
Co-starring
Linda Goranson Mother
Neil Munro Father
Eric Hebert Big Boy
Stuart Kenny Neighbour
Chubby Dog
10 Gotcha!
A playful couple plan a romantic weekend getaway.
Starring
Saul Rubinek John Griffths
Kate Lynch Alicia Hart
Director
Brad Turner
Co-starring
James Kidnie Hotel Clerk
Olwyn Chipman Party Person #1
Sharolyn Sparrow Party Person #2
Michael Healy Stockbroker (Bear)
Adrian Paul Stockbroker (Bozo)
11 The Man Upstairs
A boarder with strange hobbies keeps little Douglas up at night.
Starring
Feodor Atkine Mr. Koberman
With
Micheline Presle Grandma
Kate Hardie Miss Treadwell
Introducing
Adam Negley Douglas
Director
Alain Bonnot
Co-starring
Henri Poirier Mr. Dumas
Michel Winogradoff Police Officer
Bertie Cortiez Coroner
12 The Small Assassin
A woman lives in terror of her new born child.
Starring
Susan Wooldridge Alice Leiber
Leigh Lawson David Leiber
With
Cyril Cusack Doctor Jeffers
Director
Tom Cotter
Co-starring
Lottie Ward Nurse
13 Punishment Without Crime
A man has a robot created to look just like his hated wife. His
plan is to kill the robot, but he falls in love instead.
Starring
Donald Pleasence George Hill
Lynsey Baxter Katherine
With
Peggy Mount The Judge
Director
Bruce MacDonald
Co-starring
Iain Cuthbertson Prosecuting Counsel
Frank Williams Defence Counsel
John McGlynn Facsimile Interviewer
Bill Croasdale Governor
Will Tracey Priest
George Anton Lover
William Ivory Policeman
14 On the Orient, North
A nurse aids an ailing ghost on a transcontinental train trip and
escorts him to his final destination.
Starring
Magali Noel Minerva Halliday
Ian Bannen The Ghastly Passenger
Director
Frank Cassenti
Co-starring
Francois Clavier Train Official
Herve Pauchon Priest
Sylvie Novak Nun
Tim Holm Policeman
Jean Gluck Doctor
15 The Coffin
An aging inventor builds a custom made coffin as his final
creation.
Starring
Denholm Elliott Richard Braling
With
Dan O'Herlihy Charles Braling
Director
Tom Cotter
Co-starring
Clive Swift St. John Court
16 Tyrannosaurus Rex
A film animator sculpts a monster for a tyrannical movie
director's latest project.
Starring
Cris Campion Terwilliger
Daniel Ceccaldi Glass
Jim Dunk Joe Clarence
Director
Gilles Behat
Co-starring
Julie Reitzman Glass' Niece
17 There Was an Old Woman
Elderly Matilda isn't ready when death arrives to carry her away
in a wicker basket.
Starring
Mary Morris Matilda
Roy Kinnear Funeral Director
Sylvestra Le Touzel Emily
With
Ronald Lacey The Listener
Director
Bruce MacDonald
Co-starring
Robin Soans Father
Finetime Fontayne Mortician
Peter Barton Listener's Assistant
Stephen Boyes Listener's Assistant
Louis Emerick Listener's Assistant
Ken Kitson Listener's Assistant
18 And So Died Riabouchinska
An outspoken marionette provides clues to a murder when a
detective interrogates a ventriloquist.
Starring
Alan Bates John Fabian
Jean-Pierre Kalfon Lt. Krovitch
Director
Denys Granier-Deferre
Co-starring
Patti Layne Alyce Fabian
Annabelle Mouloudji Ilyana Riamonova
Hilary Staunton Mr. Douglas
Jacques Berrocal Ockham
III. USA second production
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my. I'll never starve here. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this
is" The Ray Bradbury Theater.
19 The Dwarf
The dreams of a dwarf turn into a showman's nightmare.
Additional introduction
"When I was 12 I met a magician Harry Blackstone who told me to
live forever. I decided I could. Mr. Blackstone introduced me to
clowns, acrobats, fire eaters, fat ladies, and some little
people, dwarves. I've never forgotten. Every time I see certain
kinds of strange mirrors, this is what I see".
Starring
Megan Follows Aimee
With
Miguel Fernandes Ralph Banghart
And
Machs Colombani Mr. Bigelow
Director
Costa Botes
Co-starring
David Cameron Magazine Vendor
20 A Miracle of Rare Device
A mean-spirited man may ruin a desert mirage.
Additional introduction
"When I was a boy my dad looking for work picked up my mom, my
brother Skip, and myself, and headed west. Along the way in the
middle of nowhere-what-so-ever-at-all on a hot summer desert noon
with the wind still and heat rising from the sand dunes, we were
witness to a miracle. Years later I remembered the miracle. This,
is that remembrance".
Starring
Pat Harrington Jr. Robert
With
Wayne Robson William
Director
Roger Tompkins
Co-starring
William Kircher Ned Bantlin
Des Kelly Old Man
Barbara Laurenson Old Woman
Helen Jarroe Woman
Ben Vere-Jones Young Man
Roy Wesney Old Man #2
Stephen Lovatt Xanadu Young Man
Peter Dennett Farmer
Annie Ruth Farmer's Wife
Baden Campbell Farmer's Son
Sarah McLaughlin Farmer's Daughter
21 The Lake
A young man returns to the lake where he had a childhood
sweetheart a number of years before.
Additional introduction
"The long hot summers of childhood surround me in photos taken
along the shores of Lake Michigan. Looking at them many years ago
I remembered when I built impossible cities out of sand and
discovered that the lake could be a sorrow as well as a joy. When
I finished writing this story at the age 22 I was in tears, and
knew that at last I had become a writer".
Starring
Gordon Thomson Douglas
With
Eli Sharplin Young Douglas
Jessica Billingsley Young Tally
And
Sylvia Rands Tally's Mother
Prue Langbein Douglas' Mother
Tina Regtien Margaret
Director
Pat Robins
Co-starring
Jim Moriarty Lifeguard
22 The Wind
A man is pursued by the violent winds whose secret he has
learned.
Additional introduction
"Clocks, hourglasses, barometers. Who has not lain on his back
and wondered where the weather was born, and how it traveled, and
why along the way it sometimes ate people alive. And then again
late nights doesn't the wind outside your house scratch at your
screen like a cat needing to be fed. And what then. Do you let
the wind in, and what happens if you do".
Starring
Michael Sarrazin John Colt
With
Ray Henwood Herb Thompson
Director
Grahame McLean
Co-starring
Vivienne Labone Susan Thompson
Keith Richardson Keith Parkinson
Anne Pacey Anne Parkinson
23 The Pedestrian
In the world of the future, a man's nighttime walks are
considered deviant behavior.
Additional introduction
"Tennis shoes, to remind me of what. The first nights of summer
when as a boy I ran in the cool grass, or later walking at night
being stopped by police who were suspicious of the only one
walking for miles and miles. Upset with this encounter with the
law what else could I do but write about shoes, and night, and
walking as a criminal in some future year in a story called The
Pedestrian".
Starring
David Ogden Stiers Leonard Mead
With
Grant Tilly Stockwell
Director
Alin Bollinger
Co-starring
Stig Eldred Voice (Out of View)
Matt Murphy Man on Television
24 A Sound of Thunder
A man who has hunted all the animals on earth travels back in
time to bag a dinosaur.
Additional introduction
"Dinosaurs large and small fill my junkyard workroom. This one
given to me by a friend 30 years ago. These given as toys to my
daughters, and when they didn't play with them I simply took them
back. So with dinosaurs coming into my life, I often wondered
what would happen if I could go back into theirs. Dinosaurs, time
machines, put them together and you have a tale 1 billion years
old".
Starring
Kiel Martin Eckles
With
John Bach Travis
Director
Costa Botes
Co-starring
Micheal McLeod Agent
Micheal Batley Hunter
John McDavitt Hunter
25 The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
A famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances.
Additional introduction
"I'm surrounded by file after file of ideas, stories, poems, and
fragments of novels put away over some 40 years. I go through
them constantly and whichever story, poem, or play cries the
loudest to be born gets written. But I've often wondered, if
someone said to me your stories or your life would I save my life
or my stories. And so the The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone was
born".
Starring
John Saxon Dudley Stone
With
Alan Scarfe John Oatis Kendall
Director
David Copeland
Co-starring
Susan Wilson Sara Stone
Lewis Rowe Dudley Stone's Publisher
26 The Haunting of the New
A man receives a phone call late at night telling him he can have
a stately mansion, if it wants him.
Additional introduction
"This is a postcard from a friend overseas which caused me to
write The Haunting of the New. A postcard not a stumped lion, or
a robot dinosaur, or a toy xylophone, but an airmail postcard,
yes. Because it told about an old house in a far place on a
strange night. A house that died and came alive again and here is
how it happened".
Starring
Susannah Yorke Nora
With
Richard Comar Charles
Director
Roger Tompkins
Co-starring
Sheila Hammond Duchess
27 To the Chicago Abyss
In the future a man tells stories of how things used to be.
Additional introduction
"I have what seems to be total recall from the moment of my
birth, but if it should falter the toys, the trivia that surround
me in my workroom help me remember back 60 years. But what if I
lost all these in a fire? Then I'd be forced to rely on sheer
memory alone. But what about everyone else? Would they choose to
remember or prefer to forget? Would my memories be a threat to
them? To find the answer I wrote To the Chicago Abyss".
Starring
Harold Gould Old Man
With
Neil Munro The Stranger
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Co-starring
Doreen Ibsen Woman in Park
Arne MacPherson Young Man in Park
Linda Ravinovitch Stanger's Wife
Bill Meilen The Policeman
Ronald Rault The Betrayer
Chad Krowchuk Joseph
28 Hail and Farewell
A 12 year old boy has problems growing up.
Additional introduction
"Here lie my first magic sets given to me when I was 10 years old
when I thought by magic I could control the world around me. My
parents gave me sweaters and socks for Christmas. I rebeled, I
wanted to stay young, a kid with a magic set forever. I wish
somehow I could smoke the proper cigars to stunt my growth. Out
of those Christmases and my secret desire to scrunch down and be
10 years old forever the story that follows was born".
Starring
Josh Saviano Willie
Director
Alan Kroeker
Co-starring
Georgie Collins Old Woman
Trevor McCarthy The Bully
Mary Day Charlotte
Christine McInnis Charlotte's Mother
Judith Haynes Emma Webley
Frank C. Turner John Webley
Mark Parr Tiny Tim
Frank Bueckert Ice Cream Man
Ann Allen Little Woman
Chad Cole Big Kid, Orphanage
Joel Dacks 2nd Kid, Orphanage
Donovan Workun Bully's Sidekick
29 The Veldt
Two spoiled children use the power of their magical nursery to
rebel against their parents.
Additional introduction
"Africa, lions, and the great modern safari explorers have been
part of my life in or out of films or circus arenas or librarys.
Here in my workroom motion picture television machines and hot
african veldt lens join and come alive. What was Popular
Mechanics fancy when I was 9 can be built today or written out in
a few hours to be let loose from my typewriter as a story called
The Veldt".
Starring
Linda Kelsey Lydia Hadley
With
Malcolm Stewart George Hadley
Thomas Peacocke David McLean
Director
Brad Turner
Co-starring
Damien Atkins Peter Hadley
Shana Alexander Wendy Hadley
Del Mehes Mechanical Voice
30 Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!
There are many wondrous things that small boys can order from
mail order catalogs.
Additional introduction
"This is my copy of the Johnson Smith, Racine, Wisconsin catalog.
Every boy in America at one time had one. You sent away for
jokes, surprises, funny faces, whoopee cushions, and magical
illusions. I sent away for my first Johnson Smith catalog when I
was 10 because I heard you could buy things, strange things that
you dumped in water or planted in your window box that grew, and
grew, and grew".
Starring
Charles Martin Smith Huge Fortnum
Director
David Brandes
Co-starring
Marc Reid Tom Fortnum
Patricia Phillips Cynthia Fortnum
Judy Mahbey Mrs. Goodbody
Frank C. Turner Roger Willis
Dorothy Anne Haug Dorothy Willis
Michael Leskow Joe Willis
David Mann Mailman
IV. USA third production
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my magicians toyshop. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is" The
Ray Bradbury Theater.
31 Mars Is Heaven
The first Earth visitors to Mars discover a replica of small town
America.
Starring
Hal Linden, Paul Gross, Helen Moulder
Director
John Laing
Additional Cast
Patrick Smythe, Wendy McFarlane, Eddie Campbell,
Brian Sergent, Stephen Papps
32 The Murderer
Arthur Brock sounds off against noise, leading him to violence -
and a cell in the psychiatric ward.
Starring
Bruce Weitz, Cedric Smith, Donna Akerston,
Michael Haigh
Director
Roger Tompkins
33 Touched With Fire
Two men try to prevent a murder.
Starring
Eileen Brennan, Barry Morse, Joseph Shaw
Director
Roger Tompkins
Additional Cast
Michael Noonan, Paul Nadas
34 The Black Ferris
Two friends think there's a connection when a carnival brings an
old man and a young boy to town.
Starring
Zachary Bennett, Nathaniel Moreau, Frank Whitten
Director
Roger Tompkins
Additional Cast
Jonathan Marks, Pat Evison, Duncan Smith,
Stephen Gledhill, Kathy Downes
35 Usher II
A man rebels when the government bans imagination.
Starring
Patrick Macnee, Ian Mune, Stewart Devinie
Director
Lee Tamahori
Additional Cast
Des Kelly, Alice Fraser, Susan Wilson
36 Touch of Petulance
A man's life is altered by a newspaper headline from the future.
Starring
Eddie Albert, Jesse Collins, Dulcie Smart
Director
John Laing
37 And the Moon Be Still As Bright
Space explorers on a Martian expedition are faced with problems
when one of their members becomes obsessed with the planets
former residents.
Starring
David Carradine, Kenneth Welsh, James Purcell
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Supporting Cast
Ben Cardinal, Brian Jensen, Warren Perkins
38 The Toynbee Convector
A man time travels to the past to perfect the future.
Starring
James Whitmore, Michael Hurst
Director
John Laing
Additional Cast
Perry Piercy, Michael Galvin
39 Exorcism
A woman makes a potion to get rid of a witch.
Starring
Sally Kellerman, Jayne Eastwood
Director
Brad Turner
Supporting Cast
Bartley Bard, Jordan Singer
40 The Day it Rained Forever
A free spirit and her music bring rain to a drought-stricken
town.
Starring
Vincent Gardenia, Gerard Parkes, Robert Clothier,
Shelia Moore as Blanche Hillgood
Director
Randy Bradshaw
41 The Long Years
A space crew returns to Mars to find a scientist and his family
unaffected by their 20-year stay on the planet.
Starring
Robert Culp, George Touliatos
Director
Paul Lynch
Supporting Cast
Judith Buchan, Donna Larson, Bruce Mitchell,
Jason Wolff
42 Here There Be Tygers
Unbeknown to an explorer, the Utopia like world he has discovered
has yet to unearth its deadly forces.
Starring
Timothy Bottoms, Peter Elliott, George Henare,
Lorae Parry
Director
John Laing
V. USA fourth production
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my magicians toyshop. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is" The
Ray Bradbury Theater.
43 The Earthmen
Members of an expedition to Mars find their intellect questioned
by the locals.
Starring
David Birney, Gordon Pinsent
Director
Graeme Campbell
Supporting Cast
Larry Musser, David Sivertsen, Patricia Phillips,
Jim Shepard, Paul Tome
44 Zero Hour
A group of 8-year-olds rally around an invisible person who
promises them the world.
Starring
Sally Kirkland, Katharine Isobel Murray
Director
Don McBrearty
Supporting Cast
Jill Dyck, Brian Taylor, Kurtis Brown,
Ronan Cahill
45 The Jar
A backwoods man impresses the townfolk with a mysterious jar.
Starring
Paul LeMat, Jennifer Dale
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Supporting Cast
Earl Pastko, John Dee, Billy Morton,
Bill Meilen, Randall Payne
46 Colonel Stonesteel and the "Desperate Empties"
What seems to be a relic from ancient Egypt turns up on a Midwest
farm.
Starring
Harold Gould, Shawn Ashmore,
and Wayne Robson as the Sheriff
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Supporting Cast
Walter Kaasa
47 The Concrete Mixer
A Martian's reluctance to attack Earth stems from what he read in
his alien comic books.
Starring
Ben Cross, Howard Jerome,
and John Gilbert as the Assignor
Director
Eleanore Lindo
Supporting Cast
Jan Smith, Grant Reddick
48 The Utterly Perfect Murder
A childhood bully still haunts a 60-year-old man.
Starring
Richard Kiley, Robert Clothier
Director
Stuart Margolin
Supporting Cast
David Turri, Eric J. Johnson
49 Let's Play Poison
A perfectionist teacher leads an unworldly bunch of kids.
Starring
Richard Benjamin
Director
Bruce Pittman
Supporting Cast
Shane Meier, Adam Derges, Warren Graves
50 The Martian
New life welcomes grieving parents who move to mars.
Starring
John Vernon, Paul Clemens, Sheila Moore
Director
Anne Wheeler
Supporting Cast
Paul Coeur, Janne Mortil
VI. USA fifth production
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
"People ask where do you get your ideas. Well right here. All
this is my magicians toyshop. I'm Ray Bradbury, and this is" The
Ray Bradbury Theater.
51 The Lonely One
Several women try to decide whether to walk to a movie since
there is a serial killer on the loose in the town. Although her
companions are reluctant to go, one of the women insists.
Starring
Joanna Cassidy
Sheila McCarthy
Director
Ian Mune
Supporting Cast
Maggie Harper Helen
Stephen O'Rourke Officer Kennedy
Peter Rowley Druggist
David Perrett Frank Dillon
Chic Littlewood Theatre Manager
Patrick Smith Pale Man
Elizabeth Pendergrast Miss Roberta
Kathleen Kelly Miss Fern
52 The Happiness Machine
A man wakes up one morning and decides to build a machine to make
happiness. It becomes an all consuming project much to his wife's
dismay.
Starring
Elliott Gould
Mimi Kuzyk
Director
John Laing
Supporting Cast
Paul McIvor Saul Affmann
Tania Mason Naomi Affmann
Matthew Brennan Aaron Affmann
Claire Chitham Rosalyn Affmann
53 Tomorrow's Child
Sometime in the future a couple tries a new birthing procedure.
The equipment goes awry and they end up with a child they are not
sure what to do with.
Starring
Carol Kane
Michael Sarrazin
Director
Costa Botes
Supporting Cast
Peter Bland Dr. Wolcott
Mark Clare Workman
Lisa Tapley-Bale Mary
Mike Daly Bill
Mandy McMullin Sheila
John Kerr Don
54 The Anthem Sprinters
A well known American writer traveling in Ireland gets involved
in a local sporting event.
Starring
Len Cariou
Robert Ball
Director
Wayne Tourell
Supporting Cast
Ken Blackburn Timulty
Ian Watkin Heeber Finn
Terry Hayman Fogarty
Bruce Allpress O'Gavin
Karl Bradley Cinema Manager
Grant Bridger Phil the Projectionist
Alister Babbage Nolan
David Baxter Kelly
Maurice Keene Book Store Owner
55 By the Numbers
On a train a man runs across a former acquaintance and recalls an
incident some 10 years ago at a Hotel involving a drill sergeant
father and his son.
Starring
Ray Sharkey
Geordie Johnson
Director
Wayne Tourell
Supporting Cast
Ciaran Pennington The Boy
Marton Csokas Sid
Erik Thomson Young Man
Bruce Tegart Hotel Waiter
Nii Hammond Train Waiter
56 The Long Rain
A spaceship crash-lands on a planet where it is constantly
raining. The survivors try to make their way to the Sundome that
has been established on the planet.
Starring
Marc Singer
Michael Hurst
Director
Lee Tamahori
Supporting Cast
Brian Sergent Boltz
Mark Raffety Cooper
57 The Dead Man
A woman moves to a small town to take a job as a manicurist.
Being lonely she befriends a strange man who claims to be dead.
Starring
Louise Fletcher
Frank Whitten
Director
Costa Botes
Supporting Cast
Ross Duncan Mr. Simpson
Gilbert Goldie Mr. Gilpatrick
Peter McCauley Sheriff
David Taylor Radney Bellows
Irene Drake Mrs. Bellows
Alistair Douglas Customer
Peter Morgan Rev. Polk
David Telford Henry Scott
58 Sun and Shaddow
A poor family has their meal interrupted by a film company
arriving to shoot in their town.
Starring
Gregory Sierra
John Bach
And
Stuart Margolin
Director
Larry Parr
Supporting Cast
Vicky Haughton Maria Reyes
Ken Blackburn Policeman
Lee Mete Kingi Tomas Reyes
Jose Bribiesca Jorge
James Roberts Andrew
59 Silent Towns
A man returns from the outback of Mars only to discover everyone
has been recalled to Earth.
Starring
John Glover
Monica Parker
Director
Lee Tamahori
60 Downwind From Gettysburg
An Abraham Lincoln robot delivering the Gettysburg address at an
historical tourist site is assassinated. The man who did it
claims to be Mr. Booth.
Starring
Howard Hessman
Robert Joy
Director
Chris Bailey
Supporting Cast
Kelly Johnson Phipps
Roy Bonnell Lincoln
Jim Rawdon Attendant
Timothy Dale The Boy
61 Some Live Like Lazarus
A young boy and girl meet at a resort and over the years as they
return each summer fall in love. However the boy's mother forbids
him to marry the girl because she thinks the girl who works at
the resort is not good enough for her son.
Starring
Janice Rule
Yannick Bisson
Director
Peter Sharp
Supporting Cast
Yvonne Lawley Mother
Noel Trevarthen Roger (age 60)
Katie Wolfe Anna (age 18-22)
Kristin Darragh Anna (age 10-12)
Leon Woods Roger (age 10-12)
Andrew Thurtell Paul
Greer Robson Carol
Deborah Kathrine Hotel Maid
62 The Handler
A mortician tries to give his clients a little extra treatment
that he thinks they should have.
Starring
Michael J. Pollard
Henry Beckman
Director
Peter Sharp
Supporting Cast
John Sumner Mr. Stuyvesant
Peter Rowley Mr. Flinger
Lee Grant Mrs. Rogers
Lynne Skinner Mrs. Shellmund
Johnny Crews Mr. Wren
Steve Cleary Edmund Worth
Casey Anstiss Small Boy
Christopher Brodeur Skateboarding Boy
Jocelyn Brodeur Mrs. McNamara
63 Fee Fie Foe Fum
A mother lives in fear of her free-loading son-in-law who she
thinks is after her money and her house. Although her daughter
tries to reassure her, the mother's fears are increased after the
son-in-law installs a supercharged new garbage disposal in the
house where the three of them live.
Starring
Jean Stapleton
Robert Morelli
Director
John Reid
Supporting Cast
Lucy Lawless Liddy Barton
Patrick Smith Postman
64 Great Wide World Over There
A woman living in an isolated part of the country has a neighbor
who is always getting letters while she never receives any. Since
the woman is illiterate she has her visiting educated nephew
write some letters for her so she can get mail like her neighbor.
Starring
Tyne Daly
David Orth
Director
Ian Mune
Supporting Cast
Bill Johnson Tom Gibbs
Helen Moulder Mrs. Brabbam
Frank Whitten Mailman
65 The Tombstone
A salesman traveling with his wife has trouble finding a motel
with a vacancy. Finally they find one but the room has a
tombstone in it.
Starring
Shelley Duvall
Ron White
Director
Warrick (Waka) Attewell
Supporting Cast
Desmond Kelly The Landlord
John Smythe Mr. Whetmore
June Bishop The Woman (Mrs. White)
Paul Royce The Couch Potato
Lyndon Peoples The Man (Mr. White)
Jocelyn Brodeur The Young Lady
VII. Episode Title List
HBO produced episodes
1 - Marionettes, Inc. 5/21/85
2 - The Playground 6/04/85
3 - The Crowd 7/02/85
4 - The Town Where No One Got Off 2/22/86
5 - The Screaming Woman 2/22/86
6 - Banshee 2/22/86
USA first production
7 - The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl 1/23/88
8 - Skeleton 2/06/88
9 - The Emissary 2/13/88
10 - Gotcha! 2/20/88
11 - The Man Upstairs 3/05/88
12 - The Small Assassin 4/09/88
13 - Punishment Without Crime 4/16/88
14 - On the Orient, North 4/29/88
15 - The Coffin 5/07/88
16 - Tyrannosaurus Rex 5/14/88
17 - There Was an Old Woman 5/21/88
18 - And So Died Riabouchinska 5/28/88
USA second production
19 - The Dwarf 7/07/89
20 - A Miracle of Rare Device 7/14/89
21 - The Lake 7/21/89
22 - The Wind 7/28/89
23 - The Pedestrian 8/04/89
24 - A Sound of Thunder 8/11/89
25 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone 8/18/89
26 - The Haunting of the New 9/15/89
27 - To the Chicago Abyss 9/22/89
28 - Hail and Farewell 9/30/89
29 - The Veldt 11/10/89
30 - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! 11/17/89
USA third production
31 - Mars Is Heaven 7/20/90
32 - The Murderer 7/27/90
33 - Touched With Fire 8/03/90
34 - The Black Ferris 8/10/90
35 - Usher II 8/17/90
36 - Touch of Petulance 10/12/90
37 - And the Moon Be Still As Bright 10/19/90
38 - The Toynbee Convector 10/26/90
39 - Exorcism 11/02/90
40 - The Day it Rained Forever 11/09/90
41 - The Long Years 11/16/90
42 - Here There Be Tygers 11/30/90
USA fourth production
43 - The Earthmen 1/03/92
44 - Zero Hour 1/10/92
45 - The Jar 1/17/92
46 - Colonel Stonesteel and the "Desperate Empties" 1/24/92
47 - The Concrete Mixer 1/31/92
48 - The Utterly Perfect Murder 2/07/92
49 - Let's Play Poison 2/14/92
50 - The Martian 2/21/92
USA fifth production
51 - The Lonely One 7/10/92
52 - The Happiness Machine 7/17/92
53 - Tomorrow's Child 8/14/92
54 - The Anthem Sprinters 8/21/92
55 - By the Numbers 9/11/92
56 - The Long Rain 9/19/92
57 - The Dead Man 9/26/92
58 - Sun and Shaddow 10/03/92
59 - Silent Towns 10/10/92
60 - Downwind From Gettysburg 10/17/92
61 - Some Live Like Lazarus 10/24/92
62 - The Handler 10/27/92
63 - Fee Fie Foe Fum 10/28/92
64 - Great Wide World Over There 10/29/92
65 - The Tombstone 10/30/92
VIII. Alphabetical Episode Title List
18 - And So Died Riabouchinska 5/28/88
37 - And the Moon Be Still As Bright 10/19/90
54 - The Anthem Sprinters 8/21/92
6 - Banshee 2/22/86
34 - The Black Ferris 8/10/90
30 - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! 11/17/89
55 - By the Numbers 9/11/92
15 - The Coffin 5/07/88
46 - Colonel Stonesteel and the "Desperate Empties" 1/24/92
47 - The Concrete Mixer 1/31/92
3 - The Crowd 7/02/85
40 - The Day it Rained Forever 11/09/90
60 - Downwind From Gettysburg 10/17/92
19 - The Dwarf 7/07/89
43 - The Earthmen 1/03/92
9 - The Emissary 2/13/88
39 - Exorcism 11/02/90
63 - Fee Fie Foe Fum 10/28/92
7 - The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl 1/23/88
10 - Gotcha! 2/20/88
64 - Great Wide World Over There 10/29/92
28 - Hail and Farewell 9/30/89
62 - The Handler 10/27/92
52 - The Happiness Machine 7/17/92
26 - The Haunting of the New 9/15/89
42 - Here There Be Tygers 11/30/90
45 - The Jar 1/17/92
21 - The Lake 7/21/89
49 - Let's Play Poison 2/14/92
51 - The Lonely One 7/10/92
56 - The Long Rain 9/19/92
41 - The Long Years 11/16/90
11 - The Man Upstairs 3/05/88
1 - Marionettes, Inc. 5/21/85
31 - Mars Is Heaven 7/20/90
50 - The Martian 2/21/92
20 - A Miracle of Rare Device 7/14/89
32 - The Murderer 7/27/90
14 - On the Orient, North 4/29/88
23 - The Pedestrian 8/04/89
2 - The Playground 6/04/85
13 - Punishment Without Crime 4/16/88
5 - The Screaming Woman 2/22/86
59 - Silent Towns 10/10/92
8 - Skeleton 2/06/88
12 - The Small Assassin 4/09/88
61 - Some Live Like Lazarus 10/24/92
24 - A Sound of Thunder 8/11/89
58 - Sun and Shaddow 10/03/92
17 - There Was an Old Woman 5/21/88
65 - The Tombstone 10/30/92
53 - Tomorrow's Child 8/14/92
27 - To the Chicago Abyss 9/22/89
33 - Touched With Fire 8/03/90
36 - Touch of Petulance 10/12/90
4 - The Town Where No One Got Off 2/22/86
38 - The Toynbee Convector 10/26/90
16 - Tyrannosaurus Rex 5/14/88
35 - Usher II 8/17/90
48 - The Utterly Perfect Murder 2/07/92
29 - The Veldt 11/10/89
22 - The Wind 7/28/89
25 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone 8/18/89
44 - Zero Hour 1/10/92
IX. Principle Credits
All episodes except 5
Based on an original story and written by Ray Bradbury
Episode 5
By Ray Bradbury. Written for the screen by Ray Bradbury
Produced by
Atlantis Films Limited 1-65
Avalon Television Centre 30-42
Bradshaw, MacLeod, and Associates Ltd. 37,39-41,43-50
Ellipse Programme 7,8,10-18
Grahame McLean Associates Limited 19-30
Granada Television International 7,8,10-18
South Pacific Pictures Limited 43-65
In Association with
Allarcom 19-42
Kicking Horse Productions Limited 27-30
WIC Western International Communications Ltd. 43-65
Wilcox Productions, Inc. 1-65
Produced in Co-operation with
Dune 19-30
USA Network 7-65
Produced with Participation of
The Alberta Motion Picture Development Corp. 19-65
The Global Television Network 1-6
Telefilm Canada 1-3
Produced in Association with
First Choice Canadian Communications Corp. 7-65
The Global Television Network 7-65
Superchannel 19-65
Super Ecran 19-65
Developed for Television for Wilcox Productions, Inc. by
Mark Massari 1-6
Executive in Charge of Production for WIC Western International
Communications Ltd.
Nicolas Wry 43-65
Production Executive for USA Network
Rick Weaver 43-65
Co-Produced by
T.F.1 18
Executive Producer
Ray Bradbury 1-65
Michael Macmillan 1-6
John Ross 4-6
Peter Sussman 7-65
Larry Wilcox 1-65
Co-Executive Producer
Bill Allan 7-18
Pierre Bertrand Jaume 7-18
Stephane Sperry 7-18
Supervising Producer
Tom Cotter 19-65
Jonathan Goodwill 37,39-41
Mary Kahn 43-50
Seaton McLean 11-36,38,42
Don Reynolds 51-65
Producer
Chris Bailey 51-65
Randy Bradshaw 43-50
Tom Cotter 12,13,15,17
Tom Dent-Cox 37,39-41,43-50
Jonathan Goodwill 19-36,38,42
Arvi Liimatainen 27-30
Mary Kahn 51-65
Doug MacLeod 37,39-41,43-50
Grahame McLean 19-26
Seaton McLean 1-10
Pamela Meekings-Stewart 31-42
Hubert Niogret 11,14,16,18
Don Reynolds 43-50
Line Producer
Narelle Barsby 19-26
Janine Dickins 51-65
Jonathan Goodwill 7-10
Gillian Richardson 1-3
Production Manager
Mary Kahn 4-6
Director of Photography
Warrick Attewell 31,35,38,42,52,56,59,63,
64
Gilberto Azevedo 14,18
Dean Bennett 45,50
Paul Birkett 43,46
Richard Bluck 22
Alun Bollinger 21,25,32-34,36
Matt Bowkett 54,57,58,60-62,65
Thomas Burstyn 1,3
Jean Charvein 11
Stuart Dryburgh 20,24,26
Donald Duncan 19
Mike Fuller 23
Allen Guilford 51,55
Brian R.R. Hebb, csc 7-10
Mark Irwin, csc 2,4-6
Jim Jeffrey 37,40
Phil Linzey 29
Alan Locke 53
Andre Neau 16
Tobias Schliesller 27,28,30
John Spooner, csc 39,41,44,47-49
Lighting Cameraman
Ken Morgan 13,17
Michael B. Popley 12,15
Production Designer or Designer
John Blackie 27-30,43-50
Margaret Coombes 12,15
Scott Dobbie 37,39-41
Ron Highfield 51-65
Rick Kofoed 31-36,38,42
Alan Price 13,17
Art Director
Mike Becroft 23,52,53,55,56,59,63,64
Danny Black 32-34
Scott Dobbie 43-50
Tom Doherty 9
John Girdlestone 25
Tony Hall 8,10
Michael Kane 26,36
Alicia Keywan 4-6
Rick Kofoed 20
Etienne Mery 11,14,16,18
David Moe 1-3
Matt Murphy 22
Rob Pearson 21
Rick Roberts 40,41
Mark Robins 19,24,31,35,38,42
Jennifer Ward 51,54,57,58,60-62,65
Editor or Film Editor
Michele Amsellem 11
George Appleby, cfc 1,5,6,9,10
Ralph Brunjes 2
Sophie Cornu 18
Owen Ferrier-Kerr 31,35,38
Doug Forbes 29,37,39-41,43-50
Michael Fruet 7
John Gilbert 21-26
Paul Griffiths-Davies 12,15
Chris Gurr 51,54,57,58,60-62,63,65
Anthony Ham G.B.F.E. 13,17
Allan Lee 8
Roger Mattiussi 3
John McWilliam 19,20,24
Patrick Monaghan 52,53,55,56,59,64
Marke Slipp 27
Jamie Selkirk 32-34,36,42
Lenka & Peter Svab 28
Christopher Tate 30
Gerald Vansier 4
Genevieve Vaury 16
Alberto Yaccelini 14
Music Director
Lou Natale 31-36,38,42
Music Supervisor
David Greene 43-65
Music
Amin Bhatia 37,41
Peter Blake 25
George Blondheim 27,30,39,40
Jean-Marie Briere 14
Frank Cassenti 14
Clive Cockburn 20,26
Bill Connor 12,13,15,17
Eric Demarsan 11,18
Jean-Paul "Hector" Drand 16
Bruce Ley 1,10
Drew King 7
Mo Marshall 28,29
John Massari 6
Fred Mollin 8
Louis Natale 3-5,9
Sylvain Rappaport 14
Michelle Scullion 21,22
Domenic Troiano 2
Rob Winch 19,23,24
Music Composed by
Amin Bhatia 43,44,47,50,51,53,56,58,
59
Charles Cozens 35,36
Chris Dedrick 45,46,48,49,52,54,55,57,
60-65
Lou Natale 31,33,34,38,42
Donald Quan 32,33,42
Additional Music
Sylphides by Frederic Chopin 18
Study E major Op. 10
by Frederic Chopin 14
Stop Motion Animation
Jean-Manuel Costa 16
X. Notes
1. Episodes 4-6 were shown together as "Strange Tales: Ray
Bradbury" on HBO and are available on video that way. The HBO
episodes are also available on video in various other
combinations.
2. For the airing of the HBO episodes on USA, part of Bradbury's
introduction, his closing, and a portion of the episodes were
edited to fit a half hour timeslot with commercials.
3. The dates for the HBO episodes are unconfirmed. The date
given for USA is the first airing date as well as it could be
determined.
4. Information is culled from the actual air tapes. The
synopses through the USA fourth production come from various
TV guides and occasionally my own input. The synopses for
the USA fifth production were done by me.
5. The principle credits are the credits listed in the opening
credits, and in the closing credits up through the cast.
6. Thanks to Jerry Boyajian for supplying some information for a
few episodes.
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