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The Questor Tapes is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Richard Colla released in USA on 23 january 1974 with Robert Foxworth
The Questor Tapes (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 23 january 1974
Length 1h32
Directed by Richard Colla
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Robot films
Rating67%
The Questor Tapes is a 1974 television movie about an android (portrayed by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose. Conceived by and executive produced by Gene Roddenberry, the script is credited to Roddenberry and fellow Star Trek alumnus Gene L. Coon.
A novelization, written by D. C. Fontana (another Star Trek alumna), was dedicated to Coon, who died before the program was broadcast.
^ http://www.fictiondb.com/author/dc-fontana~the-questor-tapes~255494~b.htm
Synopsis
Project Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Emil Vaslovik, a Nobel laureate. Vaslovik had developed plans to build a super-human android. A team of the world's foremost experts is able to build the android, even though they do not understand the components with which they are working — they are only able to follow the instructions, and install the parts, left by Vaslovik, who has disappeared. Attempts to decode the programming tape were worse than merely unsuccessful—they also erased approximately half of the tape's contents. They decide to substitute their own programming, over the objections of Jerome "Jerry" Robinson (Mike Farrell), the only team member who had actually worked with Dr. Vaslovik. He is overruled by the head of the project, Geoffrey Darrow (John Vernon). When the android's body has been finished, the new tape is loaded, but with no apparent results. In desperation, Robinson persuades Darrow to allow Vaslovik's tape — what remains of it — to be loaded. Again, the team is disappointed, as there appears to be no response.Actors
Robert Foxworth
(Questor)
Mike Farrell
(Jerry Robinson)
John Vernon
(Geoffrey Darro)
Lew Ayres
(Vaslovik)
James Shigeta
(Dr. Chen)
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