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The Time Machine is a american film of genre Science fiction released in USA on 5 november 1978 with John Beck
The Time Machine (1978)
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Add to a movie listThe Time Machine is a 1978 American television film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. Despite updating the plot to take place in the late 1970s, the film, which starred John Beck and Priscilla Barnes, was intended to be a more faithful plot recreation of the original novel by H.G. Wells—as opposed to the 1960 film adaptation, which took several liberties. The film aired during the November Sweeps on NBC.
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The film was a modernization of the Wells' story, making the Time Traveller a 1970s scientist working for a fictional US defense contractor, "the Mega Corporation". Dr. Neil Perry (John Beck), the Time Traveller, is described as one of Mega's most reliable contributors by his senior co-worker Branly (Whit Bissell, an alumnus of the 1960 adaptation). Perry's skill is demonstrated by his rapid reprogramming of an off-course missile, averting a disaster that could destroy Los Angeles. His reputation secures a grant of $20 million for his time machine project. Although nearing completion, the corporation wants Perry to put the project on hold so that he can head a military weapon development project. Perry accelerates work on the time machine, permitting him to test it before being forced to work on the new project.Actors
John Beck
(Neil Perry)
Priscilla Barnes
(Weena)
Whit Bissell
(Ralph Branly)
Rosemary DeCamp
(Agnes)
R.G. Armstrong
(Gen. Harris)
The Time Machine
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