The Ray Bradbury Theater: Top Ten
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- 1985–199230mTV-147.1 (335)TV EpisodeDirectorDon McBreartyStarsJeff GoldblumEd McNamaraCec LinderProvoked by the snobbish attitude of a city slicker towards the people from the countryside, a man gets off his train at a random village to confirm his positive attitude about the country folk. He's in for a surprise - but so are they.Jeff Goldblum is excellent as his reactive self to this simple but well done stand off.
- 1985–199225mTV-146.5 (205)TV EpisodeDirectorGilbert M. ShiltonStarsMichael IronsideRobert VaughnSonja SmitsA guest murders his host after an argument, then becomes increasingly worried about removing all his fingerprints from the crime scene.Michael Ironside is a personal favorite pitted against Robert Vaughn in a non-linear telling of a murder and subsequent paranoia.
- 1985–199223mTV-145.9 (119)TV EpisodeDirectorRandy BradshawStarsDavid CarradineKenneth WelshJames PurcellAn archaeologist on Mars goes berserk and takes the side of the extinct Martian race.The Fourth Expedition of The Martian Chronicles. David Carridine is overcome by Martian influence even though most Martians are dead of human contamination.
- DirectorRandy BradshawStarsHarold GouldNeil MunroDoreen IbsenIn a large city after an devastating holocaust, an old man is hunted by the police for the crime of reminding people of the good old days.Humanity is recalled to hope one reminder at a time after a atomic disaster through the inspirational and irrepressible memory of an old man.
- 1985–199223mTV-146.5 (126)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CopelandStarsJohn SaxonAlan ScarfeSusan WilsonAt a book signing, celebrated author Dudley Stone is approached by a rival who announces his intention to murder him. Stone turns out to be surprisingly enthusiastic about the idea.John Saxxon is excellent as the weary title character a successful writer with a ingenius plot for his "death".
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsMarc SingerMichael HurstBrian SergentWhen an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the four survivors try to reach the Sundome that has been erected on the planet and provides the only shelter. But exhaustion hits and predatory plants await.This and the film version part of "The Illustrated Man" are equally good; just a good story by Mr. Bradbury with Marc Singer in the lead.
- 1985–199225mTV-145.6 (150)TV EpisodeDirectorBruce MacDonaldBruce McDonaldStarsDonald PleasenceLynsey BaxterPeggy MountGeorge Hill is stunned when he is sentenced to death--for murdering a robot facsimile of his adulterous young wife.Bradbury doesn't write dystopian society stories as much individuals dealing imperfectly with their world. Donald Pleaseance is excellent as the accused murderer of his android wife.
- DirectorRoger TompkinsStarsBruce WeitzCedric SmithDonna AkerstenA psychiatrist is summoned to a prison to interview Albert Brock, a respectable businessman who went on a murderous rampage--against phones, computers, music players, and all the other electronic devices that fill the world with ceaseless noise and distraction.Same goes for this episode. Electronic gadgets drive a man to distraction then to revolutionary fervor. Try to watch this episode without your mobile going off.
- DirectorGraeme CampbellStarsDavid BirneyGordon PinsentLarry MusserEarth astronauts land on Mars and are puzzled by the reception they receive: most of the Martians are annoyed or angered by their arrival.The Second Expedition to Mars is directed tout suite to an asylum for insane Martians. I love the fact that the population is so underwhelmed by the pinnacle of human achievment.
- DirectorAlun BollingerStarsDavid Ogden StiersGrant TillyStig EldredIn a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.David Ogden Steers is convincing and childlike in his curiosity of the outdoors in a world where people have retreated to the warm glow of their screens. (Do I know anyone like that?)