Project Immortality
36th episode of the 3rd season of Playhouse 90
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"Project Immortality" is an American television play broadcast on June 11, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. The cast includes Lee J. Cobb and Michael Landon.
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 36
Episode 36
Directed byFielder Cook
Written byLoring Mandel
Original air dateJune 11, 1959
| "Project Immortality" | |
|---|---|
| Playhouse 90 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 36 |
| Directed by | Fielder Cook |
| Written by | Loring Mandel |
| Original air date | June 11, 1959 |
| Guest appearances | |
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Plot
A brilliant man, Professor Lawrence Doner, is dying of leukemia. He is offered an opportunity for immortality by having his brain pattern used as the model for a computer program.
Cast
The cast includes the following.[1]
- Lee J. Cobb as Lawrence Doner
- Kenneth Haigh as Martin Schramm
- Gusti Huber as Eva Doner
- Michael Landon as Arthur Doner
- Patty McCormack as Ketti Doner
- Paul Fix as General
- Richard Carlyle as Schoonover
- Frank Ferguson as DeKlasch
- Barney Phillips as Colonel Bender
- Don Keefer as Leech
- Frederick Worlock as Dr. Samman
- Joseph Sargent as Liggett
- Sheridan Comerate as Driver
- Azaria Port as Agassiz
- Donald Foster as Laniel
- William Boyett as Weiner
Production
The program aired on June 11, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Loring Mandel was the writer and Fielder Cook the director.[1][2]