2022-03-24

T5#39 The Evil That Men Do

 

Episode number: 39
Network broadcast date:
Thursday, September 24, 1964
The Evil That Men Do
Genre: Human interest drama
Author: Raphael David Blau
Production number:
34
Production date:
Tuesday, August 18, 1964
Director:
Harry Nelson

Plotline: Crime can be wiped out tomorrow! So claims a scientist whose breakthrough tranquilizer has eliminated all violent, anti-social tendencies from the prisoners and juvenile delinquents he’s experimented on. But when you play with Mother Nature, she doesn’t always play nice...

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+640924+039+The+Evil+That+Men+Do+(ABC+feed+with+timing+announcements).flac

Cast: Ian Martin, Court Benson, Jackson Beck, Jan Miner, George Petrie

Notes:

Surviving recording is from ABC feed with Fred Foy announcing the timing of breaks

This is not just a drama, but also somewhat of comedic look at unintended consequences and schemes where someone outsmarts themself