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...
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